EU approves Irish farmers’ fuel support
The European Commission has cleared an €85 million state aid package for Irish farmers designed to help the agricultural sector tackle “dramatic” fuel price hikes. The emergency scheme was set…
One Irish beach fails bathing water report
More than three-quarters of bathing sites in Ireland have been judged “excellent” with only one single beach in the whole country failing to make the grade. Every year, the European…
Ireland’s greenhouse gas emissions flatline
Greenhouse gas emissions across the European Union have fallen by 17 percent over ten years, but for Ireland they have barely changed, according to new data from the EU’s statistics…
Airlines must seat families together under EU rules
Families will be able to select seats together under a new EU air passenger rights law. Negotiators from the European Parliament and Council of the European Union have spent months…
European leaders welcome US-Iran ‘peace deal’
The makings of a peace deal between the United States and Iran has been announced overnight by Pakistan, which has been acting as a mediator between the two sides. An…
EU migration pact enters into force
New laws managing migration and establishing a common asylum system across the European Union come into force from today. The Pact on Migration and Asylum is supposed to largely replace…
ESRI: Low income households hit hardest by energy shock
Government efforts to cushion the blow of spiralling energy bills has “reduced — but not eliminated — the cost pressures facing households”. That’s according to the Economic and Social Research…
EU channels €500m to avoid fertiliser crisis
The European Commission will find half a billion Euro to try and fend off a farming fertiliser crisis. The war in the Middle East is causing fertiliser supply issues. The…
Ireland unveils EU presidency brand and priorities
Taoiseach Micheál Martin said Ireland is “honoured” to take up the Presidency of the Council of the European Union for the eighth time this year, as the government sets out…
Government spending spree almost all of tax windfall
The government is set to spend most of the windfall in corporation tax over the next five years, Ireland’s budgetary watchdog has warned. Between this year and 2030 the government…