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.

IRELAND has come under pressure from the Council of Europe to stop criminalising women who have abortions and allow them access to the procedure.

SCIENTISTS from the European Environment Agency have called for a halt to plans to increase the share of biofuels used in transport, to which EU leaders have committed themselves.

ANTI-TREATY campaigners are distorting the truth and telling lies, claims vice-president of the European Commission Margot Wallstrom.

GARDAÍ are investigating an attack on Dublin MEP Proinsias De Rossa who was attacked and assaulted by a group of anti-Lisbon treaty protesters.

CONTRACT workers employed by the state must get the same salaries and pension schemes as their counterparts in full-time employment, the European Court of Justice has ruled.

THE French government was told to keep out of Irish politics and to stop interfering with the Lisbon referendum by Europe Minister Dick Roche and Labour leader Eamon Gilmore.