European news for Ireland
A new project will study environmental change on six of Ireland’s remote and uninhabited islands, Irish Lights has announced. The LIGHTHOUSE project (“Leveraging Island LiGhthouses and Harnessing Technology to examine…
The foreign ministers of Ireland, Slovenia and Spain have demanded EU action in light of Israeli military action in Palestine and Lebanon. Ireland’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Helen…
EU greenhouse gas emission have fallen to their lowest level in modern times, the European Environment Agency (EEA) has announced. By 2024 – the latest available data – the European…
Micheál Martin has rejected the suggestion that his job as Taoiseach could be under threat after last week’s fuel protests. Blockades of key public transport, fuel depots and ports brought…
The European Court of Justice has ruled that the European Commission followed due process when Irish Grass Fed Beef was registered for protected name status. An Bord Bia (the Irish…
The European Court of Justice has ruled on the definition of ‘pastiche’ in a copyright dispute that could have wider implications. For more than 20 years, the German band Kraftwerk…
The Taoiseach has announced new and extended measures to help households and businesses cope with a surge in fuel prices after a week of protests. The new measures includes help…
Checks on non-EU citizens entering the Schengen area will be subject to the European Union’s extry-exit (EES) checks from today. The long-delayed roll out of the system was soft launched…
Defence forces will assist police in ensuring an end to a blockade of fuel supplies, the government says. “The blocking of critical national infrastructure will not be permitted to continue…
The European Commission has given a positive assessment of Ireland’s fourth payment request under the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), clearing the way for €249 million to be paid out…