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There are a number of other sources of EU information countrywide.

Europe Direct Information Centres

The European Commission supports a wide network of Information providers in Ireland including the Europe Direct Information Centres . There are 8 such centres. The centres maintain stocks of relevant EU publications and are available to deal with any queries in relation to EU matters. Established on 1 May 2005, the centres will gradually increase the services that are available to the general public which will include the supply of publications, replying to general EU related queries, internet access to EU websites, providing speakers on EU issues and promotional events to inform on the EU and its policies.

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European Documentation Centres (EDCs)

To supplement the information service of the Representation the Commission has established EDCs in a number of Irish universities. The EDCs have an extensive range of EU documentation which is continually updated.

Contact information for the EDCs are as follows:

Dublin:
UCD Dublin, Official Publications Department,
James Joyce Library, Belfield, Dublin 4
Contact: Valerie Kendlin
Tel: (01) 716-7508
E-mail: Valerie.Kendlin@ucd.ie
Website: NUI Dublin Library

Trinity College Library, Official Publications
Library, College Street, Dublin 2.
Tel: (01) 896 1661
Fax: (01) 896 3774
E-mail: edcl@tcd.ie
Website: TCD Library

Cork:
NUI Cork, Robert Schuman European Documentation Centre
Boole Library, Cork.
Contact: Helen Mulcahy, Law and Official Publications Librarian
Tel: (021) 490 2983
E-mail htmulcahy@ucc.ie
Website: UCC EDC

Galway:
NUI Galway, James Hardiman Library, Galway
Contact: Hugo Kelly
Law, Official Publications and EDC Librarian
Tel. (091) 493 359
Fax: (091) 522 394
E-mail hugo.kelly@nuigalway.ie
Website: NUI Galway EDC

Limerick:
Glucksman Library
University of Limerick
Plassey Campus
Castletroy
Co. Limerick
Contact: Pattie Punch, Librarian
Tel: (061) 202 185
Fax: (061) 330 271
E-mail Pattie.Punch@ul.ie
Website: UL EDC

Ulster:
The Library
University of Ulster
Cromore Road, Coleraine, Co. Derry
Website: UU Library

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Enterprise Europe Network (EEN)

Established in co-operation with Enterprise Ireland and the Chambers of Commerce in Cork, Dublin, Galway, Sligo and Waterford, the Enterprise Europe Network (Ireland) provides services specifically aimed at small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), Enterprise Ireland clients, Entrepreneurs, Business Start-ups, Universities, Institutes of Technology, Research Centres, and Chamber Members. See below for contact details.

Enterprise Ireland:

Jan Gerritsen
Tel: +353 1 727 2729
Email: jan.gerritsen@enterprise-ireland.com

Cork Chamber of Commerce

Katherine Fitzpatrick
Tel:  +353 21 4509044
Email: Katherine@corkchamber.ie

Dublin  Chamber of Commerce

Marion Jammet
Tel: (01) 644 7200 
E-mail: marion@dublinchamber.ie

Galway  Chamber of Commerce

Carol Brady
Tel: (091) 563 536
E-mail: eengalway@galwaychamber.com

Sligo  Chamber of Commerce

Lorraine McDonnell
Tel: (071) 9161274
E-mail: lorraine@sligochamber.ie

Waterford  Chamber of Commerce

Michelle McHugh
Tel: (051) 311138
E-mail: michelle.mchugh@waterfordchamber.ie

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Urban Forum for Sustainable Development

The Commission has aided the setting up of a network of Urban Fora for Sustainable Development which provide information on environmental issues.

Contact: Paula Russell
Dublin Forum for Sustainable Development,
NUI Dublin,
Environmental Institute,
Richview,
Clonskeagh Drive, Dublin 14
Tel: (01) 706 2772
Fax: (01) 706 2788
E-mail: paula.russell@ucd.ie

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EU Structural Funds Information Office

N.D.P./C.S.F. Information Office,
15 Lower Hatch Street,
Dublin 2
Tel: (01) 6396280
Fax: (01) 639 6281
Email:csfinfo@csfunits.irlgov.ie
Website: http://www.ndp.ie

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European Consumer Centre

The European Consumer Centres Network (ECC-Net) is a new EU-wide network to promote consumer confidence by advising citizens on their rights as consumers and providing easy access to redress, particularly in cases where the consumer has purchased something in another country to his/her own (cross-border).

European Consumer Centre - ECC Ireland
MACRO Centre, 1 Green Street, Dublin 7
T. + 353 (0) 1   8797 620
F. + 353 (0) 1 8734 328
E. info@eccireland.ie
W.  www.eccireland.ie
t. @eccireland.ie

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