European news for Ireland
Finger print scanners, iris eye-readers and facial recognition technology can be tricked into allowing hackers access, the EU’s law enforcement agency has warned. Fingerprints have become a popular method of…
The number of counterfeit bank notes has risen to its highest level in five years, the European Central bank has warned. More than half a million Euro banknotes were withdrawn…
Hungary’s new law banning pride marches is in breach of the European Convention on Human Rights, Michael O’Flaherty has warned. The Council of Europe’s Human Rights Commissioner, Michael O’Flaherty, has…
An Garda Síochána have arrested six people suspected of involvement in large-scale drug trafficking. The arrests were part of an international operation coordinated by the EU’s law enforcement agency, Europol.…
Traveller and Roma communities in Ireland continue to be subjected to “discrimination, prejudice and institutional racism”, that’s according to the Council of Europe’s expert group on national minorities. Whilst Irish…
Michael McGrath will chair the “very first” meeting today towards the establishment of an EU ‘Democracy Shield’, a key pet project of Ireland’s European Commissioner, and President von der Leyen.…
Emily O’Reilly has called for greater transparency as she prepares to step down as European Ombudsman. Addressing the European Parliament for the final time to present the ombudsman’s annual report,…
Michael McGrath will attend his first EU Council meeting today since becoming European Commissioner. As a minister, he would be familiar with attending regular Council meetings with his counterparts. This…
The Tánaiste has welcomed that the UK has begun the process of repealing the Legacy Act. The UK’s Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Hilary Benn, announced in the House…
New types of crime are a challenge to EU’s criminal justice system, Michael McGrath has warned in his first speech as European Commissioner. Ireland’s former finance minister has given his…