‘Burnout’ of Tusla staff delayed assessments of child abuse and neglect in Donegal
Internal Tusla review criticises time taken to assess risk posed by alleged child abuser
Tusla debated turning back to previously blacklisted care home providers
Internal documents show pushback to idea children be accommodated by care firms who supplied fake Garda vetting
Department cuts firm’s Ukraine accommodation contract over Garda vetting controversy
State bodies under pressure over contracts awarded to group found supplying falsified vetting checks
Forged Garda vetting certs at private firm minding vulnerable children
Businessman behind firm blacklisted by Tusla over fake vetting later won €6 million State contract
Private firm caring for vulnerable children supplied fake Garda vetting clearances
Businessman behind the group has gone on to win a further multimillion euro State contract
US agrees to cap tariffs on pharmaceuticals imports from EU at 15%
Government to push for more sectors to enjoy tariff ‘carve outs’ in EU-US agreement
Golf and aligned views help Europe settle on its team of ‘Trump whisperers’
Continent’s leaders need to lean on personal rapport with US president to avoid end of war on Vladimir Putin’s terms
Zelenskiy to visit Downing Street ahead of Trump meeting with Putin
European leaders and Ukrainian president speak with Trump ahead of Friday’s US-Russia summit
The Brussels street named after an anti-Semite and a woman who saved hundreds of Jews
There is poetic justice in Rue Edmond Picard is becoming Rue Andrée Geulen – although that hasn’t stopped some residents from grumbling
European leaders eye Trump-Putin talks on Ukraine with anxiety
Despite positive spin from Wednesday’s meeting, Zelenskiy and Europe will be shut out of Alaska summit
More than 100 former MEPs urge EU to suspend association agreement with Israel
Starvation of civilian population in Gaza amounts to ‘nothing short of a war crime’, open letter states
Why did the EU sign a tariff deal overwhelmingly favourable to the US?
The EU made many concessions in negotiations and got little in return
European unity would have broken down in a trade war with the US
France is attacking 15% tariff deal, yet like Ireland had wanted Brussels to water down retaliatory measures
‘Clear understanding’ 15% tariff max will be applied by US to pharma exports
Pharmaceuticals and semiconductors accounted for the bulk of Ireland’s exports to the US in 2024
How the EU’s ‘lopsided’ US trade deal was done
Deal brings certainty to European firms, but at a cost