Malta cuts taxes for parents in bid to revive native birth rate
Country’s fertility rate was lowest in EU in 2023
Poland
Care worker who was told by manager Irish people were ‘nicer’ than Polish is awarded €1,800
Workplace tribunal upholds discrimination claim against Co Kildare nursing home
‘Do you have any friends in the IRA?’: how Russia’s hybrid war is sowing chaos across Europe
The trail from a Normandy pig farm has helped expose Russia’s campaign of sabotage across Europe aimed at inflaming division, spreading fear and weakeing support for Ukraine
‘We must survive’: Lviv fights to keep lights on as Russia bombards Ukrainian energy grid
Mayor of city, which is less than 100km from the Polish border, says EU neighbours are ‘in dreamworld’ over threat from Moscow
Barry’s Tea, brack and quiet deals: the breakfasts where Europe’s leaders set the agenda
Ireland’s early morning pre-summit meeting with Nordic and Baltic States is now a fixture of Brussels diplomacy
‘We will not accept their erasure’: Dublin-based gallerist reclaims his family’s Holocaust story
Oliver Sears returns to Łodz with an exhibition honouring his murdered grandfather – and confronting Poland’s uneasy memory of its vanished Jewish community
Mother of girl (5) killed at home thanks community for giving her ‘strength and power’
Gardaí investigating theory child was killed by her father before he took his own life
Ireland should work with other EU countries to build up drone defences, Taoiseach says
Leaders discuss closer co-operation on defence spending at Copenhagen summit
Finglas residents struggle to make sense of deaths of father and five-year-old daughter
Gardaí are treating deaths as suspected murder-suicide after child’s mother found their bodies
Russian missiles and drones strike Ukraine during 12-hour attack
Assault involves nearly 500 drones and more than 40 missiles, claims Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy
Father urges State to help him get toddler daughter back to Ireland in ‘heart-rending’ case
Child taken by her mother to Poland without her father’s consent in dispute over medical treatment
Poland will shoot down objects violating its airspace, prime minister says
Russia says claims it is testing Nato are false and designed to stir up tension
Poland scrambles aircraft after Russia launches ‘massive’ attack on Ukraine
Russia hits Ukraine with nearly 600 drones and 40 missiles, killing three and injuring dozens
Who’s Building Ireland review: A quirky take on housing crisis with a snapshot of rising racism here
Television: Candid stories from immigrant construction workers are refreshingly honest and cut through the nonsense that can make living here such a struggle
Ireland still hopeful of EU coalition to block Mercosur trade deal with South America
Poland and Austria oppose agreement while France and Italy are sceptical, says Minister for Agriculture
Polish president to push Berlin for help against Russian drone incursions
‘Utterly unacceptable’ violations prompt Britain to summon ambassador amid war drills with Belarus
Russia made drone production a supreme priority. Now it swarms the skies
Ukraine is struggling to defend itself against the growing number of attack drones that Moscow has started using in its onslaughts
Romania says Russian drone incursions pose ‘new challenge’ to Black Sea security
Country’s defence ministry condemns ‘irresponsible actions’ after drone entered its airspace at weekend
Europe refuses to accept reality as Putin escalates war on Ukraine
The West huffs and puffs but does nothing to stop him, even as he prods at the edge of Nato territory
Russia’s war games put spotlight on vulnerable section of Nato territory
In Poland 40,000 troops watch the border as Vladimir Putin’s forces make manoeuvres at the bloc’s weak point
France, Germany and Denmark pledge jets to boost Poland’s defences
UK will also contribute to defence against future Russian drone incursions as Ukraine peace talks stall again
Poland will not be intimidated by Russian ‘provocation’, says president
Investigators say many of the 16 drones recovered were unarmed
Ryanair calls for ‘robust response’ after Russian drones cripple European flights
Closure of Polish air space saw 40% of Irish airline’s flights delayed with O’Leary warning that ‘Russia poking the bear’ will continue
Nato will defend ‘every inch’ of its territory, says Rutte after drone incident in Poland
Polish prime minister Donald Tusk described the incident as ‘a large-scale provocation’
Poland ‘closest to open conflict since World War Two’, says Tusk after drone incident
Moscow denies responsibility, with a senior diplomat saying the drones came from direction of Ukraine
Russia says it had not planned to hit any targets in Poland amid condemnation of drone incident
Polish PM Donald Tusk condemns ‘large-scale provocation’ by Russia
Russia tests Nato as Poland confronts historic security breach
It is the first time a Nato member is known to have fired shots since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022
Ursula von der Leyen’s hair-raising flight points to turbulent times ahead
Eastern EU states continue to warn about ‘hybrid warfare tactics’ of Russia and its allies
EU states working on plans for postwar military deployments to Ukraine
‘Clear road map’ for possible deployments, European Commission president says
Polish police are refusing to look for ‘kidnapped’ Irish girl, court told
Father seeking court orders directing Taoiseach, Minister for Justice and Minister for Foreign Affairs to help get his daughter back
European leaders back Moldova in face of ‘massive’ pre-election interference by Russia
Germany says Kremlin wants to ‘turn back time’ and regain hold over EU candidate country
Russia says Ukraine talks without its input are doomed, as western defence chiefs meet
Warsaw accuses Moscow of ‘provocation’ after drone crashes and explodes in eastern Poland
Trump says plans for Putin meeting to be announced soon
Trump says details of meeting due to be announced soon
Poland’s new pro-Trump president brings nation into uncharted waters
Karol Nawrocki promises to block any attempts by the EU to ‘take away Poland’s powers’
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