THE rights of trade unions to take industrial action against the use of cheap labour from Eastern European nations were bolstered by recommendations issued at the European Court of Justice yesterday.

AUGUST holidaymakers are set to benefit from dramatic cuts of up to 80% in their roaming mobile phone bills, as EU law makers agree to cap the fees phone companies can charge.

IRELAND’S smokers are among the most inconsiderate in the EU with up to a third smoking around young children and pregnant women.

EU MINISTERS have cleared the way for consumers to take out loans of up to €100,000 from banks and lenders in other member states.

FAMILIES that employ illegal immigrants as domestic or childcare help would be among employers prosecuted and liable to major fines under proposals from the European Commission.

HOLIDAYMAKERS could see their mobile phone roaming costs slashed by up to 75% following a breakthrough in EU negotiations yesterday.

A SYSTEM to recruit essential skilled workers from Third World countries to fill job vacancies in the EU will be unveiled in Brussels today.

EUROPE’S taxpayers may have to fund the €3 billion Galileo satellite system after companies involved in a public-private partnership failed to agree this week.

STUDENTS from secondary schools all over Europe including Ireland will have a chance to become a translator for a day as part of a project to encourage people to choose it as a career.

FOUR Northern Ireland Nobel prize winners celebrated the success of the peace process when they joined nine other recipients in Brussels to celebrate Europe Day.