Archive for May, 2008
Local hospital lobby group is ‘misguided’ on treaty, says MEP (14/5/08)
The stance being advocated by the Roscommon Hospital Action Committee against the Lisbon Treaty has been criticised by North West MEP Jim Higgins as ‘not relevant and not helpful’. (more…)
Facebook and Bebo enlisted to get the vote out for Lisbon (13/5/08)
Young voters are being encouraged to have their say in next month’s Lisbon Treaty referendum in a series of online adverts on popular websites such as Bebo, Facebook, YouTube and Yahoo Mail. (more…)
Special screening of Irish MEP’s film on Chad visit (9/5/08)
Politicians are frequently required to visit other countries in the name of international relations, to promote trade, aid and mutual understanding. The outcome of these trips is often invisible to the wider public, outside of the odd photo in the papers of a politician surrounded by school children in an African village, or shaking hands with a community leader – the hard work and human connections behind the scenes of such trips are often lost simply for want of telling. (more…)
Call for young translators (9/5/08)
School leavers considering a career in translation are being offered a chance to hone their skills with an EU-wide competition to be held in the autumn. (more…)
Blacklisted east coast beaches fail EU standards (9/5/08)
A dozen beaches along the East coast have failed to meet strict EU guidelines for bathing water quality. (more…)
McGuinness calls for ministerial meeting on World Trade Talks (9/5/08)
Ireland East MEP Mairead McGuinness has appealed to the incoming Ministers for Agriculture, Trade and Foreign Affairs to urgently convene a high level meeting on the World Trade Talks. (more…)
MEP becomes interim president of European Parliament group (8/5/08)
Munster MEP Kathy Sinnott has accepted the interim presidency of her political group within the European Parliament, following the retirement of her predecessor Jens-Peter Bonde. (more…)
Exhibition offers window to the world of the Impressionists (8/5/08)
Some of Europe’s finest Impressionist paintings will go on display this weekend in what’s set to be one of the most popular exhibitions in Dublin this summer. (more…)
MEP wants craft union to ‘think twice’ before rejecting Lisbon (8/5/08)
Labour MEP Proinsias de Rossa has described a decision by the Technical, Engineering and Electrical Union to reject the Lisbon Treaty as ‘deeply regrettable, frankly incredible and not in the interests of its members’. (more…)
Celtic/Afro fusion as Sudanese and Irish children step it out (1/5/08)
‘They eat green hamburgers!’ ‘The women build all the houses!’ ‘They know every international footballer!’ A group of Irish schoolchildren were buzzing with things to say about Sudan this week (more…)
