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.

Pat Cox's application to become a member of Fine Gael has been approved by the party.

The race for the Presidency appears to be hotting up with more candidates preparing to declare.

The former President of the European Parliament Pat Cox has applied for membership of Fine Gael.

A former President of the European Parliament has said with Fine Gael topping the polls, Enda Kenny needs to start thinking in terms of statesmanship, and not merely politics.

A delegation from employers' organisation IBEC today met in Brussels with senior European Union officials to outline the view of Irish employers on the serious economic challenges facing both Ireland and the EU.

A new independent organisation, Ireland for Europe, has been launched by the former President of the European Parliament, Pat Cox, calling on people to vote “Yes” in the forthcoming referendum on the Lisbon treaty.

A former President of the European Parliament has said another 'No' vote on the Lisbon Treaty would only add to the uncertainty caused by the recession.

The President of the European Parliament has welcomed the publication of yesterday's report on Ireland's future in the EU.

FEARS that Libertas is being funded by anti-EU elements in the Pentagon and the CIA were raised in the European Parliament yesterday amid claims the anti-Lisbon treaty group spent more than €2 million on its campaign.

Taoiseach Bertie Ahern will attend the European Council in Brussels today to discuss the EU’s new member states.

PAT COX, former President of the European Parliament, has denied he is about to re-enter Irish politics and run in next summer’s General Election.

A major conference is taking place on the future of the European Union today following last year’s rejection of the EU constitution by voters in some countries.

MEPs meeting in Strasbourg responded to the London bomb blasts with a show of solidarity today.

The former President of the European Parliament, Pat Cox, and the late art historian and philanthropist, John Hunt, have been awarded honorary degrees at the University of Limerick.

Three of Belfast murder victim Robert McCartney’s sisters are taking their campaign for justice to Brussels tomorrow.

THE appointment of former Taoiseach John Bruton as head of the European Commission’s delegation to the United States has been warmly welcomed as an honour both for this country and for Mr Bruton himself.

OUTGOING President of the European Parliament Pat Cox has received no offers of other work and still does not know what he will do next.

NOT even the forces of anarchy, such they were, could derail the weekend celebrations to mark the entry of ten new nations to the elite EU club.

The President of the European Parliament has hit out at hysteria about the effects of EU enlargement.

The Charlemagne Prize for European achievement, usually awarded to a single person, is to be awarded twice in 2004.

Ryanair was today hearing whether it has to pay back millions of pounds in subsidies it was given by Charleroi airport in Belgium.

The President of the European Parliament Pat Cox has been honoured in Poland for his role in EU expansion.

Europe’s leaders were urged today to sink their national differences and agree a constitutional treaty “in a spirit of European compromise”.

Irish people are being urged to carry organ donation cards as part of a new campaign launched today by the President of the European Parliament, Pat Cox.

TOO-LOW tax rates are leading to poverty and are the cause of many of the country’s social and economic ills, a religious body said yesterday.

The President of the European Parliament says the divisions within Europe caused by the war in Iraq have not yet healed.

A €1bn riverside development in Limerick is expected to generate 5,000 jobs over the next 10 years.

Pat Cox MEP, President of the European Parliament, received uproarious applause when he was presented with the 2002 European Movement / Aer Rianta European of the Year Award by Taoiseach Bertie Ahern at a gala reception in the Shelbourne Hotel, Dublin, today.

NINETEEN civilian American aircraft have transported weapons through Shannon Airport in the past week alone.

The President of the European Parliament says the people of Ireland have nothing to fear from a European constitution.

Over 40,000 jazz enthusiasts are expected to flock to Cork this bank holiday weekend for the Guinness Jazz Festival.

The President of the European Parliament says that the "yes" result of the Nice Treaty is a relief as a result for the ordinary Irish person.

The President of the European Parliament has predicted that Irish farmers will prosper if they vote 'Yes' in the upcoming Nice Treaty.

President of the European Parliament Pat Cox today urged the public to vote positively in the forthcoming Nice Treaty referendum.

The President of the European Parliament is campaigning in the south west of the country today for a yes vote in the Nice Treaty referendum.

The President of the European Parliament, Pat Cox, has appealed people not to register dissatisfaction with the Government by voting 'No' to the Nice Treaty.

The President of the European Parliament says that the 'hand of history' is knocking on Ireland's door.

The President of the European Parliament has warned of the consequences of rejecting the Nice Treaty for a second time.

The President of the European Parliament Pat Cox has reiterated his call to the Irish to vote yes in the Nice Referendum.

Munster Independent MEP Pat Cox is one of five candidates running for the job of President of the European Parliament this week.

The President of the European Parliament, Nicole Fontaine, is to visit Dublin in two weeks’ time to assess Ireland’s recent rejection of the Nice Treaty.