Tánaiste condemns Palestine flotilla attacks
Tánaiste Simon Harris TD has raised concerns about the safety of people on board boats trying to reach Gaza. Swedish activist, Greta Thunberg and Irish campaigner, Karen Moynihan, are amongst…
Costa: Europe needs 360 degree defence
Russian drone attacks in Poland and Romania are a reminder of the need to protect the whole of Europe, the President of the European Council says. According to Romanian authorities,…
EU freezes some Israeli funding
The EU will halt millions of Euro of funding destined for Israel in protest at the war in Gaza. In her annual ‘State of the EU’ address to the European…
Taoiseach condemns incursion into Poland’s airspace
Poland says it will trigger NATO’s Article 4 in reaction to what it called an “unprecedented violation of Polish airspace” by Russian drones. NATO jets were sent in to support…
Ireland could send peacekeepers to Ukraine
The Taoiseach has told President Zelenskyy that Ireland could send peacekeepers to Ukraine to help maintain a ceasefire. It comes as French President, Emmanuel Macron, has revealed that 26 countries…
Two-thirds support Ukraine joining EU
Irish people favour Ukraine joining the European Union by two to one, but a majority of citizens in ten other member states are against, according to new polling. The poll,…
Europe ministers meet in Denmark
Europe ministers are meeting in Copenhagen today and tomorrow to discuss pressing EU affairs, notably related to Ukraine, after a summer marked by Trump meeting Putin. Ireland’s Minister of State…
EU office in Kyiv damaged in Russian attack
An EU office in Ukraine has been severely damaged by Russian bombing overnight. European Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen, says she is “outraged” by the attack. The Ukrainian authorities…
Ireland protests Israel’s settlement plan
Ireland’s Tanaiste, the EU’s foreign chief, as well as foreign ministers from countries including Japan, Australia and France have protested against Israel’s plans for new settlements in the West Bank…
EU threatens to cut €200m from Israel
The European Commission will today ask member states including Ireland to cut off hundreds of millions of Euro in research funding from Israel in reaction to the war in Gaza.…