Karen Coleman talks to the Fine Gael MEP about the vote in the European Parliament this week on rules to improve emergency help for travellers who’ve lost their passports and who may find themselves in a country that doesn’t have any embassy from their own country.

They will now be able to get temporary travel documents at another Member State consulate.

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Animal feedlots could have very damaging consequences for rural Ireland and the Irish beef industry.

So says the Sinn Fein MEP Matt Carthy who was responding to recent media investigations into factory feedlots.

According to the online agri publication Agriland, over 18% (eighteen percent) of the total national beef kill in 2018 originated from factory feedlots. Matt Carthy says those figures are deeply worrying.

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