A Labour MEP has said young people should be learning about road safety while at school.

A conference on Ireland's health service today will hear that patients are still regularly being treated on trollies on hospital corridors.

The cost of owning and running a home in Ireland is crippling many people, according to MEP Phil Prendergast.

HATS OFF TO THE CAP ON BANKER BONUSES

A scheme to guarantee everyone under 25 work, training or an educational opportunity within six months of coming on the jobs market could cut social welfare costs considerably, according to the EU.

The Netherlands has said it will adopt the proposed EU Robin Hood tax — the financial transaction tax — provided it is not imposed on pension funds.

Commissioner snussed out of job

Labour MEP Emer Costello is today urging the EU Commission not to allow Ryanair to takeover Aer Lingus.

The Labour MEP Nessa Childers is calling for a citizens’ representative to sit in on the negotiations on Ireland's banking debts.

Laid-off TalkTalk employees were voted €2.7m from the EU to help with retraining, education and self-employment supports by the European Parliament.

EU plans to publish details of payments made to farmers raises concerns over security and fairness, ICMSA president John Comer has said.

Eamon Gilmore has cautioned his party about spreading rumours about the budget as members openly talked of Labour dissent and frustration.

The GAA is being criticised for not doing enough to protect players who are gay following an admission at the weekend by Donal Óg Cusack that he was verbally abused during matches.

Blasphemous friends and thespians

The European Parliament has rejected a global agreement against copyright theft, handing a victory to protesters who say the legislation would punish people for sharing films and music online.

A national survey showing pre-school children have inappropriate diets finds most parents believe food fads prevent them from providing a healthy diet for their child.

The son of former Labour MEP Proinsias De Rossa has been found not guilty through insanity of assaulting his father in their Dublin home.

The son of former Labour MEP Proinsias de Rossa has today been found not guilty of an assault on his father, by reason of insanity.

A court has today heard psychiatric evidence that the son of the former Labour MEP Proinsias de Rossa suffered from schizoaffective disorder when he carried out a frenzied attack on his father.

A jury is being asked to decide if the son of former Labour MEP Proinsias De Rossa was insane when he assaulted his father in their Dublin home.

A jury has been sworn in to try the son of former Labour MEP Proinsías de Rossa for an attack on his father.

Potential investors in Ireland will be left "perplexed and bewildered" if voters reject the EU Fiscal Compact in the referendum to be held onMay 31, according to Social Protection Minister Joan Burton

Ireland’s bid to ease the debt burden got public support from the head of the eurogroup just days before the Government expects a decision on its bid to postpone the €3.1bn Anglo payment.

The chairman of Thomas Crosbie Holdings, which owns the Irish Examiner, has called on the Government to consider giving newspapers some of the proposed broadcasting charge which is due to replace the TV licence fee.

A son of Labour MEP Proinsias De Rossa, who is charged with assaulting his father, is fit to stand trial, a judge was told today.

FINANCE Minister Michael Noonan travels to Berlin today to convince his German counterpart not to force a referendum on Ireland.

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

The European Parliament in Strasbourg today voted to support the nomination of Kevin Cardiff to the European Court of Auditors.

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”.

A DESPERATE scramble to salvage the Government’s bid to plant Kevin Cardiff in a plum EU post saw the release of an explosive email that threw his nomination into fresh controversy.

Labour MEP Nessa Childers has said she has been threatened with expulsion from the party because of her strong opposition to Kevin Cardiff's proposed appointment to the European Court of Auditors.

TAOISEACH Enda Kenny has supported the nomination of Kevin Cardiff to the European Court of Auditors despite growing unease over the move from within its own ranks.

THE German commissioner who talked about flying the national flags of debt crisis countries at half mast was accused of ducking and diving rather than recanting the idea.

IRISH MEPs have criticised a German EU commissioner for suggesting “deficit sinners” such as Ireland should fly their flags at half-mast outside EU buildings as a warning to other nations.

CONSUMER and health bodies have severely criticised new food labelling rules, accusing politicians of siding with the major food and drink companies against the public interest.

IRISH consumers and businesses will be able to avail of fresh business opportunities after the European Parliament rubber-stamped regulations covering online shopping.

IRELAND should automatically get a 1% reduction in the interest rate on its EU loan after June, European Commission sources have confirmed.

THE new Government got advance warning from the European Commission last night that it cannot change the goalposts of the agreement for the€67 billion EU-IMF loan.

GOING abroad for health care, especially for rare ailments and cancers, should be easier for patients under new legislation agreed by the European Parliament.

AIB passed its stress test last year when the Government underestimated the discount NAMA would apply to its loans, according to European Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia.

THE European Commission is being asked to explain why Allied Irish Bank received a clean bill of health in its stress test when it later needed an extra €3 billion from the Irish taxpayer.

FORMER EU Commissioner Charlie McCreevy has resigned from the board of a fledgling British bank after being told it would conflict with his old role in Brussels.