European news for Ireland
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
The Irish government believes “retaliation should not be the EU’s preferred scenario” to tariffs announced by President Trump, Ireland’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade says. Tánaiste Simon Harris will…
The EU says tariffs imposed by the US on Europe would be illegal and damaging to both sides. Donald Trump says he will later today announce a 25 percent tariff…
Ireland’s investment agency IDA has urged the government to improve national infrastructure, encourage innovation and attract more highly skilled workers. According to IDA Ireland, the state agency responsible for attracting…
The European Commission says that it will carry out more checks on cheap items bought online and imported from outside of the EU. The crackdown will focus on product safety,…