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The Minister for Justice, Equality and Defence, Mr. Alan Shatter, T.D., today outlined one of Ireland’s EU Presidency priorities, on increasing the level of participation by EU member States in UN peacekeeping operations and the important contribution which...

The Minister for Justice, Equality and Defence, Alan Shatter TD, today presented the Irish Presidency priorities in the JHA area to the JURI and IBE Committees of the European Parliament...

I should like to thank the Committee for this opportunity to present our priorities in the transport and tourism sector for the Presidency. Firstly, let me congratulate my Cypriot colleague, Efthemious, for the significant progress he and his team made...

Speaking at Trinity College this morning, Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Pat Rabbitte, outlined his focus for Ireland’s Presidency of the EU. “In simple terms, under Ireland’s Presidency Irish citizens must...