Irish figures show โ‚ฌ6bn drop in trade with Great Britain

Value of imports and exports is now about โ‚ฌ32bn, with chemical sector among those hit by Brexit red tapeTrade between Great Britain and Ireland dropped more than โ‚ฌ6bn in 2024 as post-Brexit frictions hit shipments across the Irish Sea.The value of impo…

Goa man found guilty of rape and murder of Irish backpacker eight years ago

Family of Danielle McLaughlin say justice has finally been achieved after Vikat Bhagat convicted in IndiaThe family of a young Irish woman raped and murdered in India eight years ago have said justice has finally been achieved after a man was convicted…

Outcry in Irelandโ€™s parliament as PM slams opposition โ€˜liesโ€™ โ€ฆ in Irish

Prime Minister Micheรกl Martin accuses opposition chief of telling lies โ€” but his use of โ€œbrรฉagaโ€ draws a blank from the Sinn Fรฉin leader. It highlights a parliament struggling with the national language.

Man arrested after three people injured in suspected knife attack in Dublin

Three men taken to hospital, two with serious injuries, after incident in Stoneybatter neighbourhoodA man has been arrested after three people were injured in a suspected knife attack that has left a Dublin neighbourhood in โ€œa state of shockโ€.Irish pol…

The last fragments of ancient Irish rainforests may face a new threat โ€ฆ trees

As commercial monocultures increase, ecologists are calling for the remaining splinters of native woodland to be identified, protected – and expandedPhotographs by Rob Stothardโ€œThis could almost be part of Lapland, up here,โ€ says retired researcher Joh…

Unwanted: The scores of migrants Italy refuses to take back

Italy has accepted only 3 of 12,841 migrants Germany seeks to return under Dublin rules, effectively stalling the system while leaving thousands in limbo.
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Small UK businesses complain of being caught unawares by EU โ€˜red tapeโ€™

New safety regulations have led SMEs to stop sales to bloc and Northern Ireland while they work out how to complySmall businesses are warning they have had to pause selling their products in the European Union and Northern Ireland since mid-December wh…

France leads fight against EU plans to merge health crisis and civil protection units

11 countries signed a paper to Ursula von der Leyen warning the move would downgrade Europe’s health crisis resiliency.

Blue Road: The Edna Oโ€™Brien Story review โ€“ engaging study of a life less ordinary

One of Irelandโ€™s most important novelists and a woman of fierce intelligence and bravery is celebrated in Sinรฉad Oโ€™Sheaโ€™s thoroughly enjoyable documentarySinรฉad Oโ€™Sheaโ€™s documentary portrait of the author Edna Oโ€™Brien is a reminder that most writers โ€“ …

DeepSeek blocked from some app stores in Italy amid questions on data use

Italian and Irish regulators want answers on how data harvested by chatbot could be used by Chinese governmentThe Chinese AI platform DeepSeek has become unavailable for download from some app stores in Italy as regulators in Rome and in Ireland demand…

Trump will not be โ€˜meteorโ€™ blow to Irish economy, says employersโ€™ group

Businesses should avoid panic amid fears US will attempt to repatriate jobs and taxes, says Danny McCoyBusiness live โ€“ latest updatesDonald Trump will not be a knockout โ€œmeteorโ€ to Irelandโ€™s economy despite its heavy reliance on US multinationals, the …

Irish presidentโ€™s Holocaust memorial speech reignites antisemitism row

Security staff forcibly removed a woman who objected to the president’s remarks, while others who turned their backs on Higgins were asked to leave.
The post Irish presidentโ€™s Holocaust memorial speech reignites antisemitism row appeared first on Eurac…

At least 420,000 still without power in UK and Ireland after Storm ร‰owyn

Repair efforts hampered by strong winds and rain as Met Office issues new storm-related weather warningsMore than 400,000 properties across the UK and Ireland remain without power after the battering by Storm ร‰owyn, with repair efforts hampered by cont…

Storm Eowyn wreaks havoc in Ireland and the UK

Storm Eowyn caused havoc Friday as it battered Ireland, Northern Ireland and Scotland, killing one person and leaving hundreds of thousands of homes without power, flights grounded and schools shut. Story by Nicholas Rushworth.

Could Irelandโ€™s longheld neutrality make it vulnerable to infrastructure attacks?

