News Out of Office: Airlines to take legal action in Dublin and UL in “needless jeopardy”The Business Post gets you up to date with the big stories of the day
EU Ireland to ‘play its role’ in boosted EU budget but not at expense of corporate tax pot The minister of state for Europe said corporation tax is off the table
Economy Expert view: Economists react to eurozone GDP growth Speedy recovery from Germany, France, Italy and Spain led the euro area out of recession in the first quarter
UK ‘Confusion and uncertainty’ as traders face new post-Brexit checksThe latest phase of the long-delayed system of checks will see a selection of Irish firms charged up to €170 for plant and animal imports
EU EU must ‘think beyond’ member state funding to secure bigger budget Bloc’s current trillion-euro budget runs out in 2027, with diplomats now calling for increased funding to afford new members and climate change
Red C Poll Red C poll: Majority of voters want asylum seekers processed outside of EuropeA substantial portion of Sinn Féin voters changed their mind on the issue after party leadership made their position clear
Comment Lucinda Creighton: Ireland ‘easy prey’ as true motives of malign foreign actors emerge across EU The arrests in Germany of Chinese spies may seem like a slightly fantastical scene from a John le Carré spy novel, but the operations are very real
Letter from Strasbourg Sarah Collins: Long goodbyes, avian high jinks and spy scandals as the European Parliament breaks upAs some MEPs faced the final curtain, others girded themselves for June’s elections
Trade Europe needs to counter China’s distorting impact on global trade - EU trade chiefWeyand said China’s government supported over capacity in manufacturing was having serious impacts on on the rest of the world
Legal EU reprimand over Ireland’s ‘lackadaisical’ dirty money policy ‘unsurprising’European Commission said it identified ‘several instances of incorrect transposition’ of an anti-money laundering directive into Irish law
EU EU marks Ireland’s card over trust register amid money laundering concerns Brussels has launched an infringement procedure against the government for failing to fully comply with rules on trusts
EU Big business to be liable for suppliers’ ESG abuses from 2027Just 40 Irish firms will be impacted by the new rules, according to MEP Barry Andrews, who said the measures have been ‘filleted’
EU Other countries are asking ‘who made you world regulator?’ - EU trade chiefSabine Weyand said the EU’s attempt to leverage single market power to drive better standards globally was impacting competitiveness
European Elections 2024 Broadcasting regulator says political candidates should ‘not be on air’Niall Boylan, the Classic Hits FM presenter, has registered as a candidate in the upcoming European elections
EU MEPs adopt contentious fiscal rules tackling debt and deficitsGreen and left-leaning MEPs say reforms mark a ‘return to austerity’
EU EU foreign ministers poised to agree new Iran sanctionsThe move follows Iran’s attack on Israel last week, when Tehran launched up to 300 missiles and drones
EU Ireland backs use of profits from frozen Russian assets to aid UkraineTánaiste says Russia needs to be held accountable for its destruction of Ukraine
EU Simon Harris’s first EU summit turns into bunfight over tax, subsidies and sovereigntyA barney over tax and supervision overtook a summit that should have been short and sweet
Business Post's View Ireland’s tax veto again under threat from a floundering EU What is clear is that Ireland’s position is increasingly coming under pressure
Comment Lucinda Creighton: Ursula Von der Leyen may find time spent wooing the left coming back to bite herThe European Commission president has built bridges during her tenure, but they will fall when the elections begin and she will be left with few allies