Half of Irish farmers `not to face CAP cuts'Nearly half of Irish farmers are likely to be exempted from a key element of EU farm budget cuts being negotiated in the Agenda…Mon Feb 15 1999 - 00:00
Report endorses ending of duty-freeThe abolition of intra-EU duty-free sales appears certain to go ahead in June, following a European Commission services report…Mon Feb 15 1999 - 00:00
Bruton's radical EurovisionThere's been a largely consensual and defensive quality to much of the debate in Ireland in recent years about institutional …Fri Feb 12 1999 - 00:00
Ahern and Blair make joint appeal to EU leaders for continuation of North fundsA joint appeal has been made by the Irish and British leaders to other EU heads of state to maintain their financial support …Tue Feb 09 1999 - 00:00
EU ministers still deadlocked over reform of budgetsEU Finance Ministers yesterday remained deadlocked over the reform of the Union's budgets, with member-states barely able to …Tue Feb 09 1999 - 00:00
Democracy key issue for EU, says FG leaderDemocracy is the great question facing Europe now, the leader of Fine Gael, Mr John Bruton, said yesterday in calling for MEPs…Sat Feb 06 1999 - 00:00
Bruton expresses concern about talk of early releasesThe Fine Gael leader said he was concerned at the comments by Mr Martin McGuinness of Sinn Fein that the killers of Det Garda…Sat Feb 06 1999 - 00:00
`Lettori' resist second-class status with EU aidIt seems that the Orientale University of Naples will not learnFri Feb 05 1999 - 00:00
EU chief warns against switching structural funds to agricultureThe possibility that EU member-states might divert resources from structural funds to agriculture in the Agenda 2000 negotiations…Thu Feb 04 1999 - 00:00
Farm Commissioner warns on failure to agree full scope of price reformsFailure to agree the full scope of the European Commission's farm price reform proposals in Agenda 2000 would hit Irish farmers…Thu Feb 04 1999 - 00:00
Two regional authorities to handle structural funds likelyThe Cabinet is next week expected to back proposals from the Department of Finance for the devolution of limited powers from …Thu Feb 04 1999 - 00:00
Buying car abroad can save you moneyCar buyers willing to shop around Europe for bargains and then export their cars home can still make colossal savings, the six…Tue Feb 02 1999 - 00:00
Flynn waits for `right time'The Irish EU Commissioner, Mr Padraig Flynn, has said he will respond to Fianna Fail's letter "when the time is right".Tue Feb 02 1999 - 00:00
UN to bolster Contact Group effort to impose political settlement on KosovoThe United Nations Security Council was preparing early today to weigh in behind the imposition by the western powers and Russia…Sat Jan 30 1999 - 00:00
Information management memo leakedBrussels - Evidence of a siege mentality at the heart of the European Commission emerged yesterday in Brussels with the accidental…Thu Jan 28 1999 - 00:00
Flynn says Gilmartin has made no charge against himIreland's EU Commissioner, Mr Padraig Flynn, is maintaining his silence on the ultimate destination of the £50,000 cheque signed…Wed Jan 27 1999 - 00:00
Business as usual, pledges a rueful FlynnIt's "business as usual", the EU Commissioner Mr Padraig Flynn said last night in Brussels, insisting he had no intention of …Tue Jan 26 1999 - 00:00
Removing a commissionerA European Commissioner cannot be removed from office by the member-state that nominated him or her.Tue Jan 26 1999 - 00:00
FF may welcome former neo-fascists into its groupThe European Parliament group to which Fianna Fail belongs AIL in the European Parliament is likely soon to welcome members of…Mon Jan 25 1999 - 00:00
Fresh moves to end conflict todayA major co-ordinated diplomatic initiative on Kosovo, involving the EU, NATO and the Contact Group for former Yugoslavia, will…Fri Jan 22 1999 - 00:00
McCreevy to fight EU move to claw back IFSC breaksThe Minister for Finance, Mr McCreevy, last night confirmed that the Government will fight attempts by the European Commission…Tue Jan 19 1999 - 00:00
Commission set to start proceedings on IFSC tax breaksThe European Commission is expected to start infringement proceedings against Ireland next Wednesday over the Government's failure…Thu Jan 14 1999 - 00:00
Loyalties splintered as MEPs prepare for censure voteA day of frenetic drafting and counter-drafting of compromises in the European Parliament here started with the news spreading…Thu Jan 14 1999 - 00:00
EU Commission expected to surviveA compromise formula emerged last night which is expected to pull the European Parliament back today from the brink of forcing…Thu Jan 14 1999 - 00:00
Irishman takes top post in EU directorateA 45-year-old EU Commission official, Mr David O'Sullivan, has landed the job of Ireland's most senior permanent EU official …Thu Jan 14 1999 - 00:00
