Germany’s main political parties almost level ahead of election – pollOutgoing chancellor Merkel’s CDU hoping for a record fifth term in governmentFri Sep 24 2021 - 18:31
Berliners face radical housing referendum in bid to slow overheated market‘The situation is still better than Dublin but that’s not saying a lot,’ says one Irish expatThu Sep 23 2021 - 20:00
CDU struggles to shake whiff of graft ahead of German election‘Party of law and order’ has had issues with graft, bribe-friendly MPs and lack of transparencyWed Sep 22 2021 - 20:00
The Rise and Fall of Christian Ireland by Crawford Gribben: Critical massPerhaps the greatest miracle of Irish Christianity is that it took root at all on this islandWed Sep 22 2021 - 06:00
Merkel joins Laschet for last-minute German election pushChancellor weighs in as polls show her CDU closing gap on the SPD before Sunday’s voteTue Sep 21 2021 - 19:35
Group of German millionaires seeking to be taxed at a higher rateA group led by Ralph Suikat sees the tax regime as morally bankruptMon Sep 20 2021 - 18:00
Schäuble blames CDU difficulties on outgoing MerkelParty trails in opinion polls as Armin Laschet struggles in campaign deemed fiascoSun Sep 19 2021 - 19:35
Olaf Scholz: The man in the driving seat to be Germany’s next chancellorSPD candidate has matched a centrist approach with a centre-left programmeFri Sep 17 2021 - 20:00
Germany’s federal election: The parties, polls, coalitions... and how it all worksSeptember 26th vote to determine who will succeed Angela Merkel in Europe’s hot seatFri Sep 17 2021 - 16:30
What lies ahead for Germany’s post-Merkel political economy?All election promises on tax and pension reform acknowledge recent era’s neglectFri Sep 17 2021 - 05:13
Former VW executives go on trial over diesel scamFour face charges of commercial and organised criminal fraudThu Sep 16 2021 - 18:45
German prosecutors accused of politicised campaign against election front runnerProsecutors deny raid on Scholz’s ministry was orchestrated to harm SPD campaignThu Sep 16 2021 - 18:19
AfD struggles for populist traction ahead of German electionMerkel’s departure has robbed far-right party of its favourite electoral hate figureWed Sep 15 2021 - 19:19
Covid conspiracy theorists complicate path to German electionPoliticians face dilemma over those who don’t want to be vaccinated ahead of autumn voteTue Sep 14 2021 - 18:13
Laschet presents action plan after trailing Scholz in German election debateCDU leader has less than two weeks to close five-point gap to SPDMon Sep 13 2021 - 17:58
German election gets dirty amid Trump and Nazi comparisonsCDU steps up attacks on SPD in federal election campaign as final Merkel term nears endSun Sep 12 2021 - 17:56
Ireland’s break with its Catholic past incomplete, says Sally RooneyAuthor says unanswered questions remain regarding the treatment of womenSun Sep 12 2021 - 16:23
Loud and Cleare: The Offaly woman wowing audiences with breakthrough soundsAnn Cleare is a sought-after talent and next year sees her opera in Munich about BrexitSat Sep 11 2021 - 06:00
Armin Laschet: German chancellor hopeful whose own party hides his election postersCDU leader’s ‘safe’ campaign is in the doldrums ahead of this month’s electionSat Sep 11 2021 - 05:00
Germany’s SPD accuses rival CDU of dirty tricks following raids on ministriesOlaf Scholz reacts to searches targeting party ministries two weeks before electionFri Sep 10 2021 - 20:40
‘Titanic mood’: EPP group suffers anxiety of post-Merkel eraVaradkar urges fresh focus on core values, as CDU braced for election losses in GermanyThu Sep 9 2021 - 20:00
Merkel’s election intervention causes uproar in German parliamentOutgoing chancellor uses final address to promote Laschet as her successorTue Sep 7 2021 - 20:00
Derek Scally: In fairness, our health system is illTime to stop calling out ‘in fairness’ about things that are anything but fairTue Sep 7 2021 - 00:20
German liberals shift from political joker to coalition wildcardClever pandemic positioning has helped FDP pull away protest voters from far-right AfDMon Sep 6 2021 - 20:00
Accessible Stasi archive offers a model for Catholic Ireland’s troubled pastIreland’s approach to its problematic past with religious orders jars with how East Germans took ownership of their shameful secret police filesSat Sep 4 2021 - 06:00
