THIS time next week our fate as part of the EU will be decided.

IRISH people living in Brussels are being offered free flights home to canvass in the referendum campaign.

A NEW watchdog system to identify and give early warnings of banking problems across the EU has been unveiled by the European Commission.

THE drinks industry is playing far too big a role in shaping alcohol policy, allowing it to produce advertising that targets very young people, an international conference has been told.

JUST more than two weeks ahead of the second vote on the Lisbon Treaty, some of the country’s leading sporting, social, political and artistic figures have firmly pinned their colours to the Yes or No camps.

EUROPE Minister Dick Roche has become the first member of Government to express an interest in the job as Ireland’s European Commissioner, saying he would like to take up the position when Charlie McCreevy’s term ends next month.

THE EU is coming out of recession, according to figures from the big member states.

JOSE MANUEL BARROSO put in a gruelling week trying to convince members of the European Parliament to vote for him this Wednesday, allowing him to retain his job as commission president for another five years.

THE EU is anxious to begin negotiations with Syria and Lebanon as part of a new drive for peace in the Middle East.

THE EU as a world power is a phrase that is cropping up during the Lisbon treaty campaign.