European news for Ireland
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…
The Taoiseach will head back to Brussels for one-to-one meetings on Monday, EU sources have confirmed. Micheál Martin will meet with the new President of the European Council, António Costa.…
France and Germany have rejected President Trump’s proposal to resettle Palestinians out of Gaza as illegal and unacceptable. “France reiterates its opposition to any forced displacement of the Palestinian population…
NATO is using artificial intelligence to monitor for subsea cable attack, the alliance has revealed. NATO’s Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation based in Italy has developed software which constantly…
The European Commission has appointed Peter Power as the next head of the European Commission Representation in Dublin. Peter Power is a life-long EU civil servant. He previously worked as…
Simon Harris is in Brussels to attend his first major EU meeting since being appointed Ireland’s foreign minister. Under the coalition agreement agreed between Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil, Micheál…
The European early weather warning system is on red alert ahead of Storm Éowyn which is expected to hit Ireland on Friday. Met Éireann first issued its red alert across…
Micheál Martin has congratulated Donald Trump on his inauguration as US President. The Tánaiste who is expected to become Taoiseach again under the the new Irish government said Ireland and…
There are more than 120 references to Europe threaded throughout the Programme for Government. So what does this draft programme tell us about the next government’s relationship with the EU?…