O’Reilly confirmed as official candidate for post of European ombudsmanFive candidates, including three MEPs, also in running for €248,000 postTue May 21 2013 - 02:00
Government denies facilitating Apple tax avoidanceUS Senate report accuses technology giant of using Irish subsidiaries to avoid paying billions of dollars in taxTue May 21 2013 - 01:00
Financial crisis exposes EU’s credibility gapEurope Letter: diverging views about banking union reflect broader issues for Europe as a wholeThu May 16 2013 - 13:00
France given two extra years to reach deficit targetsEuropean Commission urges France to speed up enactment of structural reformsThu May 16 2013 - 01:00
Ireland pledges €2.5 million in aid to Mali to contribute to reconstructionThe European Union pledged an extra €520 million to the north African country over the next two yearsThu May 16 2013 - 01:00
Coveney says fisheries deal reached with other members statesAgreement will allow final negotiations with European ParliamentWed May 15 2013 - 08:23
Noonan defends 12.5% corporate tax rateSetting tax rates is a matter for sovereign countries, Minister says in BrusselsWed May 15 2013 - 01:00
Securing consensus on bank resolution will be uphill battle for EU ministersIn a packed agenda, the big challenge at today’s meeting will be political discussion on bank resolution and recoveryTue May 14 2013 - 01:00
Michael Noonan to ‘consider’ ECB bond schemeMinister suggests Ireland may avail of the ECB’s outright monetary transactions facility before it exits bailoutTue May 14 2013 - 01:00
EU ministers meet to revise budget accordBritain, Denmark and the Netherlands resist budget disbursement increaseTue May 14 2013 - 01:00
Tax avoidance inching up EU agenda as trillion euro may be slipping though netTax practices of some global corporate giants, including Starbucks, Google and Amazon, are prompting calls to close legal loopholesMon May 13 2013 - 01:00
European Parliament emerging as a serious political forceFar from being a peripheral entity, it has flexed its muscles on a number of political issuesFri May 10 2013 - 01:00
Tighter integration vital to EU’s survival, says BarrosoEuropean Commission president says achieving ‘deep and genuine monetary union’ a priorityWed May 08 2013 - 06:00
Results of stress tests on euro zone banks could be ‘worrying’, says eurogroup chairmanJeroen Dijsselbloem underlines need to have common bank resolution rules in place to govern wind-down of banks if neededWed May 08 2013 - 06:00
Employers group Ibec joins calls for easing of austerityGroup says there should be no new taxes in next budget but public sector pay cuts should be pursuedTue May 07 2013 - 06:00
Bank deposits of over €100,000 may be at riskProposals under Irish presidency to deal with European bank collapses likely to ‘bail-in’ large depositorsTue May 07 2013 - 05:42
Kenny to attend talks on EU budget impasseTaoiseach and Tánaiste to fly to Brussels today for high-level talksMon May 06 2013 - 06:00
European Commission warns Croke Park rejection could imperil deficit reductionSpring Economic Forecast points to lower growth across euro zoneFri May 03 2013 - 18:38
A new note but tone music of unemployment and recession continuesConcern over growth in some of euro area’s ‘core ’ economiesFri May 03 2013 - 07:00
Analysts hope rate cut will have far-reaching impactA swathe of data published this week bolstered the case for monetary interventionThu May 02 2013 - 13:34
ECB cuts interest rates to record lowMain interest rate reduced to 0.5 per cent amid weak economic activity and tame inflationThu May 02 2013 - 12:56
Royal succession in Netherlands reminds us that thrones of monarchy are safe in EuropeDespite widespread pain from austerity, it appears Europeans are in love with blue-blooded familiesThu May 02 2013 - 07:00
