Oil that ended up in animal feed could force Ireland to destroy 100,000 pigs, food safety officials said Monday as the European Union advised that nations did not need to ban Irish pork imports.

    Libertas Leader Declan Ganley has announced that he is to contest the European Elections in the European Parliamentary Constituency of Ireland North West. In front of a crowd of 250 supporters in Galway on Saturday evening, Mr. Ganley said that the election would provide the voters of Ireland North West with an opportunity to choose a new direction for the European Union and Ireland....

Tomorrow voters in Ireland will have their say on the EU's Lisbon Treaty. Ireland is the only European Union member state to have a public vote on the matter, yet a ‘no' from Ireland would bring a definitive end to the years of negotiation. This is what came out of the failure of the constitution.

The Houses of the Oireachtas, Sub-Committee on Ireland’s Future in the European Union report ‘Ireland’s future in the European Union: Challenges, Issues and Options’ (published 27 November 2008) has led to a spat. The ‘no’ side accuses the Sub-Committee of not representing the ‘no’ side fairly and of drawing on expert work prepared by the University ...

The Elections Ireland.Org website is produced in association with renowned Irish political commentator Seán Donnelly. It provides listings, and some analysis, of all general election results in The Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland since 1918. It also covers by-elections in Northern Ireland and Ireland from 1918 onwards, European Parliament elections in the region since 1999, and Iri...

José Manuel Barroso, European Commission president, says Ireland has made no request for financial assistance but the European Union stands ready to help Dublin if requested

Could you please have a second referendum on the Lisbon Treaty in Ireland? My preference would be that you have it sometime next autumn. After rural Ireland has been around the circuit of country and county shows. After they’ve seen yet another of the benefits of EU membership. Thank you. yours etc. Tim Worstall

European Union launches a multibillion-euro bond to raise money for effort to rescue Ireland's finances in test of investor sentiment towards debt markets

Ireland has committed to hold a second referendum on the European Union's stalled reform treaty before the end of October 2009, the French government said Thursday.

Ireland is likely to end up taking a loan from the European Union and International Monetary Fund running into the tens of billions of euros, according to central bank governor Patrick Honohan