EU welcomes stability pact but warns of inflationary pressuresThe Government's four-year macroeconomic "Stability Programme" has been given the thumbs up by the European CommissionWed Jan 13 1999 - 00:00
EU reports pinpoint fraud and maladministrationMEPs have been particularly angered by what they see as the passivity of Commissioner Manuel Marin, who, they say, failed to …Wed Jan 13 1999 - 00:00
Few prepared to predict outcome of procedural chaos ahead of voteAs the European Parliament plunged into a frenzy of last-minute intrigue, a senior European Commission source warned last night…Wed Jan 13 1999 - 00:00
Dublin office linked to EU inquiriesNo 19 Ely Place is a fine business address, a handsome Georgian building just off St Stephen's GreenTue Jan 12 1999 - 00:00
Santer sets out reforms before no confidence voteThe European Commission President, Mr Jacques Santer, has moved to head off a motion of no confidence in the European Parliament…Tue Jan 12 1999 - 00:00
MEPs to vote on sacking of entire EU for bold dot at end executiveMEPs are expected to give the European Commission President, Mr Jacques Santer, a rough reception tonight when a debate opens…Mon Jan 11 1999 - 00:00
Ministers look forward to ever closer ties as euro becomes realityAt 12.52 p.m. on Thursday, the President of the European Commission Mr Jacques Santer and his Monetary Affairs Commissioner Mr…Sat Jan 02 1999 - 00:00
Consumers given time to adjust to idea of new orderSo what does it all mean to the public? The decision to leave the issuing of notes and coins until 2002 means that in some ways…Sat Jan 02 1999 - 00:00
Inflation drops to annual 1% within EUInflation in the 11 states which will launch the euro tomorrow fell to an annualised 0Thu Dec 31 1998 - 00:00
Brussels stands by to celebrate launch of the euro at midnightThe European Union tonight stakes its claim to global-power status as a monetary rival to the dollar and the yen when 11 member…Thu Dec 31 1998 - 00:00
Political calm heralds launch of the euroThe storms that have buffeted Ireland in the last few nights could not be in more marked contrast to the political serenity of…Tue Dec 29 1998 - 00:00
Belgian court finds Claes, 10 officials and French businessman guilty of corruptionThe former secretary-general of NATO, Mr Willy Claes, a millionaire French businessman, and 10 other Belgian politicians and …Thu Dec 24 1998 - 00:00
Animal Act does not meet EU standards, Commission warnsBritish legislation dating from the 1870s still in force in Ireland, which sets limits to animal experimentation, does not meet…Mon Dec 21 1998 - 00:00
EU official criticises Irish environmental lawsKey aspects of Irish environmental legislation do not conform with EU directives, the advocate general of the European Court …Fri Dec 18 1998 - 00:00
Never mind Delors, grab de lollyPuns are like crossword puzzle clues, they are only really good when when they hit home from two angles of attackFri Dec 18 1998 - 00:00
Fishery ministers argue over ceilings for catchesEU fishery ministers were last night engaged in their ritual end-of-year tussle to reach agreement on catch ceilings for next…Fri Dec 18 1998 - 00:00
State's failure over EU waste directives puts it in the dockThe State is being taken to the European Court of Justice for its failure to implement key provisions in three EU waste directives…Wed Dec 16 1998 - 00:00
EU bans four antibiotic products in animal feedEU farm ministers yesterday banned the use in animal feedstuffs of four important antibiotic products for other than strictly…Tue Dec 15 1998 - 00:00
All states have to make sacrifices to reach agreement, says FischerAll member-states would have to make sacrifices to reach agreement on Agenda 2000, the German Foreign Minister, Mr Joschka Fischer…Tue Dec 15 1998 - 00:00
Cook calms neutrals on defence link with FranceBritain has reassured the EU's neutrals, Ireland, Sweden, Finland and Austria, by clarifying that its recent EU defence initiative…Mon Dec 14 1998 - 00:00
EU heads accused of ThatcherismThe president of the European Parliament, Mr Jose Maria Gil Robles, appealed to the EU's overwhelmingly socialist leaders not…Sat Dec 12 1998 - 00:00
Deadlocked debate on financing EU to be resumed in FebruaryEU leaders struggled last night to advance the deadlocked debate on the future financing of the Union.Sat Dec 12 1998 - 00:00
Ahern for tough meetings at summitIreland's simultaneous defence of its corporate tax regime and generous EU structural funding was looking more difficult than…Fri Dec 11 1998 - 00:00
Real story won't bark at ViennaThere is nothing, but nothing, more exciting to my colleagues in the British press corps here than a good Europe-out-to-get-the…Fri Dec 11 1998 - 00:00
Santer warns of EU budget freeze killing CAP reformProposals to freeze the next EU budget would "kill off" Commission plans to reform the Common Agricultural Policy, the President…Thu Dec 10 1998 - 00:00