Transatlantic subsea cables serving Europe and the UK go to or near its shores โ€“ but some say recent suspected sabotage means Ireland must be able to defend itselfThey are the bedrock of the internet, keeping everything from TikTok to emergency service…

How โ€˜strokeโ€™ politics saddled Irelandโ€™s new government with a fox in the hen house

The countryโ€™s most controversial politician, Michael Lowry, is the cornerstone of the coalition. That deal could haunt taoiseach Micheรกl MartinThe art of the stroke used to be a hallowed practice in Irish politics. To pull a stroke meant wiping the oth…

Scientists point to Andes potato pathogen as origin of Irish famine

Researchers say study may help global efforts in controlling disease that still destroys crops today It was a disaster that killed about 1 million people, devastating 19th century Ireland, but while the potato disease linked to the Irish famine is wel…

โ€˜Cosy boysโ€™ clubโ€™: anger over low proportion of women in Irish cabinet

Social Democrats and Sinn Fรฉin criticise inclusion of just three women in cabinet of new taoiseach Micheรกl MartinThe number of women in the Irish cabinet has fallen from four to three, dealing a further blow to the countryโ€™s reputation on gender equali…

Storm ร‰owyn hits UK and Ireland โ€“ in pictures

Millions of people have been urged to stay at home as 100mph winds pose a danger to life and cause travel disruption. Rare red weather warnings have been issued for Scotland and Northern Ireland, and more than 700,000 homes in Ireland are without power…

Storm ร‰owyn hits UK: 1,000 flights cancelled amid โ€˜danger to lifeโ€™ warnings

Met Office says 100mph winds could cause serious disruption with red, amber and yellow alerts in place Storm Eowyn live โ€“ latest updatesMore than 1,000 flights have been cancelled and a number of main roads closed as millions of people in the UK and Ir…

Tens of thousands without power as Storm Eowyn’s record winds lash Ireland

Tens of thousands of homes in Ireland lost power on Friday as winds of 183 kilometres per hour lashed the country’s western coast. Mรฉtรฉo France has warned that Storm Eowyn will cause heavy rainfall and flooding in the northwest region of Brittany.ย 

Storm ร‰owyn: man killed and 725,000 properties without power in Ireland

Record gusts of 113mph recorded, with โ€˜unprecedentedโ€™ power cuts, fallen trees and 130,000 homes without waterStorm ร‰owyn live โ€“ latest updatesA man has been killed and more than 725,000 homes and businesses have been left without power in Ireland afte…

Storm ร‰owyn expected to be one of most dangerous on record in Ireland

People warned to stay at home, avoid the coast and charge up devices as widespread damage and outages expectedIreland is bracing for what has been described as one of the most dangerous storms ever seen, with the national weather centre warning of viol…

The Guardian view on Irelandโ€™s new government: born in the eye of the storm | Editorial

Dublinโ€™s latest coalition has finally got parliamentary approval. But there are meteorological and political tempests coming across the AtlanticThe whole of Ireland was put on red alert on Thursday as Storm ร‰owyn barrelled in from the north Atlantic. S…

Trump uses Davos to moan about EU red tape

“You can’t compete when you can’t go through the approval process fast,โ€ the U.S. president said.

Micheรกl Martin elected Irish prime minister after chaotic opposition showdown

Parliamentary fight shows Martinโ€™s coalition could be vulnerable because of its dependence on independents. Sinn Fรฉin is taking aim.

Irish parliament elects Micheรกl Martin as taoiseach for second time โ€“ video

Micheรกl Martin has been reappointed as Ireland’s taoiseach after yesterday’s postponement because of procedural issues that caused chaos in the country’s parliament and led to its suspensionEurope live โ€“ latest updates Continue reading…

Ireland: Micheรกl Martin becomes new prime minister

Micheรกl Martin, 64, was backed by a coalition of members of Ireland’s Dรกil house of parliament, in a 95 to 76 vote, to become the country’s next taoiseach or prime minister, despite the Dรกil having been twice suspended by heated rows over speaking time…

Irish parliament elects Micheรกl Martin as PM after previous dayโ€™s rancour

Fianna Fรกil leaderโ€™s formal reappointment to role of taoiseach comes 24 hours after chaotic scenes in the DรกilEurope live โ€“ latest updatesThe Irish parliament has elected Micheรกl Martin as prime minister, 24 hours after chaotic scenes in the Dรกil cause…

Micheรกl Martin becomes Irish prime minister for second time

The Fianna Fรกil leader served as Taoiseach during 2020-2022, and will again rotate the job with coalition partner Fine Gael.
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Merz vows migration crackdown on Day 1 as German chancellor

The conservative leader wants to impose strict border controls after knife killings in Aschaffenburg this week.

