Irish get last chance to pass 960bn EU budget

There will be one final chance for the Irish to get agreement on the EU’s €960bn budget tomorrow as the European Parliament said there was not enough support for the deal on the table.

If Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore and Taoiseach Enda Kenny do not succeed, then the figures agreed for individual areas, such as agriculture, will be left hanging in the air.

Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney hopes that he can finalise the details for the biggest shake up in a decade of the Common Agriculture Policy today in Brussels when he sits down with the European Parliament and Commission representatives.