European news for Ireland
Renewable energy failed to keep pace with Ireland’s increasing demand for electricity last year, new figures show. The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) has just published its Interim National…
Support for a review of the EU’s trade deal with Israel is building as the situation in Gaza gets more and more desperate, that’s according to Ireland’s Minister for International…
The UK and EU have reached a new deal which both sides say mark a new chapter in their relationship. But what does it mean for Ireland? Fisheries The current…
Irish economic figures are being inflated by a rush to beat Trump tariffs, the European Commission has warned. In its Spring Forecast published this morning, the European Commission predicts that…
The EU will hit back at the US with countermeasures if 10 percent tariffs remain after talks with Trump, that’s the warning from Sweden’s Trade Minister. “If the UK-US deal…
An annual analysis of LGBTI-friendly countries has ranked Ireland up, but only slightly, from last year. The International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association, ILGA-Europe, carries out a detailed…
Changes to the way farmers are paid will save farmers across Europe more than €1.5 billion and cut administration costs by a further €210 million, the European Commission says. The…
A group of environmental NGOs have handed the European Commission a petition with more than 250,000 signatures calling for a ban on bottom trawling in marine protected areas. Bottom trawling…
Ireland will be amongst the first countries to sign the world’s first international treaty designed to protect lawyers. The Council of Europe says the Convention for the Protection of the…
The European Union will continue to push for zero tariffs with the US, Paschal Donohoe has insisted. That’s despite the fact that Trump’s first deals have kept 10 percent tariffs…