# european-commission - Yesterday’s News
Agriculture commissioner Dacian Ciolos has abandoned his plan after opposition from northern European countries.
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# european-commission - Wednesday 22 May, 2013
Enda Kenny came under pressure from reporters in Brussels ahead of a European Council meeting with a focus on tax evasion and fraud.
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# european-commission - Saturday 18 May, 2013
The new food safety rules mean restaurants will not be able to buy oil from specialised producers.
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# european-commission - Wednesday 15 May, 2013
An inquiry has begun into claims oil prices may have been fixed for over a decade which could have resulted in petrol prices being kept artificially high.
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# european-commission - Tuesday 14 May, 2013
The European Commission is looking at replacing one and two cent coins or getting rid of them entirely due to the costs involved in making them.
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The ‘two-pack’ also means the Budget will have to be submitted to Brussels for its approval every October from now on.
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# european-commission - Tuesday 7 May, 2013
EU leaders agreed to hold further discussions on agreeing a budget for the next seven years as well as plugging a shortfall in this year’s finances following negotiations, chaired by Ireland, in Brussels.
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# european-commission - Friday 3 May, 2013
Here are the things we learned, loved and shared today.
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5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
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Dublin said 1.5 per cent growth in the Budget, and 1.3 per cent last week… but the European Commission says 1.1 per cent.
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# european-commission - Tuesday 30 April, 2013
Sinn Féin’s Pearse Doherty said that government’s reduced forecast had shown that its current policy of austerity was not working.
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A ban on three pesticides, which some argue are threatening bees, will come into effect from December following a European Commission vote yesterday.
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# european-commission - Friday 26 April, 2013
The 76-year-old former premier is set to join a new grand coalition – and says he’s hoping to be made the Minister for Finance.
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# european-commission - Wednesday 24 April, 2013
Michael Noonan and Brendan Howlin want Troika approval to start charging from October 2014, with the first bills in 2015.
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# european-commission - Tuesday 23 April, 2013
The European Commission president says, however, it is an ‘unacceptable prejudice’ to blame some countries for others’ problems.
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Officials from the EU, IMF and ECB arrive in Dublin today to conduct their tenth review of Ireland’s bailout programme.
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# european-commission - Monday 22 April, 2013
The European Commission approves the latest €1.6 billion loan – but wants Dublin to say WHERE it will continue to cut back.
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# european-commission - Tuesday 16 April, 2013
All beef samples tested negative for horse DNA though one horse carcase was found to have traces of bute and is now under investigation.
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The results were to be submitted to the commission by yesterday, 15 April, and are expected to be published today.
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# european-commission - Thursday 11 April, 2013
The EU’s top court hands a major boost to opponents to the N6 bypass around Galway, ahead of a final Supreme Court ruling.
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# european-commission - Monday 8 April, 2013
The protest aims to highlight the “outspoken and negative” comments that have been made about Travellers in recent months.
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# european-commission - Thursday 28 March, 2013
Good morning! Here’s what you should know this morning as you kick off your Thursday.
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# european-commission - Saturday 23 March, 2013
The Troika are in Cyprus for intensive talks, while Nicos Anastasiades could yet lead a delegation to Brussels this afternoon.
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# european-commission - Thursday 7 March, 2013
The EU has been criticised for failing to enforce a commitment made by Microsoft to offer users a choice of internet browser for which the US tech giant was fined €561 million yesterday.
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# european-commission - Thursday 28 February, 2013
José Manuel Barroso also said he was “confident” that the United Kingdom would choose to remain a part of the European Union after its upcoming referendum.
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The President of the European Parliament affirms, however, that MEPs will probably not pass the EU’s draft seven-year Budget.
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José Manuel Barroso also said that combating youth unemployment was a priority for the European Commission.
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# european-commission - Wednesday 27 February, 2013
The European Commission has now officially confirmed a decision that had been expected. Ryanair said immediately it will appeal the rejection of its third bid for Aer Lingus.
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# european-commission - Tuesday 26 February, 2013
We’re getting off lightly, though – Northern Ireland alone is being asked to return €17.7 million.
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# european-commission - Monday 25 February, 2013
The European Commissioner says the €1 billion savings should be used to eliminate Ireland’s deficit as soon as possible.
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# european-commission - Wednesday 20 February, 2013
The European Commission, Council and Parliament have reached a deal on introducing rules requiring early submissions of Budgets.
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The scheme came into effect on 1 January 2013.
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# european-commission - Wednesday 13 February, 2013
Olli Rehn has written to EU ministers indicating an openness to delaying austerity measures on a case-by-case basis.
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# european-commission - Friday 1 February, 2013
The independent Wicklow TD met the Troika today, with YOUR questions in hand. Here’s what he was told.
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# european-commission - Wednesday 30 January, 2013
The new system called U-Multirank was launched under Ireland’s EU presidency today.
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# european-commission - Monday 28 January, 2013
Labour’s Phil Prendergast says the new graph search may be a breach of a citizen’s right to protect their personal data.
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# european-commission - Saturday 26 January, 2013
New European data shows 24 EU countries increased their proportion of female company directors last year – but not us.
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# european-commission - Wednesday 23 January, 2013
The Water Services Bill will begin its path through the Oireachtas in the Seanad chamber this afternoon.
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# european-commission - Tuesday 22 January, 2013
Brendan Howlin today confirmed he was continuing with plans to cut public staff numbers by 9,500 in two years.
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The deal has been hailed by finance minister Michael Noonan as having the potential to save Ireland billions of euro.
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