Irish Ministers and diplomats will chair EU-level discussions and broker compromises between the other 26 countries from July 1st until the end of this year

Necessary for EU to open a ‘direct’ line of contact to Kremlin, European Council president says

Taoiseach congratulates former mayor of Manchester on success in Makerfield byelection

European Commission expected to bring forward options on restricting trade with illegal West Bank settlements

Agenda for two-day summit in Brussels offers pointers on key matters that will also dominate Ireland’s EU presidency

Meanwhile it’s Makerfield or breakerfield for UK Labour Party as Andy Burnham tipped to win byelection and launch a challenge to Keir Starmer

‘Talk of resignations and expression of frustration’ over CEO pay, borrowing limits and strategy

Directors held special meeting last Friday and have written to Patrick O’Donovan about their concerns

Proposal will abolish compulsory three-day wait for access

Abortion may not be the defining social and political issue it once was, but securing a change to reproductive rights would still be significant

Move would be ‘embarrassing’ for the EU, Patrick O’Donovan says

Inside Politics: There are signals the Government wants to scale back the rate of spending growth in the economy

Cabinet set to consider fast-track legislation lifting the Dublin Airport passenger cap, and national research security guidelines

Former Department of Health secretary general appointed to €280,000 role without competitive process as it was a secondment

Opposition says decision to open online applications portal for nine days only was ‘deeply unfair and badly handled’