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As Taoiseach, I’m proud to speak to the European Parliament, in this Review of the Irish Presidency and the MFF. Ireland’s seventh Presidency of the Council concluded on Sunday. A hectic final week, ending an extraordinarily-busy and...

Listen to the Taoiseach’s doorstep from Brussels this afternoon.

In Brussels this morning, the Taoiseach and the Tánaiste reached a political agreement with the European Parliament and the European Commission on the EU budget for the next seven years. They will now present this political agreement...

In Brussels this morning, the Taoiseach and the Tánaiste reached a political agreement with the European Parliament...

This the final European Council meeting of the Irish Presidency, the main focus of which will be on youth employment and financing of the economy. Among the other issues that will be addressed include the conclusion of the European...

The agreement secured by the Irish Presidency today (Wednesday) in Brussels on the new Employment and Social Innovation (EASI) programme (formerly known provisionally as the Programme for Social Change and Innovation)...

The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney TD today warmly welcomed what he described as a historic moment in the evolution of the Common Agricultural Policy. The Minister was speaking following a meeting....

The Irish Presidency has brokered agreement on a new programme of some €16 billion to support initiatives in education, training, youth and sport over the next seven years. The programme, called Erasmus +, brings together all...

This Summit will be the fourth and final such meeting to take place while we have held the chair of the Council of the European Union. This meeting will take place over our final two working days as Presidency...

Ireland’s Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government Phil Hogan T.D., has today 24 June, 2013 welcomed an agreement between the European Parliament and the Council that will give effect to the year 2020 CO2...