Five ways to slash Ireland’s looming multi-billion euro climate fines
Two advisory councils outline gross failures to face up to climate realities
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Most believe social factors should be considered in public procurement processes, research suggests
Survey finds public in favour of awarding contracts on basis of pay, environmental impact and recognition of unions
Kremlin gives cautious welcome to US move to pause military aid to Ukraine
Trump decision a ‘very serious development’, Taoiseach says, as European countries express concern
Ireland risks fine of up to €26bn if EU-agreed climate targets missed
Report by Irish Fiscal Advisory Council and Climate Change Advisory Council sets out potential costs for State
How did the ‘triple lock’ on Irish troop deployments come into being - and why is it ending?
Government has argued the mechanism has hamstrung Irish military deployment overseas
If Trump carries through his tariff threats then chaos is coming
Even in the most transactional theory of Maganomics, bluffs on tariffs can only take the US president so far
Why is the EU gutting landmark pieces of legislation it only passed recently?
Ursula von der Leyen is taking a scissors to EU’s ‘red tape’ perception
State loses appeal to High Court finding designation of UK as ‘safe third country’ was unlawful
Judge says legislative changes since the ruling raised questions of mootness
Israel-EU relations should not be ‘held hostage’ by Gaza conflict – foreign minister Gideon Sa’ar
Israel will resume Gaza campaign if Hamas fail to disarm, Israeli minister says
Russia’s narrative about Ukraine ‘heavily represented’ in Trump comments, says EU foreign affairs chief
EU foreign ministers agree to impose further sanctions on Russia on third anniversary of Ukraine invasion
Ireland will ‘say more, spend more and do more’ to help Ukraine, Martin says
Taoiseach said international rules-based order was only guarantor of Irish security
‘A great way of seeing a new city is to become embroiled in its bureaucracy’
I work in climate change, so preparing irrefutable evidence of the facts, expecting swift action and being constantly disappointed is my bread and butter
Sabotaged car exhausts make for unlikely form of election interference as Germany heads to the polls on Sunday
Russian agents suspected of stoking anti–Green sentiment with vandalism and bumper stickers of party leader
Keeping children safe online is not child’s play
Internet gives you access to a world of information at your fingertips, but with the good comes the bad
EU commissioner says young farmers should get more CAP subsidies
Farm subsidies to be ‘rebalanced’ as EU agriculture budget likely to come under pressure
Germany to set up centralised deportation facilities in bid to tackle migration
Opposition politicians denounce ‘Dublin Centres’ as pre-election gestures by a government that has lost control of asylum process
State will be ‘buying seats’ on deportation flights run by EU Frontex border agency, O’Callaghan says
Minister for Justice says there ‘has to be a consequence’ for people refused asylum
Clothes banks are overflowing as the ‘market for castoffs collapses’
Charity shops fear they will become dumping ground for poor-quality clothing if new EU law on textile waste is enforced fully
Widespread ecological damage from oil spills in Niger Delta revealed in international study
Scientists detail scale of devastation to mangroves using satellite imagery, AI and imaging techniques used in healthcare settings
‘We will not accept any agreement that is adopted without us’: Ukraine resolute as US and Russia seek to end war without its say
European leaders to hold an emergency summit on Ukraine on Monday in Paris
Chinese foreign minister to meet Martin and Harris tomorrow
Wang Yi will travel to Dublin after telling summit European countries must have role in Ukraine talks
Department of Transport strongly backs Dublin Airport expansion and easing of passenger gap
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One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This and The World after Gaza: holding the West to account
Omar El Akkad sees a future in which western intelligentsias will whitewash their past complaisance, but Pankaj Mishra is in little doubt that attitudes will broadly remain the same
Chinese foreign minister visits Dublin as China and EU reassess fraught relationship
If Trump’s talks with Putin facilitate a pause in the fighting, Ukraine will decline in salience as a point of contention
Ukrainians question Kremlin’s desire to end war as EU warns against ‘appeasement’
Kyiv says it will reject any Trump-Putin peace deal sealed without its input
Fava beans: the future of sustainable food production in Ireland?
Europe is looking to high-protein plant crop yields to reduce reliance on imported plant proteins and enhance food security
Why is the US economy so much stronger than Europe’s?
