European news for Ireland
Taoiseach, Simon Harris, and European Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen, are on collision course over EU gender equality. Newly elected European Commission President says she will ask member states…
Two Irish ports – Dublin and Cork – to get more than €100 million in EU Connecting Europe funding to expand. Dublin Port will spend €73,759,829 in EU funding to…
Ireland’s “impressive progress on its reform agenda” has allowed the European Commission to release €324m in EU cash, says President von der Leyen.
OECD: “Environmental legislation could have a strong impact on the future development of dairy production. GHG emissions from dairy activities make up a significant share of total emissions in some…
Only Malta has a lower percentage of organically farmed land than Ireland in the EU, according to Eurostat.
Irish beef producers can export beef to South Korea again after BSE trade barriers are lifted.
EU downgrades Ireland’s growth forecast for 2024 from 3% to 1.2% “Ireland’s economy is expected to rebound and grow”, says European Commission, but more slowly than previously thought.
Ireland ranked 15th most LGBTI friendly country in Europe, up one place from 2023. Equality organisation, ILGA-Europe, is encouraged by progress on the hate crime bill and the govt’s promise…
EU will not examine whether Israel has breached its trade deal human rights clause, says European Commission spokesman. Ireland and Spain asked back in February to look into a possible…
OECD welcomes Ireland’s proposals to use windfall profits for National Development Plan, but warns new housing projects will need to be ‘sequenced’ to cope with labour shortages. In its latest…