A THIRD of EU subsidies for the fishing industry over the past 12 years went to building bigger fishing vessels while another third went to scrapping fleet, a new website on where the money goes has revealed.

IRELAND has been warned it must be more open about electricity transmission and coordinate better with the British energy market to help make energy production and use more efficient.

SWEDEN has adapted its neutrality to post cold-war conditions, the Swedish foreign minister said, and it was keen to ensure Ireland’s Lisbon treaty guarantees did not impact on its policies.

MILLIONS of jobs in the EU food industry that depend on dairy produce are at risk as farmers are forced to produce milk below cost, warned president of the Europe-wide farmers’ union, Padraig Walshe.

THE British Tories have formed their own group in the European Parliament and appointed Irishman Frank Barrett as secretary general.

THE Irish are very good at achieving the impossible when the situation is critical.

THE State will be in the dock this week accused of fixing minimum retail prices for cigarettes.

EUROPEAN Parliament politicians have lost a lot of credibility over their reluctance to reveal how they spend their expenses.

IRELAND was facing a revolt by a number of EU countries over the demand for cast iron legal guarantees in the Lisbon treaty on the issues of neutrality, right to life and taxation.

THE number of candidates who won seats to the European Parliament and oppose the EU and the Lisbon treaty has increased.