EU rejects British fisheries offer of 35% fish-stock reduction over 3 years
A Number 10 insider has described the reported compromise on fishing quotas as “b*llocks”.
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A Number 10 insider has described the reported compromise on fishing quotas as “b*llocks”.
Billy Kelleher, Seán Kelly, and Ciarán Cuffe have written to Taoiseach Micheál Martin to ask for MEPs to be treated as essential workers for travel purposes.
Irish MEPs regret that Brexit has become an inevitability, with one saying that “as an Irish person, I can’t feel any happiness” towards the certainty it created.
All the UK MEPs were due to leave the European Parliament on 31 October, but this now remains up in the air.
The EU parliament rejected a vote asking member states to step up efforts to save asylum seekers in the Mediterranean.
MEPs will vote today on whether to elect the German defence minister to the European Commission top job.
Committee memberships, travel woes and accidentally calling the fire department. All in a week’s work.
Irish MEPs Clare Daly and Mick Wallace both wore ‘Free Assange’ t-shirts today, so is this allowed?
Last night, the count was suspended until 11am today.
Stick with us as we bring you the latest updates all evening and into the night.
The first proper debate takes place on Virgin Media One tomorrow night.
There’s two elections, a referendum… and plebiscites in certain areas.
Have you been paying attention to these politicians over the last five years?
13 Irish MEPs will be elected when voters go to the polls on 24 May.
Clocks go forward this year on Sunday 31 March.
Ireland was allotted the additional two seats as part of the redistribution of seats due to Brexit.
Brexit is also impacting on May’s European elections
The Irish government and the EU says they’re not preparing for a hard border – here’s what three Irish MEPs think.
There will be 73 vacant MEP seats after the UK withdraws from the European Union.
The practice involves dragging an electrified net across the sea floor, stunning all of the marine life in its path.
More than a dozen women spoke to the Sunday Times this week and accused politicians of harassment.
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.
One Irish MEP was unable to attend plenary sessions in 2015 due to illness.
They’ve also been making fewer speeches and asking fewer questions.
Ireland ranks last out of all Member States for attendance at plenary sessions.
Pope Francis has made a speech in the European Parliament this morning
Garda whistleblower John Wilson has said he will fund raise for Nessa Childer’s legal costs in the case that Phil Hogan proceeds with threatened action.
Find out who has won a seat, who is ripping up their posters – and who is arguing over the result.
If you’re feeling disillusioned with politics, you’re not alone – and that’s why you need to make your voice heard.
The elections come a day early, if you’re lucky enough to live on an island off the west or northwest coast.
Ten counties. Four seats. Exactly 96 hours until the polls open.
This butcher in Cashel’s promising his vote to the Greens. Other locals are also pledging their number ones to Grace O’Sullivan — but, it turns out, some are more genuine than others…
A poll in the UK showed only one in ten voters can name their MEP… Will you be casting a ballot on Friday week?
The list of ‘replacements’ that could end up taking MEP seats also includes pro-life and LGBT campaigners, a former army officer, and an ex-world champion athlete.
The European Parliament has voted in favour of a motion calling for the publishing of the letter.
Meanwhile, fourteen elected representatives didn’t declare their donation statements and may now face prosecution.
A group of MEPs met with the Commissioner for Regional Development in Strasbourg this morning.
The measures could restrict the amount of nicotine allowed in electronic cigarettes, which have been marketed as a way for smokers to wean themselves off the habit.
But France is likely to block any changes to the current system whereby MEPs decamp, at considerable cost, to Strasbourg every month.