EU reforms could affect Irish spendRadical reforms of the system by which member states' contributions to the EU are calculated are examined in a report from the…Wed Oct 07 1998 - 01:00
Flynn `will respond only to tribunal' about allegationsIreland's EU Commissioner, Mr Padraig Flynn, yesterday insisted through his spokeswoman that he would respond only to the Flood…Tue Oct 06 1998 - 01:00
US envoy due to warn Serbia of military actionThe US special envoy to the Balkans, Mr Richard Holbrooke, will make a last-ditch attempt today to persuade Serbia to comply …Tue Oct 06 1998 - 01:00
Flanders Irish war memorial completedIn this small town, once known as Messines, a final stone will today be laid on a dramatic round tower memorial to the sacrifices…Mon Oct 05 1998 - 01:00
£670m EU bill to push contributions above receipts from funds for first timeA dramatic rise of 31 per cent in the Republic's budgetary payments to the EU this year will mean a bill to the State officially…Sat Oct 03 1998 - 01:00
Increasing willingness to confront SerbiansReuters dispatch, New York: "Yugoslavia's foreign minister adamantly denied fighting was continuing in Kosovo on Tuesday as ethnic…Fri Oct 02 1998 - 01:00
Failure to seek regionalisation deploredThe Government's failure to apply for regionalisation of the Republic for structural funding purposes was deplored yesterday …Fri Oct 02 1998 - 01:00
Government fails to have £69m EU beef fine overturnedThe Government has failed in the European Court of Justice to have a £69 million fine against Ireland for failure to control …Fri Oct 02 1998 - 01:00
Salary deductions are lowest in EUThe Irish tax and social security burden is the lowest in the EU at only 34Wed Sept 30 1998 - 01:00
Dramatic rise in total of one-parent familiesIreland has seen the most dramatic increase in the proportion of one-parent families in the EUWed Sept 30 1998 - 01:00
Walsh promises aid package to relieve current crisis in farmingThe Minister for Agriculture, Mr Walsh, has said that an aid package is being prepared by the Government to relieve the current…Tue Sept 29 1998 - 01:00
Duisenberg renews pressure for early Irish interest rate cutPressure on Ireland for early reductions in interest rates down to French and German levels was renewed yesterday by the President…Sat Sept 26 1998 - 01:00
NATO prepares `strong blows' against Serbia in Kosovo crisisNATO military and international diplomatic pressure on Serbia over the crisis in Kosovo escalated sharply yesterdayFri Sept 25 1998 - 01:00
Caught between a hard place and the `standard'It was the sixth time they had tried to expel Semira Adamu. This time there would be no mistake.Fri Sept 25 1998 - 01:00
Language wars paint Flemish in poor lightThere is a certain feeling of inevitability about coming back to Brussels after a month away based on the sure and certain knowledge…Fri Sept 18 1998 - 01:00
Worryingly high levels of ignorance in Republic on euro: pollWith only months to go before the launch in January of the single currency, support levels throughout the EU have risen to their…Fri Sept 18 1998 - 01:00
EU nearer agreement with South AfricansTalks on a landmark agreement, which will liberalise 90 per cent of trade between South Africa and the EU, reopened in Brussels…Thu Sept 17 1998 - 01:00
Ryanair loses EU court clash with Aer Lingus over £100m aidRyanair yesterday lost its European legal challenge to £100 million in Aer Lingus state subsidies in 1994 and 1995, landing itself…Wed Sept 16 1998 - 01:00
Parlon is confident of extra EU aid to beef, pig producersThe president of the Irish Farmers' Association (IFA), Mr Tom Parlon, yesterday expressed confidence that extra EU aid to beef…Fri Sept 11 1998 - 01:00
Bruton warns of single currency problemsBritain's refusal to join the European single currency is set to pose significant problems to the increasing range of cross-Border…Wed Sept 09 1998 - 01:00
EU encourages reform in Russia, with concern for social dimensionEU Foreign Ministers yesterday joined the chorus of international calls on Russia to press ahead with economic reform and pledged…Mon Sept 07 1998 - 01:00
Buncrana lights 30 candles for the victims of the bombThe sun and blue skies that have proved so elusive in Donegal for months at last brought a touch of summer to grieving Buncrana…Mon Aug 24 1998 - 01:00
Heaney translation among works nominated for prizesA translation of Seamus Heaney's poetry into Portuguese is among five works connected to Ireland which have been nominated for…Sat Jul 25 1998 - 01:00
A volcano waiting to erupt as Belgian communal differences begin to boilA couple of weeks ago the European Court of Justice did the expected and found Belgium to be in breach of EU law by failing to…Fri Jul 24 1998 - 01:00
Flynn backs rights of non-EU spousesNon-EU spouses and their families will be allowed to join their working EU partners anywhere in the Union and enjoy full welfare…Thu Jul 23 1998 - 01:00
43 new projects from corporation tax dealThe Government is due to approve the establishment in Ireland of some 32 new IDA Ireland-backed projects and 11 new IFSC/Shannon…Thu Jul 23 1998 - 01:00
Walsh urges EU to act on failing pig marketUrgent action is needed to prop up the pig market, the Minister for Agriculture told EU Farm Ministers yesterdayTue Jul 21 1998 - 01:00
Ministers ask Commission to reconsider cuts to programmes for poor, elderly, disabledFears that a number of EU-funded programmes for the poor, elderly, disabled and the family would have to be closed because of…Sat Jul 18 1998 - 01:00
NGO funding falls victim to EU's institutional rivalryWhen the European Commission's President, Mr Jacques Santer, last month stood up to speak at the European Social Forum he was…Fri Jul 17 1998 - 01:00
Strength of Scotch gets its measureThe European Court of Justice has sprung to the defence of the whisky drinker and - one must presume - the whiskey drinker, by…Fri Jul 17 1998 - 01:00
EU will approve reform of business tax regimeThe European Commission is expected to approve next Wednesday a corporation tax package negotiated with the Government, under…Fri Jul 17 1998 - 01:00
Andrews urges EU to send mission to SudanThe Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Andrews, yesterday sought Austrian EU presidency backing for an urgent ministerial mission…Tue Jul 14 1998 - 01:00
How they saw it in .... BelgiumThe man from Belgium's RTBF was clearly mystifiedTue Jul 14 1998 - 01:00
Strasbourg compensates two Northern firms for lack of fair hearingA Northern Ireland firm of demolition contractors and a Catholic family of self-employed joiners yesterday won compensation in…Sat Jul 11 1998 - 01:00
Ireland faces EU charges on water controlsDespite two legal warnings from the EU, Ireland has failed to provide sufficient controls on groundwater pollution and now faces…Wed Jul 08 1998 - 01:00
Waigel casts eye on Ireland's EU fundsThe German Finance Minister, Mr Theo Waigel, yesterday hinted that he has his eye on some of Ireland's EU cash to help pay for…Tue Jul 07 1998 - 01:00
Austria starts its first presidency with gradual EU enlargement as main theme"Don't expect fireworks - we just want to be seen as the honest broker," was how Austria's Chancellor, Dr Viktor Klima, summed…Fri Jul 03 1998 - 01:00
Klima, Santer defend role of CommissionDespite contradictory signals from the Cardiff summit, European integration is not going into reverse - that, at least, was the…Fri Jul 03 1998 - 01:00
Mowlam appeals to both sides to find agreement in days before marchThe Northern Secretary, Dr Mo Mowlam, yesterday appealed to unionists and nationalists in Portadown to use the few days between…Tue Jun 30 1998 - 01:00
Ministers support move to relieve famine in SudanEU Foreign Ministers yesterday supported an international initiative on southern Sudan to create safe havens for the delivery…Tue Jun 30 1998 - 01:00
£125m in EU funds for Luas are reallocated, mostly for DublinA long chapter in the Luas funding saga was closed yesterday when EU Commission and Irish Government officials agreed to reallocate…Fri Jun 26 1998 - 01:00
French hunters make a bird's life hellThe country sports lobby in Britain may be on the defensive in the face of a parliamentary majority in favour of banning foxhunting…Fri Jun 26 1998 - 01:00
NATO and EU call for autonomy rather than independenceDespite strong pressure from NATO and the EU to dilute his commitment to independence from Serbia, the Kosovan Albanian leader…Thu Jun 25 1998 - 01:00
Council hears condemnation of bombingThe Newtownhamilton bombing was deplored by the Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs, Ms Liz O'Donnell, and…Thu Jun 25 1998 - 01:00
Bruton calls on Europe's leaders to face political responsibilitiesThe leader of the Opposition, Mr John Bruton, last night delivered a blistering attack on the dangers of European integration…Wed Jun 24 1998 - 01:00
Call to reform MEPs' expenses schemeExpenses manipulation which makes tens of thousands of pounds for MEPs and is bringing the European Parliament seriously into…Mon Jun 22 1998 - 01:00
Belgian power-sharing may have perpetuated divisionsNothing in life, it's been said, is certain except death and taxesFri Jun 19 1998 - 01:00
Women win victory in European court over rights of jobsharersTwo Irish women yesterday won a landmark ruling in the European Court of Justice which will copper-fasten the rights of job-sharers…Thu Jun 18 1998 - 01:00
Deadline set for difficult negotiations on EU budgetEU leaders yesterday agreed to set a deadline of March 1999 on Agenda 2000, the difficult negotiations over the Union's budget…Wed Jun 17 1998 - 01:00
Continued support for peace process pledgedAdditional funding for the EU Northern Ireland Special Peace and Reconciliation Programme appears to be the likely form that …Wed Jun 17 1998 - 01:00
