Not-so-grey pragmatist with passion for a united EuropeIF the German Chancellor, Dr Helmut Kohl, occasionally conjures up the absence of European war to justify his great European …Fri Jul 19 1996 - 01:00
Quinn rejects easing of monetary policyTHE Minister for Finance, Mr Quinn, made a robust defence of the EU's economic strategy yesterday, rejecting MEPs' calls for …Thu Jul 18 1996 - 01:00
Commission backs plan to stabilise beef marketTHE European Commission yesterday approved a package of urgent proposals from the Farm Commissioner, Mr Franz Fischler, to rebalance…Thu Jul 18 1996 - 01:00
Spring hails Clinton move on US actTHE Tanaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs yesterday welcomed the decision of President Clinton to waive part of the Helms…Thu Jul 18 1996 - 01:00
EU vets say standards set on British gelatine may be too lenientONLY weeks after the EU's vets announced that exports of British beef gelatine could resume, they will sit down to examine new…Wed Jul 17 1996 - 01:00
Mediterranean aid deal approvedTHE Tanaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Spring, set himself a tough standard to maintain when the Foreign Ministers…Tue Jul 16 1996 - 01:00
EU waits as Clinton considers waiver on trade lawTHE EU yesterday decided to retaliate against the US in the escalating trade dispute over Washington's attempts to prevent foreign…Tue Jul 16 1996 - 01:00
Spring faces thorny issues at meeting of foreign ministersTHE Tanaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Spring, chairing his first meeting of EU foreign ministers here today, laces…Mon Jul 15 1996 - 01:00
Nuclear ruling is boost for Irish CND"THE ultimate evil." That was the description by the World Court in The Hague of nuclear weapons in a landmark ruling this week…Fri Jul 12 1996 - 01:00
Angry Bruton says decision to allow march a mistake he cannot understandA CLEARLY upset and angered Taoiseach yesterday condemned the decision to allow the Drumcree march to proceedFri Jul 12 1996 - 01:00
FBI-style force is sought by Bruton to beat crimeTHE Taoiseach yesterday called for a European FBI-style police force to fight organised crime in the EUFri Jul 12 1996 - 01:00
Quinn seeks to involve public in debate on monetary unionTHE Minister for Finance, Mr Quinn, reporting yesterday to the European Parliament on the programme of the Irish presidency, …Wed Jul 10 1996 - 01:00
Smuggling of UK beef to Italy claimedCLAIMS that British beef has been illegally smuggled through "Ireland" to the Italian market in defiance of the BSE caused export…Tue Jul 9 1996 - 01:00
Ireland well placed to act as broker in Rushdie affairPROSPECTS for a serious attempt at resolving the seven year dispute between the EU and Iran over the death threat to the writer…Mon Jul 8 1996 - 01:00
EU grants for three projectTHE EU Commission yesterday announced grants to Ireland worth some £30 million from the Cohesion Fund.Sat Jul 6 1996 - 01:00
Bruton keen to convey EU aims in simple termsJOHN Birt brought the concept of a "mission to explain" to broadcastingWed Jul 3 1996 - 01:00
Florence pays its tribute to two geniusesTHAT the Duomo in Florence was ever built is remarkable, given the man and his past.Fri Jun 28 1996 - 01:00
IFA milk quotas challenge moves to European CourtTHE legal challenge by the Irish Farmers Association to cuts in EU milk quotas reached the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in…Fri Jun 28 1996 - 01:00
Farmers to receive £70m for BSE lossesIRISH farmers are to receive a total of £70 million in income compensation payments this year for losses due to BSEThu Jun 27 1996 - 01:00
Howlin hopeful on greenhouse gas goalTHE Minister for the Environment, Mr Howlin, has expressed confidence that the EU will be at the forefront in pressing for cuts…Wed Jun 26 1996 - 01:00
Irish farmers' lobby greets Yates as he arrives in Luxembourg for meeting of EU ministersA DOZEN Irish farmers' representatives were in Luxembourg with their IFA banner to greet the Minister for Agriculture, Mr Yates…Tue Jun 25 1996 - 01:00
Britain drops objections to development of centralised police agencyTHE LIFTING of the British policy of non co operation has allowed the long delayed Europol Convention to get the final go ahead…Mon Jun 24 1996 - 01:00
Formidable agenda passes to Ireland after Major finally releases the ballWITHOUT finding a solution to their problems they would, eventually, call a truce, only to take up arms again whenever the occasion…Mon Jun 24 1996 - 01:00
Peace, jobs, sound money and safe streets in Bruton's visionTHE TAOISEACH paid warm tribute to the Italian Presidency in a speech to EU leaders wrapping up the summit.Mon Jun 24 1996 - 01:00
