by Deirdre Clune | Jan 17, 2019 | Political News
New rules adopted by the European Parliament will make it easier and safer for those who lose their passports, have them stolen or damaged when travelling outside the EU to get temporary documents from any EU Member State’s consulate in a shorter period. These...
by Deirdre Clune | Jan 15, 2019 | Political News
More than 14,500 18-year-olds have been selected from almost 80,000 applications to receive an interrail pass. Participants will be able to travel between 15 April and 31 October 2019 for up to 30 days. In Ireland 2,366 people applied in this round and 131 tickets...
by Deirdre Clune | Jan 3, 2019 | Political News
New laws which requires owners of drones in Ireland that weigh more than 250 grams to register the device will come into effect this year. Previously it was only drones over 1KG that had to be registered. For the first time ever, Europe-wide rules for the registration...
by Deirdre Clune | Jan 2, 2019 | Political News
We must reorganise European airspace to ensure passengers face less delays when they are travelling by air, according to Ireland South MEP Deirdre Clune. To ensure this happens more cooperation is needed between national air navigation service providers. There needs...
by Deirdre Clune | Dec 18, 2018 | Political News
Christmas can be a plastic-heavy time with toy packaging, selection boxes and Christmas crackers. I urge people to remember to recycle plastic, waste cardboard and paper and other items over the Christmas period. There are many items that we use at Christmas time that...
by Deirdre Clune | Dec 11, 2018 | Political News
The European Commission has published a new call for proposals under the European Solidarity Corps. More than €96 million is being made available to support solidarity activities for young people in 2019. Solidarity activities include helping rebuild communities...
