A second French government has effectively collapsed. What is going on?PM’s loss of confidence vote compounds political crisis facing Europe’s second-largest economyMon Sept 08 2025 - 18:50
Donald Trump threatens action over EU’s ‘very unfair’ €2.9bn Google fineUS president Donald Trump criticises decision as ‘very unfair’ and ‘discriminatory’Fri Sept 05 2025 - 20:53
How Trump protects Big Tech from Big BrusselsPressure from White House and Big Tech putting squeeze on Europe’s digital rules Fri Sept 05 2025 - 05:00
Ireland seeks allies to help block Mercosur trade dealSources say there will be severe pressure from European Commission and countries favouring deal in coming monthsThu Sept 04 2025 - 06:00
Ursula von der Leyen’s hair-raising flight points to turbulent times aheadEastern EU states continue to warn about ‘hybrid warfare tactics’ of Russia and its allies Thu Sept 04 2025 - 06:00
Government cannot have its beef and eat it too on Mercosur deal Breakdown in transatlantic relationship weakens hand of EU capitals opposing Mercosur trade deal Wed Sept 03 2025 - 19:49
Emergency brake proposed to guard against EU-Mercosur deal harming Irish farmers European Commission seeks Mercosur trade deal approval, kicking off fractious debate among EU capitals Wed Sept 03 2025 - 15:19
Chipmakers need help with high energy costs, Taoiseach told Ursula von der Leyen More must be done to bring down ‘very high’ energy costs facing chip manufacturers, Micheál Martin tells European Commission president Tue Sept 02 2025 - 06:00
Ursula von der Leyen’s plane targeted by suspected Russian GPS interferenceOfficials suspect jamming operation forced jet carrying European Commission president to land in Bulgaria using paper mapsMon Sept 01 2025 - 10:59
Tech regulations will be recurring tension point between Brussels and TrumpEU’s strict digital rules again in the crosshairs of US president and Big TechFri Aug 29 2025 - 05:10
Apple seeks ‘constructive and open dialogue’ with new EU competition chief Internal correspondence show US tech giant worked to reset relations with Brussels regulators Fri Aug 29 2025 - 05:00
Renewed push for EU-level sanctions on Israel over Gaza bombardmentForeign ministers of Sweden and Netherlands call for suspension of EU-Israel trade dealThu Aug 28 2025 - 20:37
EU system returns from August break to a full in-tray Key decisions to be taken on Mercosur deal, union budget and logjammed financial reforms Thu Aug 28 2025 - 04:51
EU action against Israel over Gaza is ‘long overdue’, Simon Harris saysTánaiste’s comments come after hundreds of former ambassadors issue letter calling on EU to respond to deteriorating humanitarian situationTue Aug 26 2025 - 08:24
‘Burnout’ of Tusla staff delayed assessments of child abuse and neglect in DonegalInternal Tusla review criticises time taken to assess risk posed by alleged child abuser Mon Aug 25 2025 - 06:00
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 Sat Aug 23 2025 - 06:00
Department cuts firm’s Ukraine accommodation contract over Garda vetting controversy State bodies under pressure over contracts awarded to group found supplying falsified vetting checksFri Aug 22 2025 - 16:41
Investigation: Forged Garda vetting certs at firm minding vulnerable childrenBusinessman behind firm blacklisted by Tusla over fake vetting later won €6 million State contractFri Aug 22 2025 - 06:00
Investigation: Firm caring for vulnerable children supplied fake Garda vetting formsBusinessman behind the group has gone on to win a further multimillion euro State contractFri Aug 22 2025 - 06:00
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 Thu Aug 21 2025 - 12:52
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 termsWed Aug 20 2025 - 18:47
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 summitThu Aug 14 2025 - 07:13
The Brussels street named after an anti-Semite and a woman who saved hundreds of JewsThere is poetic justice in Rue Edmond Picard is becoming Rue Andrée Geulen – although that hasn’t stopped some residents from grumblingThu Aug 14 2025 - 05:00
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 summitWed Aug 13 2025 - 18:26
More than 100 former MEPs urge EU to suspend association agreement with IsraelStarvation of civilian population in Gaza amounts to ‘nothing short of a war crime’, open letter statesMon Aug 11 2025 - 16:25
Why did the EU sign a tariff deal overwhelmingly favourable to the US? The EU made many concessions in negotiations and got little in returnThu Jul 31 2025 - 10:06
