EU Energy and Transport Commissioner Ms Loyola de Palacio has said the European Commission's eurozone GDP growth estimate remains.

Opec, supplier of a third of the world’s oil, has enough spare capacity to boost output by up to 15% if it sees the need, the cartel’s president said today.

Britain was today ordered to clean up the Sellafield nuclear plant after the EC complained current conditions prevented its safety inspectors from carrying out proper checks.

Fine Gael Leader Enda Kenny TD has met with EU Transport Commissioner, Loyola de Palacio, at the European Peoples' Party Summit Congress in Brussels today.

The Irish Hotels Federation (IHF) has called on the Government to use its influence while holding the EU Presidency to ensure that any decision by the EU Commission on the Ryanair Charleroi issue does not have any negative impact on low-fares air access to Ireland.

EU Transport Commissioner Loyola De Palacio is due to visit the Dublin Port Tunnel later this morning to assess the progress being made on its construction.

The European Commission is sponsoring young people to keep off alcohol while out partying tomorrow night – with prizes for those who pass a drink test at the end of the evening.

Speaking at a conference in Brussels today, Chief Executive of Ryanair, Michael O'Leary, has called on the EU Commission to expedite its investigation into Ryanair's cost base at Brussels Charleroi Airport.

PLASTIC smart cards are to replace the current three-page paper driving licences in a European-wide crackdown on forged and illegal licences.

The European Union announced proposals today for a single, fraud-proof driving licence.

A LANDMARK European Commission ruling next month on subsidies to regional airports could profoundly affect the business model of low-cost airline Ryanair and other bargain carriers, EU officials say.

THE European Commission will examine whether the break-up of Aer Rianta breaches EU rules when it receives details from the Government.

TRANSPORT Minister Séamus Brennan will meet with Aer Rianta unions in a bid to stave off further disruption for passengers at the country’s main airports.

NO special compensation package will be put in place for Shannon Airport when the stopover is abolished, the European Commission has warned.

THE Shannon stop-over could go if Aer Lingus can fly into more cities in the US under a new transatlantic flight deal, according to Transport Minister Seamus Brennan.

THE European Commission was last night accused of abusing private citizens’ right by conceding to American pressure on a data protection controversy.

RYANAIR’S rapid expansion in the German market may be curtailed by a proposal to introduce 16% VAT on ticket sales for flights.

The EU and China today signed a maritime agreement which will enable them to intensify cooperation in security matters, anti-piracy and anti-terrorism measures, the EU Commission said in a statement.

THE more that is revealed about the Prestige and its devastating oil spill off the Spanish coast, the more shameful it all becomes.

A proposed blacklist of “very dangerous” substandard ships was published today by the European Commission.

The European Commission has published a blacklist of 66 allegedly dangerous merchant vessels, which it proposes should be banned from European waters, following the sinking of the Prestige off Spain.

EU Transport Commissioner Loyola de Palacio said yesterday the latest disastrous sinking of an oil tanker had vindicated demands

IT SEEMS extraordinary that CIE should be proposing to close rail lines, especially those used for freight.

THE EU is putting pressure on OPEC to increase crude oil production in order to bring prices down from $28 a barrel to around $20 a barrel.

A row that threatens to become as big as the one that saw the European Commission sacked almost three years ago has broken out over a new fish policy.

The European Union has approved the Belgian government's plan to give Sabena airlines a short-term loan of £80m.

No-frills airline easyJet was today meeting European Commission officials to demand the right to take over spare capacity at Gatwick airport, it emerged today.

EU governments have agreed to coordinate airport and aircraft security controls for the first time in the wake of the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington.