Basic Rights As an EU citizen, you have the right to enter any EU country without having to comply with special formalities. All you need is a valid passport or identity card. Your identification can be checked for validity, but you cannot be asked questions about the purposes and duration of your trip. Your right […]

Glossary of EU funding schemes in Ireland ERDF pays for roads and the modernisation of infrastructure. ESF finances the training, or retraining of long term unemployed, single parents, school drop-outs, etc., and helps create new jobs. EAGGF pays for the upgrading of farms, machinery and farming techniques, and to improve the competitiveness of the agricultural […]

Since Ireland joined the then EEC in 1973, we have gone from being the poorest Member State with only 57% of the average EU GDP, to one of the wealthiest in the EU, even after the terrible effects of the financial and economic crisis. EU funds have transformed Ireland. Below, I have compiled detailed information […]

Urban helps urban inner city areas in decline, and addresses the problems associated with social and economic exclusion in these areas.

The Single Market is one of the great achievements of the European Union. It allows us to move, live, work and trade freely across a Union of 28 member states and 503 million people.