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  • Deal on opposition to Sarkozy talks may spare Government blushes 20 Jul 2008 05:25 GMT
    ... ban on all tobacco products in the EU within the next 15 years. The Fine ... Tuesday aimed at the prevention of future lobbying of the EU by the tobacco industry. ... depress the housing market and would plunge Ireland even deeper into recession. Brian Cowen should ...

  • Hungry for solutions 20 Jul 2008 04:26 GMT
    ... be causing more harm than good. In Ireland, the recession seems to get worse every ... every day, the weather has been very Irish and Michael O’Leary won’t shut up. There ... greedy. The fact that the powerful poor lobby even tricked us into letting the minimum ...

  • Proposal to combat Vat fraud criticised 19 Jul 2008 23:36 GMT
    ... that it would increase red tape for Irish companies, with few benefits. Revenue and accountancy ... provide an effective anti-fraud solution,” he said. ‘‘Ireland is fully committed to developing and implementing ... business without necessarily reducing Vat fraud. Business lobby group ISME and the Small Firms Association ...

  • Book Essay: The Great Deception (Part 2) 19 Jul 2008 20:51 GMT
    ... rejecting the Maastrict Treaty in 1992 and Ireland the Nice Treaty in 2001. As could ... Small business never saw much point in lobbying in Brussels or elsewhere, and didn’t have ... more than before, which resulted in the Irish rejecting of the Treaty, in spite of ...

  • United EU stance ahead of WTO talks 18 Jul 2008 13:10 GMT
    ... up global trade. Smaller EU members, like Ireland, have also been critical of Mandelson's negotiating ... month in Ireland was partly blamed on Irish worries that the EU was trading away ... new global trade pact. Europe's major business lobby, BusinessEurope, said Friday that it had written ...

  • Charlemagne: Flying lessons 18 Jul 2008 12:55 GMT
    ... Jul 17th 2008 From The Economist print edition The ... this, but that is another story). Airline lobbyists and Eurocrats disagree about the effects of ... for holidays is beaten only by the Irish (inhabitants, like the British, of a wealthy ...

  • Brussels sprouts another directive which could reap a bitter harvest 18 Jul 2008 11:34 GMT
    ... it was too late to stop the European Commission putting a proposal in front of ... of similar weight in Germany, Italy and Ireland, and Defra boss Hilary Benn. At the ... anything. And inside all this confusion, the lobbyists have been talking into the right ears ...

  • EU ministers huddle on strategy ahead of key WTO talks next week 18 Jul 2008 11:30 GMT
    ... Ireland, which fears losing beef sales to cheaper ... month in Ireland was partly blamed on Irish worries that the EU was trading away ... new global trade pact. Europe's major business lobby, BusinessEurope, said Friday that it had written ...

  • Sarkozy throws down gauntlet to Poland over EU treaty 18 Jul 2008 04:40 GMT
    ... by the institutional paralysis caused by the Irish ‘no’ vote. Polish President Lech Kaczynski had ... not ratify the EU reform treaty unless Ireland approved it in a new referendum, while ... Republic, where eurosceptic President Vaclav Klaus is lobbying hard for Parliament to scupper ratification. At ...

  • How has Angela Merkel become the key player on Europe's political stage? 18 Jul 2008 01:01 GMT
    ... Mrs Merkel has already become a veteran EU leader. Some of this can be put ... a Mediterranean union. Despite its rejection by Ireland, she also takes credit for brokering an ... pocket of Germany's hugely powerful car manufacturing lobby. The car makers are behind her refusal ...

  • Flying lessons 17 Jul 2008 18:54 GMT
    ... Jul 17th 2008 From The Economist print edition The ... this, but that is another story). Airline lobbyists and Eurocrats disagree about the effects of ... for holidays is beaten only by the Irish (inhabitants, like the British, of a wealthy ...

  • New Chairman for ABFA 17 Jul 2008 15:02 GMT
    ... based finance industry in the UK and Ireland. Members range from subsidiaries of major international ... a variety of services to UK and Irish members, including on-line services, educational courses, lobbying, PR, and educational and networking events. The ...

  • The ones to watch at The Open 17 Jul 2008 09:14 GMT
    ... The players to watch at blustery Birkdale The latest ... strength of the wind coming off the Irish Sea (30mph to be exact, though that ... Augusta National, whose brief will be to lobby the IOC ahead of its decision next ...

  • Tags and pesticides top agenda as Scots do battle in Brussels 16 Jul 2008 23:53 GMT
    ... SCOTTISH farming leaders and politicians had a busy ... politicians had a busy day in Brussels lobbying the European Commission on a range of ... We also had warm support from the Irish, who face similar problems. "I stressed that ...


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