Micheรกl Martin appointed as Irish taoiseach following disruption in Dรกil โ€“ as it happened

TDs gathered in parliament for ceremony which had been due to take place yesterdayFull story: Irish parliament elects Micheรกl Martin as PMDonald Trump should be wary of giving Vladimir Putin too much prominence by agreeing to an early summit on Ukraine…

Court deals blow to Netherlandsโ€™ nitrogen reduction plans

The ruling could force the government to further reduce livestock numbers.
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Chaos in the Dรกil as row over rights of independents hits nomination of PM

With Micheรกl Martin due to visit president to be appointed, Irish parliament is adjourned, as Sinn Fรฉin attacks โ€˜ruseโ€™The formal nomination of Micheรกl Martin as Irelandโ€™s new prime minister was hit by chaotic scenes in the Dรกil that led to the parliame…

Chaotic scenes at Irish parliament in row over speaking rights โ€“ video

The nomination of Micheรกl Martin as taoiseach was delayed after a row over speaking rights forced proceedings in the Irish parliament to be suspended. Opposition parties including Sinn Fรฉin, Labour and independents in the People Before Profit alliance&…

Dutch government ordered to cut nitrogen pollution โ€”ย or face โ‚ฌ10M fine

Greenpeaceโ€™s victory means that PM Dick Schoof must achieve emission-reduction targets by 2030 or face the penalty.

Micheรกl Martin accuses opposition of โ€˜subversion of Irish constitutionโ€™ amid chaos over his appointment as PM โ€“ Europe live

Angry scenes over speaking time arrangements in the Dรกil with rows delaying the expected confirmation of Martinโ€™s role by the presidentTusk, a historian by training, also urged Europe to increase its defence spending:Some people think itโ€™s extravagant …

Ode to the tomato

As the world continues down the path of chaotic politics, we can always count on Ireland to cheer us up and restore our faith in humanity.

EU leaders urge Israel and Hamas to abide by new cease-fire deal

Multiple officials underlined the fragility of the agreement and stressed the importance of how it is implemented. The fighting continues.

Irelandโ€™s two main centre-right parties to form coalition government

Fianna Fรกilโ€™s Micheรกl Martin will be taoiseach for first three years with Fine Gaelโ€™s Simon Harris taking over in November 2027Irelandโ€™s two main centre-right parties have clinched a deal with a group of independent lawmakers to form a coalition govern…

Meat stranded at UK border after German foot-and-mouth outbreak

Traders warn that dozens of vehicles and their drivers have been held for up to 24 hours after a UK import ban, costing importers more than ยฃ1 million.

PMQs: Badenoch misses an open goal as Starmer gets lucky

Strong, specific questions from the Tory leader soon gave way to a scatter-shot approach.

Linda Nolan, singer and television personality, dies aged 65

Agents says the โ€˜celebrated Irish pop legendโ€™ died โ€˜with her loving siblings by her bedsideโ€™The singer and TV personality Linda Nolan, who had chart success alongside her sisters in the pop vocal group the Nolans before her television career, has died …

EU lines up intel-sharing, cyber squads to stop hospital hacks

EU health care sector pummeled with cyberattacks in recent years.

Irelandโ€™s centrist parties reach coalition deal to retain power

New government is set to be approved Jan. 22, with the inclusion of rural conservatives likely to shift policies to the right.

Irish centre-right parties agree coalition government with independents

The coalition agreement still needs to be ratified by the Fianna Fรกil and Fine Gael parties for the government to take office on 22 January.
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Intoxicated โ€˜nervous flyerโ€™ caused New York flight to divert to Dublin

American Zachary Greear, 34, receives suspended sentence after unruly behaviour on United Airlines planeA โ€œnervous flyerโ€ whose unruly behaviour caused his transatlantic flight to be diverted to Dublin has been given a two-month suspended sentence.Dubl…

EU warns US over new AI chips blocks

Export restrictions on cutting-edge microchips will affect some EU countries, including Poland.

50 years supporting better policies for a strong social Europe

By providing specialized data and research, Eurofound has long contributed to a stronger, fairer Europe โ€” in todayโ€™s climate, its mission has never been more essential

Northern Irish nun killed in Ecuador earthquake takes step towards sainthood

Beatification ceremony for Clare Crockett, former party girl from Derry, draws more than 100 people to MadridA nun from Northern Ireland who was killed in an earthquake while she was teaching music in Ecuador has taken a step closer to sainthood.A cere…

How Elon Musk has meddled in European affairs

From bashing Keir Starmer to promoting the AfD, the X owner is not shy about interveningA limited โ€“ at best โ€“ understanding of the continent of Europe and its component countries has not prevented the worldโ€™s richest man from intervening in the domesti…

Cyprus could join Schengen this year, president says

Cyprus is a unique case as the island has been divided since 1974 between the Republic of Cyprus in the south and the Turkish-occupied north.

