Leo Varadkar’s optimism on Brexit may be wishful thinkingThe hiccup in the talks this week is largely the product of an attempt by London to ‘park’ the frictionless borderSat Nov 11 2017 - 05:00
EU gives Britain until December to make new Brexit divorce bill offerUK failure to meet deadline would push decision on phase two talks back to March 2018Fri Nov 10 2017 - 18:48
Commission and Government to explore help for SMEs after BrexitAny assistance would need to comply with state aid rulesFri Nov 10 2017 - 16:05
Brexit talks on Irish Border hit stumbling blockImportant differences emerge between European Union and Britain over BorderThu Nov 09 2017 - 22:34
Commission raises forecast for euro economy, is upbeat on RepublicOutlook notes ‘substantial’ Irish contribution’ made by constructionThu Nov 09 2017 - 11:02
Government hopes to engage Ireland in new EU military frameworkEurope Letter: Pesco initiative is not an EU army but may niggle at neutrality fearsThu Nov 09 2017 - 01:00
EU blacklist of tax havens to be completed by DecemberAction spurred on by publication of Paradise Papers, meeting of finance ministers toldTue Nov 07 2017 - 18:32
European court agrees with bloggers demand on rape commentECHR said Iceland had breached Article 8 of Convention on Human RightsTue Nov 07 2017 - 14:08
Paschal Donohoe to lobby in US on tax reform measuresMinister for Finance to tell US congressional leaders global trade should be encouragedMon Nov 06 2017 - 21:29
Brokenshire says progress on Irish border vital to Brexit talksNI Secretary of State says Britain ‘determined to press on’ despite lack of breakthroughMon Nov 06 2017 - 17:14
Belgian judge must decide by early on Monday whether to free PuigdemontCatalan leader and four colleagues surrendered in Brussels after warrants issuedSun Nov 05 2017 - 18:27
Irish drug dealer’s entrapment claim rejected by European courtECHR says Robert Mills was not the victim of an illegal Garda stingThu Nov 02 2017 - 18:19
French butter shortage may grease the wheels for Irish producersEurope Letter: Looking to France could solve a 50,000-tonne post-Brexit Irish surplusThu Nov 02 2017 - 01:00
Catalonia president challenges Spain to accept election outcomeCarles Puigdemont says he is not seeking asylum in Belgium but needs guarantees to returnTue Oct 31 2017 - 18:04
Carded! Bridge does not qualify as a sport, says EU courtThe English Bridge Union, which took the case, expressed disappointment at the rulingThu Oct 26 2017 - 12:33
Poland opposes changes to bolster wages of migrant workersEurope Letter: Macron an unlikely champion of working man in backing directive reformThu Oct 26 2017 - 01:00
Worst case Brexit scenario could see Irish GDP fall by 9%, says EU reportReport predicts Irish agricultural exports to the rest of the world could fall by $6.5 billionWed Oct 25 2017 - 21:34
Tusk kicks Brexit ball back into Theresa May’s courtEuropean Council president says UK must decide between good deal, bad deal and ‘no Brexit’Tue Oct 24 2017 - 10:42
Patrick Smyth: Mixed signals from Brussels on the borderThere was confusion after last week’s summit about whether sufficient progress had been madeMon Oct 23 2017 - 04:11
Talk of Brexit progress at EU summit following May speechLeo Varadkar suggests UK stance is gradually moving closer to EU’s positionFri Oct 20 2017 - 19:49
EU summit: What Europe’s leaders talked about apart from BrexitMember state leaders also found time to discuss migration, tax, Turkey and IranFri Oct 20 2017 - 17:10
Double act Tusk and Macron look to shape EU beyond Brexit ‘bump’Ahead of this summit, Donald Tusk toured EU capitals to sound out a ‘leaders’ agenda’Fri Oct 20 2017 - 05:00
Varadkar rebuffs suggestion UK has done all it can on Border‘If UK is leaving the EU, it is incumbent on them to put forward detailed proposals’Fri Oct 20 2017 - 01:00
Reports of far-right’s demise greatly exaggeratedSuccess of Freedom Party in Austria’s election shows populism far from a spent forceThu Oct 19 2017 - 09:11
‘Brexiteers are hooked on brinkmanship – and have been since the beginning’Commissioner Phil Hogan says EU summit will show 27 member states never more unitedThu Oct 19 2017 - 01:00
