State lobbies for Irish-only recruitment drives in EUNumber of EU officials with Irish nationality expected to collapse by about a third by 2025Wed Nov 02 2022 - 11:17
Ireland secures European Council clause on solidarity with IranGovernment insisted on clause “expressing solidarity with Iranian women”, Taoiseach saysFri Oct 21 2022 - 18:35
EU move to cap gas prices this winter less likely after summitEU leaders effectively referred price cap proposals for further studyFri Oct 21 2022 - 16:12
EU summit split over idea of capping gas pricesStates urging emergency market intervention to prevent social unrest met with German oppositionThu Oct 20 2022 - 21:18
European leaders call for political stability in UK after Truss exitNews of British PM’s resignation broke as European Union leaders began arriving at Brussels summitThu Oct 20 2022 - 20:05
‘Never ending ping pong’ delays EU deal on how to cut energy costsItaly, Spain, Belgium and Greece have led calls for a ‘cap’ on the price of gasThu Oct 20 2022 - 16:34
Belgium’s tradition of mandatory wage hikes under pressure as inflation soarsAutomatic raises are linked to consumer price leaps to preserve ‘social peace’ but have not prevented unions calling a general strikeWed Oct 19 2022 - 19:30
EU countries drove up energy prices by competing for gas, commission vice-president saysTimmermans warns of more difficult winters ahead and expresses disgust at Hungarian efforts to curry favour with PutinTue Oct 18 2022 - 16:43
EU states bidding against each other for gas driving up prices, says commission vice-president Frans Timmermans unveils common purchase proposals and criticises Hungary for ‘going on its knees’ to PutinTue Oct 18 2022 - 16:34
EU proposes joint purchases of gas across member statesAim is to prevent EU member states from competing against each other for supplies and driving up prices in the marketTue Oct 18 2022 - 14:43
Iran under pressure over accusations of supplying drones to RussiaEU slaps sanctions on regime over crackdown on protesters amid calls for additional measures over alleged weaponsMon Oct 17 2022 - 19:58
Ireland set to provide training for Ukraine to clear Russian landminesIrish soldiers gained experience in clearing mines on EU training mission in MaliMon Oct 17 2022 - 17:54
EU leaders converge to pin down proposals for gas price capsVarious member states had proposed different forms of gas price capping in the run up to Prague summitFri Oct 07 2022 - 17:26
Two Irish MEPs vote against resolution to increase support for UkraineClare Daly and Mick Wallace among 26 members of European Parliament to vote against resolution, with 504 MEPs in favourFri Oct 07 2022 - 12:58
European leaders urged to halt Russian aggression in UkraineForty-four European countries meet to show ‘message of unity’ in response to invasion of Ukraine and economic challengesThu Oct 06 2022 - 20:35
Support for Ukraine in focus as 44 countries gather for European summit Prague meeting is also aimed at forging co-operation on dealing with the energy crisisThu Oct 06 2022 - 09:46
EU clinches deal on new Russia sanctions, including oil price capOil cap agreement required tailored arrangements for countries with large oil shipping industriesWed Oct 05 2022 - 18:14
EU frustration over Germany’s approach to energy crisis spills out into the openQuestion of what can please Germany’s coalition hangs over the EU like a silent, 28th vetoWed Oct 05 2022 - 17:47
EU satellites to watch for sabotage and threats against critical infrastructureEuropean Union to also work with Nato to guard against potential attacks in wake of Nord Stream pipeline sabotage - von der LeyenWed Oct 05 2022 - 12:43
Reduced payments for some farmers under new Common Agricultural PolicyCabinet signs off on new CAP worth almost €10 billion to Irish farmers over five yearsTue Oct 04 2022 - 15:34
Northern Ireland protocol: Dublin and Brussels sceptical on new UK tone ‘It’s just words. Welcome words, but let’s see the actions,’ say Irish official as Government takes a wait-and-see approachTue Oct 04 2022 - 05:00
Paschal Donohoe will not comment on if he will stand for top EU finance role Vacancy in European Stability Mechanism leader role comes as speculation about Minister for Finance’s next move growsMon Oct 03 2022 - 21:34
Northern Ireland Protocol - talks between EU and UK to resumeDonohoe sees ‘window of opportunity’ as hopes of a reset in EU-UK relations grow with Truss to attend Prague summitMon Oct 03 2022 - 13:01
Italian youth respond to life under Meloni: ‘We will become their worst nightmare. We will fight with our teeth and nails for our rights’Students occupy schools as others rally for abortion rights and gay rights, fearful of the new prime minister’s far-right agendaSat Oct 01 2022 - 05:00
Ireland expects EU windfall energy tax to raise €1bn-€2bn as deal reached Plan to curb energy crisis also involves mandatory cuts to electricity use at peak times to reduce demandFri Sept 30 2022 - 14:49
