European Parliament renews calls for mandatory country of origin labelling of meat and milk

The European Parliament is demanding
an end to the mislabelling of food products which confuse and mislead consumers.
MEPs today renewed calls for laws that would force food producers to clearly
state what countries the ingredients they use in their meat and dairy products
come from. The Sinn Fein MEP Lynn Boylan says in Ireland, traditional Irish
foods such as the humble black pudding or sausage, may in fact contain
ingredients that aren’t Irish at all.

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People on SVR mortgages ‘being screwed’ by banks – Hayes

The European Central Bank
needs to intervene to enable Irish banks to reduce their standard variable
rates for mortgages. That’s the call being made by the Fine Gael MEP Brian
Hayes. He says Irish mortgage holders are paying around two percent (2%) more
in their standard variable rates than their European counterparts. Earlier this
week both AIB and KBC Bank announced a reduction of their SVRs by a quarter of
a percent 0.25%. Here’s Brian Hayes. 

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