THE war of words between the Irish Farmers’ Association and EU trade commissioner Peter Mandelson worsened last night as they accused him of “breathtaking arrogance”, as he insisted they are getting their facts wrong.

THE EU’s €134 billion budget for next year will shift the focus away from agriculture towards investment in research, the environment and energy.

THE Government has defended its human rights record and rejected many of the criticisms in the Council of Europe’s review of human rights here issued in Strasbourg yesterday.

AGRICULTURE Minister Mary Coughlan clashed with EU trade commissioner Peter Mandelson when they met to discuss the current WTO talks.

AN organisation, representing businesses and members of the European Parliament, will be asked to leave their offices inside the parliament just five months after first moving in.

TELEVISION stations give EU news less than a tenth of the airtime they give national news, undermining citizens’ right to information and preventing them having a democratic input, according to the European Commission.

THE majority of pedestrians struck by a car travelling at 60km/h will die, according to a study of the effects of speeding.

IRELAND is one of just four European countries ever to ban a video game, but it is also one of the countries that does nothing to enforce the age limits on games because it is not an offence to sell a video game to a minor.

THE generosity of an Irish family who donated the organs of their 30-year-old son helped to highlight the need for an EU-wide organ donor system in the European Parliament.

CHINESE-made toys accounted for the majority of dangerous goods discovered and taken off the market in the EU last year.