European news for Ireland
The Irish government is planning to gift woollen scarves to EU ministers and ambassadors later this year, government documents have revealed. The contract for 4,500 scarves will cost Irish taxpayers…
Ireland will again call for the EU to punish Israel for breaches of international law at a meeting in Brussels today. EU trade ministers are expected to discuss the latest…
Ireland will likely experience a drop in GDP this year before bouncing back, the European Commission has warned. The European Commission’s Spring Economic Forecast has just been published within the…
EU negotiators have reached a provisional agreement on implementing a tariff deal with the United States. Under the deal – which still needs a final vote in the European Parliament…
The European Commission has announced new support for farmers struggling to pay for fertilisers. “Fertilisers are not only an agriculture issue. It is a question of Europe’s food resilience,” said…
The EU has signed off on a €300 million support scheme to encourage Irish businesses to install renewable heat sources. The European Commission sais the scheme will “contribute to Ireland’s…
Far too many people are experiencing problems with car rentals on their holidays, the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) has found. The CCPC has been conducting polling on the…
The Council of Europe has agreed to set up a tribunal to prosecute those deemed most responsible for the war in Ukraine. The court, which will be set up in…
The European Commission has proposed a new law which it says will allow travellers from Ireland to get to the rest of Europe on a single ticket. Under the proposals…
Water quality at nearly all bathing sites in Ireland met minimum EU standards last year, but the number of pollution incidents more than doubled, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has…