British government says ‘significant change’ to the trade agreement is needed to avoid triggering Article 16

A BBC Panorama programme claimed to expose the practice which contravenes animal welfare rights

Launching a public consultation on OECD plans for a minimum global rate, the Minister for Finance said the phrase ‘at least’ in current proposal left room for the figure to change

Astra Protocol is a patented blockchain legal product that claims to facilitate easier and safer smart contracts and for decentralised finance products such as crypto currencies.

Agency would ensure resilience of business, public sector and utilities in case of ‘disruptive incidents’ such as natural disasters

Pfizer will begin clinical trials next month for an altered version of its Covid jab that targets full spike protein of variant

Housing For All programme will be released at end of this month, with emphasis on compulsory purchases of vacant units by local authorities

The European Commission president said that the events were a ‘clear indication of climate change’ during a visit to Dublin last week

Anglo-Irish relations under increased strain over British government’s plan to end prosecutions for crimes related to the Troubles in Northern Ireland

It’s been a generation since the anti-nuclear protests at Carnsore Poin helped to scupper plans for a nuclear reactor in Ireland and made the production of nuclear energy here illegal. But times have changed and even Green Party leader Eamon Ryan says we should look at the nuclear options for sustainable power

Under the British proposals, a statute of limitations would end the involvement of the courts in all Troubles related activity, including criminal offences, civil actions and inquests in a move that would create an effective amnesty for security forces and paramilitaries

Alan Kelly said he had watched Euro 2020 games with his daughter in recent weeks and was shocked by the volume of gambling advertising they were subjected to.

Leaked proposals include the launch of a new emissions trading scheme for transport and heating and a target for all new cars in the EU to be zero emissions by 2035

The two left-wing MEPs have caused controversy by espousing increasingly extreme positions on issues such as Russia and the Syrian war

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya will meet the Taoiseach and airline chief Michael O’Leary this week to discuss the flight’s diversion and the arrest of a journalist

After falling short in the 2004 European elections, a 2009 by-election and the 2011 general election, the longtime Labour senator savoured her moment of triumph in Dublin Bay South this weekend – but it was a bad day for Fine Gael and an infinitely worse one for Fianna Fáil

The CRU has warned that two gigawatts of power generation would be needed as a safety net to prevent blackouts

The two MEPs’ outspoken positions have been condemned by members of the European Parliament, but they say they are ‘merely pointing out the hypocrisy of the EU’

The party’s candidate Deirdre Conroy received just 4.6 per cent of first preferences in the Dublin Bay South by-election

More transfer-friendly Labour candidate was unable to be reeled in by Fine Gael’s James Geoghegan