Legal fight over โ‚ฌ2.5bn worth of aircraft stuck in Russia plays out in Dublin

Worldโ€™s largest aircraft lessors and insurance firms battle over compensation for jets stranded after Ukraine invasionSitting in a nondescript building near the high court in Dublin, about 40 cloaked barristers have gathered almost daily since June las…

Visa-waiver system could overwhelm UK immigration services, law firm warns

There are also fears electronic travel authorisation will threaten post-peace tourism sector in Northern IrelandThe UK Home Officeโ€™s already burdened immigration services could be overwhelmed this summer when a new visa-waiver system comes into force f…

Good Friday-era politician picked to review Northern Irelandโ€™s Brexit rules

Paul Murphy, who played a key role in the 1998 peace breakthrough, will recommend possible changes to how Northern Ireland enforces EU goods lawโ€”and, to unionist dismay, polices goods coming from Britain.

Murder investigation in Spain after body of missing Belfast man found

Family โ€˜heartbrokenโ€™ after discovery of body of John George, 37, who went missing in Alicante area in DecemberA murder investigation is under way in Spain after the body of a 37-year-old man from Northern Ireland was found three weeks after he went mis…

Ryanair sues โ€˜unrulyโ€™ passenger it says disrupted Dublin to Lanzarote flight

Airline seeking โ‚ฌ15,000 in damages over โ€˜inexcusableโ€™ behaviour it says forced plane to divert to PortugalRyanair is suing a passenger it claims disrupted a flight between Dublin and Lanzarote, seeking โ‚ฌ15,000 (ยฃ12,500) in damages to cover expenses inc…

13 times Elon Musk meddled in politics

The X owner and Donald Trump pick will never, ever stop posting โ€” governments be damned.

Headless Europe: As the crises mount, the continentโ€™s leaders are AWOL

Political uncertainty in several EU countries could weaken the bloc’s hand in talks with Donald Trump.
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Ireland gets โ€˜screwedโ€™ as EU influence ebbs

Dublin “underperformedโ€ in its race for the bloc’s top jobs, especially those in economic policy, which it normally covets.

Ripe for the picking? Irish wine on the up โ€“ but โ€˜nobody will retire richโ€™

Global heating has made conditions more favourable for growing grapes โ€“ and finding the right variety is keyHeard the one about Irish wine? Like its English counterpart, it is no longer a joke, with more than a dozen vineyards now producing bottles to …

Before Cephalonia there was a clearing in the Normandy woods, with a spring and a clear, cold stream | Louis de Berniรจres

I drove my Morris Traveller down a hidden track, and felt I had come to a sacred place where I was completely at homeIn our end of year series, writers and public figures remember the place or time when they felt most at homeDuring my 20s, I was too po…

The Republic โ€“ photos of Ireland: in pictures

Seamus Murphy grew up in Ireland and is based in London. Heralded for his extensive international work from Afghanistan, the Middle East, the US and Russia, he has been widely exhibited and published, with work in the collections of the Imperial War Mu…

Ireland leads in adolescent health, but OECD report finds health workforce in crisis

The OECD reports positive youth health trends in Ireland but notes over 40% of doctors and 50% of nurses Ireland in Ireland were foreign-trained.
The post Ireland leads in adolescent health, but OECD report finds health workforce in crisis appeared fir…

Oddity review โ€“ deft Irish horror gets great value from ventriloquistโ€™s dummy

A strong cast and a spooky mannequin deliver heavy gothic frisson as a blind woman investigates her sisterโ€™s unnatural deathThis deft Irish supernatural horror-cum-clairvoyant detective story delivers heavy frisson with minimal means: little more than…

Who We Love review โ€“ queer teenโ€™s Dublin awakening is Euphoria with Guinness

A schoolgirl bullied over her sexuality heads to the city with her wise-cracking gay best friend in this overcooked but heartfelt dramaIn the outskirts of modern-day Dublin, teenage Lily (Clara Harte) looks on the outside like a kid on top of the world…

โ€˜Kids now donโ€™t want to drinkโ€™: Dublinโ€™s dry(ish) pub, one year on

Boardโ€™s clientele come for its big array of drinks โ€“ no longer all alcohol-free โ€“ and even bigger array of gamesDoing Glastonbury sober is a challenge most music-festival fans would decline.But it was just that experience that inspired Trevor Oโ€™Shea to…

Europeโ€™s slow but โ€˜inevitableโ€™ march to allow assisted dying

The U.K. is the latest country to move toward legalizing the controversial yet evermore popular practice.

