The President of the European Commission has received an honorary doctorate from UCC.

The President of the European Central Bank Mario Draghi has said no decision has been made on setting up a precautionary second bailout for Ireland.

A research professor with the ESRI is warning the government against putting an immediate end to austerity in Ireland.

President of the European Central Bank Mario Draghi has said the ECB will pass judgement on the legality of the Irish promissory note deal later this year.

President of the European Central Bank Mario Draghi has said the key ECB interest rates remain unchanged.

A deal has been done between the Government and the European Central Bank on the Anglo promissory notes.

The President of the European Union Herman Van Rompuy has today called for a "no taboos" debate on how to boost growth and create jobs.

European leaders have concluded the first night of a two-day summit focusing on jobs and growth in Europe.

British officials will take part in talks on a new deal designed to save the euro, despite David Cameron's refusal to sign up to the agreement.

THE President of the European Court of Auditors has accepted an apology from Ireland’s member over emails lobbying against Kevin Cardiff.

The president of the European Commission tonight issued a new call for the EU to “unite or face irrelevance” in the face of the mounting economic crisis in Italy.

President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barrosso is set to announce plans to recapitalise European banks today.

European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso said for the first time in the crisis, politics and the international money markets had come together.

All Fine Gael presidential hopefuls will be out in force this weekend in an effort to persuade members of the party to give them their votes.

The President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy has not ruled out the burning of bondholders at Anglo Irish Bank and Irish Nationwide.

Comments from the President of the European Central Bank have highlighted concerns about control over members states' government policies.

President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso has fully endorsed the candidacy of Christine Lagarde as the next head of the International Monetary Fund.

We’re in a debt crisis but, apparently, don’t need the cash, and investors are not happy about the plan to spread the burden, writes Europe Correspondent Ann Cahill.

A Junior Fianna Fáil minister is coming out in support of the Taoiseach Brian Cowen, who he says gets a very hard time in the media.

The US Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner is in Europe today to put pressure on leaders for united action on the deepening debt crisis.

The President of the European Central Bank Jean Claude Trichet has said that recovery from the financial crisis will require a concerted effort to offset joblessness.

The UN's climate change summit is in chaos.

Taoiseach is travelling to Brussels later today for a meeting of the European Council - the first one since the Lisbon Treaty came into force earlier this month.

European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso today sent a new job application to Euro-MPs – hoping to silence his critics and win a clear mandate for a second five-year term in office.

The president of the European Commission threw his hat into the ring for a second term in office today – and national government lobbying for top jobs in his new team has already begun.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy led European congratulations to Barack Obama today, hailing his “brilliant victory” in winning the White House.

THE Government last night came under pressure to ratify the Lisbon Treaty before the European elections next summer.

Ireland has rejected the Lisbon Treaty on European Union reform, according to President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso.

IS it a sinister political Da Vinci Code designed to undermine our freedoms or a worthy but dull attempt to modernise the EU?

TWO years ago nobody would have predicted that Europe’s leaders would agree on anything to do with energy. Now it is being welcomed as a new industrial revolution and the heads of the 27 member states will later today agree to a major policy outline.

A BATTLE between ‘Good Santa’, Brian Cowen, and ‘Bad Santa’, ECB president Jean-Claude Trichet, will drive consumer sentiment and spending this Christmas.

The EU constitution will not be renegotiated if France rejects it in a referendum later this month and a rejection would damage member states’ economies, the president of the European Commission said today.

UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan is expected to discuss the war in Iraq when he delivers a lecture today.

Taoiseach Bertie Ahern today confirmed Ireland is to open an Embassy in Hanoi, Vietnam.

TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern yesterday played down suggestions of any rift with the Progressive Democrats, insisting that Fianna Fáil’s relationship with its coalition partners was “excellent.”

Taoiseach and President of the European Council, Bertie Ahern, accompanied by President Romano Prodi of the European Commission and EU High Representative Javier Solana, is leading the EU delegation to Ottawa for the EU-Canada Summit today.

The President of the European Commission Romano Prodi today warned that the EU nations needed to become more united over major issues.

ALL the attention of the international financial markets will be on Ireland in the week ahead. The referendum on the Treaty of Nice is attracting sizeable interest both at home and abroad, interest that is only likely to intensify as we approach next Saturday.

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