Germany’s Greens face battle to retain young climate voteAfter years owning climate politics the party now sees rivals make their own climate pitch to votersFri Sep 3 2021 - 20:00
Poland declares state of emergency over Belarus ‘hybrid war’Move a response to ‘destabilising’ efforts by Minsk, Warsaw saysThu Sep 2 2021 - 19:12
Germany’s rival parties dig into the past for election campaignsLeftist coalition evokes 1970s spirit of Willy Brandt, while CDU dons the red socks againWed Sep 1 2021 - 20:00
Laschet reboots German election campaign amid slide in pollsCDU leader pushes team-based strategy as senior allies express doubts about candidacyMon Aug 30 2021 - 19:51
Strange uncertainty hangs over Germany as post-Merkel election nearsFew Germans have any idea how the election will turn out. The parties are no wiserFri Aug 27 2021 - 16:00
Death of Irish woman in Berlin confirmed by German policeWoman’s parents have been informed and are receiving consular assistance from the Irish EmbassyThu Aug 26 2021 - 21:12
The third stage of Berlin life: falling in love with the PhilBerlin Letter: The music played through war and dictatorship, division and unificationThu Aug 26 2021 - 20:00
Tunnel 29: A quick, arresting read about escaping East BerlinBook review: Story of tunnel escapes under the Berlin Wall undermines real charactersThu Aug 26 2021 - 00:00
Angela Merkel concedes ‘bitter’ Afghanistan defeat for GermanyEmergency Bundestag sitting rips open old scars over debate about military engagementWed Aug 25 2021 - 12:00
German flood report finds political failingsEmergency weather warnings got lost in buck-passing and regional decision makingTue Aug 24 2021 - 18:05
German election tightens up amid Laschet warningsSlide in support for CDU prompts anxious backbenchers to demand leader up his gameMon Aug 23 2021 - 18:42
German tabloid Bild launches ‘aggro’ television stationBild TV appears to be pitching itself as a milder, German equivalent of Fox NewsMon Aug 23 2021 - 17:33
Armin Laschet faces pressure to end bid to be German chancellorCDU’s hopeful struggling badly in polls ahead of Saturday’s official campaign launchSat Aug 21 2021 - 05:00
Merkel and Putin clash over Navalny jailing at Moscow meetingGerman chancellor calls for release of Russian opposition leader a year after poisoningFri Aug 20 2021 - 19:04
The Prussian prince, the compensation claim and the humble pieBerlin Letter: Restitution claim revives Germany’s unfinished business with its former imperial familyFri Aug 20 2021 - 01:00
SPD goes for gold in eastern German regions as federal election nears‘Canny and calm’ chancellor hopeful Olaf Scholz appears to be making steady progressTue Aug 17 2021 - 20:00
Scholz has work cut out to end SPD’s electoral jinx in GermanyParty of man most Germans think has chancellor potential is stuck at 18% in pollsSat Aug 7 2021 - 01:00
Berlin’s Ringbahn: Train to infinity rolls to rhythms of city 150 years onBerlin Letter: Circular railway has served city throughout key moments of historyThu Aug 5 2021 - 21:00
Three killed and seven seriously injured in Czech Republic train crashCritics say rail system is dilapidated and unsafe after third crash in two yearsWed Aug 4 2021 - 18:26
Angry Germans confront Laschet during floodwater visitCDU leader will notice at polls if he fails to deliver for citizens affected by flood disasterTue Aug 3 2021 - 19:00
Germany’s floods serve as conduit for conspiracy theoristsQuerdenker protesters use social media to make ideological claims linked to disasterMon Aug 2 2021 - 19:08
Poland raises fresh questions on legality of European court rulingsMinister asks court to examine whether European rights law breaches constitutionFri Jul 30 2021 - 16:13
Rhineland optimism tested by double disaster and fears of toxic falloutAfter devastating flooding the region was shaken by Tuesday’s chemicals plant blastThu Jul 29 2021 - 19:00
One dead, four missing after huge explosion at German chemicals plant31 injured in blast at plant in Leverkusen after tank containing solvents caught fireTue Jul 27 2021 - 18:57
Singer exposes faultline in Germany’s vaccination debate99 Red Balloons singer lends voice to those against curbs as Delta takes centre stageMon Jul 26 2021 - 20:00