UN weather agency warns of little respite in ‘summer of extremes’ as wildfires burn Greek homesItaly issues red alerts for 23 cities, warning of heat level that poses threat to life, while Rome smashed previous record for high temperaturesWed Jul 19 2023 - 19:48
Battle for slavery reparations pledge at EU summitJoint declaration with Latin American and Caribbean countries condemns ‘untold suffering’ of transatlantic slave tradeTue Jul 18 2023 - 21:01
Mairead McGuinness eyes second term as EU commissionerFormer Fine Gael MEP has been serving as European commissioner for financial services, financial stability and capital markets union since 2020Tue Jul 18 2023 - 17:00
Varadkar flags Mercosur concerns as trade deal edges closerBrazil’s Lula says he intends to conclude long-stalled trade deal with EU 'this year'Tue Jul 18 2023 - 05:00
‘Matter of time’ before young adults leaving care take legal action against State, advocate warnsRetired District Court judge intervenes in ‘unprecedented crisis’ in services for children most at riskMon Jul 17 2023 - 20:05
EU seeks to block migration route through deal with Tunisia Agreement comes as Tunisian president Kais Saied pursues domestic hardline anti-migrant policiesMon Jul 17 2023 - 18:10
Reports on children in care a ‘matter of deep concern’, says TaoiseachState struggling to staff services as number of children in need of care increases ‘substantially’Mon Jul 17 2023 - 17:00
Europe heatwave: Record temperatures expected on TuesdayThousands evacuated from La Palma in the Canary Islands, where forest fire ragesSun Jul 16 2023 - 20:00
New museum of royal treasures displays Madrid’s Islamic origins The site of the Royal Collections Gallery has been the heart of power on the peninsula for centuriesSun Jul 16 2023 - 17:15
Europe heatwave: Italy braces for potential record high temperatures of 49 degreesRed alerts issued for Italian cities and Acropolis shut for safety due to searing heatSat Jul 15 2023 - 16:51
European Commission gives Ireland deadline to act over consumer protection and disability access failuresGovernment says it transposed the consumer protection directive in question earlier this weekFri Jul 14 2023 - 19:51
Europe suffers deadly toll as scientists warn of hottest temperatures ever recorded on continent‘We are in uncharted territory,’ UN weather agency warnsFri Jul 14 2023 - 15:03
Prices for consumers are ‘still too high’, says Minister for FinanceEurope at a ‘turning point’ for public finances as Eurogroup ministers agree to rein in spendingThu Jul 13 2023 - 20:26
Mairead McGuinness denies pressuring EU countries to limit tax transparencyMEPs question commissioner over letter sent to member states about country-by-country tax reportingThu Jul 13 2023 - 16:40
MEPs demand EU search and rescue mission to prevent Mediterranean deathsPrevious vote against operations in 2019 a ‘stain’ on the parliament, plenary session toldThu Jul 13 2023 - 16:14
Europe Letter: The green deal’s next test is the Spanish electionA right-wing victory may mean the Spanish EU presidency puts the brakes on the green dealThu Jul 13 2023 - 05:00
EU politicians pass vote on controversial Nature Restoration LawRebellion by Fine Gael MEPs against centre-right EPP helps defeat attempt to kill the lawWed Jul 12 2023 - 15:30
Ukrainian pilots to be trained to fly F-16s this summer, Nato announcesWay cleared at ‘historic’ summit for Sweden to join Nato, but Ukrainian delegation disappointed at not receiving invitation or timeline for joiningWed Jul 12 2023 - 10:34
Volodymyr Zelenskiy attacks Nato compromise on Ukraine membershipDraft statement says Kyiv’s ‘future’ lies in military alliance but issue has exposed divisions among membersTue Jul 11 2023 - 18:38
Nature Restoration Law could prevent farming without changes to wording – Luke Ming FlanaganMidlands North-West MEP said line dedicated to restoring habitats could be obstacle to farmingTue Jul 11 2023 - 16:26
The EU imagines expanding to include as many as 35 member statesHaving been politically moribund for years, the idea of enlargement has been dramatically revived by Russia’s invasion of UkraineFri Jul 07 2023 - 16:00
Picasso’s Guernica as fresh as ever amid atrocities in UkraineNews reports of the annihilation of the Basque town helped turn Irish opinion against FrancoThu Jul 06 2023 - 05:00
Push for Mercusor trade deal as Spain takes EU presidency‘Europe needs more allies than it has now,’ says Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez ahead of Latin American summitMon Jul 03 2023 - 18:24
Migration row clouds EU summit in BrusselsPoland and Hungary block agreement on one of the Union’s most sensitive political issuesFri Jun 30 2023 - 12:58
Proposal to use Russian assets to rebuild Ukraine stalls over euro reserve currency fears EU considering spending frozen billions of Russia’s money to reduce taxpayer bill for war-damage reconstructionThu Jun 29 2023 - 19:56
Ireland secures opt-out from EU ‘security commitments’ to UkraineTogether with neutral Austria and Malta, Irish diplomats argued for wording to be added to European Council conclusionsThu Jun 29 2023 - 12:27
