European news for Ireland
Ireland’s consumer watchdog has urged a change in rules to make the homebuying process more transparent. The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) says people face “significant information gaps” when…
The EU is using ‘migration diplomacy’ to convince countries outside Europe to ease migration pressure, the European Commission for Migration says. European interior ministers are meeting in Copenhagen today to…
The European Commission has unveiled huge and controversial proposals for a new total budget of €2 trillion to cover the period form 2028 to 2034. The President of the European…
The European Commission is considering relaxing rules which limit the type of state aid EU governments can provide towards affordable housing. Ursula von der Leyen promised that as part of…
The European Commission has criticised the Irish government for failing on social housing, environmental targets and for an unbalanced economy in a new report. Officially calls “country specific recommendations…on the…
People in the Republic of Ireland on average live longer, are better educated and earn more than their counterparts in Northern Ireland, that’s according to a report out today. But…
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 European Commission will not bring forward a plan on affordable housing until at least 2026 despite promises from Ursula von der Leyen. The European Commission has published its work…
Two Irish MEPs have been elected as vice chairs of the new European Parliament special committee on housing. The cost of housing has become a major issue in Ireland and…
The European Commission has given Ireland extra time to build affordable housing, after the government admitted it was going to miss key funding deadlines. The government blamed the Ukraine war…