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# European Parliament

February
February 2024
Ireland must introduce laws to protect journalists from strategic lawsuits, says new EU directive
27 Feb
7.4k
18
Sinn Féin accused of hypocrisy after voting against landmark EU nature restoration law
27 Feb
12.9k
56
Labour select Limerick sociologist Niamh Hourigan as EU candidate in Ireland South constituency
18 Feb
18.0k
55
What parties will 18-34-year-olds vote for in the EU elections? And why?
Muiris O'Cearbhaill
12 Feb
14.7k
39
New poll shows Sinn Féin out in front for upcoming European elections in June
12 Feb
30.6k
95
The EU's Israel-Gaza response has been poor according to two-thirds of Irish voters
The negative feeling is most keenly felt among younger people.
A major The Journal/Ireland Thinks poll, the first in a series of EU 2024 polls, published this morning.
The EU's response to the Gaza conflict has damaged its reputation with Irish people.
There remains, however, a huge motivation across the population to vote in four months with over 80% signalling intention to make it to the polling booths.
Rónán Duffy
12 Feb
18.5k
96
Irish MEPs cite Catalan solidarity as reason for opposing resolution on Russian interference
8 Feb
17.2k
41
EU agrees on first law that combats violence against women
6 Feb
5.2k
Government parties' MEPs pick opposing sides in Brussels row with big pharma over drug costs
3 Feb
13.2k
34
Pádraic Fogarty: Farmers must find a more sophisticated way to be heard than tractor protests
Pádraic Fogarty
2 Feb
9.2k
24
French farmers lift roadblocks after tense week of protests
2 Feb
5.4k
15
'You reap what you sow': At the scene of the farmers' protest that shut down Brussels city centre
Smoke filled the air as farmers burned bales, as well as tires and wooden pallets.
Mairead Maguire
Reports from Brussels
1 Feb
19.7k
52
January
January 2024
Families affected by the mica scandal escalate crisis to European Commission
23 Jan
9.7k
63
European Parliament report says mica redress scheme needs to be improved and red tape reduced
19 Jan
6.6k
25
MEPs take first steps to greenlight potentially €1 trillion retrofitting plan
15 Jan
37.1k
34
Irish MEPs say Ireland should have supported South Africa's genocide case against Israel
12 Jan
11.9k
Who is standing and what can Ireland expect in the run up to European elections in June?
2 Jan
26.5k
0
Last year
2023
Viktor Orban, Gaza, and an EU-wide definition of rape: Irish MEPs' top concerns going into 2024
29 Dec 2023
5.8k
EU member states reach preliminary agreement on reducing industrial emissions
29 Nov 2023
3.2k
Delegation from the European Parliament arrives in Ireland to investigate the Mica scandal
30 Oct 2023
17.1k
51
The EU plan to increase the energy rating of all buildings could cost up to €1 trillion
27 Oct 2023
18.3k
84
'Old style reporting is gone': MEPs call for Oireachtas TV-style channel for EU Parliament
Updated 25 Oct 2023
14.2k
78
Fianna Fáil MEPs expect 'a big shift to the right' in the upcoming elections, pushing them out
25 Oct 2023
21.3k
Commissioner to be quizzed by MEPs on his 'solo run' to remove aid to Gaza
24 Oct 2023
13.1k
Lack of urgency to tackle violence against women 'unacceptable', Frances Fitzgerald says
22 Oct 2023
10.5k
'It's not just Ursula von der Leyen, it's broader than her': Irish MEPs on European politics failing
21 Oct 2023
18.2k
EU Parliament backs Middle East motion but it's not unanimous among Irish MEPs
Updated 19 Oct 2023
11.2k
Public asked to give views on which part of the country should get another MEP seat
29 Sep 2023
10.9k
128
Ireland gains one additional seat for upcoming European Parliament elections
13 Sep 2023
13.3k
42
Why didn’t the Electoral Commission do anything about the European Parliament constituencies?
31 Aug 2023
7.8k
20
EU countries green light disputed law to restore Europe's natural habitats
20 Jun 2023
10.2k
24
Countdown starts on EU election as MEPs race to finish new laws
4 Jun 2023
11.1k
33
Rewilding row: Green minister warns of ‘horrible conservative scaremongering’ on EU nature law
1 Jun 2023
12.7k
28
EU parliament tightens lobbying rules for ex-MEPs following bribery scandal
18 Apr 2023
4.5k
1
15 EU countries to take legal action over Hungary's anti-LGBTQ+ laws
7 Apr 2023
18.6k
135
Police raid European People's Party headquarters in Brussels
4 Apr 2023
14.3k
13
'America was built on genocide': Jon Stewart's chats with Mick Wallace and Clare Daly go live
Updated 31 Mar 2023
47.3k
68
MEPs Mick Wallace and Clare Daly speak to Jon Stewart in European Parliament
8 Mar 2023
23.7k
21
Mick Wallace: 'Mistake' not to declare financial interest as paid company advisor
20 Feb 2023
17.5k
28
EU approves 2035 ban on new fossil fuel car sales
14 Feb 2023
20.3k
29
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