Air Corps spent much of Wednesday tracking a ship as it travelled up the Irish Sea during Ukrainian leader’s visit

Ukrainian president says money would be better spent on drones

Ruling from Sweden’s tax authority states all of Rusal’s operation in Europe, which includes Irish plant, should be subject to EU sanctions

Taoiseach plays down concerns over how neutral Ireland would help strengthen EU’s defence during presidency

Aingeal O’Donoghue, Ireland’s top diplomat in Brussels, is a tough negotiator who ‘doesn’t suffer fools’ and has heaps of experience in EU-politicking

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

Recent crackdown uncovered millions of vapes shipping into EU labelled as toys, earphones, shoes and essential oils to avoid tax

Republic is one of three countries who have not joined EU-wide agency investigating financial crimes spanning multiple jurisdictions

Position is a commissioner’s point person on high-level policy debates within European Commission

Soaring values in France, Italy, Spain, England and other western European states exerting significant strain

Europe letter: Starmer’s departure offers UK government a chance to ‘reset the reset’ in autumn EU deal

Concession to stop UK universities charging EU students international tuition fees could be ‘decoupled’ from reset deal

Brussels-based officials in EU institutions advised to eat plenty of fruit and wear a hat when braving heatwave gripping Europe

France, Spain, Italy and Luxembourg on alert, while Met Éireann warns Ireland set for ‘exceptionally hot’ Thursday

A decade on from the Brexit referendum, British nationals are a rare sight around the EU’s corridors of power, but they still exist