Europe’s warmest year ever
Europe is the fastest-warming continent and experienced its hottest year ever last year, that’s according to new data from the EU’s climate change service, Copernicus. The year 2024 was the…
Platform 6 officially opens at Cork Kent
An extra platform funded by the EU has officially opened at Cork Kent railway station. Taoiseach Micheál Martin, Ireland’s European Commissioner, Michael McGrath, and Minister for Transport, Darragh O’Brien, were…
Tánaiste at EU-Palestine summit
The Tánaiste will attend an EU summit on Palestine with Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority also due to take part this afternoon. The first meeting of the EU-Palestine High-Level…
Global shipping agrees to cut emissions but falls short of Paris Agreement targets
The global shipping industry has agreed to drastically cut pollution levels and move towards net-zero, but the deal falls short of the Paris climate agreement. The International Maritime Organization (IMO)’s…
New law to give toys a ‘digital passport’
A new European law which aims to tighten up on toy safety has been agreed in principle by MEPs and member states. The new law demands that all toys sold…
EU delays tariff retaliation
The European Commission has announced that it will delay retaliating to US steel and aluminium tariffs for 90 days. It comes as the US has paused wider 20 percent tariffs…
EU dodges US mega tariffs
The European Union appears to have dodged massive across-the-board tariffs after Donald Trump announced a 90 day pause. The US President posted on his social network that he was upping…
US tariffs on Ireland and EU come into force
Tánaiste, Simon Harris, has arrived in Washington on the day that US tariffs on the EU have come into force. The US has imposed a 20 percent tariff on most…
Europe’s warmest March on record
Last month was the warmest March on record across Europe, that’s according to latest data from the EU’s climate service, Copernicus. “It was also a month with contrasting rainfall extremes…
EU trade ministers meeting to discuss Trump tariff fall-out
Tánaiste Simon Harris is heading to Luxembourg to meet fellow EU trade ministers to discuss the fall-out from across-the-board tariffs of 20 percent being imposed on the European Union by…