by Deirdre Clune | Apr 29, 2015 | Economics, People
Ireland South MEP Deirdre Clune has called for immediate action to reduce packaging on the products we are buying every day. Speaking as the European Parliament voted on a Directive on packaging and packaging waste today in Strasbourg, MEP Clune said we need more...
by Deirdre Clune | Apr 27, 2015 | Economics, Political News
Ireland South MEP and member of the European Parliaments Tourism Taskforce Deirdre Clune has appealed to bus unions to call off their planned strike action beginning on the May Bank holiday weekend. MEP Clune has said the planned strike will hurt our fragile tourist...
by Deirdre Clune | Apr 23, 2015 | People
A workshop in the European Parliament this week organised for the Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food safety has heard that up to one in ten transplanted kidneys has been illegally sourced and that harvested kidneys are fetching up to 150,000 euro....
by Deirdre Clune | Apr 21, 2015 | Political News
Ireland South MEP Deirdre Clune has welcomed marine research funding under the Horizon 20/20 programme. MEP Clune described the funding as a vote of confidence in Irelands marine research industry, “The funding awards include University College Cork who are in...
by Deirdre Clune | Apr 14, 2015 | Economics, People, Political News
Ireland South MEP and member of the EU Transport committee Deirdre Clune has called on the European Commission to organise an International Aviation safety conference to discuss the fact that over 300 airlines are not deemed fit to fly in European airspace, The EU...