Drop in asylum numbers in Ireland may be short-livedPolitical instability in Africa is expected to lead to an increase asylum claims to EU countries this yearWed May 03 2023 - 05:00
Before and after photos of Mariupol theatre reveal charred remains, in Google Earth updateInnocent photos and reviews of pastry shops and parks reveal the scale of what Russia has destroyedThu Apr 27 2023 - 05:00
EU’s proposed pharma overhaul seeks to increase access to medicinesMove also aims to encourage research into neglected treatmentsWed Apr 26 2023 - 13:03
Free flights for MEPs should be reviewed says EU OmbudsmanThose offering free travel ‘want something in return, quite obviously’, Emily O’Reilly warnsTue Apr 25 2023 - 12:49
Coalition to unveil €1bn housing plan targeting cost of building and vacant homesInterventions would see water connection fees refunded and grants for renovating derelict properties for rentTue Apr 25 2023 - 05:00
European countries vow to create vast wind energy hubOffshore wind farms connected by ‘islands’ could quadruple wind energy generationMon Apr 24 2023 - 19:18
Ireland joins European project to scale up offshore wind energy Taoiseach Leo Varadkar says investment in wind will bring about profits of ‘tens of billions’Mon Apr 24 2023 - 19:14
Development levies to be waived to speed up house buildingGovernment will pick up tab for connecting new estates to water and roads to boost building rates, Varadkar saysMon Apr 24 2023 - 16:21
‘Totally unacceptable’: outrage over Chinese ambassador’s dismissal of ex-Soviet statehood‘China has sided with Russia, politically’ says Lithuanian foreign ministerMon Apr 24 2023 - 16:14
A fare farewell: Luxembourg marks three years of free public transportMeasures prove popular but fail to shift society away from private car ownershipFri Apr 21 2023 - 06:00
Europe’s decade-long housing boom grinds to a haltEurope Letter: The end of the cheap money era has frozen real estate sales and tipped prices downwardsThu Apr 20 2023 - 05:00
Armed men ‘stormed’ home of Irish EU ambassador in Sudan, says commissionLong-serving diplomat Aidan O’Hara was assaulted in Khartoum incident on MondayWed Apr 19 2023 - 16:04
EU greenlights €3.3bn funding to develop microchip industry amid global scrambleIrish Government hopeful for increased investment but faces stiff competition from other member statesTue Apr 18 2023 - 19:16
McGuinness unveils plans to safeguard taxpayers from funding failed banksUpdate to post-crash banking rules would extend deposit protections and increase stability, European Commission saysTue Apr 18 2023 - 18:35
How the Luxembourg landlord who put flats on Airbnb after evicting tenants built an Irish property empire Controversial landlord Marc Godart was backed by parental wealthSat Apr 15 2023 - 05:00
Mick Wallace caps China visit by revealing new ‘no war’ tattoo on state televisionTV interview featuring Irish MEP stating ‘Taiwan is part of China’ shared by Chinese government accountsFri Apr 14 2023 - 11:19
‘We knew it would be coming’: WHO reflects on pandemic 75 years since its foundationMicrobes do not respect borders but nation-state politics have always complicated the World Health Organisation’s mission for global co-operation in the fight against diseaseFri Apr 07 2023 - 05:00
Ireland will not be spared from Europe’s brewing demographic crisisEurope Letter: A dwindling number of working age people supporting the elderly means the maths don’t add upThu Apr 06 2023 - 05:03
Police raid European People’s Party headquarters in BrusselsInvestigation stemming from Germany is separate from Qatargate probeTue Apr 04 2023 - 18:11
‘All for one, one for all’: Russia ‘watching closely’ as Finland joins NatoFinland says threats of retaliation from Russia spurred it to seek membership; Sweden and Ukraine hope to followTue Apr 04 2023 - 17:21
Inside Shopify: How a tech giant quietly axed a wave of Irish workersDrip feed of redundancies provides a case study in risks to the Irish economy from tech downturnFri Mar 31 2023 - 05:00
‘Attention! Your SUV kills’: Guerilla climate activists target cars overnight in BrusselsTyre Extinguishers group, which is active in Ireland, aims to make SUV ownership ‘impossible’ in urban areasThu Mar 30 2023 - 16:14
How the wealthy and powerful muzzle reporting in IrelandIreland’s legal system is being abused for the purposes of aggressive image management, writes Naomi O’LearyWed Mar 29 2023 - 20:44
Ireland leads rebellion against EU ‘industrial subsidies race’ with US Irish diplomats co-ordinated eleven like-minded countries to act in concertSat Mar 25 2023 - 05:00
EU leaders spooked by plunge in bank shares Paschal Donohoe urges leaders to push ahead with legislation to create cross-border EU banking industrySat Mar 25 2023 - 05:00
