The Government has been called on to put together a proper bid for Ireland to host the new European Labour Authority (ELA), with Cork flagged as a viable location. The proposed EU agency will have a €50m budget with over 140 staff but no location has been decided yet. In the end, Amsterdam was chosen as a location for the European Medicines Agency while Dublin lost out to Paris on a bid to host the European Banking Authority. Ms Nunan wants the same type of Government-backed bidding campaign for the new labour agency and for Cork to be considered as the location. EU Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier will meet Taoiseach Leo Varadkar in Dublin where British prime minister Theresa May’s latest request to extend the deadline until June 30 will be discussed.

Source: Irish Examiner April 08, 2019 03:56 UTC