EU leaders put pressure on Ireland over corporate taxTaoiseach defends Ireland’s low tax stance amid calls for harmonisation of tax ratesFri Sept 29 2017 - 19:36
Tax remains a thorny issue for Ireland at EU leaders’ summitDigital summit in Estonia full of futuristic promises but also potential stumbling blocksFri Sept 29 2017 - 18:01
Estonia’s digital summit proves much is still lost in translationTallinn’s DigitExpo treats heads of EU governments to display of artificial intelligenceFri Sept 29 2017 - 14:57
Varadkar says taxing tech firms too much will drive them awayTaoiseach: solution is not more taxes and regulation, it’s actually the oppositeFri Sept 29 2017 - 12:03
Brexit talks: Progress on citizens’ rights but major deadlocks remainParties begin drafting common principles needed to underpin Common Travel AreaThu Sept 28 2017 - 12:29
Estonians look to push Europe into being a real digital leaderEurope Letter: Tallinn digital summit to be attended by all but one of EU’s heads of stateThu Sept 28 2017 - 01:00
German election may curtail Macron’s ambitions for EU integrationAngela Merkel’s weakened parliamentary mandate seriously undercuts the possibility of support for the French president’s proposalsWed Sept 27 2017 - 01:00
Barnier warns UK a transition deal must respect EU rulesEU chief negotiator responds to David Davis’s comments about ‘regulatory divergence’Mon Sept 25 2017 - 19:42
EU ministers back commission over Polish rule-of-law concernsAndrzej Duda has said he wants greater control over judicial appointmentsMon Sept 25 2017 - 19:23
Irish EU officials not impressed with medicines agency emailOfficials say Irish Government, seeking support for relocation, have neglected themMon Sept 25 2017 - 01:01
May’s Brexit speech long on aspiration but short on solutionsCautious welcome from EU, but will it mean ‘sufficient progress’ has been made in talks?Fri Sept 22 2017 - 19:52
EU urged to push ahead with digital tax reformCommission paper set outs roadmap for reforming how digital firms should be taxedThu Sept 21 2017 - 12:09
Lighter exodus from Libya comes at morally dubious priceEurope Letter: Warlords and militia play dark role in curbing flight of refugeesThu Sept 21 2017 - 01:00
Housing trafficking victims in asylum centres sharply criticisedDepartment of Justice defends accommodation but promises it will be reviewedWed Sept 20 2017 - 01:50
European Commission sets up new agency to fight cyber-crimeBeefed-up EU Cybersecurity Agency will share threat knowledge to prevent cyber attacksTue Sept 19 2017 - 19:00
IDA hoping to win 900 jobs with European Medicines AgencyDublin one of 19 cities vying for EU’s medicines regulatory agencyMon Sept 18 2017 - 06:00
Donohoe says Ireland opposes ‘equalisation tax’ at EU meetingThe proposals plan to tax giant digital companies on turnover rather than profitsSat Sept 16 2017 - 15:09
Give me a crash course ... in the near future of the EUThe EU’s game plan has been laid out but what about the Brexit-shaped elephant in the room?Sat Sept 16 2017 - 06:00
Brexit may hurt Ireland ‘more than any other EU state’ - FlanaganMinister for Justice says UK must clarify position on security co-operation post-BrexitThu Sept 14 2017 - 15:11
EU website takes on Russia’s fake news industryEurope Letter: Moscow’s disinformation campaign covers the seedy and the politicalThu Sept 14 2017 - 01:00
Juncker says EU will ‘not stand still’ in bullish addressEuropean Commission president calls Brexit ‘tragic’ in brief mention in state of union speechWed Sept 13 2017 - 13:23
Cross-Border co-operation has paid dividends – but is it in peril?Multiple programmes – the fruit of the Belfast Agreement – are threatened by BrexitMon Sept 11 2017 - 01:00
Do not use Irish Border as test case for EU-UK border, says BarnierEU sets out position on Border, criticising UK negotiating stanceThu Sept 07 2017 - 15:18
EU signals unique Brexit border arrangement for Ireland possibleAny Irish Border solution must respect integrity of EU’s legal order and single marketThu Sept 07 2017 - 12:24
EU to make UK responsible for avoiding a hard BorderEuropean Commission to publish its long-awaited Brexit paper on IrelandThu Sept 07 2017 - 02:00
