Emily O Reilly

We’re at a critical juncture in the shaping of regulations that will govern the exchange of digital data, critical for European and US businesses, and(...)

It was June 2013 and Ireland was nearing the end of its six-month presidency of the European Union. At a meeting in Luxembourg, the then minister for (...)

After last year’s departure of Catherine Day as secretary general of the European Commission, there were fears that Ireland’s presence in the upper ra(...)

Tucked away on the busy streets around the European Parliament in Brussels lie rows of gleaming buildings. Behind the discreet brass plaques lie the B(...)

European ombudsman Emily O’Reilly has asked the president of the Eurogroup for more details on his proposals to improve the transparency of its work. (...)

Joining the European Union liberated a generation of Irish women, according to European Ombudsman Emily O’Reilly. “Two years before I did the Leavi(...)

A tiptoeing back to Fianna Fail by older, rural voters with the party ingrained in their DNA had been widely anticipated in this general election. Bu(...)

Criticism levelled against the European Commission by European Ombudsman Emily O’ Reilly over its dealings with the tobacco industry is welcome. She h(...)

Minister for Children James Reilly has criticised the European Commission for failing to detail their dealings with the tobacco industry. The commiss(...)

European Ombudsman Emily O’Reilly has strongly criticised the European Commission’s refusal to make its dealings with the tobacco industry more transp(...)