Labour Party likely to prioritise jobs portfolioParty to seek Fine Gael-controlled Department of Jobs after new leader elected todayFri Jul 04 2014 - 01:09
Merkel pledges to help State with reformGerman leader says she is committed to helping boost Irish job and income levelsFri Jul 04 2014 - 01:00
Penneys from heaven as store opening suits KennyWith protesters out of sight, Taoiseach Enda Kenny gets warm welcome at Primark Berlin outletFri Jul 04 2014 - 01:00
Kenny gets rock-star welcome as he opens Primark store in BerlinTaoiseach greeted by Mexican wave by customers queueing outside budget retailerThu Jul 03 2014 - 13:38
Europe readies for internal battle on reform agendaTaoiseach to address high-level Christian Democratic Union meeting in BerlinThu Jul 03 2014 - 01:05
Protests promised as Taoiseach opens Primark store in BerlinGerman campaigners seeking greater transparency in product supply chainWed Jul 02 2014 - 18:57
NSA may have had access to European Central Bank emailsGerman government cancels Verizon contracts over concerns it was sharing dataTue Jul 01 2014 - 01:01
Banking union won’t cope with euro zone crisis, warns economistBanking union infrastructure puts Ireland at a disadvantage to larger member statesTue Jul 01 2014 - 01:00
Primark is now a European giant set on fast-fashion dominationEnda Kenny is set to cut the ribbon on Berlin’s second “Penneys” this weekMon Jun 30 2014 - 12:38
Banks will be able to tap bailout fund, says head of stress testsComments by head of Single Supervisory Mechanism Danièle Nouy likely to irritate BerlinMon Jun 30 2014 - 01:00
German think tank advocates new EU bonds to boost growthMove would circumvent 3% deficit ceiling rule and reduce high Irish investment gapMon Jun 30 2014 - 01:00
Case is closed but the pain lives on as Heinrichs come to termsEighteen months after their son died, the Heinrichs are trying to move onSat Jun 28 2014 - 01:00
German police ‘99% sure’ of stabbings link to Irish manTaxi driver took fare as there were no signs of passenger being either drunk or on drugsThu Jun 26 2014 - 09:45
Leadership of EU tops agenda at key summitTaoiseach joins other EU leaders in Ypres as expectation grows Juncker will get top jobThu Jun 26 2014 - 01:00
German taxi driver says he was driving man to local brothelMan, believed to be Enda McLaughlin (27) from Donegal, was fatally injured on a motorwayWed Jun 25 2014 - 13:33
Leaks an attempt to destabilise government, says Polish PMTusk refuses to call snap elections or fire ministers who made inappropriate commentsWed Jun 25 2014 - 01:00
Irish man dies on German road after ‘stabbing incidents’Man, said to be in his 20s and from Cork, was fatally injured while being pursued by policeTue Jun 24 2014 - 21:50
After 100 years, Germans finally feel able to tell their stories of the first World WarOnly now are many Germans starting to engage with the memory of the warTue Jun 17 2014 - 01:00
Berlin MPs to play down Irish chances of debt reliefGerman finance politicians on Dublin visit to say no further relief without tax reformMon Jun 16 2014 - 09:37
Irish business may benefit from jitters over Swiss EU migrationEnterprise Ireland trade mission to Alpine state attracts 70 Irish companiesSat Jun 14 2014 - 01:01
High Court privacy case puts Ireland at centre of data collection controversyOpinion: ‘They are watching everyone in Europe from Grand Canal Dock, the Valley of the Squinting Smartphones’Sat Jun 14 2014 - 00:01
Prominent German intellectual dies suddenlyJournalist Frank Schirrmacher sparked and steered public debateFri Jun 13 2014 - 01:00
German Eurosceptic party joins Tories in European Parliament groupingTie-up with AfD could further strain Cameron-Merkel relationsThu Jun 12 2014 - 19:00
Poker-faced Merkel key to resolving Juncker issueGerman chancellor in domestic balancing act on European Commission presidencyThu Jun 12 2014 - 08:35
