IRELAND ignores the goings-on at the EU think tank on the future of Europe at its peril, European Parliament President Pat Cox warned yesterday.

FROM the Baldy Bus to the Cox Coach. In its latest incarnation the Classic Coaches luxury green bus with the tinted windows has the chance to lay the demons of its last political campaign to rest.

THE Government will next week map out its plans to ensure sports fans will not face a repeat of the controversial FAI deal with Sky Television.

Munster MEP and U2 frontman Bono have been named as Europeans of the year by a Brussels magazine, which polled journalists and opinion formers across the 15 member block.