British evidence on bone meat referred to EU subcommitteeEU scientists yesterday refer red new British evidence on the safety of bone-in meat to a specialist sub-committee for consideration…Tue Dec 9 1997 - 00:00
Mexico signs major treaty with EUMexico signalled "a new era" in its relations with Europe yesterday with the signing in Brussels of a major new treaty with the…Tue Dec 9 1997 - 00:00
Ireland gets derogation with EU gas directiveEU energy ministers yesterday agreed a new directive on gas liberalisation which provides an important derogation for Ireland…Tue Dec 9 1997 - 00:00
Cautious Andrews expected to report to EU after meeting Algerian president today on surprise visitThe Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Andrews, last night arrived in Algeria on a surprise 24-hour factfinding missionTue Dec 9 1997 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryBear with me, please, gentle reader. This is a complicated tale of woe, a battle of David and Goliath, in several actsMon Dec 8 1997 - 00:00
Ministers agree total ban on tobacco advertisingEU Health Ministers last night reached agreement on a complete ban on tobacco advertising after 12 hours of tense talks during…Fri Dec 5 1997 - 00:00
EU's peace programme begins to yield dividendsIn a frantic 24-hour visit to the North last week, the EU Commissioner for Regional Affairs, Ms Monika Wulf-Mathies saw the union…Fri Dec 5 1997 - 00:00
British could face EU action over beef blockadeThe British government will face EU legal action over the blockade of Irish beef unless it can satisfy the Commission it is taking…Fri Dec 5 1997 - 00:00
Newspapers fight EU tobacco ad banNewspapers, publishers and the advertising industry have been rallying in a last-ditch attempt to block the EU's likely ban on…Wed Dec 3 1997 - 00:00
Budget to announce company tax rateThe standard rate at which companies in Ireland will be taxed in the period after 2005 will be announced by the Minister for …Tue Dec 2 1997 - 00:00
5,000 rally in Brussels to retain duty-freeTrade unionists fighting for the retention of duty-free took their campaign to Brussels yesterday, literally storming the portals…Tue Dec 2 1997 - 00:00
EU ready to soften its earlier stanceThe European Union, which is calling for dramatic cuts in greenhouse gas emissions, is ready to soften its position by moving…Mon Dec 1 1997 - 00:00
More Luas delays could lose £100m in EU fundingMore than £100 million of EU funds earmarked for Luas may be lost to Ireland if there are further significant delays in the project…Sat Nov 29 1997 - 00:00
NI peace project backed by Brussels reportThe European Commission has endorsed the work of the special EU peace programme for Northern Ireland and the Border regionsThu Nov 27 1997 - 00:00
EU vet team seeks changes in North's slaughter systemAn EU veterinary inspection team sent to Northern Ireland to look at its beef-tracking system has suggested major reforms of …Wed Nov 26 1997 - 00:00
Ministers' deadlock remains over EU strategy for growthEU Foreign Ministers yesterday remained deadlocked over how to launch the EU's enlargement process to central and eastern Europe…Tue Nov 25 1997 - 00:00
EU states agree to take stronger action to reduce unemploymentThe special EU summit ended with pledges that movement to a single European currency will be accompanied by more vigorous programmes…Sat Nov 22 1997 - 00:00
EU attempts to regain credibility on jobsSome 18 million people are unemployed in the European Union, each one a testimony to the harsh, uncaring face of Europe's great…Fri Nov 21 1997 - 00:00
Flynn agenda gives summit guidelines for reformPadraig Flynn is in great form these days, a bit like the cat that got the creamFri Nov 21 1997 - 00:00
Farm ministers give go-ahead to latest proposals on CAP reformEU farm ministers yesterday gave broad agreement to the thrust of Commission proposals to continue the reform of the Common Agricultural…Wed Nov 19 1997 - 00:00
EU steps up pressure on preferential company taxThe tougher approach taken recently by the European Commissioner for Competition, Mr Karel van Miert, to special fiscal regimes…Wed Nov 19 1997 - 00:00
Only qualified approval for EU accounts managementThe EU Court of Auditors will only give qualified approval to the EU's accounts again this year, having found that more than £…Tue Nov 18 1997 - 00:00
EU Finance Ministers fail to agree on money policyEU Finance Ministers have failed to agree on how monetary policy will be co-ordinated after the introduction of the euroTue Nov 18 1997 - 00:00
Accounts of Irish agencies criticisedIrish accounting for structural funds, particularly those targeted at business, comes in for criticism from the Court of Auditors…Tue Nov 18 1997 - 00:00
