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The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a €450 million Irish scheme to support the construction of apartments to be sold to buyers intending to reside in the properties (‘owner-occupiers').
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The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, travelled to Kyiv today, accompanied by 15 Commissioners, for the first ever meeting between the College and the Ukrainian Government.
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The European Commission has presented a Green Deal Industrial Plan to promote the creation of a more supportive environment for deploying the clean tech manufacturing capacity required to meet Europe’s ambitious green targets.
Ahead of World Cancer Day on 4 February, the Commission and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) have published the first Country Cancer Profiles under the European Cancer Inequalities Registry for all EU Member States, Norway and Iceland.
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A new Eurobarometer survey shows strong Irish and EU support for the principle of solidarity underpinning NextGenerationEU, the European Union's temporary recovery instrument.
Ireland is one of a number of EU Member States that are being referred to the Court of Justice of the European Union for failing to implement various provisions of Regulation 1143/20 on the prevention and management of the introduction and spread of invasive alien species.
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The European Commission is calling on Ireland to reduce emissions of several air pollutants, to comply with certain obligations from the Regulation on the dissemination of terrorist content online and to comply with EU Posting of Workers Enforcement Directive.
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The European Commission has decided to refer Ireland to the Court of Justice of the European Union for failing to correctly transpose the Water Framework Directive (Directive 2000/60/EC) into national law.
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The revised EU Pollinators Initiative proposed today by the European Commission will help to better restore & protect species and habitats, mitigate the impact of pesticides use and enhance pollinator habitats in urban areas.
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The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a €2.8 million Irish scheme to support the fishery sector affected by effects of the withdrawal of the UK from the EU.