Russia’s overseas mercenaries come out of the shadowsPutin once denied being behind Wagner’s operations – now he says it was 100% funded by Russian stateWed Jun 28 2023 - 19:36
Nature restoration law in peril after EU committee voteLaw faces difficult plenary vote of European Parliament on July 11th after it was denied a majority in the environment committeeTue Jun 27 2023 - 12:26
EU foreign ministers believe revolt has revealed weakness in Russian state and Putin’s credibilityFinland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia enhance border security with neighbouring Belarus after Prigozhin is reported to be in exile thereMon Jun 26 2023 - 21:00
Ireland did not breach human rights of asylum seekers by denying child benefit, court findsTwo mothers from Nigeria and Afghanistan took case to Strasbourg after failure in Supreme Court in 2019Thu Jun 22 2023 - 10:24
Europe Letter: When it comes to policy on China, ‘the West’ does not exist Proposal for joint EU strategy towards Beijing reveals lack of unity within EuropeThu Jun 22 2023 - 05:00
Ireland’s alcohol warning label plan triggers US concern at WTO meetingMexico and Dominican Republic among those fearing State’s health warning requirements signed into law in May could pose barrier to tradeWed Jun 21 2023 - 17:48
Nature restoration law edges forward as EU countries agree dealMalcolm Noonan urges European Parliament to press ahead with legislation despite pushback: ‘Our citizens want this - both in Europe and at home’Tue Jun 20 2023 - 22:10
Race to preserve gulag memories of Moldova’s contested Soviet pastExhibition of items from KGB archives aims to challenge glorified version of Soviet historySat Jun 17 2023 - 06:00
Toughened EU border policy under pressure after boat disasterTen NGOs demand that EU ‘must not be complicit in the loss of lives at sea’Fri Jun 16 2023 - 20:15
Nature-restoration law narrowly survives in European ParliamentFinal committee vote on the law is pushed back until June 27th amid opposition from Fine Gael’s European People’s PartyThu Jun 15 2023 - 12:30
Battle over facial recognition as EU makes groundbreaking AI law EU is first mover in regulating artificial intelligence as it seeks to balance risks with economic potentialThu Jun 15 2023 - 05:00
Irish political parties accused of misrepresenting EU nature restoration lawMajor companies reject claims about nature law amid push to kill it in parliamentTue Jun 13 2023 - 05:00
Italy’s oligarch: Berlusconi’s death marks the end of an era Abroad he was synonymous with sex parties, but at home the billionaire and former PM remained a powerful political forceMon Jun 12 2023 - 18:03
Alcohol label wars: Ireland’s new warning law faces fight at World Trade OrganisationCuba has objected on behalf of its rum producers, calling planned cancer warning labels ‘alarmist’ and against EU lawSun Jun 11 2023 - 15:46
Ukraine war alters Russia’s leverage over MoldovaProfound economic shifts challenge the viability of the pro-Russian breakaway region of TransnistriaFri Jun 09 2023 - 21:00
Ireland welcomes EU agreement on how to handle migrationTaoiseach Leo Varadkar hails ‘decisive step’, while Tánaiste Micheál Martin indicates support for focus on ‘burden sharing’Fri Jun 09 2023 - 19:46
Ireland peripheral to EU migration deal but its progress will be closely watched as immigration climbs the agendaUnder the agreement all EU countries must help frontline border states to cope, but they can choose howFri Jun 09 2023 - 15:48
Threadbare Moldovan prosecutors take on former top leadership in anti-corruption driveTackling corruption from petty bribery to rigging of vast contracts crucial for EU membership hopesThu Jun 08 2023 - 17:32
‘We are grateful, but we just don’t want to be here’: Ukrainians in Moldova on dilemma of returning home In the Moldovan capital, Chisinau, small things can have an eerie similarity to home - it’s like a snapshot of life before the warThu Jun 08 2023 - 05:00
‘It’s an opportunity’: the Ukrainian refugees starting businesses in MoldovaUkrainian refugees, most of them young women with children, are making a fresh startWed Jun 07 2023 - 14:27
State prepared to contribute to financial package for North if powersharing restored – VaradkarDUP’s Ian Paisley says re-establishment of Stormont ‘could be an ice age away’Thu Jun 01 2023 - 19:25
Fine Gael cannot accept proposed nature restoration law in current form, says VaradkarProposed EU legislation aims to protect at least 20% of land and sea areas by 2030 but faces stiff oppositionThu Jun 01 2023 - 18:45
‘This year is for decisions’: Ukraine pushes for Nato and EU membershipRussia ‘tries to swallow’ neighbour states left outside the circle, Zelenskiy warns Moldova summitThu Jun 01 2023 - 17:26
Deliberations on abortion law reform may speed up, Varadkar signalsOireachtas committee may now ‘consider legislative changes’ rather than wait to examine independent reportThu Jun 01 2023 - 14:03