Britain’s ‘tough-guy approach’ to Brexit criticised by Phil Hogan‘We are now so close to the cliff edge of a hard Brexit ... we can see the drop’ - Ireland’s EU CommissionerWed Oct 18 2017 - 15:27
No Brexit ‘phase two’ talks before December, EU ministers insistSimon Coveney welcomes ‘very strong language on Ireland’ in EU summit documentsTue Oct 17 2017 - 20:00
Women’s role in European political life little changed since goal setCouncil of Europe report finds target of 40% participation hit by only Sweden and FinlandTue Oct 17 2017 - 01:00
EU ministers reiterate backing for Iran nuclear dealForeign ministers pledge to lobby US Congress over Trump move to repudiate dealMon Oct 16 2017 - 18:45
Brexit talks: Border must be tackled before trade, Brussels tells LondonEU also notes UK’s lack of ‘concrete commitment’ on divorce billSat Oct 14 2017 - 01:00
Trump has no power to kill off Iran nuclear deal, insists MogheriniEU foreign policy boss says the US president ‘has many powers, but not this one’Fri Oct 13 2017 - 20:20
EU’s proposed trade deal with Latin America criticised by trade ministersIrish minister concerned EU is vulnerable to massive influx of beef from Mercosur countriesFri Oct 13 2017 - 18:00
Irish fears of hard Brexit rise as talks hit ‘disturbing’ impasseLatest round of talks end with no sign of progress hoped for after May’s Florence speechFri Oct 13 2017 - 01:45
Barnier may get more wriggle room to help break Brexit impasseFrustration of EU negotiator could be eased if EU leaders give him enlarged mandateThu Oct 12 2017 - 18:56
Brexit: EU says talks at ‘disturbing’ impasse over moneyBarnier says sides are deadlocked over how much Britain should pay when it leavesThu Oct 12 2017 - 13:50
Theatre of the absurd in ritual dance between EU and British pressLack of progress in Brexit talks turns press briefings into a farceThu Oct 12 2017 - 01:00
ECJ finds MIBI liable for compensation of van crash victimMotor Insurers Bureau of Ireland is in effect an arm of State, top European court findsTue Oct 10 2017 - 09:53
Irish farmers concerned over trade deals with Mexico and south AmericaEU trade deals being negotiated may lead to glut of beef in European marketsMon Oct 09 2017 - 14:21
Brexit: No case for separate North deal in Government strategyAnalysis: UK is the biggest importer of Irish agri-food, representing 47% of Irish exportsMon Oct 09 2017 - 10:20
Irish officials in Brussels demand voting rights in Irish electionsIrish official expresses regret at failure of governments to address issue of voting rightsMon Oct 09 2017 - 09:13
Declaring independence will leave Catalonia in lonely placeEurope Letter: EU will offer Spanish region no favours if it carries through on threatThu Oct 05 2017 - 01:00
EU proposes major overhaul of cross-border VAT regimeIt estimates fraud costs it €50bn a yearTue Oct 03 2017 - 17:12
MEPs say Brexit talks should not proceed to next phase‘Northern Ireland Brexit solution will be part of the UK solution,’ insists DoddsTue Oct 03 2017 - 13:05
Catalan vote was not legal, says European CommissionCommission refuses to condemn Spanish government or police for violent scenesMon Oct 02 2017 - 15:01
Commission not ranking preferences for key EU agencies post-BrexitIreland is seeking to host European Medical Agency and European Banking AuthoritySat Sept 30 2017 - 16:00
EU leaders put pressure on Ireland over corporate taxTaoiseach defends Ireland’s low tax stance amid calls for harmonisation of tax ratesFri Sept 29 2017 - 19:36
Tax remains a thorny issue for Ireland at EU leaders’ summitDigital summit in Estonia full of futuristic promises but also potential stumbling blocksFri Sept 29 2017 - 18:01
Estonia’s digital summit proves much is still lost in translationTallinn’s DigitExpo treats heads of EU governments to display of artificial intelligenceFri Sept 29 2017 - 14:57
Varadkar says taxing tech firms too much will drive them awayTaoiseach: solution is not more taxes and regulation, it’s actually the oppositeFri Sept 29 2017 - 12:03
Brexit talks: Progress on citizens’ rights but major deadlocks remainParties begin drafting common principles needed to underpin Common Travel AreaThu Sept 28 2017 - 12:29
