GOVERNMENTS from around the world will this week sort through the outcome of the Copenhagen climate summit as the UN prepares to try again for a binding global agreement next year.

IRISH people are so worried about the economy and jobs, they are prepared to sacrifice the environment to achieve growth.

IRISH fishermen are hoping Brussels will grant them an increase in their share of the mackerel and prawn catch after it emerged they might get just half of last year’s mackerel quota.

IRELAND has an ability to produce parallel universes that are breathtakingly wide of reality, and during the past week there were two such instances.

CHRISTMAS lights can be lethal, with three in 10 likely to lead to electric shocks or even fire, according to a new report.

DECISION-MAKERS from all over the world sit down in Copenhagen to hammer out an agreement on tackling climate change today.

ALL the top jobs in the EU have been allocated following the announcement of the new commissioners on Friday in Brussels, but for many that is just the start of a job hunt.

ECONOMISTS are joining up with scientists to help save the planet threatened by global warming while species disappear at an alarming rate.

THE Allies and the Axis will gather in the German capital today to symbolically re-stage the fall of the Berlin Wall. The event20 years ago today was the beginning of the final chapter of the Second World War.

IRELAND twice lost the opportunity to have an Irish person as head of the European Commission, and once again the Government is reluctant to campaign for a citizen for high position.