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Beware the ‘green jersey’ approach, warns MEP
Two Irish MEPs urged the Oireachtas Joint Committee on European Affairs last week to get more involved in European decision-making by cooperating with our EU neighbours. (more…)
Dublin MEP in Kazakhstan, but not on holidays
Socialist MEP Paul Murphy hit the international headlines this week during a trip to Kazakhstan, when he took issue with reports in the Kazakhstan national press that he was only visiting the country “in a personal capacity”. (more…)
MEPs in a bad Moody over US rating agencies
Irish MEPs have joined the growing chorus of criticism throughout Europe against US credit rating agencies, after they downgraded Irish and Portuguese debt to “junk” status earlier this month alongside that of the most embattled eurozone economy, Greece. (more…)
Gay prepares for “one hell of a campaign”
Dublin MEP and Fine Gael’s presidential candidate Gay Mitchell has been instructed by the Taoiseach to get the most from the week-long summer holiday he has planned with his wife Norma before facing the rigours of the election campaign in the autumn. (more…)
Recommended airport scanners “will not show human body”
New generation body scanners recommended by the European Parliament will not display the human body but will simply indicate when the passenger is carrying something dangerous, it was claimed last week. (more…)
Delegation seeks release of Irish-trained doctors in Bahrain
An Irish delegation of politicians, medical professionals and human rights representatives will travel to Bahrain next week to investigate the alleged illegal detention of a group of medics arrested on trumped up sedition charges. (more…)
Ireland is Paddy last with EU identity card
An Irish MEP has urged the government to introduce national ID cards in order to keep track of the population and avoid situations like last month’s census, which revealed an extra 100,000 people living in the country. (more…)
Orang-utan campaigners welcome new EU labelling rules
Everyday food items in Irish supermarkets that hide the ingredient of palm oil under the catch-all term “vegetable oil” will be obliged to state clearly on the label which oils are contained in the product, under new rules agreed by MEPs this week. (more…)
Ireland will endorse cross-border traffic laws
New regulations on cross-border traffic offences agreed at the European Parliament this week will be implemented by the government here, according to a Northwest MEP. (more…)
Dublin MEP says Irish return to Gaza flotilla is still an option
The Irish MEP who had hoped to be part of the second failed Gaza freedom flotilla has not ruled out a third attempt to break the Israeli blockade of Gaza in the near future. (more…)
