EU to water down electric car targets
Electric cars will be more expensive and less available as a result of EU moves to water down targets, that’s according to the European consumer organisation, BEUC. The European Commission…
EU and India aim for trade deal by end 2025
The EU and India will aim to sign a free trade agreement before the end of the year, Ursula von der Leyen has announced. The President of the European Commission…
EU promises ‘massive’ cut to energy bills
The European Commission has announced plans which it says will cut energy bills for households and businesses by hundreds of billions of Euro per year. The EU wants to help…
Irish business raise concerns about Trump tariffs
Business leaders had a “frank exchange” with the government about the risk of US tariffs on Ireland at a meeting earlier. Tánaiste Simon Harris TD chaired the first meeting of…
Nature and tourism allocated €50m in Shared Island funding
Taoiseach Micheál Martin and Tánaiste Simon Harris have announced more than €50 million from the Shared Island Fund is to be distributed to projects promoting sustainable tourism, arts and culture…
EU to use drones and satellites to protect undersea cable attacks
The European Commission has announced a new plan to beef up undersea cables following a spate or incidents, some classed as accidents, others suspected to be hybrid attacks by Russia.…
Donohoe ‘confident’ defence increase won’t undermine Euro
EU finance ministers have discussed the risk that massive increases in defence spending could undermine the Euro. Finance ministers met in Brussels yesterday. The meeting was chaired by Ireland’s finance…
Price of love has gone up
They say money can’t buy love, but if you want to try, it will cost you a bit more this Valentine’s Day. Ireland’s Central Statistics Office (CSO) has calculated the…
Harris at Munich Security Conference
Tánaiste Simon Harris has warned of a “changing global and European security context” ahead of his arrival at the Munich Security Conference. It is has been a heady week in…
OECD raises concerns about Ireland’s economic resilience and risk of climate change failure
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has issued a warning that Ireland needs to do more to ensure its long term economic “resilience” and will have to up…