FOR MS sufferer Noel McCullagh one of the side effects of taking the medicinal cannabis product, Bedrocan, is banishment from his native Ireland.

THE EU’s public service watchdog has criticised the European Commission over its delay in banning beef imports into the EU from Brazil, despite having evidence that it posed a risk.

AN Irish father who believes his son took his own life as a result of taking the drug Roaccutane has welcomed a decision by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) to hand over information on adverse reactions to the anti-acne medicine from across the EU.

BRUSSELS has been criticised by European Ombudsman P Nikiforos Diamandouros for not acting quickly enough to restrict Brazilian beef imports in 2008 in order to deal with risks from foot and mouth disease.

IRISH people are proving to be good at complaining at EU level when they have a problem.

The European Union must change “inaccurate and misleading” advice it gives to airline passengers seeking compensation when their flights are cancelled, delayed or overbooked, the EU’s ombudsman said today.

A senior European Union official will today continue his two-day visit to the North in a bid to raise awareness of his role in investigating complaints against institutions in Brussels.

The European Union’s Ombudsman in Brussels has opened an inquiry into a complaint by O2 over an investigation by the EU regulators that found the British mobile phone operator charged excessive roaming fees.

MORE than 700 retired gardaí have had their claims for equal pension treatment rejected by the European Ombudsman.

A British company has been paid £15,000 (€22,300) compensation by the European Commission after its bid for a design contract was turned down.