Brussels to witness jostling over Brexit’s political declarationCoveney welcomes solidarity on withdrawal agreement but focus now on finalising textMon Nov 19 2018 - 21:48
Varadkar joins O’Reilly in call for Brexit report on North to be publishedEU Ombudsman O’Reilly believes it is in the public interest for documents to be releasedMon Nov 19 2018 - 12:42
Brexit: Brussels takes steps to avoid ‘scaring the horses’ in LondonMay hints she will focus on changing political declaration, not the withdrawal agreementMon Nov 19 2018 - 01:58
Brussels pressing ahead despite Brexit turmoil in LondonBy its own ‘concessions’ yardstick, the United Kingdom has not much to boast aboutFri Nov 16 2018 - 01:00
Brexit: What would the backstop mean for Irish Sea trade?Physical checks by customs would probably only be carried out based on tip-offsThu Nov 15 2018 - 19:05
Mussolini spinning in his grave at Italy’s reckless nationalistsEurope Letter: The EU needs to prove it can help resolve problems that feed nationalismThu Nov 15 2018 - 01:00
May faces party revolt after winning cabinet backing for Brexit dealProtocol on Northern Ireland provides backstop guarantee that will safeguard a soft borderThu Nov 15 2018 - 00:34
Deal between EU and UK is ‘a landmark moment’, says BarnierEU ambassadors to begin process of calling a special summit to approve the dealWed Nov 14 2018 - 22:28
The Brexit deal: what we know so farSpecial protocol on Northern Ireland provides a backstop guarantee that will safeguard soft BorderWed Nov 14 2018 - 16:46
Brexit deal commits UK to indefinite stay in customs unionAnalysis: Negotiators tacitly accept that customs union will form basis of future EU relationshipWed Nov 14 2018 - 14:43
EU Commission steps up preparedness planning for no-deal BrexitOfficials say no-deal contingency planning should not be seen as undercutting talks on deal, but necessary to plan for all eventualitiesTue Nov 13 2018 - 22:17
Transfer of suspects delayed due to doubts in Irish courts over EWAsHigh Court is seeking clarification from EU court on legality of European Arrest WarrantTue Nov 13 2018 - 17:25
Brexit: Summit hopes fade as Barnier says no Border breakthroughCoveney says talks intensifying as Boris Johnson accuses May of nearing ‘total surrender’Mon Nov 12 2018 - 12:53
Who is Manfred Weber, potential next head of European Commission?Pragmatic 46-year-old Bavarian and EPP leader is close ally of Angela MerkelSat Nov 10 2018 - 05:01
‘All-UK’ customs union a problem for some EU members, Taoiseach saysVaradkar says a November summit on a Brexit deal will be impossibleThu Nov 08 2018 - 22:23
‘There is now a Farage in every country,’ Barnier saysEuropean People’s Party backs Manfred Weber to become EU commission presidentThu Nov 08 2018 - 14:20
Centre-right parties set to nominate Merkel ally as head of CommissionMore than 2,000 participants from 41 countries are at the European People’s Party congress, including some from Fine Gael, led by Taoiseach Leo VaradkarThu Nov 08 2018 - 06:00
Belgian blue blood, DNA testing and an alleged love childEurope Letter: Artist Delphine Boël claims abdicated King Albert II is biological fatherThu Nov 08 2018 - 01:00
Varadkar ‘throwing doctors and nurses under a bus’Taoiseach criticised over remarks about flawed winter rostering of staff in hospitalsThu Nov 08 2018 - 00:13
Taoiseach wishes he could direct health staff to work through JanuaryVaradkar said he did not have authority to issue directive as this was a matter for HSEWed Nov 07 2018 - 16:01
Brexit: Varadkar sets out second condition for review of backstopTaoiseach says possibility of special Brexit deal summit in November becoming less likelyWed Nov 07 2018 - 13:13
Paschal Donohoe doubles down on opposition to EU digital sales taxMinister reiterates Ireland’s stance at meeting of finance ministers in BrusselsTue Nov 06 2018 - 01:15
May's backstop plan needed by next week, Government saysTaoiseach underlines ‘consistent’ stance on Border in call with British prime ministerTue Nov 06 2018 - 00:05
Call for EU bailout to have additional powersHanseatic League wants ESM to get controls like IMF to guarantee loan sustainabilityMon Nov 05 2018 - 04:55
