The Irish Times

Barroso’s leap to Goldman Sachs leaves bad taste in Brussels

European Commission urged to toughen up rules governing jobs for former staff

Thu Sept 29 2016 - 01:00

EU Commission accused of failing to check up on interests of officials

Former commissioner Neelie Kroes among names revealed in Bahamas leak

Thu Sept 22 2016 - 15:55

Colm Keena: Global response needed to tackle ‘offshore’ culture

‘Secrecy jurisdictions’ are a magnet for people and firms that want to hide what they are up to for whatever reason

Thu Sept 22 2016 - 09:23

Ex- EU official among names revealed in huge Bahamas documents leak

Bahamas Leaks: Cache of documents on more than 175,000 Bahamian companies

Wed Sept 21 2016 - 19:10

Nigel Farage: Ireland, if you think Apple is bad you ain’t seen nothing yet

Plans for a common EU tax base will undermine investment in Ireland

Thu Sept 08 2016 - 13:43

EU commissioner Hogan kept in dark on €13bn Apple tax ruling

Figure disclosed to relevant parties less than two hours before media announcement

Fri Sept 02 2016 - 12:35

Ex-EU commissioner criticises Apple tax ruling

Neelie Kroes says the decision that the tech giant owes Ireland €13bn is ‘unfair’

Thu Sept 01 2016 - 18:08

Irish start-ups win awards at European pitching contest

SwiftComply and GirlCrew finish in top three at the Startup Games in Germany

Thu Jun 16 2016 - 01:00

Uber hires ex-commissioner Neelie Kroes

Former competition regulator was proponent of taxi booker while in office

Thu May 05 2016 - 10:53

Roaming charges finally abolished across the EU

Don’t call yet ... while decision has been made charges will not be removed until June 2017

Tue Oct 27 2015 - 17:06

Pricewatch review of 2014: choppy waters for consumers in a year of give and take

Water charges dominated the agenda, while budget gains were eroded by taxes, Superquinn said goodbye, house prices and rents rose dramatically, and not everyone bought into the notion of economic recovery

Mon Dec 29 2014 - 06:00

Discontented Hungarians triumph over government as internet tax put on hold

Prime minister Viktor Orban is licking his wounds after being on the losing side of another protest movement

Thu Nov 06 2014 - 01:40

German commissioner floats proposal for EU levy on Google

Google could be forced to be neutral and objective in presenting search results

Thu Oct 30 2014 - 12:52

Time for compulsory kill switch to deter smartphone thieves

The state of California passed the first law in the US making the feature mandatory on all smartphones sold from July 2015

Thu Aug 28 2014 - 01:00

Roaming charges are still ‘a rip off’

Nonetheless Brussels bureaucrats should be commended for their stance against phone companies

Tue Jul 15 2014 - 12:20

Forget costly broadband – go roaming with a quality map

Using mobile data abroad is due to fall by 2016 but I won’t give up on my paper maps

Thu Jul 10 2014 - 01:00

Cost of moblie data,calls and texts to fall by up to 55 per cent

New lower European roaming charges introduced today

Tue Jul 01 2014 - 12:35

EU Silicon Valley faces many challenges

Fund of €80 billion underlines Europe’s ambition but issues around telecoms and regulation remain

Mon Jun 02 2014 - 01:05

Cheaper calls on way after vote to end roaming fees

Good news for consumers, but telcos are expected to fight new moves to cut charges

Thu Apr 03 2014 - 16:39

EU antitrust chief wary about market power of merging telcos

Three’s proposed deal to buy O2 Ireland among those being considered by regulator

Fri Mar 07 2014 - 14:04

Digital economy booming but women are nowhere in sight

European Commission report shows just how under-represented women are in the ICT sector

Thu Mar 06 2014 - 13:55

Irish mobile users still sticking to wi-fi when travelling abroad

Nearly half of Irish travellers only send email when in wi-fi zones

Mon Feb 17 2014 - 11:05

European app market ‘can create 4.8 million jobs’

Sector earned €17.5bn in 2013

Fri Feb 14 2014 - 01:01

Shares in Vodafone slump by 6% as A&T rules out offer

Ahead of Vodafone’s disposal of its US business to Verizon, AT&T, the second-largest US mobile-phone company, has confirmed that it will not be making an offer for the UK telecoms group

Mon Jan 27 2014 - 08:37

What has the EU ever done for us?

Apart from give consumers greater rights? And now a new directive empowers us even more

Wed Jan 15 2014 - 10:15

Planned new procedure for data complaints a ‘mixed blessing’

Data Protection Commissioner Billy Hawkes says under planned EU regulation he could not take certain complaints from Irish citizens

Wed Dec 11 2013 - 19:19

Moves to reform EU telecoms market

Summer has seen interesting developments at European institutions

Mon Oct 21 2013 - 01:00

Judge overturns deportation from Northern Ireland to Republic

Mon Oct 14 2013 - 01:00

Europe ‘stifling’ for investment in telecommunications

Orange, Vodafone say cuts to roaming charges ‘will only make things worse’

Wed Oct 09 2013 - 09:45

Judge overturns deportation from North to Republic

ALJ and A, B, and C’s application for judicial review. The High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland. Judgement was delivered on August 14th, 2013 by Judge J Stephens.

Mon Oct 07 2013 - 10:31