EU leaders meet in Brussels this evening in bid to secure agreement on filling the top jobs in Europe.
The new posts of President of the European Council and foreign affairs chief, created in the Lisbon Treaty, have to be filled, but leaders are deadlocked over who should get them.
Ireland is supporting former Taoiseach John Bruton for President of the Council. Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair is also in the running but Belgium's prime minister is the favourite for the job.
