Martin accuses Taoiseach of refusing to engage on Fitzgerald’s positionFianna Fáil leader says his ‘patience has been stretched’ as general election loomsFri Nov 24 2017 - 13:26
Election could stall Irish diplomatic offensive on BrexitVote will not halt Brexit process but could undermine ‘love-bombing’ at leadership levelFri Nov 24 2017 - 11:18
Leak on Brexit diplomacy provokes fury in Department of Foreign AffairsRTÉ report on memo cites alarm over ‘chaos in the Conservative government’Thu Nov 23 2017 - 18:42
Move over Paschal, I would be an outstanding minister for financeEurope Letter: It’s official, my tax policies could make a struggling state flourish againThu Nov 23 2017 - 01:00
Child abuse victims challenge Irish view of ECHR rulingSurvivors gather in Brussels to address committee of European ParliamentWed Nov 22 2017 - 17:27
Brexit and US tax policy cast shadow over Irish economy, says commissionReview finds that Republic is ‘broadly compliant’ with European Union rulesWed Nov 22 2017 - 12:08
Headquarters of two key EU agencies to go to Paris and AmsterdamDublin and Milan lose in drawing of lots for hosting of banking and medicines agenciesTue Nov 21 2017 - 05:30
Dublin challenge not enough as Paris grabs EU bank watchdogIreland comes close to remarkable diplomatic coup in securing major EU authorityMon Nov 20 2017 - 23:14
Paris pips Dublin in race to win post-Brexit European Banking AuthorityDublin loses out against Paris in a drawing of lots for relocation of EBA after BrexitMon Nov 20 2017 - 18:39
Brexit: Barnier says EU at one with Varadkar on Border demandOnus on UK to ‘come forward with proposals’ to avoid hard borderMon Nov 20 2017 - 18:22
Milan, Amsterdam and Copenhagen battle to host Medicines AgencyIreland withdraws its bid to concentrate instead on the European Banking AgencyMon Nov 20 2017 - 16:23
Varadkar wants Irish college to be part of ‘European university’Emmanuel Macron aims to create networks where students could move between institutesSun Nov 19 2017 - 15:52
Brexit talks deadlocked until hard Border off table, says VaradkarUK stance forcing Ireland and EU to set own red lines, Taoiseach tells British PMSat Nov 18 2017 - 01:00
EU leaders endorse common approach to raising social standardsNonbinding ‘pillar’ an attempt to restore the faith of European citizens in the unionFri Nov 17 2017 - 17:17
Barry Walsh resigns from Fine Gael executive councilParty member ‘deeply regrets tone and language’ in some Tweets and apologisesFri Nov 17 2017 - 16:18
Frictionless Border an imperative for Brexit talks to move on - VaradkarTaoiseach says pledge made on issue 18 months ago and must be nailed down before trade is discussedFri Nov 17 2017 - 09:35
Ireland falls behind on education due to lack of spendingNew report criticises low levels of funding and class bias in ‘two-tier’ secondary systemThu Nov 16 2017 - 06:19
When the British mention the Border, I turn to Lewis CarrollBrexit talks fast-reaching ‘Alice in Wonderland status’Thu Nov 16 2017 - 01:00
Ireland still paying price socially for economic crash, study findsSome 117.5m people in EU at risk of povertyThu Nov 16 2017 - 01:00
Ireland’s social policy record ‘below EU average’Report uses 38 indicators to assess factors such as poverty, education and discriminationThu Nov 16 2017 - 01:00
Commission extends credit union winding up schemeProcess aimed at safeguarding financial stability in event of difficultiesWed Nov 15 2017 - 15:03
Leuven court to rule on damages over fire which killed two Irish studentsDace Zarina (22) and Sara Gibadlo (19) died in a house fire in Belgium in 2014Tue Nov 14 2017 - 09:15
Irish involvement in EU defence plan to go before CabinetSimon Coveney says a move to participate in Pesco would not undermine neutralityTue Nov 14 2017 - 01:00
Varadkar to attend EU-Africa summit to forge ‘common agenda’Event in Ivory Coast not just about stemming migration, EU Foreign Affairs Council hearsMon Nov 13 2017 - 19:10
‘Ireland will not be pushed aside’ in Brexit talks, Coveney saysBorder will remain central issue, Minister for Foreign Affairs saysMon Nov 13 2017 - 13:38