โ€˜Illegally smuggledโ€™ cannon at Tower of London subject of dispute with Ireland

Newly released documents show Irish officials sought return of cannon sold by โ€˜gang of British treasure huntersโ€™Rare cannon allegedly smuggled out of Irish waters by a gang of British treasure hunters and acquired for a knockdown price by a Tower of Lo…

Painstaking work to conserve Irelandโ€™s oldest paper documents begins

Delicate 650-year-old pages to be preserved are some of the islandโ€™s most important historical textsWork has begun to conserve and digitise one of the oldest paper documents still in existence on the island of Ireland.The ecclesiastical register, which…

Westminsterโ€™s top books of 2024

POLITICO asked politicians and chroniclers of SW1 to tell us the book they most enjoyed reading this year โ€” here are the results, in their own words.

Toxic slime and gassy trees: 3 ways Christmas is busting the planet

Curious about how this fiesta of consumerism is impacting the environment? We have the festive details. Humbug!

The right to perform secondary movements under international refugee law

 

 

Paolo Biondi, EU Asylum
Agency

 

Photo
credit: Ggia, via Wikimedia
Commons

 

 

Introduction

 

The 1951
Refugee Convention is a pivotal document in international refugee
protection, outlining the rights of as…

Gisรจle Pelicot has no fear of another trial, lawyer says as appeals lodged

Two defendants have so far filed appeals and Dominique Pelicot is said to be considering challenge against sentenceGisรจle Pelicot is ready to face another trial if needed, her lawyer has said, after two defendants in the mass rape trial lodged appeals …

Travellers bring legal action after Manchester police allegedly forced children on to trains

Allegations include false imprisonment, negligence, excessive use of force, and safeguarding failuresRepresentatives for Gypsy and Traveller children who were allegedly forced on to trains and prevented from visiting Manchesterโ€™s Christmas markets have…

Starmer faces first major Brexit test as unionists request Stormont brake

UK government has been asked to veto EU law update applying in Northern Ireland relating to chemical labellingKeir Starmer is facing his first major test over Brexit after unionists in Northern Ireland decided to pull what is known as the Stormont brak…

Germany and France are in crisis โ€“ is the next global financial crash brewing? | Larry Elliott

The eurozoneโ€™s flaws and a lack of growth in the EU have combined to malign effect. โ€˜More Europeโ€™ is not the solutionThings are not quite going according to plan for Rachel Reeves. The economy has contracted for the past two months and inflation is pro…

Independent TD Verona Murphy voted in as Irelandโ€™s first female speaker

Her election is first action in moves to form new coalition government after no party won majority in general electionVerona Murphy has become the first female speaker of the Irish parliament as part of attempts to form a coalition government.Murphy, a…

Ireland elects a maverick ex-trucker as speaker

Verona Murphy was once known for anti-migrant rhetoric. Now sheโ€™ll be expected to be diplomatic, as Irelandโ€™s likely next government tilts to the right.

As long as the system of remedies and the objectives are not undermined: The Court of Justice on GDPR enforcement (Case C-21/23, Lindenapotheke)

  

 

Alessandra Fratini and Giorgia
Lo Tauro, Fratini Vergano European lawyers

Photo credit: via Wikimedia Commons

Introduction

On 4 October 2024, the Grand
Chamber of the Court of Justice of the European Union issued its judgment
i…

Deputy PM stands by Irish position on Gaza war after Israel closes embassy

Micheรกl Martin says support for court petition accusing Israel of genocide is driven by respect for humanitarian lawMiddle East crisis โ€“ live updatesIrelandโ€™s position on the war in Gaza โ€œshould not be seen as a hostile actโ€, the Irish deputy prime min…

Scholz faces confidence vote: German politics seeing ‘period of tremendous change’

A German political expert has told FRANCE 24 that the country is undergoing a period of tremendous political change. That as German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is almost certain to lose a confidence vote in parliament later this Monday. The probable defeat…

Israel to shut embassy in Ireland over โ€˜extreme anti-Israel policiesโ€™

Irish Prime Minister Simon Harris said the decision was deeply regrettable and his nation would always stand up for human rights and international law.
The post Israel to shut embassy in Ireland over ‘extreme anti-Israel policies’ appeared …