EU European Parliament votes in favour of greenwashing crackdownThe rules could restrict the use of common environmental marketing terms and introduce fines
Politics Paschal Donohoe on IMF job and why No votes won’t come back to bite governmentThe public expenditure minister talks to our Brussels correspondent about the recent speculation linking him to the IMF job
Analysis Passing AI Act marks beginning rather than end of efforts to legislate for artificial intelligenceThe Act was passed with 523 votes in favour, but it may be many years before all its elements become law
Infrastructure Inside the €1bn subsea cable plan linking Galway to Asia as global warming opens new sea routesA proposed subsea internet cable pioneering a route through the arctic circle throws up interesting questions about Ireland’s place in the world
Climate Finance More taxes needed to raise trillions in public and private climate finance – EU climate commissionerWopke Hoekstra said that while public debt levels would limit further government investment, more money had to be found for climate action
Employment EU backs watered-down labour plan for Uber, Deliveroo workersThe latest proposal would allow individual countries to decide when a worker should count as an employee and qualify for benefits like sick pay
Politics Referendum defeats have given government lots of ‘food for thought’ - Paschal DonohoeThe public expenditure minister told the Business Post that care supports will be a very prominent part of the next budget
EU New EU law holding firms to account on environment has been ‘filleted’ - Barry AndrewsThe Irish MEP said the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive had been ‘watered down’ and would now apply to a negligible amount of companies
Economics Aidan Regan: Ireland has a clear choice – invest more in public services or cap immigrationWe will soon find out of Sinn Féin are a progressive centre-left party or closet conservatives
Analysis Charlie Taylor: Apple’s €1.8bn fine shows Big Tech can no longer act with impunityThe European Commission’s damning verdict on Apple shows it is no longer prepared to tolerate anti-competitive behaviour by tech giants
Legal EU slams Apple with €1.8 billion fine over music streaming competitionEuropean Commission ruled the tech giant unfairly favoured its own music streaming service over rivals
Big Read Under new management: Inside the Irish data regulator’s critical rebootThe Data Protection Commission has endured no shortage of opprobrium under the leadership of Helen Dixon. Its new bosses might be about to find out just how tough it is at the apex of privacy regulation
Comment Lucinda Creighton: Leo Varadkar’s drift from biggest EU political bloc is short-sightedHaving been at the heart of the EPP, under Varadkar Ireland has drifted away from the group, weakening our position
Tech Ireland fined €2.5m and facing daily penalties for not adopting audio-visual directiveState accepts sanctions, which are due to establishing the new media regulator Coimisiún na Meán
Climate & Environment Sinn Féin accused of ‘flip-flopping’ on Nature Restoration LawParty’s climate policy under fire after previously supporting the controversial law, but voting against it in the European Parliament today
Climate & Environment European Commission tells Ireland to plan end of fossil fuel subsidiesApproximately €2.9 billion was spent by the Irish government on the subsidies in 2021
Podcast Five Degrees of Change: Wopke Hoekstra, European Commissioner for Climate ActionHoekstra chose three policy changes and two personal changes for greener world as part of the Business Post’s energy and environment podcast
Europe Taoiseach to discuss support for Ukraine with EU leaders in ParisMacron said last week that Russia’s ‘change of posture’ necessitated coordinated action from EU member states.
Comment John Walsh: Our growing population is no reason to ignore major risks from high national debtWe have an economy in rude health, but we are vulnerable given how exposed we are and how much we owe
Five Degrees of Change ‘We tax what we eat and earn but not jet fuel; that is bizarre’ – Europe’s new climate commissioner The former Dutch deputy prime minster Wopke Hoekstra speaks to the Five Degrees of Change podcast about fossil fuel subsidies, carbon pricing and seismic elections in his country