The controversial Shannon LNG gas terminal is a step closer after a vote today in the European Parliament.

The Government is opposing an EU plan to end seasonal clock changes, saying it cannot agree to any move that could result in different time zones on the island of Ireland.

David-Maria Sassoli, an Italian member of the Socialists & Democrats bloc, has been elected as the next president of the European Parliament after two rounds of voting in the Strasbourg-based legislature.

A Sinn Féin MEP candidate has warned the party will be in "trouble" at the next general election unless it learns lessons "very, very quickly" from its local and European elections slump.

Green TDs have accused other election candidates of “hijacking” their campaign issues as the party urges voters, both young and old, to give them their number ones on Friday.

With Rosalia Long’s Zumba moves triggering positive feelings left, right and centre, Beaumont Girls National School was as good a place as any to re-energise for the final week of European Elections campaigning.

Three-time MEP Marian Harkin has confirmed she will not seek re-election to the European Parliament and said the size of her constituency and a tough travelling schedule are two of her reasons for stepping back from politics.

These will include a requirement that advertisers provide proof that they live in the country where their ads will be targeting users of the social media network.

Neutrality does not suffice in a world dominated by the US and China, and with the far right resurgent, Ireland must stand up for the values of the European Union, says Malcolm Byrne.

It projected that the centre-right Christian Democrat EPP group would remain the largest party ahead of the centre-left Socialist S&D.

As a teenager he fell off a roof and was paralysed from the hips down.

The race for the European elections is already hotting up, with some big names making no secret of their ambition to run, writes Political Correspondent Juno McEnroe.

He will also “cover any and all topics” media wish to raise with him.

Irish people are now able to shop online without unjustified geoblocking wherever they are in the EU, according to new rules that came into force this week.

Instead of protecting populist governments that are enabling corruption, the EU should ensure that all member-state governments are held to account, says Guy Verhofstadt

The Dublin and Ireland South constituencies at the next European elections will each have an extra seat, a new boundary review published has recommended.

The EU’s top court is to rule this week on whether information about the travel expenses, subsistence allowances and other expenses of MEPs should be made publicly available.

MEP Seán Kelly has called on Fine Gael to reconsider allowing a candidate to contest the presidency as he reiterated his desire to run for the Áras.

MEP Brian Crowley has been urged to resign after four years of absence from the European parliament because of the “damage” to Ireland’s interests and because of the UK’s imminent exit from the EU.

A farmer who started the campaign to have farmers compensated for loss of income due to a ban on agricultural activity in hen harrier conservation areas has declared his interest in running as a Fianna Fáil candidate in the next European Parliament elections.

There have been renewed calls for Ireland South MEP Brian Crowley to resign or clarify his position after not voting once in the European Parliament since his re-election four years ago.

Mark Zuckerberg has apologised to European Parliament members for Facebook's role in the Cambridge Analytica scandal.

The days of Irish shoppers using workarounds to get online orders from other EU countries may soon be a thing of the past after the European Parliament voted in favour of measures that would stop “geo-blocking” by retailer websites.

The European Parliament has narrowly defeated plans to ban an additive that is considered key in industrial meats for the popular doner kebab.

During his third State of the Union address to the European Parliament earlier this month, European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker sketched his vision of how Europe might evolve. 

France's leading left-wing politician - a vocal opponent of President Emmanuel Macron - is embroiled in a growing corruption investigation over alleged fictional parliamentary assistant jobs in the European Parliament.

Antonio Tajani, of the EPP Christian Democrat group, has been elected president of the European Parliament.

The current president of the European Parliament, Martin Schulz, has announced he will not seek re-election to the position.

The trial of Ibrahim Halawa is scheduled to take place today in Egypt.

The case of Dubliner Ibrahim Halawa will come before the European Parliament today.

The European Parliament may introduce new regulations which would see restrictions placed on the social media use of teenagers under the age of 16.

The European Parliament has agreed to table an urgent motion for resolution calling for the release of Ibrahim Halawa.

The European Parliament is calling for the banning of toxic chemicals in recycled plastics.

People who buy holiday packages online are to be afforded the same protection as those who use travel agents.

An important vote in the EU today could impact how much we pay for the internet.

MEP Seán Kelly will represent the European Parliament at the UN Climate Conference in Paris in December that hopes to reach an historic global agreement to combat global warming.

Commission president Jean Claude Juncker called for tax harmonisation when addressing allegations that he oversaw hundreds of sweetheart tax deals that let multinationals escape paying billions of euro in taxes.

The European Parliament has voted for a number of measures to tackle the growing resistance to both human and veterinary antibiotics.