EU fails to agree on relocation proposalIssue of mandatory quotas for refugees to be readdressed at meeting on October 8thTue Sept 15 2015 - 01:00
EU ministers fail to agree relocation scheme for refugeesGermany shifts stance as officials try to cope with numbers crossing bordersMon Sept 14 2015 - 23:36
Migrant crisis: Refugee quota system likely to be voluntaryMinister for Justice Frances Fitzgerald calls on EU states to show solidarityMon Sept 14 2015 - 19:50
Migrant crisis: EU ministers to meet on relocationBrussels gathering comes day after German plan to introduce border controls for AustriaMon Sept 14 2015 - 08:52
Moscovici resolute on common corporate tax baseEU commissioner urges member states to ensure fair share of tax is paidSat Sept 12 2015 - 01:00
Cost of refugees to Ireland under EU relocation to be €48mDivisions persist among EU states on proposed mandatory relocation programmeFri Sept 11 2015 - 21:42
Migrant crisis: Ireland seeks changes to EU budgetRepublic to voice concerns at EU over cost of 4,000 refugees on domestic expenditureFri Sept 11 2015 - 09:44
EU to discuss corporate tax evasionFinance ministers’ meeting likely to cover tax harmonisation issues in IrelandFri Sept 11 2015 - 06:55
Irish refugee opt-in sets us apart from Britain and DenmarkBritain and Ireland have an exemption from most EU justice and home affairs legislationThu Sept 10 2015 - 13:42
ECB president agrees to appear before MEPs over Irish bailoutMario Draghi to discuss bailout issue in NovemberThu Sept 10 2015 - 12:39
State to accept 3,000 refugees as part of EU planGovernment will agree to accommodate group from Syria, Eritrea and IraqThu Sept 10 2015 - 01:00
European Commission proposals start to solve refugee crisisMandatory quotas will set a precedent for handling future migration issuesThu Sept 10 2015 - 01:00
Juncker urges Europe to agree on refugee proposalEU justice ministers to discuss plan on Monday to redistribute 120,000 refugeesWed Sept 09 2015 - 21:51
Juncker says EU will offer better protection for refugees'Reason number of O'Neills and Murphys living in the US exceeds number in Ireland'Wed Sept 09 2015 - 13:14
Numbers appear small but Juncker plan sets a precedentMember states will receive €6,000 per relocated person, writes Suzanne LynchWed Sept 09 2015 - 12:58
Fintech opportunities to be focus of policy paper - HarrisMinister says Ireland aims to be at cutting edge of financial innovationWed Sept 09 2015 - 08:21
Spain backs European Commission migrant quota planMadrid’s stance a boost to Juncker’s proposal to relocate 120,000 across EUWed Sept 09 2015 - 01:00
Coalition split over response to migrant crisisTánaiste Joan Burton’s proposal to take in 5,000 not practicable, say Fine GaelTue Sept 08 2015 - 08:10
British members of Islamic State killed in drone attackDavid Cameron confirms Britain will resettle 20,000 Syrian refugees over next 4½ yearsTue Sept 08 2015 - 01:00
EU announces €500m aid package for farmersProtest in Brussels as agriculture hit by falling prices and Russian sanctionsMon Sept 07 2015 - 21:10
Farmers take protests over milk prices to BrusselsTeagasc says prices have fallen from 39c per litre in April 2014 to 25.5c in July 2015Mon Sept 07 2015 - 01:00
UK revisits possibility of military action in SyriaOsborne says there is a “strong case” for armed intervention against Islamic StateMon Sept 07 2015 - 01:00
UN criticises EU over response to migration crisisBloc urged to accept up to 200,000 extra refugees as states divided on how to actSat Sept 05 2015 - 01:00
Coalition confirms State may take thousands more refugeesTánaiste calls for ‘global solution’ to bring peace to migrants’ troubled homelandsFri Sept 04 2015 - 21:19
Migrant crisis: Higgins says we must do more‘We have . . . to do what is right’Fri Sept 04 2015 - 20:37
Flanagan hopes no one will ‘threaten’ Stormont talksMinister sees no benefit to not participating in talks that will end in ‘matter of weeks’Fri Sept 04 2015 - 16:41
