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Cabinet to meet on Sunday as gardaí clear O’Connell Street fuel protest

Temporary Fuel Support Scheme is expected to target hauliers and farmers

Multimillion-euro financial package will not be unveiled until nationwide fuel protests cease

Fuel protests movement vows to extend disruptive actions into weekend as talks under way for solution

Italy challenges Irish plan to ban disposable vapes in rare intervention

Department of Health legislation to ban single-use vapes criticised as disproportionate by Rome

EU states warned extremists could take advantage of war in Iran to cross into Europe

Continental governments anxious about surge in refugees fleeing escalating conflict in Middle East

EU warns states against excessive support to offset surging energy prices

Brussels worries that spending to cushion soaring prices could turn energy crunch into a fiscal crisis

Journalist and historian Dennis Kennedy dies

Kennedy was The Irish Times deputy editor from 1982 to 1985

Struggling French vineyards turn excess wine into ethanol

Deja vu for vineyards as EU intervenes again to help distil excess stocks into ethanol to prevent ‘collapse in prices’

Ending of EU nature funding will be ‘deeply regressive’ for Irish conservation

Oireachtas committee challenges EU plan to end scheme through which Ireland has secured over €200m in investment

Putting unused medicines in bins, toilets or down the sink is making the planet sick

Improper disposal of pharmaceuticals, often through bins or flushing, leads to contamination of water and soil

Mairead McGuinness will be paid fees as EU special envoy for religious freedom

European Commission not explicit on how much one-time Áras hopeful is expected to be paid

Irish law ‘blocking’ actions on behalf of children over ‘addictive’ social media apps

State is in breach of EU law, Irish Council for Civil Liberties claims

Mairead McGuinness appointed EU’s special envoy on religious freedom

Former European commissioner’s new role includes raising awareness about religious discrimination outside the EU

Off-the-record conversation between Irish EU official and journalist leaked online

Ursula von der Leyen’s communications chief’s call uploaded online by unknown party

Don’t believe the negativity – Ireland’s retrofitting scheme for homes is not failing

Ask homeowners who have upgraded their homes if they would go back to a damp, cold house

This energy crisis is utterly unpredictable – how much help should Irish households get now?

A good guide for any measures is that they be targeted as far as possible and temporary in nature

Government keen to avoid energy supports pushing up inflation, Micheál Martin says

Israel’s military strikes in Lebanon ‘wholly disproportionate’, Micheál Martin says

Ireland’s plans to deliver housing and infrastructure are a roll of the dice

Judicial reviews are increasing – but it is not Nimby residents’ associations who are behind them

McGrath wades into politically fraught tax waters

Proposed ‘EU Inc’ reforms expected to meet resistance from national finance ministries

McGrath proposes EU plan to ‘harmonise’ some national rules around tax and insolvency

European Commission pitches scheme to allow for businesses to be set up or wound down quickly and inexpensively on EU-wide basis

European airlines plan challenge to EU synthetic jet fuel rules

Carriers concerned by high costs and supply issues

Apps creating child abuse content not banned under existing EU law

Mother behind Coco’s Law targeting online abuse says ‘soul-destroying’ AI content must be included

The Irish Times view on Ursula von der Leyen: overstepping her brief

Member states will not be reassured nor reform facilitated by a go-it-alone commission president

EU should resist Ursula von der Leyen’s foreign-policy power grab

The commission president has often taken positions that have not been agreed by member states

Here are five ways we can help bring life back to our towns and cities

More than 100,000 homes could be created by converting old premises and promoting living over shops

How Phil Hogan laid the groundwork for a possible comeback

Former minister and European commissioner nominated by Government following independent selection process

EU gets defensive against China with ‘Made in Europe’ plan

Strategy envisages Chinese being half owned by European entities

‘Parents haven’t a clue’: Ireland urged to get young people off ‘toxic’ social media

People Before Profit Bill aims to ban recommender algorithms suggesting content for under 18s

Campaign for UN job will test Phil Hogan’s reputation as back room dealmaker

Hogan will first need to lock in support of other European governments in race to head UN food agency

Ukraine under pressure to allow EU access to pipeline carrying Russian oil

Hungary and Slovakia accuse Kyiv of overstating the impact of an attack by Moscow on Druzhba pipeline

Phil Hogan nominated by Government to contest race for senior UN job

Hogan secures backing to participate in election to be body’s next Food and Agriculture Organisation director general

Departments ask to borrow corporate firms’ staff for Civil Service during EU presidency

Senior officials warned to not let extra workload during EU presidency pull focus from domestic agenda

Inside Ireland’s preparations for EU presidency: ‘You have to make the country look good’

Concern at senior levels of Government that Brussels deal making demands during EU role will pull bandwidth from domestic agenda

Ministers flag up opportunities for Irish exporters in muted Mercosur response

Opposition and farmers condemn EU move to allow South America trade deal to operate provisionally

EU’s anti-fraud agency set to investigate Peter Mandelson

Request made by European Commission following release of documents highlighting Mandelson’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein

Planners may axe Dublin Airport night-flight limit

European Commission ruling finds previous decision imposing restriction breached regulations

Ireland’s EU presidency: How it works and what to expect

Six-month stint in influential European council deal-making role will consume a lot of Government’s bandwidth

Orban spoils the show of united EU front as Ukraine war enters fifth year

‘We don’t hate Ukraine’, says Hungarian minister before saying why far-right government threatened to block sanctions on Russia

Simple, well-designed investment account can channel household savings into real growth

Proposed retail investment roadmap presents opportunity to modernise a tax framework out of step with international norms

US trade representative says supreme court ruling will not unravel deals

Jamieson Greer’s remarks come amid huge uncertainty over trade deals with the US as Trump responded angrily to the court’s decision

What are the latest developments with proposed new social media laws?

Government has already announced trial of ‘digital wallet’ age verification mechanism for accessing platforms

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