Poland and Hungary could threaten the EU more than Brexit doesEurope Letter: Pair have rejected refugees and threatened the rule of lawThu Sept 07 2017 - 01:00
ECJ upholds EU’s right to force member states to take in refugeesDecision underpins principle of burden sharing after Greek and Italian crisesWed Sept 06 2017 - 09:45
Director and Leuven Institute guilty over fire which killed two Irish studentsLawyers for the families welcome verdict but say ‘unfortunately a lot of questions remain’Tue Sept 05 2017 - 18:45
EU dismissive of call for end to Turkey accession talksAny decision to suspend stalled talks a matter for heads of government, European Commission saysMon Sept 04 2017 - 15:56
EU stands with Ireland in Brexit talks, Barnier assures CoveneyRepublic in ‘uniquely vulnerable position’, Minister tells chief negotiatorMon Sept 04 2017 - 15:13
UK’s expat pensioners now safe, but will Brexit mean deportation for others?Progress is slow in talks about 3.5m EU nationals in the UK and 1.2m Britons in the EUSun Sept 03 2017 - 17:10
EU believes the UK still hasn’t understood that Brexit comes at a priceLondon says €100bn divorce bill is unjustified. Brussels is growing impatientThu Aug 31 2017 - 21:00
Why Little England Brexiteers miss the point of the European UnionEurope Letter: You don’t have to love the EU to see that it plays a vital roleThu Aug 31 2017 - 01:00
Huge gulf in negotiations on UK’s Brexit billUK team repeats wish to move beyond talks on divorce terms to those on future relationshipWed Aug 30 2017 - 19:06
Jean-Claude Juncker pours scorn on UK’s Brexit documentsEuropean Commission chief says ‘huge number of questions’ remain to be settledTue Aug 29 2017 - 11:35
European Commission pours cold water on UK’s Brexit paper on NorthCommission says trade issues will be dealt with in second phase of Brexit talksThu Aug 17 2017 - 19:25
Nightmarish administrative task lies at heart of Brexit planTory Brexiteers won’t be happy with the notion of policing migrants after they enter the UKWed Aug 16 2017 - 15:13
Britain rules out Irish Sea border but wants no customs posts in IrelandUK sets out position on Border in key document ahead of BrexitWed Aug 16 2017 - 12:45
UK position paper dashes hopes of a soft BrexitProposal for transition period to avoid Brexit cliff-face and deal with Irish Border issueTue Aug 15 2017 - 19:20
UK needs to speed up pace of Brexit talks, warns BarnierEU negotiator concerned at slow progress as October milestone approachesThu Jul 27 2017 - 21:39
Brussels says it ‘stood by Ireland’ during economic crisisEuropean Commission rejects Brian Cowen’s criticism that it made ‘inappropriate’ decisionsThu Jul 27 2017 - 19:46
The divorce of Britain and the EU’s bank may get messyCalculating the UK’s ‘share’ of the EIB is likely to prove difficult and contentiousThu Jul 27 2017 - 01:00
EU has Poland in its sights over attempted judicial reformPoland may get formal warning for ‘serious and persistent breaches’ of EU valuesWed Jul 26 2017 - 18:41
This week’s Brexit talks devoid of political grandstandingSix-a-side Irish talks opened on Tuesday under watchful eye of Irish EmbassyFri Jul 21 2017 - 05:16
Brexit talks: EU and UK have ‘fundamental’ split on citizen rightsMichel Barnier says Britain needs to clarify position on key issues such as bill for leavingThu Jul 20 2017 - 19:43
Macron and Merkel work on plan to align EU corporate tax regimeEurope Letter: Paschal Donohoe take note - Irish tax regime once again in the firing lineThu Jul 20 2017 - 01:00
EU and UK ‘singing off same hymn sheet’ on Northern IrelandBrexit talks making progress on travel rules but split on citizens’ rights and divorce billThu Jul 20 2017 - 01:00
Lack of UK paper on Brexit bill ‘may stall talks’EU negotiator reportedly issues warning over estimated €65 billion settlementWed Jul 19 2017 - 09:07
Poles face international protests over attempts to muzzle judiciaryNew sweeping powers to hire and fire judges have prompted concerns across EUTue Jul 18 2017 - 17:22
Cautious optimism growing around Brexit discussionsBorder among three priorities discussed at first of week-long Brussels talksMon Jul 17 2017 - 21:00
