Greece's Prime Minister will plead with EU officials later, to relax the terms of his country's bailout programme.
Alexis Tsipras will meet the leaders of France and Germany as well as EU diplomats in Brussels.
Yesterday, the Greek parliament adopted a "humanitarian crisis" bill to help its poorest people, ignoring pressure from the European Union.
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Speaking to Newstalk Breakfast this morning, Irish Times Europe Correspondent Suzanne Lynch says today's meeting between Tsipras, Hollande and Merkel will seek to ease tensions:
