THE Taoiseach’s efforts to garner support for Ireland’s opposition to harmonised corporation tax across the EU met with limited support.

POLAND became the first country yesterday to publicly give its support to the Taoiseach Bertie Ahern for the post of EU president.

AN TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern admitted he did not support Dustin the Turkey in the Eurosong final but he pledged to respect the people’s choice.

TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern named June as the month for the referendum on the latest EU treaty, confounding pundits who expected a May date.

TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern began a three-day trip to EU member countries yesterday, which is generally seen as the start of his campaign to become the president of the European Union next year.

COMPENSATION will have to be paid to people travelling in uninsured cars involved in accidents they did not cause, the European Court of Justice has said.

SINN FÉIN was joined by Northern Ireland Unionist and British eurosceptic MEPs in a vote against the Lisbon Treaty in the European Parliament.

DEATHS on Irish motorways are increasing at the second-highest rate in Europe, while they are dropping in most other countries.

EU AGRICULTURE ministers will vote today on a highly controversial GM potato that, according to the World Health Organisation, could make people resistant to some antibiotics used to treat bacterial infections.

USING Irish in the EU could help win a ‘yes’ vote for the Lisbon Treaty, according to Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs Minister Éamon Ó Cuív.