Economic turmoil means finance ministers must rein in spending: DonohoeToo much supportive spending risks worsening inflation by driving up the price of services and food, Eurogroup chief warns EU leadersFri Mar 24 2023 - 10:27
EU to send one million artillery shells to UkraineGovernment insists Ireland’s neutrality unaffected and that it would not contribute to military aidFri Mar 24 2023 - 05:00
EU agreement to phase out fossil fuel car engines stalled by late backtracking from GermanyPhase out of internal combustion engine stalled by German coalition qualmsThu Mar 23 2023 - 21:00
Ukraine war due to failed policy of appeasement towards Putin, Varadkar saysIreland will provide €22m of non-lethal supplies for every €1bn in weapons committed by EU leadersThu Mar 23 2023 - 11:58
Dr Watson, the cat with 40 owners and a ferocious streakMoving away meant leaving a charming rogue behindThu Mar 23 2023 - 05:00
Sean Kelly meetings with gas industry not subject to reporting rules as not ‘scheduled’European Parliament directorate says MEP’s encounters over dinners fall outside ‘scope of mandatory publication’Sat Mar 18 2023 - 05:00
EU launches green industrial revolution planStrategy aims to help EU companies to compete on clean technology with peers in US and ChinaThu Mar 16 2023 - 15:54
Seán Kelly did not declare gas ‘lobbying’ due to ‘admin error’Fine Gael MEP met gas industry prior to vote on legislation relating to new energy requirements for buildingsThu Mar 16 2023 - 11:09
Jingles fall silent as Brussels bans TikTokSeveral European governments are either restricting the app for civil servants or ordering security assessmentsThu Mar 16 2023 - 05:00
EU green deal efforts at risk of ‘being compromised’NGOs warn of lobbying as combustion engine phase out faces last minute German blockadeTue Mar 14 2023 - 18:54
Collapsed Silicon Valley Bank had ‘many’ Irish customers, says McGrathIreland’s Financial Stability Group is to examine potential fallout for the economyMon Mar 13 2023 - 19:39
Ireland advertised on walls of Kyiv metro stations in which civilians shelter from bombs Cliffs of Moher, Rock of Cashel and other beauty spots feature in Irish Government poster campaign in UkraineSat Mar 11 2023 - 02:00
Belgium promises to increase deportations as asylum seeker homelessness hits crisis pointUp to 3,000 people who claimed asylum have been sleeping rough due to a lack of bedsFri Mar 10 2023 - 16:51
Will the EU’s Covid-19 stimulus money be wasted?Europe Letter: Head of union’s auditing watchdog warns of risk of misspending of funds – or even fraudThu Mar 09 2023 - 05:00
European ombudsman investigates flights paid for by Qatar while aviation deal was being negotiatedTransport official flew for free with Qatar Airways while team was negotiating airline’s access to EU marketMon Mar 06 2023 - 18:49
NI protocol deal: After Johnson and Truss, Sunak was a prime minister the EU could work withTunnels, news blackouts and tight choreography: The story of how the protocol deal was finally doneSat Mar 04 2023 - 05:00
Europe Letter: Who is the anti-Meloni, the surprise new leader of Italy’s opposition?Progressive activist Elly Schlein pulls in non-party votes in bid to bring together Italy’s divided leftThu Mar 02 2023 - 05:00
Windsor Framework: EU countries begin to raise questions as they pore over deal with UKThe deal has a tough audience in Paris, which backs a sterner approach to protect single marketTue Feb 28 2023 - 20:09
Windsor Framework deal for Northern Ireland hailed as ‘new chapter’ in relationship between UK and EUPrime minister urges hardline Brexiteers in his party to back Windsor Framework as it would help Britain to ‘take back control’Mon Feb 27 2023 - 23:00
Windsor Framework: What are the main points of the new UK-EU deal? Agreement will go to vote in Westminster, and some aspects will need European Parliament approvalMon Feb 27 2023 - 20:23
Sunak to sign Northern Ireland protocol deal with EU after months of negotiationsFocus will shift to DUP and Donaldson who must decide whether to back the agreement and restore powersharingMon Feb 27 2023 - 05:15
Northern Ireland protocol deal expected as von der Leyen and Sunak to discuss ‘complex challenges’European Commission and UK leaders have agreed to continue working towards “shared, practical solutions” to dispute over Northern Ireland’s post-Brexit arrangementsSun Feb 26 2023 - 16:50
Europe vows to back Ukraine for the long haulEU digs in on backing Kyiv on grim one-year anniversary since Russian tanks rolled inFri Feb 24 2023 - 16:22
Sanctions on Russia will remain after Ukraine conflict ends, says EU envoyDavid O’Sullivan, originally from Dublin, says sanctions won’t just ‘disappear’ after conflictFri Feb 24 2023 - 05:00
War in Europe, One Year On: Irish man upholds EU’s economic weapon against Russia David O’Sullivan is addressing the question of how to make the EU’s unprecedented economic sanctions biteThu Feb 23 2023 - 19:22
