European news for Ireland
Ireland’s “over-reliance” on foreign-trained doctors and nurses “risks exacerbating workforce shortages” in the countries where they come from, the OECD has warned. More than 40 percent of doctors, and more…
The Defence Forces have confirmed that “Irish personnel are safe and accounted for” after attacks on UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon. United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) says it…
BlueSky, an alternative micro-blogging platform to X (formally known as Twitter), has experienced a meteoric rise in users since the US election. Elon Musk’s support for Donald Trump had seen…
Ireland’s fishing industry is on course to make a loss for the third year in a row, the European Commission has warned. The EU forecasts Irish fisheries will make a…
EU foreign ministers are expected to hold a fractious discussion over relations with Israel today. It comes after the EU’s foreign affairs chief proposed invoking the human rights clause in…
The Irish economy will contract by 0.5 percent this year before ping ponging back to growth next year, according to the European Commission. “Ireland’s GDP is expected to decline by…
The EU has fined Meta, the owner of Facebook, €797.72 million for breaching EU law. The European Commission says the company used its dominant position to impose “unfair trading conditions…
The European Commission is threatening to take Ireland to court again for breaking EU law on the collection and treatment of waste water. The European Court of Justice already ruled,…
On average women across the EU are paid 12.7 per cent less than their male counterparts. That’s the equivalent to not getting any more pay from today for the rest…
Apple’s App Store, Apple Arcade, Apple Music, iTunes Store, Books, and Podcasts unlawfully discriminate against consumers based on their location, according to EU regulators. The European Commission, together with Irish,…