Several reasons for the weak performance of Europe and the US’s better-than-expected one
Mitsotakis plays it safe with presidential nominee to succeed liberal incumbent
Cynics view Greek prime minister’s choice as a shrewd offering to right-wing elements of his party
Irish environment groups condemn EU cash row as defunding attempt by right-wing MEPs
Acrimonious dispute unfolding over whether European Commission should fund organisations that lobby European Union institutions
Plastic colonialism: ‘A stream of plastic debris, stretching miles, is heading towards us’
We may have placed it with good intention in our recycling bins, but it is choking villages, rivers and seas on the other side of the world
Baltic States disconnect from Russia’s power grid as part of plan to link with EU
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania cut final link with Russia in move to integrate with EU and boost security
Southerners and northern nationalists dislike Commonwealth more than Nato
North’s Protestants strongly favour membership of the Europe-North America military alliance in event of Irish unity
Trump’s tariff threat to Ireland: More bark than bite?
Ireland could be caught in the middle of a devastating US-EU trade war
The UK’s last EU commissioner: ‘The level of contact is speeding up. The tone has changed’
Europe Letter: Julian King says ‘world has changed’ since original Brexit deals were made
Are we at the beginning of Donald Trump’s global trade war?
Inside Business podcast with Ciarán Hancock
UK-EU relations ‘must move away from perception of winners and losers’, minister says
‘Reset’ summit between Keir Starmer and EU leaders to take place in May
Markets whipsaw as Trump pauses tariffs on Canada and Mexico for one month
Mexico president Claudia Sheinbaum says levies delayed in X post
Leaders call for EU to relax restrictions on defence lending
Request comes ahead of summit in Brussels to discuss Europe’s security
EU must be reformed to boost competitiveness
Changes proposed by Mario Draghi must be implemented quickly
European court dismisses Irish watchdog’s case against EU data board
Ruling likely to fuel further criticism of Data Protection Commission’s enforcement of GDPR against US tech companies
Ukraine’s military fights fires on many fronts amid battlefield setbacks
Scandals, ‘leaks’, army recruitment woes and Trump fears compound concerns over trajectory of war
Europe needs to ‘close ranks’ in response to more transactional White House, says Kallas
EU foreign affairs chief says union is an ‘economic heavyweight’ and big geopolitical player in its own right
Trump’s blunderbuss strategies on climate and energy may backfire in ways he has not envisaged
Pulling out of Paris Agreement was predictable theatre, but resulting temperature and emission rises will push Earth to dangerous tipping points
Farming for and with nature has entered the mainstream
As CAP payments are oriented towards sustainability, nature-friendly farming can secure reliable funding for farms in an increasingly unreliable global marketplace
What has to happen next for the circular economy to become established in Ireland?
The EU circular economy action plan aims to reduce pressure on natural resources through re-use and repair but Ireland’s recycling rate is far below the European average
‘We are a dying skillset’: Just 28 cobblers left to mend the nation’s shoes
Circular economy and EU’s right to repair failing to save an industry in crisis
Application of EU work directive to Defence Forces welcomed as ‘watershed moment’
Protections around breaks, work hours and annual leave already applicable to most workers in State
About 10% of people moving to Ireland in year to April 2024 were seeking international protection, research finds
Total number of 149,200 represents 5 per cent increase on previous year but includes those who would subsequently have moved on
Europe’s clean energy agenda under threat from lack of finance, MEP warns
An Bord Pleanála approved less than half renewable energy capacity needed to reach Government’s 2030 target, WEI planning report finds
Wind and solar farms have saved Irish electricity consumers €840 million since 2000 - report
‘Reaching renewable electricity targets in 2030 could cut consumer bills by an additional €610 million’
Austria under far-right government would stay committed to EU, says caretaker leader
Alexander Schallenberg seeks to assure Brussels over possibility of far-right Freedom Party leading next government
Moves by Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg set scene for confrontation between EU and US
Meta will now allow ‘insulting language when discussing transgender rights, immigration or homosexuality’, and no longer bans describing women as ‘property’ or ‘household objects’
Hottest year on record as 2024 breaks 1.5 degrees global warming limit
A single year exceeding that limit does not mean the Paris Agreement threshold has been broken, but we’re ‘dangerously close’
Ireland has chance to take a leading AI regulatory role – starting with the appointment of a dedicated minister
State’s pivotal position and links with EU and US offer a unique opportunity to bridge two distinct regulatory philosophies
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