Backstop agreement may be close but Brexit deal is far from certainBritish and EU negotiators prepared to re-enter ‘tunnel’ amid talk of legal ‘bridge’Sun Nov 04 2018 - 17:00
More backstop guarantees for London under consideration by EUAssurances involve prospect of UK staying in customs union for post-Brexit periodThu Nov 01 2018 - 21:13
Higgins begins work on group to audit €317,000 allowancePresident is expected to make scrutiny proposal to Government following inaugurationThu Nov 01 2018 - 07:03
Chinese ‘one country, two systems’ idea could unlock Brexit impasseEurope Letter: Acceptance of Belfast Agreement logic can bring solution to backstopThu Nov 01 2018 - 01:00
Donald Trump will make Europe a lot less safeUS president’s actions are reversing continent’s move away from arms proliferationFri Oct 26 2018 - 05:00
EU digital tax crusader hopes to sweet-talk IrelandEurope Letter: France’s Bruno Le Maire is mobilising for a cause Dublin is dead againstThu Oct 25 2018 - 01:00
EU gives Italy three weeks to redraft budget or face music‘Excessive debt is an enemy of the people,’ says economic affairs commissionerTue Oct 23 2018 - 15:30
Sharon Donnery in last two for top ECB jobCouncil to meet on Monday week to decide nominationTue Oct 23 2018 - 13:07
EU digital tax discriminates against US companies – senatorsUS committee says tax could almost certainly give rise to double-taxation issuesSun Oct 21 2018 - 12:44
Asia and Europe send strong message to Donald TrumpBrussels summit champions global co-operation in face of US protectionismFri Oct 19 2018 - 17:00
UK’s Brexit transition period may be extendedMerkel and Macron turn up heat on May to find a political solution to impasseFri Oct 19 2018 - 09:36
Next phase of Brexit negotiations will require much sleight of handA better deal may not come, no matter how many extra months are allowed to discuss itFri Oct 19 2018 - 01:00
Ireland will be hugely damaged if UK crashes out of EU - SFDUP and Arlene Foster ‘determined to wreck Belfast Agreement’Thu Oct 18 2018 - 12:09
EU summit on hold as May fails to convince leaders of Brexit progressBritish PM asserts commitment to backstop while Varadkar says time limit unworkableWed Oct 17 2018 - 22:10
Backstop a matter of trust as well as principle, Taoiseach saysLeo Varadkar attending EU summit dinner in Brussels as May comes under pressureWed Oct 17 2018 - 21:15
Some sympathy in EU for extending UK Brexit transition period by a yearSummit consigned to Sisyphean task of rolling huge boulders endlessly uphillWed Oct 17 2018 - 18:50
Poland speeds up contentious court reform in face of EU oppositionEuropean Commission’s Frans Timmermans ‘not optimistic’ Poland will pull backWed Oct 17 2018 - 17:24
Theresa May knows she cannot rely on DUP votes, Michéal Martin saysFianna Fáil leader seeking ‘no election’ assurance from Leo Varadkar before Brexit deal struckWed Oct 17 2018 - 14:14
Brexit: Coveney’s optimism contrasts with Tusk ahead of summitTánaiste ‘confident deal can be done’ as European Council president sounds gloomy noteTue Oct 16 2018 - 17:51
Brexit: Legal argument over scope of article 50 central to difficultiesUnclear if withdrawal agreement can include temporary all-UK customs union in backstopTue Oct 16 2018 - 00:28
Brexit: Theresa May warns against ‘permanent limbo’ of border backstopBackstop promise ‘cannot be time-limited’, Minister for Foreign Affairs insistsMon Oct 15 2018 - 20:27
Britain and EU fail to reach deal ahead of summitBackstop accord elusive for London and Brussels as time-limitation a stumbling blockMon Oct 15 2018 - 10:54
Budapest to ask EU to halt money to NGOs opposed to IsraelEU unlikely to back Hungary’s call to muzzle bodies seeking Israeli boycotts or sanctionsMon Oct 15 2018 - 01:00
Talks between Raab and Barnier fail to lead to Brexit breakthroughDismay in Brussels after UK Brexit secretary’s visit does not resolve Irish backstop issueSun Oct 14 2018 - 19:31
Rich Land, Poor Land: The EU’s wealthiest and neediest membersBulgaria is playing catch-up with western Europe. Super-rich Germany is a different worldSat Oct 13 2018 - 06:00
Shape of backstop begins to emerge as Brexit talks inch forwardAnalysis: Negotiations remain under wraps but Irish backstop deal coming into viewFri Oct 12 2018 - 02:00
