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Corporate law firms sought to influence new regulations making large companies report on their environmental impact
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Central Bank deputy governor Derville Rowland among shortlisted candidates for new EU agency
Five board positions at the Anti-Money Laundering Authority up for grabs
Paschal Donohoe: As international risks heighten we must continue to run budget surpluses
Stability was obviously absent in our parliamentary business last Wednesday. But the recognition of the value of stability was present in our election results and in the formation of a new Government
Hungary under pressure to agree to Russian sanctions renewal
Viktor Orban’s government would be ‘playing with fire’ by blocking renewal of sanctions on Russia, diplomat says
McGrath promises EU action against social media platforms ‘amplifying’ political content to influence elections
EU justice commissioner says bloc’s Digital Services Act will be used to prosecute social media that are artificially boosting political material to sway voters
EU trade fight with Trump seems inevitable
Europe unlikely to ever stomach level of economic subservience needed to keep Trump happy
What does Trump pulling out of the OECD tax deal mean for Ireland?
Republic could be caught in the middle as US and EU clash
Ireland on alert as Trump pulls US out of global tax deal
Move sets up potential stand-off on tax between US and EU
US decision to pull out of global tax deal regrettable - EU commissioner
Officials studying Trump’s decision to pull US out of deal setting minimum corporate tax rate
Application of EU work directive to Defence Forces welcomed as ‘watershed moment’
Protections around breaks, work hours and annual leave already applicable to most workers in State
EU will be ‘pragmatic’ in dealings with Trump, commission president tells Davos
Ursula von der Leyen says European Union stands ‘ready to negotiate’ with new US administration while insisting it would protect its interests
US multinationals in Ireland take a ‘longer view’ than White House cycles - Minister for Finance
EU needs to avoid ‘tit for tat’ tariff dispute with new US administration, Jack Chambers says
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Employers blame staff for cybersecurity incidents, most office workers say
Majority of staff would leave job if involved in such a situation, survey indicates
Unions ‘appalled’ by advocate general recommendation minimum wages directive be annulled
European Court of Justice to decide later this year on fate of directive which Ictu views as ‘the most significant and far-reaching’ on workers’ rights in decades
EU states should agree ‘shopping list’ of joint defence projects, says Polish minister
Senior minister in Polish government says other EU states need to spend ‘way more’ on defence
Italy’s Meloni sees Trump defending western interests, engaging with Ukraine
Italian prime minister seeks to allay concerns that Trump might break with Washington’s traditional European allies as he pursues a Maga agenda
Exploring the power of urban green spaces to connect
Research Lives: Dr Tadhg MacIntyre, Innovation Value Institute, Maynooth University
A path forward for Europe to compete on the internet
Europe’s mixed economy could help create a new sort of success story
EU leaders warn Trump not to meddle with Europe’s borders after Greenland threat
US president-elect vows to ‘tariff Denmark at a very high level’ unless it gives up Greenland and doesn’t rule out using force
Former Greek prime minister Costas Simitis dies aged 88
Simitis, a law professor and a reformist, assumed leadership of the Pasok socialist party in 1996
Europe is deluded if it thinks it can ‘manage’ Donald Trump
If this second Trump administration makes good on what has been said, the transatlantic relationship will enter a period of profound crisis and potential collapse
Irish influence inside the EU: ‘The conveyor belt is slowing down’
Senior Irish officials warn of declining influence in Europe as interest in careers in EU institutions drops off
Romania and Bulgaria join Schengen area, opening passport-free travel by land in EU
Lifting of controls at land borders will remove bottlenecks that often kept trucks loaded with goods stuck at border
The new EU foreign affairs chief navigating a ‘world on fire’
Former Estonian prime minister Kaja Kallas a firm backer of Ukraine but likely less sympathetic to Palestine
Georgia protests continue as ally of authoritarian Georgian Dream party sworn in as president
Mikheil Kavelashvili inauguration marks final step in what critics call state capture by pro-Russian oligarch Bidzina Ivanishvili
Giorgia Meloni masquerades as the ‘acceptable’ face of the far right, but nobody should be fooled
Worldview: Meloni is not bringing Italian post-fascism back to the centre ground and moderating it, but is polishing up a dangerous anti-democratic throwback
Slovakia could host peace talks between Ukraine and Russia, says Putin
Slovak PM Robert Fico has been outspoken opponent of EU military support for Kyiv during conflict
Taoiseach expresses ‘unbreakable support’ to people of Palestine during call with Abbas
Simon Harris says call was made to express ‘solidarity’ between people of Ireland and Palestine
Volodymyr Zelenskiy tells Ukraine’s diplomats to fight for Nato membership
Putin vows to bring more ‘destruction’ to Ukraine after devastating drone attack on central Russian city of Kazan
Trump threatens tariffs if EU doesn’t buy more US oil and gas
US is the world’s largest producer of crude oil and the biggest exporter of liquefied natural gas
Simon Harris hopes Occupied Territories Bill will be passed next year
Anti-Semitism accusations are intended to ‘distract’ from deaths of children during war in Gaza, says Taoiseach
EU summit: European leaders to send ‘clear signal’ on Ukraine support to Trump
Zelenskiy is invited to attend first part of Brussels talks, with threat of an EU-US trade war also set to dominate summit
When Ursula met André: Dutch conductor sought EU funds for world tour
Famous violinist privately lobbied European Commission president for up to €15 million to help fund world tour
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