Ireland may take thousands of migrants - KennyTaoiseach says numbers to increase under EU dealFri Sept 04 2015 - 14:33
Viktor Orban gets on EU’s collective nerveFrom migrants to freedom of speech, the Hungarian PM’s hardline stances have increasingly alienated official EuropeFri Sept 04 2015 - 01:00
EU plan for refugees expected next weekProposal to relocate 120,000 migrants across EU to be unveiled on WednesdayThu Sept 03 2015 - 23:05
EU should take ‘at least 100,000 refugees’Donald Tusk calls figure a ‘fair distribution’ as Hungarian PM raises migrants’ religionThu Sept 03 2015 - 14:20
Europe Letter: Milk prices pose challenge for Phil HoganCommissioner will require all his negotiating skills to grapple with crisis in EU farmingThu Sept 03 2015 - 05:00
Analysis: Crisis reflects dysfunctional Dublin systemSecuring support for a pan-European policy on asylum will be a challengeWed Sept 02 2015 - 20:43
Catherine Day’s 10-year tenure in senior EU role endsDay could be become adviser to European Commission president Jean-Claude JunckerWed Sept 02 2015 - 01:00
Italy in breach of international law in treatment of migrantsCase regarding Tunisian migrants could have major effect on EU asylum lawTue Sept 01 2015 - 16:40
Irish Rail faces bankruptcy if it loses tender, Government warnsEU Commission wants changes that would open up sector to competitorsTue Aug 04 2015 - 01:00
UK pledges more resources as Calais crisis worsensMigrants attempting to enter tunnel nightly, as French lorry strike exacerbates traffic chaosSat Aug 01 2015 - 01:00
Give Me a Crash Course In . . . the end of the train as we know itThe European Commission is working on legislation to establish a single railway market across the EUSat Aug 01 2015 - 01:00
Illegal immigrants will be returned to home state – David CameronUN special envoy Peter Sutherland says media exaggerating on migrants flooding UKFri Jul 31 2015 - 01:00
Analysis: Calais chaos sharpens political appetite for solutionBritain and France working to return people to Africa and deal with the criminal gangsFri Jul 31 2015 - 01:00
Doubts over IMF role in Greek bailout unless debt relief agreedGreek PM Alexis Tsipras surprises Syriza with call for party referendum on bailoutThu Jul 30 2015 - 21:10
Europe Letter: Immigration now hot topic in UK referendum debateWhile talks continue about economics, the migrant crisis is now the dominant issueThu Jul 30 2015 - 17:07
State under pressure to put rail services up for tenderEC proposal would mean stiff competition for Iarnród ÉireannThu Jul 30 2015 - 11:35
Athens rejects bailout reforms beyond those agreed so farGreek prime minister Alexis Tsipras has ‘no regrets’ about how he has handled crisisThu Jul 30 2015 - 01:00
UK and France pledge resources to deal with Calais migrant crisisDeath of refugees in Eurotunnel has pushed two countries to work together more closelyThu Jul 30 2015 - 01:00
Nato backs Turkey on IS as Ankara confirms attack on KurdsTurkey makes no request for military support during rare emergency meeting of ambassadorsWed Jul 29 2015 - 01:00
Jihadist violence suddenly puts Turkey in EU’s sightsAfter Suruc horror, Turkey to ‘ramp up’ military response to Islamic StateTue Jul 28 2015 - 01:00
State will take 600 extra migrants in EU initiativeGovernment agrees to relocation scheme as part of bid to tackle crisis in MediterraneanSat Jul 18 2015 - 01:00
Greek bailout negotiations get provisional August 10th deadlineIMF managing director Christine Lagarde reiterated her call for substantial debt reliefFri Jul 17 2015 - 20:05
Draghi raises ECB funding for Greece and calls for debt reliefEurogroup ministers approve €7bn bridging loan in important political signalFri Jul 17 2015 - 01:00
Greece likely to make €3.5bn payment to ECB on MondayEurogroup’s approval of €7bn bridging loan means Greeks set to make key paymentThu Jul 16 2015 - 16:12
