28/04/2006 (Agence Europe) - The Irish Minister of Defence will open on 28 April at the University of Limerick, a conference on EU battle groups. Senior civil servants from Sweden, Finland and Norway will attend the conference, which is expected to focus on the role and conditions for using future battle groups. It is organised by the Institute of European Affairs. (Contact: reception@iiea.com and (353)1 874 67 56).