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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.…

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 BEST place to break the law is where the closest policeman is 100’s of miles away. And where might that criminal utopia be? Siberia, the Sahara, the Amazon? No, it’s the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, on the developed world’s doorstep, where fishing crime is becoming a real problem.…

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 ALAN OSBORN
THE EUROPEAN Commission has been strongly criticised by the European Ombudsman over its unquestioning acceptance of an altered report allocating blame for attacks on fishing gear in Ireland. The Ombudsman has found the Commission guilty of “maladministration” in accepting significant revisions to the report without querying the reasons or even making an inquiry into the changes.…

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
RETAILERS cannot be forced to stock a food or drink brand in freezers or fridges, even when they are lent for free by a food manufacturer, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled. It found against Unilever, (acting for Van den Bergh Foods, previously HB foods), which is arguing for the legality of “exclusivity” contracts.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
RETAILERS cannot be forced to stock a drinks or food brand in freezers or fridges, even when they are lent for free by a manufacturer, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled. It found against Unilever, (acting for Van den Bergh Foods, previously HB foods), which is arguing for the legality of “exclusivity” contracts.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE CURRENT European Commission leadership, under Italy’s Romano Prodi, was supposed to be the clean-hands team, ridding the institution of the corruption and mismanagement that thrived under his predecessor Jacques Santer. The ongoing Eurostat scandal is undermining that reputation.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A KEY European Parliament (EP) committee has called for a significant boost in European Investment Fund spending on actions that suppress the growing illegal trade in bushmeat, which is threatening wild species in Africa, Asia and Latin America.…