Unpleasant little war ends at price of British dignity"OUR policy of non co operation ceases as from nowSat Jun 22 1996 - 01:00
Leaders confident British beef deal can be achievedEUROPEAN Union leaders arrived in Florence last night to a swellering heat certain to defrost any lingering diplomatic coolness…Fri Jun 21 1996 - 01:00
Beef war to scale down as Britain accepts EU line on banA CESSATION of hostilities in the EU's bitter beef war of words appeared imminent last night as a senior British diplomat gave…Thu Jun 20 1996 - 01:00
Crucial week in efforts to end beef warTHREE months after the BSE crisis broke, the British Government faces a crunch week of meetings it hopes will begin to deescalate…Mon Jun 17 1996 - 01:00
EU officials lobbied over Ballymun light rail linkA LIGHT RAIL system to Ballymun would be the key to the viability of a badly needed industrial development project on the north…Sat Jun 15 1996 - 01:00
Stage drama provides relief from the beef warDRAMA on the stage in Brussels has been getting fierce competition these days from the carryings on off stage in the new genre…Fri Jun 14 1996 - 01:00
No half-way between violence and politics, Bruton tells Sinn FeinIN A BITTER attack on Sinn Fein, the Taoiseach yesterday warned it "there is no half way house between democratic politics and…Wed Jun 12 1996 - 01:00
Sanity on mad cows may rule if Britain pulls in its hornsTHE QUESTION is simpleWed Jun 12 1996 - 01:00
Concessions by Rifkind do little to deflect EU angerTHE British Foreign Secretary, Mr Malcolm Rifkind, yesterday hinted at a significant easing of Britain's obstructionist protest…Tue Jun 11 1996 - 01:00
EU fishery cuts to be hard foughtEU Fisheries Ministers yesterday put down markers that the 40 per cent cuts in the fishing fleet sought by the Commission will…Tue Jun 11 1996 - 01:00
Santer gives warning that Britain is putting strain on EU's toleranceA NEW broadside against Britain from the President of the European Commission, Mr Jacques Santer, yesterday is set to raise temperatures…Mon Jun 10 1996 - 01:00
EU poll shows deep division over sharing of sovereigntyHALF the Irish electorate believes there should be more voting by majority at ministerial meetings of an enlarged EU, a survey…Fri Jun 7 1996 - 01:00
Howard should win medal for brass neckWHEN they hand out the medals for the Beef War campaign, Michael Howard, Britain's Eurosceptical, hang-em and flog-em Home Secretary…Fri Jun 7 1996 - 01:00
Obstruction policy almost swung against UKBRITAIN'S policy of obstructing EU business nearly scuppered the partial lifting of the beef export ban at the Commission yesterday…Thu Jun 6 1996 - 01:00
Santer wins support for jobs strategyTHE President of the European Commission, Mr Jacques Santer, yesterday won approval from commissioners for a series of job creation…Thu Jun 6 1996 - 01:00
Britain vetoes EU anti-crime measuresBRITAIN yesterday took its EU obstructionism to its most absurd conclusion when it blocked a series of measures designed to strengthen…Wed Jun 5 1996 - 01:00
Six EU states insist on higher compensation for BSE lossesAT least six member states have said they will fight for a substantial increase in the level of compensation the EU is proposing…Wed Jun 5 1996 - 01:00
EU ministers agree key pillar to EMU pactEU Finance Ministers yesterday took another significant step towards the creation of the single currency with broad political…Tue Jun 4 1996 - 01:00
Commission to lift ban tomorrow on British beef by-productsEU agriculture ministers failed last night to reach agreement on a partial lifting of the ban on British beef exports.Tue Jun 4 1996 - 01:00
EU ban on British beef by products likely to go this weekEU agriculture ministers are set to allow a lifting of the EU export ban on British beef by productsMon Jun 3 1996 - 01:00
Ministers in currency talksEU finance ministers, meeting today in Luxembourg, will continue their Verona debate on the relationship between the single currency…Mon Jun 3 1996 - 01:00
Commission by compromiseJACQUES Delors is a tough act to follow - a visionary and intellectual who drove the EU forward on his own agenda and a master…Fri May 31 1996 - 01:00
Vets' agency to move to Meath from BrusselsA TWO YEAR dispute about locating an EU veterinary agency in Grange, Co Meath, has been resolvedThu May 30 1996 - 01:00
Noonan hopes for progress on EU blood standardsTHE Minister for Health, Mr Noonan, in Brussels yesterday to prepare for Ireland's Presidency of the EU, said he hopes to make…Thu May 30 1996 - 01:00
Deft move saves UK's image on Third WorldA DEFT tactical retreat by the British Development Minister, Baroness Chalker, saved her government yesterday from the ignominy…Wed May 29 1996 - 01:00