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Keith Nuthall
EURO 115 million is being lent by the European Investment Bank to Ireland’s Aer Rianta to help it build a new terminal at Cork Airport, along with associated infrastructure, (a multi-storey car park, internal roadways and upgraded utility services, such as fire fighting and technical facilities).…

BY ALAN OSBORN
AT least 22.5 per cent by weight of plastic packaging and packaging waste will have to be recycled from the end of 2008 in most European Union (EU) Member States, under an agreement reached between the European Parliament and the EU council of Ministers.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A STANDARDISED pet passport has been issued by the European Commission, which will be compulsory for dogs, cats and ferrets travelling to most of the European Union (EU) from July 2004. It will guarantee access by proving anti-rabies vaccinations, although Britain and Ireland also require post-vaccination tests plus tick and tapeworm checks.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE IRISH government is to use its presidency of the European Union (EU) over the next six months to push for the consolidation of the EU internal market in energy, especially the cross-border trade in gas, where its position as an island at the edge of the continent leaves it vulnerable to supply cuts in crises.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE IRISH government is backing an Austrian call for the ongoing European Union (EU) intergovernmental conference (IGC) – that is writing the EU’s first constitution – to convene a separate conference to review the Euratom nuclear energy treaty.…

BY ALAN OSBORN
THE COMPULSORY recycling of metal packaging waste is to be raised from 15 to 50 per cent under an agreement reached on Monday between the European Parliament and the European Union (EU) Council of Ministers. The new target for metal packaging waste is the same as that set originally by the European Commission though levels for other materials have been raised.…

KEITH NUTHALL
IRELAND has been censured by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) for failing to adopt clean-up programmes for all sea water areas designated for shellfish harvesting waters, breaking a 1979 European Union (EU) directive. The Irish government has also been told to pay the costs of the legal action, brought by the European Commission.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission is trying to clear legal logjams preventing companies with share capital from different European Union (EU) Member States from merging, transactions that are illegal in the Netherlands, Sweden, Ireland, Greece, Germany, Finland, Denmark and Austria.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE IRISH government has announced that it is backing an Austrian call for the ongoing European Union (EU) intergovernmental conference (IGC) – that is writing the EU’s first constitution – to convene a separate conference to review the Euratom nuclear energy treaty.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
SCANDINAVIA dominates the top rankings of a new International Telecommunication Union (ITU) global index on information and communication technology (ICT) access, with Sweden, Denmark and Iceland scoring the highest marks. The ITU says that the league table distinguishes itself from other indices by including new variables, such as education and affordability.…