Hayes pushes back on European Commission regulation planGovernment concerned EU money market funds plan could damage IFSCThu Sept 18 2014 - 01:00
Scottish independence referendum has deep implications for EUEurope Letter: implications of a Yes vote for EU law would be profoundThu Sept 18 2014 - 01:00
MEPs ratify ‘historic’ EU deal with UkraineAgreement an ‘important step’ in economic integration with EUWed Sept 17 2014 - 01:00
Irish banks may be restricted from offloading riskier assetsVice-president says bank would need state guarantees to buy lower-ranking debtMon Sept 15 2014 - 10:56
Noonan confident over corporation taxMinister for Finance counts friendly faces among Jean-Claude Juncker’s new teamMon Sept 15 2014 - 01:00
Taxpayers to benefit from loan deal, Noonan indicatesSavings made by early repayment of IMF borrowings likely to be passed on in budgetSat Sept 13 2014 - 01:09
Phil Hogan finalising team of cabinet membersIncoming EU agriculture commissioner has appointed Peter Power as head of cabinetSat Sept 13 2014 - 01:00
Draghi warns euro states must continue structural reformsECB president calls for more ambitious structural reformsSat Sept 13 2014 - 01:00
Eurogroup approves Ireland's plan to repay IMF loans earlyNoonan says Government has cleared first hurdle in bid to refinance portion of its IMF loansFri Sept 12 2014 - 14:28
Taoiseach optimistic about possibility of IMF loan dealMinister for Finance Michael Noonan to seek further support for deal at eurogroup summitFri Sept 12 2014 - 08:20
French commissioner could raise issues for Ireland’s corporate tax regimePierre Moscovici allocated ‘economic and financial affairs, taxation and customs’ portfolioThu Sept 11 2014 - 01:00
Recalibrated European Commission could prove tricky to put into practiceEurope letter: Fused portfolios and strong characters will alter European dynamicsThu Sept 11 2014 - 01:00
Hogan’s EU agriculture portfolio a ‘significant coup’Agriculture still a significant player in EU politics, controlling over a third spendingWed Sept 10 2014 - 12:10
Phil Hogan appointed EU agriculture commissionerHe is second Irish agriculture commissioner after Ray Mac SharryWed Sept 10 2014 - 11:40
Phil Hogan expected to be named agriculture commissionerJuncker due to announce new European Commission today in BrusselsWed Sept 10 2014 - 01:02
Group considers taking mother and baby home issue to European courtIrish campaigners meet MEPs in BrusselsWed Sept 10 2014 - 01:00
Mood music good as Noonan set to tackle EU finance ministersAnalysis: agreement on plan to repay IMF bailout loans would be virtually certain to lessen case for retroactive direct bank recapitalisation from ESM fundTue Sept 09 2014 - 01:00
Noonan ups campaign over early repayment of IMF loansMinister for Finance to lobby EU counterparts in Italy this weekTue Sept 09 2014 - 01:00
ECB resists Irish plan to repay IMF bailout loans earlyDraghi raises concern promissory note deal may have amounted to monetary financingFri Sept 05 2014 - 02:33
Deflation threatens to derail Euro recoveryAlmost six years after the economic crisis began, Europe cannot afford to face into a prolonged period of stagnationFri Sept 05 2014 - 01:20
Coveney to raise concerns over Russian sanctions on fishingGrowing anxiety in Ireland about impact of sanctions on Irish exportersFri Sept 05 2014 - 01:05
ECB lowers GDP forecast by 0.1% for this year and nextEuro falls to lowest level in a year after bank’s last resort short of full quantitative easingFri Sept 05 2014 - 01:00
All eyes on Draghi amid talk of a €40bn euro zone recovery planAnalysts believe any move towards full quantitative easing is some time awayThu Sept 04 2014 - 08:38
It’s early days yet but Ireland may agree deal to repay IMF loans earlyEurope Letter: Noonan to meet senior EU figures next week in bid to get them on boardThu Sept 04 2014 - 01:00
Childers raises serious concerns on EU job for HoganIndependent MEP has written to members of S&D Group with “serious reservations”Wed Sept 03 2014 - 01:00
