Kenny backs Cameron’s plea to European Union leadersBritish PM urges EU leaders to agree significant reforms to keep country in the unionFri Dec 18 2015 - 01:00
British PM’s welfare plan breaches key EU principle, warns KennyCameron signals no deal likely until February, making June earliest date for referendumThu Dec 17 2015 - 16:48
EU summit to focus on refugee crisis, Brexit referendumDebate likely to concentrate on long-term and short-term visions, and border issuesThu Dec 17 2015 - 10:10
Europe Letter: EU may be suffering from ‘enlargement fatigue’Launch of Serbian chapters a signal of how far EU has travelled on its enlargement pathThu Dec 17 2015 - 01:00
EU proposes new border agency to deal with migrant crisisMandatory checks for passengers arriving at EU’s external borders also included in new measuresTue Dec 15 2015 - 15:32
New EU border force and coast guard plannedSecurity measures part of European Commission’s package to tackle migration crisisTue Dec 15 2015 - 01:00
Youth unemployment is EU’s biggest challenge - Higgins‘People, in any version of EU, require much more than being allowed to survive’ - PresidentThu Dec 10 2015 - 19:23
Europe Letter: Austerity wounds push Portuguese politics leftWhile PM António Costa is set on staying in the euro, Enda Kenny may fear left’s allureThu Dec 10 2015 - 16:32
President begins visit to PortugalHiggins calls for ‘meaningful and socially inclusive’ economic growth in EUThu Dec 10 2015 - 01:02
Ordinary people must be part of recovery, Higgins saysPresident, on visit to Portugal, says it’s possible to have fiscal prudence and social cohesionWed Dec 09 2015 - 15:51
President Higgins begins four-day State visit to PortugalMinister for Children and Youth Affairs James Reilly accompanying President on visitWed Dec 09 2015 - 08:27
Europe Letter: Danish vote on EU has implications for all membersDenmark referendum on justice and home affairs laws will be watched closely by the UKTue Dec 08 2015 - 16:12
Finance meeting to be dominated by corporate taxMinisters due to adopt conclusions on future of EU’s code of conduct on business taxationTue Dec 08 2015 - 01:00
Donald Tusk calls for swift action on Britain’s EU demandsLetter to 27 member state leaders says uncertainty on Brexit is destabilising for EUMon Dec 07 2015 - 21:24
Cabinet to discuss emergency funding for flood-hit areasEnda Kenny sympathises with ‘terrible loss’ but defends progress on defence systemsMon Dec 07 2015 - 15:37
Noonan believes banking inquiry is ‘progressing well’‘Drafting reports is always difficult because you’re trying to get cross-party consensus to issues that are sometimes controversial’Mon Dec 07 2015 - 15:20
EU ministers agree on passenger name record lawsPassenger data will be available to countries’ security services for up to six monthsSat Dec 05 2015 - 01:00
Danish voters reject referendum on EU justice legislationVote widely perceived as barometer of eurosceptic feeling in member stateFri Dec 04 2015 - 08:21
EU considers return of passport checks for two yearsSuggested move would effectively suspend the union’s Schengen system temporarilyFri Dec 04 2015 - 01:00
EC says 40% of its management will be women by 2019Commission vice-president praises contribution to Europe made by Irish womenThu Dec 03 2015 - 01:00
EU committee to vote on plans to curb tax avoidanceStates should have to inform each other of planned tax initiatives, says Econ reportTue Dec 01 2015 - 01:00
EU says Netanyahu move will not affect Middle East peace talksIsraeli prime minister suspended EU’s role in talks with Palestinians over food labellingTue Dec 01 2015 - 01:00
COP21: Obama says Paris climate talks ‘could be turning point’Hollande says he cannot separate fight with terrorism from fight against global warmingMon Nov 30 2015 - 08:47
COP21: Ireland faces pressure over emissions in ParisKenny tells Hollande that Ireland will sign up to ‘measurable and achievable targets’Mon Nov 30 2015 - 01:00
