Russia

This is eighth time Ireland has held rotating presidency since joining bloc in 1973

Intergovernmental bargaining makes up much of the EU’s activity

Police hunt suspected bomber believed to have fled wealthy Mediterranean principality

Co Limerick plant will be required to set aside nearly €31m under new agreement

Gains come even as Kremlin’s war machine stumbles and Ukrainian strikes hit Russia’s oil sector and spark fuel shortages

Early Edition with Aideen Finnegan

Ground-based beacons, despite nearing the end of their service life, are less vulnerable to interference

Russian attacks kill four in Zaporizhzhia and Kharkiv

Berlin wants to loosen the shackles on the BND as part of a Europe-wide drive to reduce dependence on US intelligence

The EU budget, online safety, Ukraine’s accession, removing red tape from green energy, or neutrality – what should the Government prioritise?

Company may nationalisation due to Ukraine war sanctions against Russian owners

A report recommends decriminalising drugs, but the issue has caused division in Ireland

French navy seizes another tanker linked to Russia’s ‘shadow fleet’, stepping up pressure on Moscow

Kyiv hopes financial incentives and new terms of service will boost morale and slow desertions

Day-to-day custodianship of national security is not just an operational matter. It must be a constant strategic priority for the Government

Daria Bilyk and her husband Nikita moved to Ireland from Russia in 2021

Europe is ‘Washington’s fourth priority’, behind the US itself, the western hemisphere and the Pacific

There’s been strangely little talk of the fact that Dublin is the European home of several increasingly militarised technologies

Pro-Ukraine journalist from Kilkenny who made waves over Aughinish Alumina reflects vast change in consumption of news

Organisation offers way to promote new forms of co-operation

Necessary for EU to open a ‘direct’ line of contact to Kremlin, European Council president says

Strikes deep inside Russia will have psychological impact, bringing consequences of war closer to ordinary Russians

Long-range drone attack leaves oil refinery on fire and forces evacuation of Russia’s biggest airport

Iran war breakthrough means further conflict and prolonged disruption of energy supplies less likely

The Irish Government has become complicit in feeding the Russian military complex

Though diplomacy has continued, there has been no sense of urgency

‘Action will have to be taken’ if a Department of Enterprise investigation finds that Aughinish Alumina exports are being used to make weapons for the Russian military, Peter Burke says

Russia has signed a military agreement with Afghanistan that could allow Moscow to extend its influence and shape regional security

Ireland’s EU presidency could be pivotal in finding a solution to this conflict

Paraguay drubbing raises the question, can the US break football?

Incident comes after UK seized a Russia-linked oil tanker, the Smyrtos, off the coast of the Isle of Wight

Move comes days after British troops seized a Russian vessel in the English Channel for the first time

Europe has been open to discussion with Russia, but Putin has been unwilling to agree a framework

Strike on Unesco-listed complex ‘one of Russia’s most serious crimes against Christian culture to date’, says Zelenskiy

Jury heard three men offered payment to set fire to car and two houses linked to UK PM by Russian-speaking figure named El Money

Vessel will ⁠be ​held and monitored ​off the south coast of England as investigations ‌continue

The exiled Russian writer, who is coming to Dalkey Book Festival next week, talks about the ‘inner emigration’ of her friends under Putin and how even her father accepted regime propaganda

Interruptions have made one of the most online-savvy nations in the world resort to cash, paper maps and pet cams

Europe, one of the most impressive cultural enterprises of the past few hundred years, is at a crossroads

Three months on from revelations and there is no clear response to deeply uncomfortable situation around Co Limerick plant