European unity would have broken down in a trade war with the USFrance is attacking 15% tariff deal, yet like Ireland had wanted Brussels to water down retaliatory measuresThu Jul 31 2025 - 05:00
‘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 2024Tue Jul 29 2025 - 06:00
How the EU’s ‘lopsided’ US trade deal was doneDeal brings certainty to European firms, but at a costMon Jul 28 2025 - 17:15
EU-US tariffs deal at 15% preferable to ‘ruinous’ trade war, says Taoiseach Both sides are to continue negotiations on the detail, including possible tariff exemptions for several sectorsMon Jul 28 2025 - 16:37
Ireland ‘regrets 15% tariff’ but welcomes ‘clarity’ of trade dealFinal terms worked out during meeting between Donald Trump and European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen in ScotlandMon Jul 28 2025 - 06:00
In Ozempic’s home town they fear two things: a new set of tariffs, and a company in KinsalePharmaceutical giants in Europe brace themselves for a tariffs fight that is likely still to comeMon Jul 28 2025 - 06:00
EU agrees to 15% tariffs in US deal after months of fractious talks Breakthrough follows meeting of US president Donald Trump and European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen in ScotlandSun Jul 27 2025 - 18:39
Taoiseach to ‘delve into’ Amazon’s scrapping of Dublin plant over failure to secure power supplyTech giant’s decision has closed off prospect of more than 500 jobs being created Fri Jul 25 2025 - 11:40
Trump and von der Leyen to meet in effort to land trade deal President puts chance of deal with EU on tariffs at ‘50-50′ Fri Jul 25 2025 - 10:45
EU pushing to cap future tariffs on pharma in US dealNegotiations approaching ‘juncture’ to agree a tariff deal, Taoiseach Micheál Martin saysThu Jul 24 2025 - 16:00
Fine Gael irked by Niall Collins’s dismissal of blanket VAT cut for ‘price-gouging’ hospitality sectorMinister for Enterprise Peter Burke ‘unequivocally’ reaffirms commitment to reducing rate from 13.5 to 9 per centThu Jul 24 2025 - 15:35
Lost in translation? Spain’s scandal-hit prime minister bets on EU support for Catalan, Basque and Galician Recognition of Catalan as official EU language would buy Pedro Sánchez breathing space during domestic crisisThu Jul 24 2025 - 06:00
EU moves towards accepting 15% tariff as price of dealBrussels could agree to deal that would avoid 30% tariffs threatened by Donald TrumpWed Jul 23 2025 - 22:24
No increase in aid reaching people of Gaza despite Israel commitment, EU report saysConditions in Gaza ‘continue to be beyond catastrophic’, the report statesWed Jul 23 2025 - 17:00
‘Dominance, dependency and blackmail’: EU and China talks overshadowed by deep divisionsA summit meeting in Beijing comes as Europe and China face growing rifts over trade, Russia, and global power dynamicsTue Jul 22 2025 - 06:00
Who is Mairead McGuinness, the early front-runner in the presidential race?Fine Gael hopeful is seen as a superb communicator and ‘parliament whisperer’, but her proximity to Ursula von der Leyen may not be an electoral assetSat Jul 19 2025 - 06:00
Warning labels on alcohol an idea from ‘different time’, Minister warned Cabinet colleague Minister for Enterprise asked Minister for Health to pause plans for alcohol health warnings due to global economic uncertaintyFri Jul 18 2025 - 20:03
Plan to overhaul EU’s sacred CAP cow a risky moveEuropean Commission’s €2 trillion budget proposal the product of chaotic backroom negotiations Fri Jul 18 2025 - 06:00
EU seems to suddenly discover it has leverage on Israel Europe letter: Israel’s aid commitment cuts off momentum for EU sanctions on Gaza Thu Jul 17 2025 - 06:00
Proposed €2tn EU budget would increase funding for defence Controversial overhaul would roll Cap farm subsidies into national funding pots Wed Jul 16 2025 - 18:56
Israeli pledge to let more aid into Gaza will be kept under ‘close watch’, EU says Failure to sanction Israel a ‘disgraceful’ moment in union’s history, Amnesty International says Tue Jul 15 2025 - 17:30
Bourbon and Boeing to be targeted in EU retaliatory tariffs despite Government lobbyingEuropean Union readying counter-tariffs on US products should talks fail Tue Jul 15 2025 - 10:16
Trump’s 30% tariffs would effectively cut off EU-US trade, Sefcovic saysTop EU negotiator says higher tariff rates would ‘prohibit’ transatlantic trade Mon Jul 14 2025 - 08:59
Irish Government urges against EU escalating tariff row with US Fresh Trump threats of 30 per cent tariffs a ‘negotiating tactic’, Simon Harris says Mon Jul 14 2025 - 06:00
