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Securing a better work-life balance for working parents has moved a step forward. MEPs voted in favour today of the agreement reached by the Council and the Parliament on the Work-Life Balance Directive. This is a great ...

Irish students can continue to avail of funding for Erasmus+ as the programme continues to grow and develop. The European Parliament has proposed to increase the budget to over €40 billion for the future perio ...

Children all across Ireland will receive milk, fruit and vegetables under the EU's School Scheme in 2019/2020. This programme reached over 20 million children across the EU during the school year 2017/2018. In Ireland € ...

Four out of five EU citizens are concerned about their online privacy and security, according to a special Eurobarometer survey. Seventy-nine percent of respondents said they thought there’s an increasing risk ...

Brian has been a great colleague and has excelled in his time at the Department of Finance and here in Brussels as a member of the Econ committee defending and defining Ireland’s economic position. I wish him the very ...

Funding has been secured to introduce free Wifi hotspots to public spaces in Ireland. The EU is making €120m available for local authorities over the next three years as part of the Wifi4EU scheme. Local authorities can ...

Flexible work arrangements are not available for one in three Europeans, according to the latest Eurobarometer survey.  The survey found that only over four in ten (42%) make use of these arrangements. Flexitime is the m ...