Farmers hugely over-compensated under CAPThe case for the European Commission to press ahead with CAP reform will be strengthened today when the annual report of the …Tue Nov 18 1997 - 00:00
Taoiseach to appeal axing of duty-free facility by EUThe Taoiseach, Mr Ahern, has decided to use the EU's employment summit in Luxembourg on Friday to appeal to fellow leaders to…Mon Nov 17 1997 - 00:00
Harney seeks delay on tax reformIRELAND must be given until 2005 to reduce its general rate of company tax to 12Fri Nov 14 1997 - 00:00
Van Miert targets Ireland's 10% corporation taxWith customary zeal, the EU's Competition Commissioner is seeking reforms in Europe's state aids regimesFri Nov 14 1997 - 00:00
Santer throws weight behind EU jobs planThe President of the European Commission, Mr Jacques Santer, yesterday threw his reputation behind controversial Commission proposals…Thu Nov 13 1997 - 00:00
Court backs positive bias to end gender imbalancePositive discrimination to give women public service jobs ahead of equally qualified men has been copper-fastened by a ruling…Wed Nov 12 1997 - 00:00
Ireland gets £29m more for researchIreland has secured a further £29 million in EU research funding, the Minister of State for Science, Mr Noel Treacy, said yesterday…Tue Nov 11 1997 - 00:00
Call for funding to trap world wide Web firmsIreland could become the major European base for international software companies' web sites, if the Government seeks to direct…Mon Nov 10 1997 - 00:00
Harney could face cool reception at EU meetingThe announcement by Boston Scientific is likely to add spice to the difficult negotiations between Ireland and the Commission…Mon Nov 10 1997 - 00:00
French try to assert political control over EU monetary policyWas a deal done between the French and the Germans, a gentleman's agreement that Bonn would support a French nominee for head…Fri Nov 7 1997 - 00:00
EU report focuses on need for unified approach to drug abuseOne of the fruits of Ireland's EU Presidency was the increased coordination of Europe's war against drugsFri Nov 7 1997 - 00:00
McCreevy quantifies corporation tax cutA reduction in the general rate of corporation tax in Ireland to 12Thu Nov 6 1997 - 00:00
Irish welcome UK seat on EU bank's boardThe Minister for Finance, Mr McCreevy, said yesterday the Government had not yet had the chance to give consideration to the …Thu Nov 6 1997 - 00:00
Flynn threatens employers with law on workers rightsFaced with the rejection by European employers of the idea of EU action to guarantee workers the right to early information about…Wed Nov 5 1997 - 00:00
French Government urged to provide alternative routesThe European Commission is asking the French government to set up a comprehensive information system to ensure that stranded …Tue Nov 4 1997 - 00:00
Report alleges abuse of prisonersSystematic discrimination against Republican prisoners in British jails is alleged in a report by a Belgian member of Amnesty…Tue Nov 4 1997 - 00:00
EU fisheries protection deal means reprieve for Irish fleetIreland will not be required to decommission any of its fishing fleet between now and 2002, following agreement by the Government…Fri Oct 31 1997 - 00:00
Speech seen as welcome break with pastThere was undoubtedly disappointment in Brussels last night that the British Chancellor, Mr Gordon Brown, had all but ruled out…Tue Oct 28 1997 - 00:00
Ministers move closer to accord on negotiations with EU applicantsEU Foreign Ministers have moved close to agreement on how the EU should handle enlargement negotiations with applicantstatesMon Oct 27 1997 - 00:00
North beef export ban to be removed, say sourcesThe European Commission is to send an inspection mission to Northern Ireland shortly to remove the final hurdle to the return…Mon Oct 27 1997 - 00:00
Accession controversy set to dominate EU ministers' talksEU foreign ministers gather this weekend in the Luxembourg spa town of Mondorf les Bains to see if they can resolve an issue …Sat Oct 25 1997 - 01:00
Flight of the bumble bees case to create quite a buzz in LuxembourgTwo bees or not two bees, that is the questionFri Oct 24 1997 - 01:00
Pastor Pandy murder claims revive horror of DutrouxOn Sunday, in the southern Belgian town of Neufchateau, some 5,000 people gathered with the families of disappeared and murdered…Wed Oct 22 1997 - 01:00
Fischler welcomes Irish resumption of cattle exports to the ContinentThe EU Farm Commissioner, Mr Franz Fischler, yesterday warmly welcomed last week's resumption of Irish live beef exports to the…Tue Oct 21 1997 - 01:00
Sterling ambiguity disappoints EUThe contradictory signals being sent out by the British government about sterling's participation in the single currency will…Mon Oct 20 1997 - 01:00