Irish activist in Berlin welcomes decision to pause his removal over Palestine protests
Shane O’Brien (29) will redouble organising efforts after ruling, he says
Germany
King of Wall Street says European leaders ‘starting to focus on a growth agenda, not a control agenda’
Larry Fink, the head of the world’s biggest asset manager, talks tariffs, pensions and the ‘assets that will define the future’
AfD’s historic poll surge surprises even party’s MPs ahead of new Bundestag term
Economic analysts suggest economic uncertainty and internal party disagreements could yet dampen voter enthusiasm for the party
Germany vows to ‘terminate’ residency of anyone engaging in ‘incitement and anti-Semitism’
Federal coalition government agreement promises full border controls, a tighter asylum approach and expedited deportation of criminal foreign nationals
Tariff crisis has a silver lining for Merz
US action strengthens CDU leader’s hand in government formation discussions with centre-left SPD
Berlin’s state government defends planned expulsion of two Irish pro-Palestinian campaigners
Shane O’Brien addresses 400 demonstrators in Berlin as lawyers prepare to file emergency motions over deportation order
38 Londres Street by Philippe Sands: The parallel stories of mass murderers
Senior Nazi Walther Rauff and Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet’s lives were linked by brutality, death and the evasion of justice
How two Irish protesters are facing deportation from Germany over pro-Palestine demonstrations
Bert Murray (31) and Shane O’Brien (29) are fighting efforts to remove them. But why have Berlin authorities gone so far?
Getting to the moon with the help of an Irish scientist and 900 tonnes of lunar dust
European Space Agency team create accurate replica of lunar surface to assist astronauts
Christian Democratic Union nerves on edge amid Alternative for Germany poll surge
Friedrich Merz has yet to secure the chancellery but polls show his party on just 25 per cent support
‘I have no plans to go home’: the Irish citizens fighting deportation from Germany
In the News podcast
Leipzig stays true to Bach, 340 years on
City celebrates composer’s birthday with annual international musical competition
John Hemingway obituary: Last surviving Battle of Britain pilot
He was shot down twice in the space of eight days, but went on to outlive all his contemporaries
Berlin woman (66) gives birth to 10th child
Alexandra Hildebrandt welcomed her first child in 1977 and has had eight since turning 50
Insults, protests and seat-squabbles: Bundestag’s first day with far-right AfD as second-biggest party
Rule changes prevent hardline group’s former leader from opening German parliament
Alleged ex-RAF member denounces German trial over 13 armed robberies as politically motivated
Daniela Klette (66) makes first public appearance since arrest in Berlin a year ago after 34 years of living under assumed name
Trial of alleged former Red Army Faction terrorist to open in Germany
Daniela Klette (66) is charged with attempted murder, theft and breaches of the war weapons control Act
NTMA sells €1bn of bonds as European rates ease after spike
OECD report shows Ireland is one of six member countries with falling debt-to-GDP ratio
Bundestag backs record borrowing package
Three-party alliance backs borrowing package of €500 billion for infrastructure projects and an effective blank cheque for defence and security spending
Bundestag to go out with a bang by debating €1 trillion stimulus plan
Unprecedented package for defence, climate and infrastructure spending
Munich shrugs off terror concerns to celebrate St Patrick’s Day
Police stepped up security measures but reported no serious incidents
David McWilliams: We witnessed in the White House the ‘Doonbegisation’ of Irish foreign policy
We know it’s a fantasy but let’s take it and move on, because the battles ahead will change our world in ways we have not yet contemplated
Munich tightens security measures for St Patrick’s Day parade
Event comes a month after two died in a car attack in the city
Germany’s Merz woos Greens with €50 billion climate package for defence vote
Greens also likely to push controversial bill to reform German abortion law
Europe to stand united in face of trade war, Minister for Finance says
Paschal Donohoe confident US pharma will not walk away from long-term investment in Irish plants and people
Volkswagen’s year not its ‘wurst’, despite struggles
Carmaker sold a record 8.5m of its VW-branded currywurst sausages last year
German Bundestag buries Swabian housewife under €1 trillion debt pile
With an eye on Donald Trump’s Nato threats, Friedrich Merz has a plan that will permit effectively unlimited spending on defence
More big EU decisions may come on defence as US shift on Ukraine causes Brussels to rethink bloc’s security
Period of European leaders carefully tiptoeing around Trump seems to be over
Volkswagen grapples with sliding earnings amid crisis
Losses in China and cost of closing Audi plant in Brussels outstripping growth in South America and sales revenue in North America and Europe
As NordStream operator fights legal action in Europe, speculation of US-Russian pipeline partnership grows
Is a US-led consortium interested in buying or leasing the pipelines from their Russian owners, or is it ‘a tale from Absurdistan’?
From Maga to Mega: Make Europe Great Again
Nine of 2025’s 10 best-performing stocks are European, with defence stocks dominating the list
Incoming German coalition promises crack down on immigration
CDU leader indicates he is open to common European nuclear umbrella
Don’t be fooled by the movie poster - Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a committed pacifist
The message of a new film about his life is that heroism but can be achieved by fallible people stumbling along
Trump’s Gaza development plans worth ‘a closer look’, says Germany’s commissioner against anti-Semitism
Commissioner Felix Klein said ‘any proposal that can help alleviate the suffering in Gaza should be seriously discussed’
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