Taoiseach wishes he could direct health staff to work through JanuaryVaradkar said he did not have authority to issue directive as this was a matter for HSEWed Nov 07 2018 - 16:01
Brexit: Varadkar sets out second condition for review of backstopTaoiseach says possibility of special Brexit deal summit in November becoming less likelyWed Nov 07 2018 - 13:13
Paschal Donohoe doubles down on opposition to EU digital sales taxMinister reiterates Ireland’s stance at meeting of finance ministers in BrusselsTue Nov 06 2018 - 01:15
May's backstop plan needed by next week, Government saysTaoiseach underlines ‘consistent’ stance on Border in call with British prime ministerTue Nov 06 2018 - 00:05
Call for EU bailout to have additional powersHanseatic League wants ESM to get controls like IMF to guarantee loan sustainabilityMon Nov 05 2018 - 04:55
Backstop agreement may be close but Brexit deal is far from certainBritish and EU negotiators prepared to re-enter ‘tunnel’ amid talk of legal ‘bridge’Sun Nov 04 2018 - 17:00
More backstop guarantees for London under consideration by EUAssurances involve prospect of UK staying in customs union for post-Brexit periodThu Nov 01 2018 - 21:13
Higgins begins work on group to audit €317,000 allowancePresident is expected to make scrutiny proposal to Government following inaugurationThu Nov 01 2018 - 07:03
Chinese ‘one country, two systems’ idea could unlock Brexit impasseEurope Letter: Acceptance of Belfast Agreement logic can bring solution to backstopThu Nov 01 2018 - 01:00
Donald Trump will make Europe a lot less safeUS president’s actions are reversing continent’s move away from arms proliferationFri Oct 26 2018 - 05:00
EU digital tax crusader hopes to sweet-talk IrelandEurope Letter: France’s Bruno Le Maire is mobilising for a cause Dublin is dead againstThu Oct 25 2018 - 01:00
EU gives Italy three weeks to redraft budget or face music‘Excessive debt is an enemy of the people,’ says economic affairs commissionerTue Oct 23 2018 - 15:30
Sharon Donnery in last two for top ECB jobCouncil to meet on Monday week to decide nominationTue Oct 23 2018 - 13:07
EU digital tax discriminates against US companies – senatorsUS committee says tax could almost certainly give rise to double-taxation issuesSun Oct 21 2018 - 12:44
Asia and Europe send strong message to Donald TrumpBrussels summit champions global co-operation in face of US protectionismFri Oct 19 2018 - 17:00
UK’s Brexit transition period may be extendedMerkel and Macron turn up heat on May to find a political solution to impasseFri Oct 19 2018 - 09:36
Next phase of Brexit negotiations will require much sleight of handA better deal may not come, no matter how many extra months are allowed to discuss itFri Oct 19 2018 - 01:00
Ireland will be hugely damaged if UK crashes out of EU - SFDUP and Arlene Foster ‘determined to wreck Belfast Agreement’Thu Oct 18 2018 - 12:09
EU summit on hold as May fails to convince leaders of Brexit progressBritish PM asserts commitment to backstop while Varadkar says time limit unworkableWed Oct 17 2018 - 22:10
Backstop a matter of trust as well as principle, Taoiseach saysLeo Varadkar attending EU summit dinner in Brussels as May comes under pressureWed Oct 17 2018 - 21:15
Some sympathy in EU for extending UK Brexit transition period by a yearSummit consigned to Sisyphean task of rolling huge boulders endlessly uphillWed Oct 17 2018 - 18:50
Poland speeds up contentious court reform in face of EU oppositionEuropean Commission’s Frans Timmermans ‘not optimistic’ Poland will pull backWed Oct 17 2018 - 17:24
Theresa May knows she cannot rely on DUP votes, Michéal Martin saysFianna Fáil leader seeking ‘no election’ assurance from Leo Varadkar before Brexit deal struckWed Oct 17 2018 - 14:14
Brexit: Coveney’s optimism contrasts with Tusk ahead of summitTánaiste ‘confident deal can be done’ as European Council president sounds gloomy noteTue Oct 16 2018 - 17:51
Brexit: Legal argument over scope of article 50 central to difficultiesUnclear if withdrawal agreement can include temporary all-UK customs union in backstopTue Oct 16 2018 - 00:28
