State’s doomsday funding crisis is inevitable
Government should focus on making itself ‘emergency ready’
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BYD’s plug-in hybrid delivers impressive range but disappointing road manners
Timely PHEV supermini promises up to 105km of electric driving, but its ride, steering and refinement disappoint
Minister for Communications Patrick O’Donovan taken ill at event in Limerick
Fine Gael TD earlier accused party colleagues of ‘ultimate betrayal’ for comments on his health
Phil Hogan ready to ‘serve once again’ as he launches bid for UN food agency job
Former minister dismisses suggestion that Golfgate-era resignation would impact his chances
Europe’s future ‘being decided in Ukraine’, Baltic ambassadors to tell Oireachtas committee
Officials from Finland, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia to discuss Ukraine as Russian attacks increase
Taoiseach to chair new Cabinet AI committee on regulation and impact of technology
Plans for new committee come as AI summit takes place in RDS as part of EU presidency
Trump’s squeeze on Ukraine exposes Europe’s strategic weakness
EU leaders are confronted with the limits of their own support for Ukraine as Washington pressures Kyiv
Winter of discontent looms as public sector workers prepare for stoppage
Inside Politics: Unions want shortfalls in pay to be addressed up front and a guarantee that wages will not slip behind inflation during any new deal period
Psychotherapy group files complaint to EU against Minister for Health over sector standards
Formal complaint ‘not an action we have taken lightly, says IACP chief executive
Ireland’s EU presidency proposes budget cut of €141bn for the bloc
Compromise package follows months of behind-the-scenes negotiations
Government nominates Síofra O’Leary for appointment as judge of European Court of Justice
O’Leary was previously first female president of European Court of Human Rights
A Greek peninsula that bars women and holiday homes in Denmark: unusual exemptions to EU law
A Greek peninsula that bars women and a VAT-free Italian town also feature among the list of odd exemptions
EU must not cut support for communities facing poverty, crisis and exclusion
Ireland has unique opportunity to send clear message on value of humanitarian assistance
Increasing levels of debt carried by EU institutions a concern, says top auditor
The union’s borrowing is projected to hit €1 trillion by 2027
Why reducing the €2,500 student registration charge would be a double-edged sword
Do we really want our universities to be much cheaper than others in the EU?
Oil refiners US and China have the leverage amid rising fuel prices
Donald Trump’s recent threat to halt diesel exports would have had calamitous consequences for Europe
Replacing beef farming with forestry would boost incomes and help meet climate goals
Afforestation is the most significant climate change mitigation option available to Ireland’s land use sector
Latvians vote in election in shadow of drone incursions and war in Ukraine
Pro-Ukrainian prime minister Andris Kulbergs is likely to hold on to power
Zinc review: One man’s unusual history becomes a left-field meditation on identity and language
Dublin Theatre Festival 2026: Ben Kidd and Bush Moukarzel direct a multinational, plurilingual cast in their adaptation of David Van Reybrouck’s book
Increasing number of foreign-born recruits joining Defence Forces
Trend mostly seen as a positive by military management, but can pose operational difficulties in relation to overseas service
Budget talks enter ‘banging fists on the table’ phase – metaphorically at least
Inside Politics: Meanwhile, Brexit is back and the Drumcree stand-off continues
Aughinish Alumina steps up lobbying as European Commission considers sanctions
Taoiseach, Cabinet Ministers and MEPs contacted by Russian-owned plant in Co Limerick
Andy Burnham has a mission. Now he needs a mandate to deliver it
Popular prime minister might be tempted to call an early election, but keeping out Reform UK means tactical voting
Europe’s China shock is hollowing out industry and shifting politics to the right
Europe’s industrial base is weakening while support for the far right is growing
Are groceries in Irish supermarkets about to rise again? Three items will, but one may fall
Energy crisis and extreme weather events in summer expected to trigger higher food prices
EU plan to share doctors’ professional history in crackdown on struck-off medics overseas
Investigation found 11 seriously sanctioned UK doctors still registered in Ireland
‘Made in Europe’ rules should not ‘undermine’ UK relations, Britain’s new envoy tells EU
UK ambassador to EU Caroline Wilson cautions against bloc becoming ‘insular and inward-facing’
Just €109,000 of €3.9m overpaid to car dealers for EV scheme has been recovered
Scheme to encourage sales of electric vehicles relied on self-declaration to avoid breaches of state-aid rules
State paid millions to asylum seeker housing firms after cancelling contracts
‘No value’ secured from deals which represented ‘substantial loss to the taxpayers’
Pressing the Brexit ‘I told you so’ button is tempting for Ireland, but we should hold fire
In Ireland’s interests to work with Andy Burnham as obligingly as possible on the Europe question
The Brexit debate is back. Could Britain rejoin the EU?
Ten years after leaving the bloc, shifting public opinion is reopening a question once thought settled
Was Burnham’s speech to Labour Party conference a turning point on Brexit?
Global Briefing: UK prime minister pledged to consider all options on Europe, including single market membership and rejoining EU as a full member
EU’s top judges to rule on Dublin Airport passenger cap in two weeks
Decision will answer questions raised by airlines’ legal challenge in High Court here
Online shoppers buying from outside EU face fresh charge of €2 per item from November
New €2 levy is on top of €3 fee per item imposed in summer
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