MEPs Steven Woolfe and Mike Hookem have been reported to French police over their altercation at the European Parliament which plunged crisis-hit Ukip into further turmoil.

Members of the Ballyhea Says No campaign are to meet the Central Bank governor Patrick Honohan today to discuss Ireland’s debt burden.

Voters have been urged to think “long and hard” before electing three Sinn Féin candidates to the European Parliament given the party’s traditional Euroscepticism.

A major step in the most radical reform of the EU’s fisheries policy was agreed by the European Parliament.

Considering the tragic nature of his death, the words of Fr Seamus Houlihan at last night’s removal of the late Shane McEntee were all the more poignant to those in attendance.

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

FARMERS will not accept any further carbon taxes on agricultural diesel in the forthcoming budget, according to the ICMSA.

Delegates were the afternoon gathering at the Fine Gael Presidential Convention in Dublin to decide on the party's candidate for the Áras.

Former MEP Pat Cox has today officially launched his bid to seek the Fine Gael nomination to run for the presidency.

The former President of the European Parliament, Pat Cox says he expects to be in a position to clarify his intentions in relation to the Presidency in the coming days.

Scottish MEPs this afternoon hailed a major victory when a call to end all new drilling for oil in European waters was overturned in the European Parliament.

FIANNA FÁIL MEPs got a dressing down for voting with their old Berlusconi allies in the European Parliament and defeating a motion put forward by their own group.

The Labour Party will launch a poster campaign today urging people to back the Lisbon Treaty - while Sinn Féin will officially kick-start its drive to persuade the public to reject it.

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

AIRTRICITY, the Irish-owned wind energy company, has launched its bid to get EU backing for a €22 billion off-shore supergrid.

A Government move to allow Northern Ireland MPs and MEPs to debate in the Dáil would be a welcome recognition of the rights of Irish citizens north of the border, Sinn Féin claimed today.

Ann Cahill, Europe Correspondent

It is expected that if a deal is done to rescue the peace process, it will include the right of Sinn Féin MPs and MEPs to attend Dáil debates at least twice a year.

Northern Ireland’s MPs and MEPs are to be given the chance to take part in debates in the Dáil if a comprehensive peace process deal is struck in the coming week, it was claimed today.

Charlie McCreevy’s position as Ireland’s EU Commissioner is secure despite the political crisis in Brussels, Government sources confirmed today.