Archive for April, 2008
The Lisbon Treaty for Dummies (April 25th, 2008)
Don’t have a clue what we are being asked to vote on in the upcoming referendum on the Lisbon Treaty on June 12th? Join the rest of the country. (more…)
‘Save our sheep’ – a rescue blueprint for ailing sheep industry (25/4/08)
A major funding injection and a special EU taskforce – these are just some of the elements needed to turn around the fortunes of the ailing sheep industry in Ireland and Europe, according to Ireland East MEP Liam Aylward. (more…)
Calls for EU-wide donor card as tributes paid to former MEP assistant (25/4/08)
Fine Gael MEP Mairead McGuinness has paid tribute in the European Parliament to her former assistant who died tragically earlier this year. (more…)
Dublin drug groups meet top policy makers in Brussels (25/4/08)
Members of local drugs organisations from Dublin travelled to Belgium this week for a series of high level meetings to discuss future EU drugs policies. (more…)
Damaging environment could become criminal offence (25/4/08)
Criminal penalties could be applied in the future to anyone who seriously damages air, soil, water, plants or animals, either intentionally or through serious negligence, under a new proposal being debated in Strasbourg this week. (more…)
West coast of Ireland is ‘drug smugglers’ dream’ (25/4/08)
The government is being urged to step up security on the western seaboard to stop drug smuggling. (more…)
Plan to end homelessness adopted by European Parliament (25/4/08)
A proposal to end to street homelessness by the year 2015 has been given fresh political momentum this week after an announcement that the European Parliament is to adopt the plan as part of its policy. (more…)
Plans for EU-wide task force on cancer (18/4/08)
The European Parliament has voted overwhelmingly in favour of a plan to set up an EU-wide task force aimed at fighting cancer. (more…)
EU Commission President urges Cork students to vote in referendum (18/04/08)
After narrowly avoiding a face-off with over 10,000 angry farmers in Dublin last Thursday, the President of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso, was whisked off to Cork to speak on the Lisbon Treaty. (more…)
Anti-Lisbon campaigners condemn MEP attack (18/4/08)
An umbrella group of organisations campaigning against the Lisbon Treaty has spoken out against an alleged assault on MEP Proinsias De Rossa last Monday. (more…)
