Outgoing German ambassador optimistic Ireland will join global tax deal

Deike Potzel says Irish-German political and trade relations are at all-time high

Dublin and Berlin bound by new spirit of energetic goodwill

Ireland’s ties with Germany reach level of intensity previously reserved for London

New cultural officer seeks to boost Ireland’s image in Germany

Berlin-based Candice Gordon is the first of seven cultural representatives to be appointed globally

Diplomatic baggage – Frank McNally on a milestone in official relations between Germany and Ireland

Nine decades of rich and largely stable Irish-German relations

Higgins will visit a nation that has come a long way from mere ‘uninformed sympathy’

Efforts to build world economy limited by lack of languages

Conference told thousands of vacancies not being filled by Irish because of lack of German and other languages