THE prospect of Greece leaving the eurozone is still on the table, despite an expected vote by the Athens parliament to accept the austerity measures attached to its second bailout loan.

A SCHEME to make millions of euro available for nationwide high-speed broadband, cheap green energy and fast transport links to the centre of Europe has been welcome by the Government as a vital step toward creating growth and jobs.

FISHERMEN have criticised as “perverse” plans to reduce the amount of some fish they can catch next year, under European Commission proposals that would shut the cod fisheries in the Irish Sea.

THERE was something for everyone, with a little more for the banks and less for the taxpayer, in the deal that emerged from the 10 hours of negotiations by eurozone leaders at the euro summit on Thursday.

THE cost of Ireland’s bailout will be cut by over €1 billion a year as other lenders have indicated they will follow the EU’s lead and reduce the interest rate on the entire €67bn loan.

THE European Commission has approved state aid of up to €13.1 billion for the merged Allied Irish Bank and Educational Building Society to ensure it is sufficiently capitalised to meet stress test requirements.

MOBILE phone operators who charge customers three times more for their calls when abroad are facing a raft of new rules to force them to drop their prices.

THE hidden scandal of how Irish employers take advantage of foreign domestic workers without work permits has been exposed by an EU study.

EMPLOYERS are pushing to dismantle the structure that regulates overtime and Sunday working for lower-paid workers in the catering, hotel and construction industry.

PRISONS are overcrowded in more than half the EU, including Ireland, while a quarter of prisoners are awaiting trial and more than half in some countries are foreign nationals.