
David O'Sullivan
Former Secretary-General of the European CommissionWikipedia
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Sep 23, 2026
Ireland in the EU: In conversation with Noelle O'Connell
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2:03Mary McCaugheyHOST
We had Pat Cox, who was previously president of the European Parliament.
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2:07Mary McCaugheyHOST
We have, of course, other players in terms of David O'Sullivan, who is currently working on sanctions.
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2:13Mary McCaugheyHOST
For the EU, we had Mairead McGuinness, who is both Parliament and the Commission, and we have our current, of course, reigning commissioner, Michael McGrath, who has also been visiting here in Eurofant and has spoken to us in this studio.
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2:27Mary McCaugheyHOST
We also have several EU agencies across the European Union, and you may be aware that there are up to 50-odd EU agencies who specialise in particular areas of work, from pharmaceuticals, medical, food safety, right the way through to satellites and geostrategy.
Latvia’s EU priorities
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26:43Baiba BražeGUEST
So again, awareness, understanding, preparing our legal systems for those type of cases should be there.
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26:50Baiba BražeGUEST
Then on sanction sufficiency, and I really praise the EU's sanctioned envoy, David O'Sullivan, a distinguished Irish diplomat who is doing excellent work with whom we work closely.
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27:06Baiba BražeGUEST
to both understand how Russia evades sanctions, but also how to counter it.
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27:10Baiba BražeGUEST
And indeed, we are unanimous among EU countries that sanctions work.