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.

A EUROPEAN Parliament report into the Equitable Life debacle, where a million people lost savings and pensions, blames the British government’s light-touch regulatory system.

IRISH drivers are the least likely in Europe to have life-saving automatic braking in their cars, despite paying more than the average price for their vehicles.

POOR public services and low wages are behind Ireland having the highest proportion of poor people in the EU, despite being the second wealthiest country with one of the lowest numbers out of work.

POOR public services and low wages are behind Ireland having the highest proportion of poor people in the EU, despite being the second wealthiest country with one of the lowest numbers out of work.