Doctor descends vast Bavarian cave to treat injured manTreacherous conditions slow rescue from the Riesending cave, 1km under the AlpsWed Jun 11 2014 - 01:00
Mark Rutte to meet Enda Kenny in Dublin for talksDavid Cameron seeks to galvanise position in SwedenTue Jun 10 2014 - 01:00
German euro critics appeal to Tories for dealAfD urges British allies to ignore Merkel and admit them to their EU parliament groupingTue Jun 10 2014 - 01:00
Nazi spy who could have changed course of D-DayPaul Fidrmuc’s message on final Operation Overlord details ignored by Berlin handlersSat Jun 07 2014 - 01:00
Journalist who ran Edward Snowden revelations warns of privacy riskGlenn Greenwald says Europeans must defend online privacy rather than wait for Irish Government interventionSat Jun 07 2014 - 01:00
Ukraine tops agenda at G7 in BrusselsRussia excluded from meeting of western leadersThu Jun 05 2014 - 01:00
Obama reaffirms US and Nato support for UkraineUS president and other leaders celebrate 25th anniversary of Polish independenceThu Jun 05 2014 - 01:00
Germany opens inquiry into Angela Merkel mobile spyingAttorney general to investigate allegations US tapped chancellor’s phoneThu Jun 05 2014 - 01:00
A tale of two Polands: the cowed country that has turned into a European leaderUS president Barack Obama is in Warsaw for celebrations and quiet diplomacyWed Jun 04 2014 - 01:00
Obama promises $1bn security spend for eastern Nato alliesWarns Russia to allow Ukrainians chose ‘their own destiny’Wed Jun 04 2014 - 01:00
No easy answer for Merkel on EU jobPhone a friend call to chancellor goes unansweredTue Jun 03 2014 - 01:00
Backing for Juncker ‘declaration of war’ on EU leaders, says MerkelJuncker as EU commission president could destabilise British coalition, says CameronMon Jun 02 2014 - 01:00
Why the eurosceptic surge may be a good thing for EuropeOpinion: If there is one thing Europe urgently needs it is less reverence for the European project and more realpolitikSat May 31 2014 - 01:01
Merkel backs Juncker for top EU post‘Bild’ tabloid attacks dithering on next commission president as ‘farce’Sat May 31 2014 - 01:00
Voters want answers to urgent problems, says SchäubleSuccess of France’s FN party a failure of European politics, says German finance ministerWed May 28 2014 - 01:00
Merkel acknowledges need to engage with Eurosceptic votersAlternative für Deutschland takes seven seats from German contingent of 96Mon May 26 2014 - 22:07
Merkel’s CDU wins European election in GermanySeven of the country’s 96 seats projected to go to new eurosceptic partySun May 25 2014 - 21:34
Berlin accused of setting bad example with pension reformsOpposition and OECD accuse German grand coalition of selling out its younger generations with bizarre reformsSat May 24 2014 - 01:00
Germany’s EU role plays second fiddle to political shadow boxingAngela Merkel’s short speeches on Europe are unfocused and lack substanceFri May 23 2014 - 01:00
Frank-Walter Steinmeier urges support for weekend Ukraine pollGerman foreign minister warns Angela Merkel not to tinker with European election formulaFri May 23 2014 - 01:00
German loan likely to include SME clauseNew Irish corporation SBCI, on receiving global loan, will lend to commercial banksFri May 23 2014 - 01:00
Schäuble backs calls for EU budget commissionerGerman finance minister says Europe should be a ‘multilayered democracy’Thu May 22 2014 - 01:00
Austrian Eurosceptics play on suspicion of EUAs some celebrate Eurovision win, others take a darker view of EuropeWed May 21 2014 - 01:00
Gate Theatre makes its German debut with two Samuel Beckett productionsAudiences at the Ruhrfestspiele festival identify with Michael Gambon and Barry McGovern’s takes on absurditySat May 17 2014 - 01:00