Mairead McGuinness

Next EU commissioner will be Fianna Fáil nominee, says party leader Micheál Martin

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar will not be drawn on whether he will push for second term for Fine Gael colleague Mairead McGuinness

Ireland doesn’t have the right people in the right places in the European Parliament

Too many of our 13 MEPs are in peripheral groups, where little real power is exercised. Thirty per cent of Ireland’s parliamentary presence is in a group that comprises just over 5 per cent of the parliament

Time for European election candidates to get their ducks in a row

McGuinness confirms she won’t be running for re-election as MEP while stark UN warning on climate action paints grim picture

Mairead McGuinness will not contest next European elections

Fine Gael MEP says ‘absolute focus’ is on serving as EU Commissioner, a role she was appointed to following Phil Hogan’s resignation in 2020

Mairead McGuinness denies pressuring EU countries to limit tax transparency

MEPs question commissioner over letter sent to member states about country-by-country tax reporting

Ireland’s role in 2013 international agreement on Atlantic Ocean research celebrated in Dublin event

Galway Statement agreed during Ireland’s presidency of the EU has led to greater scientific understanding of human impact on Atlantic, gathering told

The digital euro could well flop if a cap limits its usefulness

The prospect of private companies establishing themselves as tollbooths on transactions instead is concerning

European Parliament backs rules to regulate crypto assets

New regulatory framework to be rolled out from 2024 but near consensus vote obscures wide range of views on crypto

McGuinness unveils plans to safeguard taxpayers from funding failed banks

Update to post-crash banking rules would extend deposit protections and increase stability, European Commission says

Scam artists operating at speed banks and consumers cannot match, conference told

BPFI conference told more education and better responses needed to protect consumers

An Post unveils stamp marking Ireland’s 50-year EU membership

Design is based on the stars of the flag and the six fundamental values of the European Union

UAE placed on EU blacklist in fresh blow to Kinahan drugs cartel

Country has long been used as money laundering hub, and the Kinahans have extensive business and property interests there

‘Rapid digitisation’ of banking causing issues for vulnerable customers

Older people, Travellers and migrants face 'disproportionate' barriers to financial services, adult literacy agency says

Irish MEPs commit to tighter transparency standards after Qatargate scandal

Fine Gael group commits to stricter declaration practices than current rules require

Irish diplomat to head up enforcement of EU’s Russia sanctions

David O’Sullivan will move to the new role from his position as head of the Institute of International and European Affairs

FTX collapse a ‘wake up call’ for crypto investors, says Mairead McGuinness

EU commissioner doubts turmoil will change EU crypto regulation proposals

EU sanctions on Russia will have increasing effect, Dublin conference told

Russia is ‘rogue state’ that is seeking to make Ukraine ‘uninhabitable’, says Taoiseach

EU proposes joint purchases of gas across member states

Aim is to prevent EU member states from competing against each other for supplies and driving up prices in the market

EU financial services chief McGuinness calls on US to create new crypto rules

Commissioner said any regulation imposed on the industry would need to be global in order to work

Russian tactics in Ukraine aim to cause unrest in wider world, says McGuinness

EU commissioner says Putin is targeting food production in bid to trigger global disruption

NI protocol: Dublin and Brussels are not impressed, to say the least

Inside Politics: Government set to sign off on NMH deal, but the row is not over yet

US sanctions send ‘very strong message’ to UAE about Kinahans - Minister

People working with gang in Dubai ‘need to think twice’, says Byrne

Conference told EU needs to spend €400bn a year on energy to meet climate targets

European commissioner Mairead McGuinness tells Irish wind energy event ‘nothing is off the table’

MTK Global boxing business distances itself from Daniel Kinahan after US sanctions

US offering award of up to $5M for information leading to arrest of cartel members

West insists sanctions hurting Russia as push for more falters

US deputy treasury secretary says capital is fleeing from Russia as Moscow pushes back

Russia adds five more Irish-registered aircraft to its registry

Twenty jets now hold dual Irish and Russian listing in breach of international rules

Putin’s gas-for-roubles threat raises prospect Russia could turn off tap

G7 nations call Moscow’s bluff in stand-off over natural gas deliveries

EU to create ‘freeze and seize’ taskforce to take Russian oligarch’s wealth

Concerns grow that cryptocurrencies will be used to evade effect of economic sanctions

EU preparing ‘stringent’ sanctions if Russia invades Ukraine

Nato, the US and the UK express concerns Russia will stage ‘false flag’ operation to create pretext for attack on its neighbour

Global effort needed to regulate cryptocurrencies, says Mairead McGuinness

EU commissioner points to volatility and the amount of money invested in such assets

Inclusion of gas and nuclear in EU taxonomy not necessary – Eamon Ryan

Green leader predicts guidelines will be difficult to get through European Parliament

Border checks continue in NI ports despite Poots’s order

‘Extremely unhelpful’: EU Commissioner criticises DUP minister on intervention

EU’s bitterly contentious green policy may kill the ‘Brussels Effect’

Europe Letter: Critics warn that proposals for climate-friendly investments may backfire

McGuinness angers European Parliament with energy classification

Commissioner supports calling nuclear and gas projects ‘green’ for investment purposes

EU plans three-year extension to UK clearing system access

Move avoids ‘short-term cliff-edge effects’ from expiration of permit that was due in June

McGuinness insists EU move to label nuclear and gas ‘green’ based on science

Comments come amid backlash towards draft of so-called taxonomy

No tears shed in Brussels for departure of Brexit chief David Frost

Reaction to appointment of Liz Truss is one of guarded open-mindedness

Irish banks will not be penalised by new EU reforms, says McGuinness

New draft laws are final piece in tougher Basel III banking capital requirements

McGuinness moves towards including gas and nuclear in green transition

Irish commissioner in eye of storm as member states row amid energy crisis

Brussels promises ‘no cliff edge’ over EU banks’ access to UK clearing

Financial services commissioner says there will be no ‘sudden twists and turns’ over licence

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