The European Parliament will meet today to thrash out a proposed data law – a key anti-terror measure that Britain and other member states want adopted by the end of the year.

The European Parliament today rejected draft EU-wide rules designed to protect workers from overexposure to the sun, arguing that such guidelines should be laid down on the national level.

TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern faces into the biggest challenge of his political career today when he tries to get agreement for an EU Constitution.