Letter from Brussels - December 2024
The EU has a new Commissioner for Agriculture and Food. His name is Cristophe Hansen from Luxembo...
Letter from Brussels - November 2024
There is a sense of serendipity when I think about the European Network of Agricultural Journalists...
Letter from Brussels - October 2024
As the sun shone down on the National Ploughing Championships in Ratheniska, here in Brussels all...
Letter from Brussels - September 2024
Later this month, officials from the European Commission will visit Ireland to check up on progress...
Letter from Brussels
Brussels goes quiet in August.
Letter from Brussels - July 2024
In the run up to the recent European Parliament elections, I listened to many of the TV and radio...
Letter from Brussels - June 2024
After the votes are counted and 720 MEPs (including 14 from Ireland) are elected to the tenth European...
Letter from Brussels - May 2024
Back in 2019, the EU Commission launched its Green Deal strategy to make Europe the first carbon-neutral...
Letters from Brussells - April 2024
Amidst the wave of farmer protests spread right across Europe, 60 farm and co-operative leaders have...
Letter from Brussels - March 2024
In her State of the Union Address in Autumn 2023, EU Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen committed...
Letter from Brussels - February 2024
The sight of thousands of German tractors lined up at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin in January was...
Letter from Brussels - January 2024
Happy new year from Brussels. I joke that there are only two seasons here, winter and summer.
Letter from Brussels - December 2023
As I stop to catch breath after the fastest year of my life in new surroundings, I am happy to look...
Letter from Brussels - November 2023
It is over 30 years since the Maastricht Treaty was implemented. Central to it was the introduction...
Letter from Brussels - October 2023
Brussels has the second-highest number of lobbyists in the world behind Washington DC.
Letter from Brussels - September 2023
The European quarter in Brussels went into sleep mode in August. The institutions virtually shut up...
Letter from Brussels - August 2023
“Never go food shopping on an empty stomach.” It was the most practical advice I took from a...
Letter from Brussels - July 2023
This time next year we will have voted in the 2024 European Elections. From June 6 to June 9, tens...
Letter from Brussels - June 2023
“How are you settling in?” It’s a question I am asked regularly. I am six months in my new role here...
Letter from Brussels - May 2023
This year, Ireland is celebrating 50 years’ membership of the European Union (EU) – formerly the European...