Government move to recognise state of Palestine remains ‘imminent’, Jennifer Carroll MacNeill says
Ireland would support negotiations with Ukraine about the country joining the European Union, says Jennifer Carroll McNeill. Photograph: Nick BradshawLate last year EU leaders agreed to open accession negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova, one of the initial steps on the long road towards membership.
The Fine Gael junior minister said there should be a particular focus on pushing ahead with talks about Ukraine joining the EU, given the war it was waging with Russia.Ireland’s two-tier cancer drug system: ‘I can give one drug to one lot of patients, not to another’Bruce Springsteen in Croke Park review: Blockbuster performance closes Irish tour on an emotion-filled evening
“What we have been trying to do all along is co-ordinate as best we can, with other countries that would take a similar view,” she said. The junior minister said the group of countries who were discussing the plans wanted to “make the biggest statement possible,” she said. Ms Carroll MacNeill was speaking in Brussels on her way into a meeting of EU ministers.MOST READ
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