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

French authorities ‘open’ to sending police officers to assist gardaí in security arrangements

Irish Ministers and diplomats will chair EU-level discussions and broker compromises between the other 26 countries from July 1st until the end of this year

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

Clashing demands over farm subsidies, defence and debt set the stage for a challenging Irish presidency

Current €1.2tn budget covers farm subsidies and regional development grants among funding schemes