THE special seatbelts used for children on airplanes are unsafe and must be changed, the European Parliament has warned.

AN EU-wide missing child alert system will not be established because member states do not have such a process in place.

HEART healthcare in Ireland was rated as mediocre and well below the EU average in the first Euro Consumer Health Index.

THE island of Ireland is in the best position in Europe to be a GM-crop-free region, Environment Minister John Gormley told his EU counterparts in Paris.

THE Irish Government is being sued by the European Commission because it has failed to introduce laws to ensure the polluter and not the taxpayer pays to clean up damage to the environment.

PROPOSALS to cut mobile phone costs by a further 70% have been outlined by the European Commission.

A REGISTER for companies, interest groups, lawyers and non-governmental organisations involved in the EU’s €1 billion-a-year lobbying industry has been launched.

THE Government will tell the EU it wants more money for the Irish fishing industry when EU Fisheries Ministers meet today.

A FUNDAMENTAL culture shift in attitudes among Irish drivers is paying off, with the country showing the biggest drop in road deaths in the EU last year.

THE EU will increase the amount of money available for emergency food aid for poorer citizens while governments are free to reduce excise duty on fuel and to levy windfall taxes on fuel companies.