Archive for March, 2010
Gormley to be grilled over plans for Lusk super dump (31st March, 2010)
The European Commission is to write to Environment Minister John Gormley asking him to put an immediate stop to plans for a 140 acre landfill in north County Dublin. (more…)
EU makes fresh attempt to reform working time (29th March, 2010)
The detrimental effects of long working hours are under the EU spotlight this week after renewed efforts got underway in Brussels to reform the controversial Working Time Directive. (more…)
Thumbs up for wonky fruit and veg (29th March, 2010)
Irish MEPs have helped to quash an attempt to reintroduce an EU ban on misshapen fruit and vegetables. (more…)
Louth pupils scoop top prize for EU video (25th March, 2010)
St Mary's Dioecesan pupils
Ireland will veto any change to corporation tax rate (25th March, 2010)
The government will block any EU proposals to increase Ireland’s 12.5 per cent corporation rate, an Irish MEP said this week. (more…)
Fresh hope for hundreds waiting on organ donation (24th March, 2010)
An EU law on organ donation due to be passed by the European Parliament next month comes as good news for over 650 Irish people on donor waiting lists. (more…)
Munster MEP cuts his teeth with report on peace fund (16th March, 2010)
Fine Gael MEP Sean Kelly has been charged with drafting a report on the International Fund for Ireland (IFI), which provides funding for peace and reconciliation projects north and south of the border. (more…)
Women MEPs swing in favour of gender quotas (16th March, 2010)
Ireland’s three female MEPs have come out in support of a quota system to ensure women are fairly represented in politics, despite being previously opposed to the concept. (more…)
Louth writer short listed for EU Prize (16th March, 2010)
John Holten and Line Madsen Simenstad, Co-editors of the book You Are Here
A young writer from Louth is among the finalists competing for a prestigious European award with a book he compiled while living in Berlin. (more…)
Big Brother is watching you – in the bathroom (15th March, 2010)
CCTV cameras over the urinals in the men’s toilets in a McDonalds outlet in Dublin’s city centre – just one of the examples of security gone crazy cited by an Irish MEP this week. (more…)
