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Drone sighting during Zelenskiy visit example of Russia’s hybrid attacks, says EU Council President
Taoiseach says incident fits in with ‘pattern’ of similar disruption in across Continent
A digital euro for the digital age
Opinion: lack of a digital solution makes us dependent on foreign-owned companies in an increasingly polarised and fragmented world
‘Catch remaining targets’: Leaked Teneo files pull back curtain on corporate lobbying
Internal Teneo documents reveal exactly how oil firms and other big multinationals pushed to dilute EU supply chain rules
EU fines Elon Musk’s X €120m for transparency violations
Penalty under the Digital Services Act risks escalating tensions with US government
Apple warns EU rules could force it to remove privacy safeguards
Tech giant says Digital Markets Act will force it to make sensitive user data available to third parties through interoperability mandate
Ukraine urges West not to repeat ‘betrayal’ of Munich by appeasing Russia
Moscow vows to seize entire Donbas region and says EU use of its frozen assets to fund Kyiv could be ‘casus belli’
EU to launch antitrust probe into Meta over use of AI in WhatsApp
Brussels expected to announce investigation in coming days in its latest challenge to big tech
Irish-led research team develops bacteria-based sensors to detect ‘forever chemicals’
Device provides real-time data on PFAS from waterways and soils to aid chemical clean-ups
Report card: How are Ursula von der Leyen’s commissioners getting on?
Europe letter: European Commission president has fewer clear rivals to her influence inside powerful executive this time
Ukraine and Russia say talks on US peace plan to continue despite Kremlin impasse
EU Commission to press ahead with plans to use Moscow’s frozen assets to provide funding to Kyiv
New detail emerges about President Catherine Connolly’s 2018 trip to Syria
Visit followed trip by Mick Wallace and Clare Daly in 2017 that was arranged by Irish activist who writes for sanctioned Russian website
Water quality key condition as appeal to extend nitrates derogation goes to vote
European Commission proposed granting Government’s request to continue derogation from nitrates regulations
Nama’s asset strategy was ‘broadly successful’ - report
Bad bank, which is to be wound up later this year, has been accused to paying too much for assets and not maximising profits on their sale
Combined €21bn revenues pass through fast-fashion giant Shein’s Irish subsidiaries
Two entities in the group have just filed accounts in Dublin
Coalition ‘budgeting like there’s no tomorrow’, warns fiscal watchdog
Ireland is ‘flying blind’ without the medium-term spending plan promised in programme for government
Google Ireland pays out €4.5bn dividend as revenues rise 12%
Growth driven by increased advertising revenue on YouTube and Google Search
Fresh push for US tariff exemptions on whiskey and medtech
US commerce secretary Howard Lutnick in Brussels to talk tariffs with EU trade ministers
A ‘national embarrassment’: Ireland in breach of multiple water quality rules, court finds
European Court of Justice ruling raises questions about Government’s system of water charges
L’Oréal presses EU to ease regulatory burden on cosmetics and pharma
Cosmetics industry involved in lobbying rearguard against new laws making it pay for water pollution
Irish economy forecast to grow at eight times euro area average
European Commission says surge in exports in first half will see GDP expand 10.7 per cent in 2025
The Irish Times view on EU digital security: democracy must be defended
The conflict initiated by Russia no longer takes places solely on the battlefields of Ukraine
Plastic bottle cap bugbear the perfect example of EU’s disconnected messaging
Environment commissioner says Brussels needs to get better at explaining ‘why we are doing things’
Coimisiún na Meán begins investigation into the social media platform X
Move stems from concerns over social network’s compliance with internal complaint handling system legislation
EU set to water down landmark AI Act after pressure from big tech
European Commission proposes pauses to provisions in digital rule book amid concerns over implications for EU competitiveness
Nitrates deal between Ireland and EU ‘getting closer’, commissioner says
Farmers availing of sought-after extension to derogation will have to observe wider environmental standards - Jessika Roswall
What does EU’s revised plan to slash emissions mean for Irish households, farmers and industry?
Ahead of Cop30 in Brazil, EU environment ministers have agreed a watered-down goal to cut emissions by 90% by 2040
Putin’s ‘flying Chernobyl’ missile carries a stark nuclear warning for Ireland
European leaders predict a military conflict with Russia within two to five years
‘This was twice their size’: How Ireland’s war on Asian hornets started in a beer garden
Public responded well to Asian hornet alert but tougher regulations and better education needed
Ireland needs to support reforms necessary to boost EU’s competitiveness
Ireland has benefited hugely from its EU membership and now needs to play a constructive role in its reform
EU red lines can be elastic when necessary
Short of options, Europe is forced to consider creative and politically hazardous ways to keep funding Ukraine
EU accuses Meta of failing to police illegal content online
Tech giant faces penalty of up to 6% of global annual revenue
Ireland backs plan to use sanctioned Russian assets to fund Ukraine loan
Taoiseach Micheál Martin says Republic is not a ‘safe haven’ from Russian threat
‘Grave concerns’ over rights for asylum seekers under EU migration pact
Oireachtas Bill to adopt agreement goes further than Brussels requires, say rights groups
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