Ireland interested in jobs or investment portfolioTaoiseach’s remarks suggest Phil Hogan may be in line for portfolio other than agricultureMon Sept 01 2014 - 12:12
Tusk appointment as European Council president shifts EU axis towards eastPolish prime minister’s appointment likely to be seen as turning point in EU historyMon Sept 01 2014 - 01:00
Donald Tusk vows to work closely with Britain’s David CameronPolish president of European Council ready to ‘take on the concerns of the UK’Mon Sept 01 2014 - 01:00
Donald Tusk named next president of European CouncilTaoiseach Enda Kenny says economy is a key challenge for new EU leaderSat Aug 30 2014 - 19:34
A war that has not endedThe first World War started a century ago on Monday. In one of the first towns to be attacked, at the start of a battle that Irish soldiers fought in, the scars still run deepSat Aug 02 2014 - 01:00
EU gets tougher with sanctions on Russia - but there is a twistAnalysis: sanctions ratcheted up in light of flight MH17 but there are still get-out clausesThu Jul 31 2014 - 06:49
Ballads of boys: recalling two war poets who lived and died in parallelEurope Letter: Irish writer Francis Ledwidge and Welsh poet Hedd Wyn were both killed in action 97 years ago todayThu Jul 31 2014 - 01:00
EU, US extend sanctions on Russia over ‘Ukraine violence’Co-ordinated approach targets trade, energy, banks, technology, arms and finance sectorWed Jul 30 2014 - 01:00
Why did Ireland abstain in the UN vote on a commission of inquiry into Gaza?Republic’s role in Gaza resolution part of EU issueSat Jul 26 2014 - 01:00
Ireland in talks to repay IMF portion of bailout loans earlyMove could save exchequer billions of euro in interest paymentsFri Jul 25 2014 - 01:00
Internal divisions hinder EU’s ability to broker Middle East peaceUsing trade ties to push for peace worked well in the Balkans but not in UkraineThu Jul 24 2014 - 01:00
Ireland abstains with other EU states from UN resolution on Gaza inquiryConcerns that proposed resolution was not most efficient way of reacting urgently to developmentsThu Jul 24 2014 - 01:00
Blurred boundaries on sanctions give EU wriggle room on RussiaAnalysis: some members uncomfortable with idea of extreme response to crisisWed Jul 23 2014 - 01:00
EU threatens Russia with further sanctionsForeign ministers propose deeper sectoral sanctions after MH17 crashWed Jul 23 2014 - 01:00
Stronger EU sanctions against Russia unlikely, Flanagan saysMinister for Foreign Affairs says supply of arms by Moscow ‘undermines democracy’Tue Jul 22 2014 - 10:12
Pressure of EU foreign ministers to act on Russia at Brussels meetingEU Foreign Affairs Council will turn to so-called Phase Three sanctions on certain sectors of the Russian economyTue Jul 22 2014 - 01:01
Attack on MH17 raises question of how far EU will goSanctions against Russia may look feeble as EU forges unified reactionSat Jul 19 2014 - 01:00
What next for Europe?A lively account of the euro zone crisis also offers a sensible analysis of possible directions for the zoneSat Jul 19 2014 - 01:00
EU summit on top appointments ends in stalemateEnd of Brussels talks a potential blow to effort to secure agriculture commissioner postThu Jul 17 2014 - 06:56
EU leaders fail to appoint two senior jobsDecision on council presidency and foreign policy chief may be deferred until AugustThu Jul 17 2014 - 01:00
Battle over top EU jobs enters next roundAppointment of commissioners will be test of political mettleThu Jul 17 2014 - 01:00
Juncker calls for €300bn investmentNew European Commission president seeks package to stimulate economyWed Jul 16 2014 - 01:00
European Council decision faces delayVan Rompuy successor decision expected to be deferred at Brussels meetingWed Jul 16 2014 - 01:00
Juncker vows ‘agenda of reform’ after being elected presidentEx-Luxembourg PM acknowledges EU has lost credibility ahead of summitTue Jul 15 2014 - 11:32
Flanagan and Hayes press Juncker on Irish debtMEPs urge incoming European Commission president to honour commitmentThu Jul 10 2014 - 12:13
