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Monday 30 November 2020
The controversial anti-counterfeiting agreement has caused concerns that it could limit online freedom.
UCC’s Government and Politics Society withdraws its invite to the BNP leader, citing concerns for student safety.
How ‘special’ can a special adviser be? How many As can a credit rating have? And just how expensive can pneumonia be?
A roundup of the day’s main news – plus any bits and pieces you may have missed…
Well, he’s a former bookseller, a football fan – and Silvio Berlusconi once compared him to a concentration camp guard.
The Labour MEP gave no reason for the unexpected announcement.
The student society organising a debate featuring the BNP leader says it has been given full security support by the college.
New accounts filed by the Libertas Institute show spending of €5.65m in 2009 – more than matching the spending of big parties.
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
The British right-wing politician is to participate in a UCC debate months after another Irish university group withdrew its invitation to him.
The European Parliament has this morning approved the nomination of Kevin Cardiff to the European Court of Auditors.
European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso says last week’s deal is a compromise of ’27 minus’, not of ’17 plus’.
The European Parliament’s plenary session will vote in Strasbourg this morning, and is expected to back Cardiff’s candidacy.
The European People’s Party, the largest group of MEPs, will vote in favour of Cardiff’s nomination to the European Court of Auditors.
Mitchell was shortlisted for the Employment gong at last night’s ceremony, but was pipped by a French representative.
Neither the Oireachtas committee on EU Affairs, and the EU Budgetary Control Committee, are due to discuss the Kevin Cardiff situation at today’s meetings.
European Parliament rules mean the full plenary vote now cannot give Kevin Cardiff the EU job – opening the door for a second nominee.
Catch up on the day’s biggest stories as well as all the bits and pieces you may have missed.
MEP Nessa Childers says she is disappointed that Eamon Gilmore did not personally get in touch over claims she was bullied.
The money will help find new jobs for people who lost their jobs in construction, architecture, engineering and technical firms.
The European Parliament’s budget committee approves €35.7m in aid for almost 6,000 people laid off in the construction sector.
The party’s presidential candidate Gay Mitchell did not attend tonight’s parliamentary party meeting.
The “clock is ticking” for Ireland to win support from a European fund, an EU official has said.
Mitchell’s campaign said he has no income other than his MEP’s salary and related payments.
The money is aimed at re-training unemployed construction workers in Ireland so as that they can return to work.
In his State of the Union address, Jose Manuel Barroso says Europe will need to “move forward with more unification”.
With staff at the European Parliament refusing to work for a 40-hour week, we’re wondering how much time readers of TheJournal.ie spend with their noses to the grindstone…
A union representing staff in the European Parliament has refused to enter talks on extending the working week by 2.5 hours.
Jerzy Buzek is in Ireland for a two-day visit, and will address the Seanad and an Oireachtas Committee on Ireland’s role.
New EU proposals could force member countries to display the Union’s flag on their sporting attire.
Shoppers with allergies or objections to fur will be protected by new rules to make sure clothes with animal trimmings are clearly marked.
Childers says milk manufacturer is using a ‘misleading’ health claim as a ‘marketing gimmick’.
The European Parliament gives its backing to a ‘Tobin Tax’ on all transactions, asking Brussels to investigate the €200bn plan.
The Socialist Party replacements will meet to decide who can succeed Joe Higgins’, while Alan Kelly’s seat is also free.
A senior G20 source tells Reuters that the bloc’s deputy finance ministers held a teleconference to discuss the crisis.
Group of MEPs are pushing for Ireland to double the rate to 25%. Gay Mitchell calls on fellow MEPs to show sensitivity to a country facing serious cutbacks.
A UKIP member of the European Parliament is kicked out of the chamber for Nazi jibes, and refusing to apologise.
A group of MEPs from Green and Socialist groupings propose a motion hoping to double the 12.5% tax rate.
The commissioner has told Irish MEPs that “stability is important”.
IT’S THE LAST day of November, so it’s safe to say the Christmas countdown has well and truly begun.
With everything that has happened in 2020 so far, many people have chosen to bring a bit Christmas cheer into their lives earlier than usual this year, and decorations have been going up in households around the country for a number of weeks now.
But others are still sticking to their usual traditions and waiting until December to put the tree up.
So, today we want to know: When are you putting up your Christmas tree?
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Buxom young woman comments were "completely inappropriate", says head of ISME
Mark Fielding has apologised for his comments concerning the employment prospects of young women under new proposed maternity -leave laws.