Coffee with the Commissioner
A group of Cork businesswomen had a chance to get up close and personal with one of the European Union’s most senior politicians recently when they met Margot Wallström, Vice-President of the European Commission, for coffee and a chat during the Commissioner’s visit to the city. Read More...
Using your direct line to the European Commission
You don't have to be in Brussels to get a good grasp of what is going on in the EU. The European Commission Representation in Ireland is an important bridge between you, the citizen, and the European Union. Read More...
Learning for life - Opportunities at different life stages
EU initiatives enable students, trainees and employees to gain valuable skills on an ongoing basis. Read More...
Ministers struggle to agree details on EU foreign service
EU foreign ministers struggled to agree the details of a common foreign service at a meeting in Spain last night. ...
EU funding: Rumours of its demise are greatly exaggerated
There is a common misconception that the era of EU funding opportunities for Ireland has now passed into history, an idea perhaps reinforced by the bloc’s expansion since 2004 to include 12 poorer members....
European Commission abolishes cheese export refund threshold
FURTHER steps have been taken by the European Commission to help stabilise the difficult dairy markets. ...
EU calls for probe over who is reaping benefit of lower prices paid to farmers
THE European Union wants national competition authorities to investigate why huge drops in the prices paid to farmers for milk, butter and cheese are not being passed on to consumers....
A New Focus for a New Age
EU-funded Seventh Framework Programme key instrument in helping to develop Ireland’s knowledge economy....
Your MEPs – Do you know what they do?
Given that MEPs spend much of their time working in Brussels and Strasbourg, they don't always make the headlines at home. ...
Know your rights when you travel in the EU
One of the great benefits of the EU is the freedom it offers citizens to travel in Europe. ...
What is the EU?
The European Union is made up of a group of sovereign states that have signed treaties with one another agreeing to cooperate in a number of policy areas....
Representing Irish interests in the EU 24/7 - The Irish Permanent Representation
The European Union is sometimes seen as a faceless bureaucracy over which Ireland has no control....
A guide to the institutions of the European Union
The institutions of the EU – there are five of them – are not easily explained partly because they are not based on any of the institutions we are used to in Ireland....
Know your rights when shopping online
Have you ever bought an MP3 player, camera or the latest mobile phone online and found that it did not meet your expectations?...
The changing face of Irish agriculture
Ten years ago, East Cork farmer Andrew Smyth found himself in a position that many smallholders will be quick to recognise - struggling to make ends meet through traditional tillage and vegetable farming but unwilling to leave the land and eager to stay self-employed. ...
Making the EU work for you - how to influence the EU
There are ways to influence what the EU is doing at every stage of policy and law making, and equally there are many ways to make the Union work for you....
Opportunity through partnership - Building for the future
Once a peninsula of green fields and country estates, Mahon in Cork has in recent decades developed into a sprawling suburb of mixed residential housing, a rapid transformation which along with other social factors resulted in it becoming an area of high unemployment....