INCINERATORS that have not yet received planning permission will not be built as Ireland will find different ways of dealing with its waste in future, Green Party Environment Minister John Gormley has said.

THE EU’s decision to challenge Irish laws that restrict planning permission to locals living in the area, working in certain land-based occupations and speaking Irish has led to a clash between auctioneers and a Government MEP.

PLANNING rules that restrict building permission to those who speak Irish, are from the locality or work on the land, are to be challenged by the European Commission.

THE new EU Treaty will be put to the Irish people in a referendum next year, Taoiseach Bertie Ahern said following its agreement at the weekend.

THE Poles found themselves isolated at the EU summit in Brussels last night after insisting that Germany still owes them for their sufferings in the Second World War.

UKRAINE has its own problems straightening out its newfound democracy between its western and Russian oligarchs, but it is also having to contend with a more protectionist European Union.

THE Irish are losing their enthusiasm for EU enlargement despite being among the most enthusiastic supporters of the union.

THE European Union could be left in a quagmire for years if its leaders fail to resolve their differences over new rules for operating the union at the two-day summit that kicks off in Brussels today.

IT’S being billed as the battle of the Summit Queen versus the Polish Twins.

A MEETING of foreign ministers broke up in disarray last night as Poland blocked attempts to redraft the EU constitution.