Brexit: Theresa May warns against ‘permanent limbo’ of border backstopBackstop promise ‘cannot be time-limited’, Minister for Foreign Affairs insistsMon Oct 15 2018 - 20:27
Britain and EU fail to reach deal ahead of summitBackstop accord elusive for London and Brussels as time-limitation a stumbling blockMon Oct 15 2018 - 10:54
Budapest to ask EU to halt money to NGOs opposed to IsraelEU unlikely to back Hungary’s call to muzzle bodies seeking Israeli boycotts or sanctionsMon Oct 15 2018 - 01:00
Talks between Raab and Barnier fail to lead to Brexit breakthroughDismay in Brussels after UK Brexit secretary’s visit does not resolve Irish backstop issueSun Oct 14 2018 - 19:31
Rich Land, Poor Land: The EU’s wealthiest and neediest membersBulgaria is playing catch-up with western Europe. Super-rich Germany is a different worldSat Oct 13 2018 - 06:00
Shape of backstop begins to emerge as Brexit talks inch forwardAnalysis: Negotiations remain under wraps but Irish backstop deal coming into viewFri Oct 12 2018 - 02:00
EU jobs seem to have lost their lustre for Ireland’s youngEurope Letter: Ireland is severely under-represented among younger officialsThu Oct 11 2018 - 01:00
Welsh first minister fears Brexit ‘fudge’ on Border solutionCarwyn Jones concerned about temporary deal as EU-UK talks intensify in BrusselsWed Oct 10 2018 - 21:52
Irish mussels producer fails in bid to bring European appealCompany says financial losses caused by implementation of an EU regulationTue Oct 09 2018 - 16:03
DUP delegation reiterates stance to EU negotiators in BrusselsFoster says party rejects any barrier to trade between Northern Ireland and BritainTue Oct 09 2018 - 15:27
DUP chief signals to EU there can be no barrier to NI-UK tradeFoster clarifies ‘blood red lines’ as fundamental issues that ‘mattered very greatly’Tue Oct 09 2018 - 14:26
Brexit: EU postpones key paper on future UK relationshipMichel Barnier keen that paper reflects evolving UK position on customs union and backstopMon Oct 08 2018 - 16:13
Ireland join three other member states to oppose EU digital tax planIreland, the Czech Republic, Finland and Sweden say tax would contravene bilateral treatiesMon Oct 08 2018 - 05:10
North’s Remainer leaders warn against any DUP veto on backstopHeads of Remainer parties tell Barnier and Verhofstadt of need to mitigate Brexit effectsFri Oct 05 2018 - 15:50
Brexit: Taoiseach says any new trade arrangement must have level playing fieldVaradkar warns of ‘constraints’ on flagged new Brexit backstop proposalsThu Oct 04 2018 - 19:09
Ireland efficient at getting funds, EU auditors findIn 2017 Ireland received €1.5 billion in agriculture subsidies out of its total receipts of €1.8 billionThu Oct 04 2018 - 05:35
Belgium opens up to horrors of its colonial pastEurope Letter: What are museums for? Recasting Belgium’s national narrativeThu Oct 04 2018 - 01:00
Budget battle: Italian populism takes on EU prudenceThe new Italian government’s pledged expansionary budget is a worry for BrusselsWed Oct 03 2018 - 02:00
Brexit: Labour backs ‘no hard Border’, says CorbynParty set to vote down any departure agreement that fails to meet key testsThu Sept 27 2018 - 20:08
The opaque world of MEPs’ expenses is cause for concernEurope Letter: A monthly €4,416 allowance has been heavily criticised by journalistsThu Sept 27 2018 - 01:00
Court blocks request for access to MEPs’ expensesInvestigative journalists, including Gavin Sheridan, had sought access to the dataTue Sept 25 2018 - 11:11
European Commission takes UK and Poland to taskPoland at centre of legal case over judges, while €2.7bn in duties demanded from UKMon Sept 24 2018 - 18:10
EU leaders reject Theresa May’s Brexit proposalsProspect of deal between EU and UK is as far away as ever after fractious EU summit at SalzburgFri Sept 21 2018 - 04:43
EU to step up co-operation with north Africa to combat illegal migrationLeaders discussed Commission proposals to beef up the EU’s border agency, Frontex, with 10,000 border guards to be deployed to assist member states facing crisis migration problemsThu Sept 20 2018 - 18:24
Detailed backstop proposals urgently needed, Varadkar tells MayBrexit is a ‘lose, lose, lose’ damage limitation exercise, Simon Coveney saysThu Sept 20 2018 - 08:40
