There’s a man in the EU who has already led a country out of the bloc. His name is Uffe Ellemann-Jensen. He’s a former foreign minister of Denmark who handled negotiations on Greenland after its citizens voted to leave the EU in 1982.

Dunnes Stores engaged in a misleading commercial practice likely to deceive customers in an advertising campaign comparing certain products with rival Aldi, the High Court has ruled.

Supermarket giant Aldi has gone to court alleging a Dunnes Stores ad campaign gives a “completely misleading impression” that various Dunnes products are cheaper than Aldi equivalents.

Around a fifth of all rivers and streams in Co Cork may be polluted, according to a report released by the Environment Directorate of Cork County Council.

According to Mr Éamon Ó Cuiv in the Dáil, Ireland and other EU members are expected to approve three treaties, including the Fiscal Compact Treaty.

The referendum on tighter EU budget rules should be used to secure a reduction on Ireland’s massive debt burden, according to Independent TD Shane Ross.

SNAKES alive...an exotic animals expert has called for new legislation to control their import after several venomous snakes were abandoned.

Garrett FitzGerald has been described as "a committed and outstanding European" by European Commission president Jose Manuel Barosso.

A NUMBER of banking officials who left Anglo Irish Bank have refused to reveal 30 encrypted passwords for documents sought by investigators into possible criminal activity at the lender.

THOUSANDS of people are volunteering to be guinea pigs in clinical drug trials because of the recession and rising unemployment.

IN his letter (September 22), Daniel Harrington of Cóir says “the EU court, not the Irish people, will have the power to decide on important moral issues, such as abortion”.

The board of Great Southern Hotels Limited (GSH) has approved the sale of seven of its eight hotels as going concerns and the decision has been ratified by the board of Dublin Airport Authority.

New limits will be placed on the spreading of fertilisers and livestock manure on land in a bid to protect Ireland’s waters from harmful pollution, it was confirmed today.

The Small Firms Association is calling for insurance premiums to be reduced to reflect the fact that Ireland has the lowest accident rate in Europe.

LATE payment regulations are simply not working, Small Firms Association assistant director Patricia Callan declared yesterday.

RISING job losses were to blame for a 56% increase in the number of cases referred to the Employment Appeals Tribunal last year, a Government spokesperson said yesterday.