A new Eurostat survey released today shows that Ireland continues to have one of the highest birth rates in Europe. The figures show that in 2009 the Irish birth was 16.8 births per thousand people and the death rate was only 6.6 deaths per thousand of the population, one of the lowest in Europe.
The European Commission today approved grants to restore raised bogs in Co Westmeath and to improve water quality in the Special Conservation Area river, the Upper Blackwater in Co Cork. The grants will be paid to Coillte in Westmeath and 'Integra...
The Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS), the European Central Bank (ECB) and the European Commission welcome the publication of the results of the EU-wide stress-testing exercise, which was prepared and conducted by the CEBS and natio...
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