In order to mark International Women’s Day 2022, the IIEA welcomes distinguished panellists, Shona Murray and Mary Regan for a conversation entitled Reporting the EU. This panel discussion focuses on gender equality in the EU, the success or failure of EU initiatives to address gender issues and the divergences between Member States on women’s rights. This discussion is framed by the overarching theme of gender equality and lived experiences reporting on EU affairs to wide-ranging audiences. 

About the Speakers:

Shona Murray is Europe correspondent with Euronews. Previously she was Political Correspondent with the Irish Independent, and Foreign Affairs correspondent with Newstalk. She has specialized in Brexit and has reported from dozens of countries such as Israel/Gaza, Iraq, Turkey/Syria border, Democratic Republic of Congo, South Sudan, Haiti and Guantanamo Bay. She is alum of the US State Department Edward R. Murrow programme for journalists.

Mary Regan is an award-winning journalist who has covered politics for both print and broadcast for more than ten years. She currently works as political reporter for RTE News and contributes reports and analysis to a wide range of programmes for the broadcaster and presents the European Parliament Report. From Galway, she has a BA in Journalism from DCU and MA in European Studies from UCD.  She joined RTE from the Sunday Business Post where she held the positions of News Editor and Public Affairs Editor. She was previously Political Editor for the Irish Examiner UTV Ireland.  In 2012, Mary was invited by the US State Department to take part in the prestigious International Visitor Leadership Programme for emerging young leaders.