Rate cut expected at today’s ECB meetingCriticism mounting over reponse to continuing euro zone crisisThu May 02 2013 - 06:00
Dire unemployment rate adds to interest rate cut pressuresUnemployment among under 25s stands at 24 per cent in euro areaWed May 01 2013 - 05:59
EU member states raise immigration concerns with Irish presidencyCommission outlines new measures to encourgage movement of workersFri Apr 26 2013 - 23:30
European Court finds State was in serious breach of pension obligationWaterford Crystal employees took case following collapse of company in 2009Fri Apr 26 2013 - 06:00
Letter from Europe: Austerity is fast becoming a dirty wordPolicy response EU bigwigs have pinned their hopes to is under pressureThu Apr 25 2013 - 06:00
Interest rate cut speculation buoys marketRumours of a cut follow further contraction of euro zone economic activityWed Apr 24 2013 - 06:00
Government happy with diplomacy gains at mid-point of Irish presidencyEU officials praise Irish ‘business-like and down-to earth’ styleTue Apr 23 2013 - 06:34
Kosovo deal opens door to EU accession talks for SerbiaTánaiste praises ‘political courage’ of Belgrade and Pristina in agreeing dealTue Apr 23 2013 - 06:00
Minister for Health rules out six-doctor abortion interviewJames Reilly says “wrong impression” formedTue Apr 23 2013 - 05:00
EU Commission recommends start of Serbia membership talksMove follows agreement to cede foothold in KosovoMon Apr 22 2013 - 14:21
Gilmore says talk of concessions in October Budget ‘speculative’Tánaiste speaking after senior Fine Gael Minister says: “We have come to the point now where working people are beginning to suffer from fatigue”Mon Apr 22 2013 - 13:27
Reilly denies plan for six doctors to review abortion requestsPlan for suicidal women ’sick joke’ and ’abusive’, perinatal psychiatrist saysMon Apr 22 2013 - 09:04
EU-wide mortgage protection deal on wayProposals include rules on advertising and improving information for consumersMon Apr 22 2013 - 07:37
Travellers ‘excluded’ from labour forceCouncil of Europe finds widespread discriminationSat Apr 20 2013 - 06:00
Europe more than `an economic space’, President tells European ParliamentPresident Michael D Higgins looks to shared intellectual past in speech to parliamentThu Apr 18 2013 - 06:00
Ictu will 'resist' any attempt to impose pay cutsTaoiseach insists Government must make payroll savings after Croke Park collapseWed Apr 17 2013 - 10:00
Carbon prices fall to record low as MEPs vote against intervention in marketMove seen as blow to emissions trading systemWed Apr 17 2013 - 06:06
Accountancy firms face radical EU reformLess cosiness needed in auditors’ relationship with companies, EU internal markets commissioner saysMon Apr 15 2013 - 06:00
No hassle at the castle for biggest meeting of EU presidencyBehind the positivity is sobering talk of future banking crisesSat Apr 13 2013 - 07:00
EU finance ministers agreed to consider examining EU treaty changeConcern in Brussels that referendums could delay banking unionSat Apr 13 2013 - 06:28
New bailout deal will cut borrowingMinisters pledge to work 'constructively' on EU treaty change to strengthen the ECBFri Apr 12 2013 - 22:53
Jeroen Dijsselbloem: ‘Outlook for Ireland is rather positive’Dutch finance minister, UCC alumnus and now head of the eurogroup, anticipates that agreement to extend loan maturities will be reached todayFri Apr 12 2013 - 06:00
Government to seek ‘maximum leeway’ on loansEuropean finance ministers meet tomorrowWed Apr 10 2013 - 22:34
EU to force mining firms to disclose foreign paymentsMove welcomed by NGOs and lobbyists, including BonoTue Apr 09 2013 - 20:57
Loans adjustment to be decided in MayNoonan hopeful of progress at meeting of euro finance ministersTue Apr 09 2013 - 07:48
European Central Bank maintains interest rates at record low of 0.75%Cyprus crisis had raised possibility of a further cutFri Apr 05 2013 - 06:00
