A 2014 land grab is back on the table after the European Court of Auditors found fault with a CAP reform proposal demanded by Ireland.

Ryanair is annoyed that the European Commission doesn’t use the airline to get its staff from A to B, but maybe Michael O’Leary’s caustic insults and failure to acknowledge his company’s flaws is not the best way to court its custom, writes Europe Correspondent Ann Cahill

THE resignation of MEP Proinsias De Rossa has led to a row over how his successor as Labour delegation leader should be chosen.

THE appointment of Kevin Cardiff to EU court of Auditors has shown that there is someone in the Labour Party with courage.

THE secretary general of the Department of Finance, Kevin Cardiff was cleared to become a member of the EU Court of Auditors by the European Parliament amid claims of political abuse and intimidation by some MEPs.

ON the eve of an EU summit, where a draft new treaty emerges, expect a return of the “no alternative” brigade.

IT’S a bit rich hearing that the EU Court of Auditors finds Kevin Cardiff possibly inappropriate as a new member of the team.

The Government has said it will not be doing a u-turn on the nomination of senior Department of Finance official Kevin Cardiff to a post on the EU Court of Auditors.

AGRICULTURE Minister Simon Coveney has unveiled his intention to encourage farmers to increase stocking rates, to try to support the active farmer concept.

THE closure of Ireland’s last sugar factory in Mallow, Co Cork, with the loss of 240 jobs may not have been necessary, according to a report from the EU Court of Auditors.

THE way was finally cleared for the Lisbon Treaty to come into force when Czech President Vaclav Klaus signed the document yesterday hours after his country’s Constitutional Court cleared it.

THE mystery of just when the Government learned of John Bruton’s bid for the EU presidency deepened with a statement from the former Taoiseach that he had informed the Irish ambassador three weeks ago.

THE cabinet is expected to discuss Ireland’s next European Commissioner at their meeting tomorrow, while in Brussels the battle for Europe’s top jobs hots up.

WITHOUT milk quotas, farmers would have got only 16 or 17 cent per litre for milk this year, according to ICMSA.

It has emerged that Irish farmers were paid too much compensation after the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease.

ANTI-NICE protesters claimed last night that every trick in the political book was being played to get the referendum passed.