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Mike Childs, from Friends Of The Earth says that the problem is that you have to show that the reductions are genuine reductions, and not just things that would have happened anyway. Photo: Bloomberg

Volvo hits out at rivals over climate-neutral claims for electric cars

Motors
April 20, 2021

‘Offsetting is a cop-out’ says Polestar electric car boss

Covid-19 Vaccine Tracker: What's available in the Republic of Ireland and what else is coming?

Health
April 20, 2021

Daily updates as Ireland embarks on largest inoculation programme in its history

Pfizer employs about 3,700 staff in Ireland across a number of different facilities in Cork, Dublin and Kildare. Photograph: Reuters

Pfizer expressed concern to Taoiseach about EU restrictions on vaccine exports

Irish News
April 20, 2021

Pharmaceutical company told Martin it would be vaccinating its own essential staff

Northern Ireland’s First Minister Arlene Foster described as ‘misplaced’ and “’quite mischievous’ claims of an unspoken campaign to scupper North/South Ministerial Council meetings by not putting forward unionist Ministers. File photograph: Mark Marlow/PA Wire

Foster denies unionists boycotting meetings with Republic’s Ministers

Irish News
April 19, 2021

Alliance Party leader claims North-South talks obstructed in row over NI protocol

Crises have always been an accelerant for EU integration. Agreement on massive joint debt issuance to finance grants to recession-hit member states broke a long-standing taboo. Photograph: Getty Images

Pandemic has shown the EU’s resilience, not its frailty

Opinion
April 17, 2021

Europe’s Covid story has not yet been written, and it is possible a longer view might be more forgiving

The Government’s exemption to mandatory hotel quarantine would only apply to those vaccinated with jabs approved in the EU. File photograph: Brian Lawless/PA Wire

Hotel quarantine: Government may exempt people with vaccine certs

Irish News
April 16, 2021

Exemption would only apply to people vaccinated with jabs approved by EU

European commissioner for economy Paolo Gentiloni.

EU to cooperate with US on global taxation deal

Innovation
April 16, 2021

Commission says agreement would ‘transfer’ into law

Italian ambassador to Ireland Paolo Serpi: Ireland has mistakenly targeted Italy

Italian business leaders in Ireland hit out at mandatory hotel quarantine

Economy
April 16, 2021

Measure seen as ‘discriminatory’ and ‘serious inconvenience’

The European Commission contacted Irish authorities seeking clarification on the criteria used to designate countries to the mandatory hotel quarantine list, after five EU member states were added. Photograph: Gareth Chaney/Collins

McEntee confident hotel quarantine is ‘proportionate and reasonable’

Politics
April 16, 2021

Measure has been successful but people need to see ‘exit strategy’, Minister for Justice says

Poland’s human rights ombudsman, Adam Bodnar. Photograph: Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Polish court says human rights ombudsman must leave office

Europe
April 15, 2021

Ruling comes amid concerns about erosion of checks and balances under PiS-led coalition

President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen was left without a chair as male counterparts sat down at a meeting with Turkish president Tayyip Erdogan. Photograph: AFP via Getty

We’ve all had a Von der Leyen moment, and it can leave you gasping

Health & Family
April 15, 2021

Getting cut from the herd never feels good and spells danger, it’s how bullying works

Nurse vaccinators Francis Galvin, Joan Love and Mary Hanafin at the HSE Vaccination Centre in the Aviva Stadium. Photograph: Alan Betson

3:27 Covid-19: Recalibrated vaccine rollout plan to be submitted to Government this week

Health
April 15, 2021

Delaying second doses of Pfizer vaccine may be a possibility, subject to Niac assessment

The Government has said it will provide an additional 2,000 third-level college places in high-demand courses this year. Photograph: Cyril Byrne

‘Creaking’ universities may struggle to provide extra third-level places this year

Education
April 14, 2021

Government has pledged to expand college numbers in bid to ease CAO pressure

Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue, who received cabinet approval for the plan today, said his aim was to protect incomes and the environment. Photograph: iStock

New department strategy to consider income and other supports for farmers

Irish News
April 14, 2021

Among to be completed in 2021, plan outlines that food ombudsman’s office will be established

Grafton Street, Dublin: Key economic document will predict GDP growth of 4.5 per cent this year and 5 per cent next year. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill / The Irish Times

2:38 Speed of economic recovery depends on vaccination – report

Politics
April 14, 2021

Key stability document to be published by Government on Wednesday

Northern secretary Brandon Lewis: he has rejected calls for a British-Irish summit in response to the violence in Belfast. File photograph: Tolga Akmen/AFP via Getty Images

Northern secretary rejects calls for British-Irish summit on violence in Belfast

UK
April 13, 2021

Lewis tells MPs he will look to convene a meeting at an ‘appropriate time’

Kingspan insulation. EU competition regulators plan an in-depth investigation of insulation specialist Kingspan’s take over of rival Trimo.

EU regulators open inquiry into Kingspan’s Trimo deal

Manufacturing
April 13, 2021

Cavan-based company declines to comment as in-depth investigation is launched

Ireland’s population entitles it to roughly 605,000 doses of the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine by the end of June. Photograph: Bryan Anselm/New York Times

Johnson & Johnson begins delivering Covid-19 vaccines to EU

Health & Pharma
April 12, 2021

Deliveries on track to provide target of 55 million doses to the bloc by the end of June

Killing of journalist George Karaivaz: At least 12 bullet casings were collected from the scene, a police official said.

Greek TV journalist killed by gunmen

Europe
April 11, 2021

Multiple rounds fired at George Karaivaz by two men on motorbike in south of Athens

After a year of working from home, people may be placing more value on their own four walls. File photograph: iStock/Getty

Pandemic exerts significant shift on home ownership

Economy
April 10, 2021

Plentiful savings and mortgage approvals mean more want to own a home

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