Preventing energy crisis spreading to financial sector is ‘high priority’, says VestagerCommissioner seeks renewed momentum on tax reform and warns Big Tech that further conflict loomsThu Sept 29 2022 - 19:54
Ireland’s crucial submarine cables are vulnerable to attack Europe Letter: Mystery attacks on critical infrastructure such as the Nord Stream pipeline are part of hybrid war techniquesWed Sept 28 2022 - 21:29
EU countries increase security after apparent pipeline sabotageEscalation in European energy crisis denounced as act of deliberate ‘sabotage’Wed Sept 28 2022 - 13:47
Ireland joins EU’s hawks to propose sweeping sanctions on RussiaJoint proposal with Poland and Baltic states proposes ban on selling real estate to RussiansTue Sept 27 2022 - 04:02
Italian former firebrand seeks to reassure she will govern ‘for all’Little panic in Brussels as rise of Giorgia Meloni boosts the EU’s ‘sovereigntist‘ hard rightMon Sept 26 2022 - 19:13
Council of Europe urges UK to change Troubles-era amnesty BillInternational body warns proposals could block justice over killings where state involvement is suspectedFri Sept 23 2022 - 11:48
EU prepares fresh sanctions on Russia as Moscow strengthens its forces in UkraineEU foreign ministers meet in New York to co-ordinate their response after Putin suggests his willingness to use nuclear weaponsThu Sept 22 2022 - 18:13
Giorgia Meloni on course to be Italy’s first post-fascist leaderWith origins in far-right activism, Giorgia Meloni now leads the nation’s most popular partyWed Sept 21 2022 - 16:12
Irishman elected president of the European Court of AuditorsTony Murphy has risen through the ranks in EU institutions over the past 20 yearsTue Sept 20 2022 - 10:41
Commission outlines plan to cut €7.5bn in EU funding to Hungary Proposal follows concerns over erosion of rule of law and democratic norms under Viktor OrbánMon Sept 19 2022 - 17:14
Irish judge elected first female President of the European Court of Human RightsDubliner Síofra O’Leary will take up the three-year role in NovemberMon Sept 19 2022 - 16:08
Ukraine demands tougher global action on Russia as signs of torture recorded on mass grave bodies‘More than 400 bodies were found at the mass burial site in Izyum’, says ZelenskiySat Sept 17 2022 - 01:00
International calls for trials after Ukrainian reports of a mass grave in IziumEuropean Parliament condemns mass forced deportation of Ukrainian citizens and forced adoption of children to RussiaFri Sept 16 2022 - 16:00
Ireland could lose Eurogroup presidency after Cabinet reshuffleEurogroup presidency at issue as Michael McGrath is poised to replace Paschal Donohoe as minister for finance in forthcoming reshuffleThu Sept 15 2022 - 19:00
Irish hopes for billions under EU windfall tax proposals dashed Suggested commission measures likely to be put in place for just six months, rather than planned 12Thu Sept 15 2022 - 05:00
European Commission proposes EU-wide energy cap as public outrage grows over high billsEnergy companies earning ‘revenues they never accounted for, they never even dreamt of’, says Ursula von der LeyenWed Sept 14 2022 - 21:01
If cattle marts worked like energy markets, we’d say it was a load of bullEurope’s energy markets are broken, but proposals to fix them must wait until springWed Sept 14 2022 - 20:21
How will the EU’s proposals to siphon money from energy companies to households work?Q&A: Ireland’s high reliance on energy imports may lower the amount it can raise to help householdsWed Sept 14 2022 - 17:56
‘Putin will fail, Ukraine will prevail’: Von der Leyen urges Europeans to remain steadfast in Kyiv support EU Commission chief lays out plans to curb energy costs ahead of difficult winterWed Sept 14 2022 - 09:23
Calls for increase in military aid to press home Ukraine’s advantageEuropean Parliament told: ‘We must make the most of the situation’Tue Sept 13 2022 - 18:42
Eamon Ryan calls for EU energy intervention to be in place within weeksMeeting of energy ministers in Brussels reveals differences in how crisis should be approachedFri Sept 09 2022 - 18:10
Next two months ‘last chance’ to reach North protocol deal with UK, says AhernFormer taoiseach hopes Liz Truss ‘believes the word compromise is in the English language’Thu Sept 08 2022 - 10:35
Energy crisis: Pressure increases for multibillion-euro budget day giveaway to help consumersPressure on Cabinet expected to increase as British government set to announce spending of up to £100bn to assist public with energy billsThu Sept 08 2022 - 00:05
Rebel EU officials’ move against energy plan underlines long-standing issues with bloc’s electricity policy Fear of recession surfaces as crisis turns up the heat on politiciansWed Sept 07 2022 - 22:18
EU energy plan to siphon off revenues triggers backlash from senior European Commission officialsProposal blasted as ‘nonsense’ and a ‘haphazard Robin Hood’ idea overly influenced by GermanyWed Sept 07 2022 - 21:06
