Fine Gael MEP Avril Doyle says she will not be seeking to retain her seat in June's European elections.

I WISH to make several clarifications as to the work of the European Parliament cited in your report headlined ‘MEPs miss one in five sessions of parliament’ (August 25).

The leader of Europe’s centre-right MEPs demanded an apology today over a “Nazi” jibe – not from Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, but from the target of his outburst.