Leo Varadkar’s optimism on Brexit may be wishful thinkingThe hiccup in the talks this week is largely the product of an attempt by London to ‘park’ the frictionless borderSat Nov 11 2017 - 05:00
EU gives Britain until December to make new Brexit divorce bill offerUK failure to meet deadline would push decision on phase two talks back to March 2018Fri Nov 10 2017 - 18:48
Commission and Government to explore help for SMEs after BrexitAny assistance would need to comply with state aid rulesFri Nov 10 2017 - 16:05
Brexit talks on Irish Border hit stumbling blockImportant differences emerge between European Union and Britain over BorderThu Nov 9 2017 - 22:34
Commission raises forecast for euro economy, is upbeat on RepublicOutlook notes ‘substantial’ Irish contribution’ made by constructionThu Nov 9 2017 - 11:02
Government hopes to engage Ireland in new EU military frameworkEurope Letter: Pesco initiative is not an EU army but may niggle at neutrality fearsThu Nov 9 2017 - 01:00
EU blacklist of tax havens to be completed by DecemberAction spurred on by publication of Paradise Papers, meeting of finance ministers toldTue Nov 7 2017 - 18:32
European court agrees with bloggers demand on rape commentECHR said Iceland had breached Article 8 of Convention on Human RightsTue Nov 7 2017 - 14:08
Paschal Donohoe to lobby in US on tax reform measuresMinister for Finance to tell US congressional leaders global trade should be encouragedMon Nov 6 2017 - 21:29
Brokenshire says progress on Irish border vital to Brexit talksNI Secretary of State says Britain ‘determined to press on’ despite lack of breakthroughMon Nov 6 2017 - 17:14
Belgian judge must decide by early on Monday whether to free PuigdemontCatalan leader and four colleagues surrendered in Brussels after warrants issuedSun Nov 5 2017 - 18:27
Irish drug dealer’s entrapment claim rejected by European courtECHR says Robert Mills was not the victim of an illegal Garda stingThu Nov 2 2017 - 18:19
French butter shortage may grease the wheels for Irish producersEurope Letter: Looking to France could solve a 50,000-tonne post-Brexit Irish surplusThu Nov 2 2017 - 01:00
Catalonia president challenges Spain to accept election outcomeCarles Puigdemont says he is not seeking asylum in Belgium but needs guarantees to returnTue Oct 31 2017 - 18:04
Carded! Bridge does not qualify as a sport, says EU courtThe English Bridge Union, which took the case, expressed disappointment at the rulingThu Oct 26 2017 - 12:33
Poland opposes changes to bolster wages of migrant workersEurope Letter: Macron an unlikely champion of working man in backing directive reformThu Oct 26 2017 - 01:00
Worst case Brexit scenario could see Irish GDP fall by 9%, says EU reportReport predicts Irish agricultural exports to the rest of the world could fall by $6.5 billionWed Oct 25 2017 - 21:34
Tusk kicks Brexit ball back into Theresa May’s courtEuropean Council president says UK must decide between good deal, bad deal and ‘no Brexit’Tue Oct 24 2017 - 10:42
Patrick Smyth: Mixed signals from Brussels on the borderThere was confusion after last week’s summit about whether sufficient progress had been madeMon Oct 23 2017 - 04:11
Talk of Brexit progress at EU summit following May speechLeo Varadkar suggests UK stance is gradually moving closer to EU’s positionFri Oct 20 2017 - 19:49
EU summit: What Europe’s leaders talked about apart from BrexitMember state leaders also found time to discuss migration, tax, Turkey and IranFri Oct 20 2017 - 17:10
Double act Tusk and Macron look to shape EU beyond Brexit ‘bump’Ahead of this summit, Donald Tusk toured EU capitals to sound out a ‘leaders’ agenda’Fri Oct 20 2017 - 05:00
Varadkar rebuffs suggestion UK has done all it can on Border‘If UK is leaving the EU, it is incumbent on them to put forward detailed proposals’Fri Oct 20 2017 - 01:00
Reports of far-right’s demise greatly exaggeratedSuccess of Freedom Party in Austria’s election shows populism far from a spent forceThu Oct 19 2017 - 09:11
‘Brexiteers are hooked on brinkmanship – and have been since the beginning’Commissioner Phil Hogan says EU summit will show 27 member states never more unitedThu Oct 19 2017 - 01:00