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

The Labour MEP Proinsias De Rossa has announced that he is stepping down from the European Parliament next month.

VETERAN Labour MEP Proinsias De Rossa is to quit his post next month after nearly 13 years in Brussels.

Former Lord Mayor of Dublin Emer Costello is expected to replace Labour MEP Proinsias De Rossa when he steps down as an MEP next month.

Labour MEP Proinsias De Rossa is to step down as a Member of the European Parliament next month.

A son of Labour MEP Proinsias De Rossa, who is charged with assaulting his father, is to spend Christmas on remand in the Central Mental Hospital.

A SON of Labour MEP Proinsias De Rossa, who is charged with assaulting his father, was “not fit” to attend his court hearing yesterday as he is receiving “ongoing psychiatric treatment”.

A son of Labour MEP Proinsias De Rossa, who is charged with assaulting his father, was “not fit” to attend his court hearing today as he is receiving “ongoing psychiatric treatment”.

TAOISEACH Enda Kenny has refused to say if the Government will proceed with Kevin Cardiff’s nomination to a lucrative EU post after he was rejected at a key stage of the process.

A SON of a Labour MEP who is charged with assaulting his father has been transferred to the Central Mental Hospital for treatment.

Labour Party MEP Proinsias de Rossa has welcoming the commitment from the EU Commission President to keep Greece in the Eurozone.

The hard line being taken by Berlin against Irish demands to lower the bailout interest rate is a mistake, according to Labour Party MEP Proinsias de Rossa.

It is understood a deal on the future coalition government can be reached by the end of today, although there are still some outstanding issues between Fine Gael and Labour.

MUCH of the €25 million being paid out by the EU to help get laid-off Irish workers back into employment may have to be returned, MEPs have warned.

POLITICAL parties were being “dishonest” by continuing to claim the national deficit could be reduced to 3% of GDP by 2014, a conference of leading international economists at Croke Park was told yesterday.

Labour MEP Proinsias de Rossa is calling on the Government to initiate legal action against Israel in light of the attack on the aid convoy last Monday and the boarding of the MV Rachel Corrie.

AN Irish-owned aid vessel was sailing closer to Gaza’s shores last night amid threats by Israel that it was standing firm over its blockade ofthe war-torn Palestinian territory.

THE travel tax, which is blamed for contributing to the drop in tourist numbers, is being investigated by the European Commission.

FORMER Fianna Fáil MEP Eoin Ryan received the highest amount of political donations last year, followed closely by Labour MEP Proinsias de Rossa.

STEP aside Bernard Dunne: rumours abounded that the battle over the Lisbon Treaty nearly ended in fisticuffs between Labour MEP Proinsias De Rossa and Libertas leader Declan Ganley.

POLITICIANS have demanded the Catholic Church remove a magazine from churches that carries an advertisement claiming the Lisbon Treaty will automatically allow special needs children and ill people to be locked up.

SOCIALIST Party MEP Joe Higgins says he will not link up with any group opposed to abortion when he launched his No to Lisbon campaign in Strasbourg.

IRELAND is facing court action because it has failed to implement EU accounting and auditing legislation.

Sinn Féin has hit a glass ceiling in Irish politics and this is one of the most interesting examples of how Irish voters do not like extremes. Sinn Féin should have made hay in these polls, given the collapse in Fianna Fáil’s support. Instead, it has lost its only European seat and has failed to add anything to its list of local councillors

SENATOR Alan Kelly capped a sensational European election for Labour when defeating sitting Independent MEP Kathy Sinnott for the final seat in the Ireland South constituency last night.

COMMISSIONER Charlie McCreevy and the European Commission has been accused of stalling EU legal action against Ireland until after the elections to avoid embarrassing Fianna Fáil.

THE Red Emperor has a sought-after taste and hard texture – but needs to be swept along by others to get noticed.

TAOISEACH Brian Cowen has been urged not to pick Tánaiste Mary Coughlan as our next European commissioner in a bid to diffuse an internal Fianna Fáil row.

FF’s results in previous Euro elections are poor. From 1979 to 2004 the average FF Euro vote over the 30-year period was 34.73%. Over the same period, the FF vote in general elections from 1981 to 2007 shows a significant differential. Their average over nine general elections was 43.05%

THE European Commission is to take up the issue of punishing hours worked by junior hospital doctors with the Government.

The Labour party is re-selecting Proinsias De Rossa as their Dublin candidate for the European Parliament elections today.

THE Czech prime minister got a tongue-lashing from members of the European Parliament yesterday when he told them the Lisbon treaty was worse than the Nice treaty and would not pass in his country.

MANY of the victims of Government cutbacks have made their voices heard over the past few months and had their grievances taken on board.

THE Government should introduce laws to crack down on sex shops, Labour has said.

GARDAÍ are investigating an attack on Dublin MEP Proinsias De Rossa who was attacked and assaulted by a group of anti-Lisbon treaty protesters.

Labour Party MEP Proinsias De Rossa was assaulted in central Dublin after a political meeting on the Lisbon Treaty, it was claimed today.

SINN FÉIN was joined by Northern Ireland Unionist and British eurosceptic MEPs in a vote against the Lisbon Treaty in the European Parliament.

Labour Party MEP Pronsias De Rossa is accusing the Government of deliberately misleading the public over the issue of water charges for schools.

THE Government is not obliged to charge schools for water, the European Commission and a number of MEPs have insisted.

THE Government will be forced to clean up abandoned landfill sites around the country that are leaking into the groundwater and polluting it or face massive fines following a ruling from the European Court of Justice.

Labour MEP Pronsias de Rossa has given his backing to Eamon Gilmore's bid for the party leadership.

PLANNING rules that restrict building permission to those who speak Irish, are from the locality or work on the land, are to be challenged by the European Commission.

The Labour Party is proposing to introduce two new public holidays if it forms part of the Government after the upcoming election.