EU plans new refugee resettlement scheme for TurkeyPlan seen as an attempt to sidestep east European countries who oppose quotasSun Nov 29 2015 - 20:43
EU leaders agree deal with Turkey over refugee crisisDespite concerns about human rights Europe gives €3bn and new visa regimeSun Nov 29 2015 - 20:18
EU-Turkey summit aims to tackle refugee crisisHuman rights concerns set aside as issue prompts leaders to engage with AnkaraSat Nov 28 2015 - 01:00
EU Commission raises worries over Irish housing marketRepublic one of 18 countries said to have macro-economic imbalancesThu Nov 26 2015 - 17:37
New MEP committee likely to increase scrutiny of Irish tax regimeEuropean Parliament setting up successor to LuxLeaks tax rulings groupThu Nov 26 2015 - 16:55
European Letter: Belgium faces third cultural force – jihadismAttack threat has unnerved a country accustomed to a deep cultural divideThu Nov 26 2015 - 01:00
Parliament calls for EU blacklist in clampdown on terrorismMEPs in Strasbourg back resolution on measures to help stop radicalisationWed Nov 25 2015 - 22:01
Government warned over changes to corporate taxNew rules must not seek to replace previously abolished incentives, European Parliament committee saysWed Nov 25 2015 - 17:45
Juncker warns against equating terrorists with refugees‘Spirit of Schengen’ must be safeguarded, European Commission president saysWed Nov 25 2015 - 13:16
French prime minister issues refugee warningManuel Valls stresses solution to migration crisis lies in Middle East not EuropeWed Nov 25 2015 - 07:55
Terror response shifts policy on refugeesIssue of migration will take on renewed importance on the EU agenda this weekWed Nov 25 2015 - 00:01
Belgians keep state of alert and sense of humour in balanceBrussels on alert but people tweet pictures of cats rather than police raidsTue Nov 24 2015 - 01:00
Apple verdict likely in 2016, says NoonanEuropean Commission request for further information on tax ruling to delay decisionMon Nov 23 2015 - 20:17
Belgian police arrest 16 people in Brussels raidsCity faces third day on lockdown as hunt continues for suspects in Paris attacksMon Nov 23 2015 - 08:25
EU moves to tighten borders after Paris attacksMinisters will propose increased scrutiny of EU nationals entering Schengen zoneSat Nov 21 2015 - 06:39
EU ministers agree security measuresJustice ministers in Brussels stop short of setting up EU intelligence agencyFri Nov 20 2015 - 21:50
Paris attacks: France on high alert until well into 2016Country’s senate votes to extend state of emergency for three monthsFri Nov 20 2015 - 19:09
Brussels denies intelligence services at faultRaft of new security measures to be introduced following terrorist attacksFri Nov 20 2015 - 08:55
Presumed kingpin behind Paris attacks questioned in 2014Six police raids in Brussels as French PM warns terrorists could use chemical weaponsThu Nov 19 2015 - 17:04
Ireland ranks 5th when it comes to closing the gender gapNew study shows women now being paid what men were back in 2006Thu Nov 19 2015 - 07:28
Europe’s open-border policy may become latest victim of terrorismScreening people entering and returning to the EU is a deep concernThu Nov 19 2015 - 01:01
EU anti-terrorist measures will include clampdown on firearmsNew legislation will restrict availability of weapons and criminalise ‘foreign fighters’Wed Nov 18 2015 - 21:01
Belgium raises terror alert and heightens securitySeven people detained and soccer match cancelled as search for suspects widensWed Nov 18 2015 - 01:00
Paris attacks: EU defence clause ‘will not affect Irish neutrality’Lisbon Treaty calls for ‘aid and assistance’ for countries who face armed aggressionTue Nov 17 2015 - 12:12
France vows to step up air strikes on Islamic StateParis aftermath: François Hollande indicates current state of emergency will be extendedMon Nov 16 2015 - 21:21
Paris attacks: ‘France is at war’, says HollandeIslamic State video threatens attack on Washington and other European nationsMon Nov 16 2015 - 21:16
