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Blair and Bruton lose bids for top EU posts

Friday November 20 2009

The bids of John Bruton and Tony Blair to become EU president perished last night as European leaders appointed two low-profile figures to the new top posts created by the Lisbon Treaty.

Mary refuses to play ball in face of some snide kicks

Friday November 20 2009

OH WOE is us. We can handle banjaxed banks, politicians' expenses outrages, a brutal Budget. Anything but this; the bitterest end to our riches-to-rags story.

Swedish Prime Minister Fredrick Reinfeldt speaks during a news conference with European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso yesterday in Stockholm

It's musical chairs for European job contest

Thursday November 19 2009

THE finals of the European Job Contest will take place in Brussels tonight, without the cheap glitter of the musical version but with the same sort of secret, national horse-trading and, most probably, the same kind of unmemorable winners.

Former Cabinet minister benefits from Taoiseach's strategic move

Wednesday November 18 2009

JEDWARD could barely walk or talk when Maire Geoghegan-Quinn last held high political office in this country.

President Obama leaves Washington on Thursday as he embarks on a nine-day tour of Asia, including a crucial stop in China

Europe risks being left out in cold on climate change

Saturday November 14 2009

WHEREVER on the planet the President of the United States may go, he carries with him the burden of innumerable domestic and world troubles.

Put country first and forget party politics

Saturday November 14 2009

I Would like to ask the main political parties of this country, which of them, if any, has the basic interests of Ireland at heart?

Loans will go to NAMA within weeks

Friday November 13 2009

THE biggest developer loans will be transferred into the Government's 'bad bank', NAMA, within a couple of weeks, Finance Minister Brian Lenihan said last night.

Favourite for top EU role fails to show at key event

Wednesday November 11 2009

Former Fianna Fail minister Maire Geoghegan-Quinn heightened speculation that she is in line for the European Commissioner's job last night by not appearing at a key event in Brussels.