# european-parliament - Saturday 17 November, 2018
The directive was passed in the European parliament earlier this week.
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# european-parliament - Saturday 27 October, 2018
On average, every person in the EU consumes up to 106 litres of bottled water every year.
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# european-parliament - Thursday 25 October, 2018
The parliament said its ban across the EU targets single-use cutlery, cotton buds, straws and stirrers.
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# european-parliament - Sunday 29 April, 2018
Farmers have welcomed moves to rebalance power in the supply chain.
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# european-parliament - Tuesday 17 April, 2018
Macron addressed the European Parliament for the first time this morning.
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# european-parliament - Thursday 15 February, 2018
The final decision will be taken on 22 March at an EU summit.
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# european-parliament - Monday 15 January, 2018
The practice involves dragging an electrified net across the sea floor, stunning all of the marine life in its path.
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# european-parliament - Wednesday 29 November, 2017
Flanagan says the remarks have been taken out of context.
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# european-parliament - Sunday 26 November, 2017
The European Parliament’s fishing committee allowed a motion to pass legalising the controversial technique.
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# european-parliament - Tuesday 24 October, 2017
More than a dozen women spoke to the Sunday Times this week and accused politicians of harassment.
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# european-parliament - Wednesday 4 October, 2017
The airline was criticised it on numerous fronts for its treatment of its workers and passengers.
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# european-parliament - Wednesday 13 September, 2017
Jean-Claude Juncker has called for the EU to implement plans for a common defence strategy
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# european-parliament - Tuesday 4 July, 2017
But his remarks drew a sharp response from parliament head Antonio Tajani.
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# european-parliament - Friday 30 June, 2017
Le Pen faces claims her party illegally claimed millions of euros from the European Parliament to pay for France-based staff.
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# european-parliament - Sunday 9 April, 2017
The word appeared in legislation on women and their role in rural areas which was supported by two Fine Gael MEPs.
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# european-parliament - Monday 3 April, 2017
But the EU plan stops short of replicating Ireland’s country-of-origin labelling system.
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# european-parliament - Thursday 2 February, 2017
Seb Dance was caught on camera holding up the handwritten message behind Farage.
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# european-parliament - Wednesday 30 November, 2016
The measures were approved yesterday allowing “cross-border portability” of paid-for online content.
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# european-parliament - Thursday 24 November, 2016
McGuinness said that she hoped her gender doesn’t influence the decision either way, and that the position was by no means secured.
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# european-parliament - Saturday 17 September, 2016
Irish MEP Seán Kelly said people who break rules should be “dealt with”.
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# european-parliament - Wednesday 14 September, 2016
Earlier, Fine Gael MEP Brian Hayes said: “Changing the rules, however appalling [they are], is not smart.”
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# european-parliament - Monday 18 July, 2016
The Independent MEP says he’s the only Irish member who regularly shows up for the Agriculture Committee. FactCheck puts that claim to the test.
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# european-parliament - Tuesday 28 June, 2016
“It’s a pleasure,” replied Nigel Farage.
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# european-parliament - Thursday 26 May, 2016
The aim is to ensure all EU citizens access the same services and prices, regardless of where they’re based.
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# european-parliament - Wednesday 11 May, 2016
One Irish MEP was unable to attend plenary sessions in 2015 due to illness.
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# european-parliament - Tuesday 10 May, 2016
Seán Kelly had been booked on the flight and had paid for his ticket well in advance. And he’s not happy with what happened…
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# european-parliament - Thursday 28 April, 2016
The organisation made a number of claims in a letter sent last year.
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# european-parliament - Saturday 19 December, 2015
In a harsh statement, Cairo also called on the European body to reconsider its approach to similar cases in the future.
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# european-parliament - Thursday 17 December, 2015
MEPs voted overwhelmingly in favour of the resolution.
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# european-parliament - Tuesday 27 October, 2015
The men have been suspended for 10 days but will still be allowed to vote.
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# european-parliament - Tuesday 8 September, 2015
Fine Gael says a vote in the European Parliament means Sinn Féin is now in favour of water charges, but the reality is somewhat different.
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# european-parliament - Friday 17 July, 2015
Several European countries have tried to ban the app, but where does Ireland stand?
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# european-parliament - Saturday 13 June, 2015
It’s ten years since Irish was made an official language of the EU.
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# european-parliament - Wednesday 10 June, 2015
Flanagan didn’t hold back in his criticism.
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Debate on the so-called TTIP was suspended this morning amid angry scenes.
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# european-parliament - Tuesday 9 June, 2015
…and then Fifa should hand it over to us again as a legitimate grant.
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# european-parliament - Saturday 30 May, 2015
Eurocrats are gearing up, once again, to meddle with our corporate tax rate. We should take a leaf out of our neighbour’s book and demand better.
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# european-parliament - Wednesday 20 May, 2015
An Irish MEP has proposed that the use of the antibiotics without prescription be banned.
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# european-parliament - Tuesday 5 May, 2015
They’ve also been making fewer speeches and asking fewer questions.
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# european-parliament - Wednesday 29 April, 2015
Fine Gael MEP Brian Hayes on the ‘disgraceful’ moving of the European Parliament to Strasbourg once a month, every month.
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