In March 2007, Venezuela’s Hugo Chávez sat down for what looked like a press conference but rather, for the firebrand president, it was part inquisition of his loyalists and part declaration of intent...

If you’re looking for diametrically opposed relations, look at the reception Mark Carney got in Strasbourg this week compared to Canada’s ties with its nearest neighbour. The Canadian prime minister w...

TikTok has notified the Central Bank of Ireland of potential non-compliance with sanctions. The Chinese social media giant informed the Central Bank, as well as UK authorities, on a voluntary basis in...

A 10-year odyssey for former Liverpool and Irish international footballer Steve Finnan in the English courts against his solicitors has come to an end with a judge slapping a restraining order on the ...

It’s backed by most MEPs, member states have agreed their position, and the agriculture sector has no major qualms with it, but the EU-Mexico trade agreement has one particular feature that could caus...

Trade is one of the EU competences that Europhiles are often quick to point to as the EU speciality – the ability to trade as a bloc with the rest of the world. And with the Trump administration flipp...

The EU’s digital euro ambitions, and Ireland’s role in it, are beginning to take shape three years after the plan was first unveiled. The Central Bank of Ireland will oversee Stripe’s role in the EU’s...

WhiteSwell, a Galway medtech firm that raised $78 million (€68.2 million) from investors, has collapsed after its latest round of funding fell through. A provisional liquidator, Aengus Burns of Burns ...

When Taoiseach Micheál Martin took to the podium at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, he was billed as the main event but attention was 500 kilometres away in a courtroom in Paris. Marine Len Pen...

“My eyes see a country a little too fond of selling aluminium to Russia.” That was the not-so-veiled remark regarding Aughinish Alumina by Dutch MEP Reinier van Lanschot during the European Parliament...

Among the heaps of files and mounting deadlines on Ireland’s desk for the EU presidency, Michael McGrath wants to see the EU Inc proposal reach critical negotiations by year’s end. The proposed new EU...

Among the myriad files on Ireland’s desk for the EU presidency will be efforts to bolster tech sovereignty in Europe, including access to vital semiconductors. Included in a recently unveiled European...

When the Department of Finance published its National Risk Assessment on financial crime there were several major portions that won’t be surprising: organised crime, money laundering, smuggling, money...

Keywords Studios, the Dublin-headquartered, EQT-owned video games company, is cutting 128 jobs from its San Francisco office while one of its top executives is leaving. The company disclosed the job c...

When the EU introduced new rules for screening foreign direct investments from third countries, the European Commission never explicitly said it was about China. But reading between the lines showed t...

Elon Musk’s xAI has sown confusion over where exactly it is based in Europe, raising questions for regulators and users alike. xAI is currently defending a lawsuit in California by Jane Doe plaintiffs...

Hidden down a residential road in Loughlinstown in south Dublin is perhaps not where you would expect to find one of the European Union’s oldest agencies. Far from the stuffy halls of Brussels, Berlin...

In May, liquidators for an innocuously named company called RTI Limited went to court in Qatar. Their mission was to get the liquidation of Jersey-registered RTI acknowledged in the Middle Eastern cou...

Almost like clockwork, the question about Aughinish Alumina, the Russian-owned refinery business in Limerick, comes up. And just as predictably, the matter dims from the headlines and is forgotten aga...

This year was meant to mark 10 years of SaaStock in Dublin, arguably Europe’s go-to tech conference for the SaaS sector. Instead, the shutters are being pulled, its assets are changing hands and its f...

UpScrolled, the Palestinian-founded social media app that ballooned in user numbers this year, is storing and processing its data in Ireland as the company tries to put more distance between itself an...

They’re suspected of sharing data from the department’s personnel files.

He wanted an "examination” of RTÉ fuel protest coverage he didn’t like.

Taoglas is nearing completion on a deal to buy a UK company that would give it a foothold in supplying emergency services, after a government security review gave the green light. Over the coming week...

The acquisition of Falcon Oil & Gas will see more than $23 million paid to a sanctioned Russian oligarch after the deal received a licence from US authorities to move ahead. Tamboran, an Australian na...

Kingspan is pursuing a refund of Trump tariffs through the US legal system after the president’s banner trade policy was deemed unlawful by the country’s Supreme Court. The Cavan-based multinational f...

Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com is joining its rivals Temu and Shein in establishing a base in Dublin. The company, which is often referred to as the Chinese Amazon and recently made a fresh play for ...

The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment sanctioned the export of €20 million worth of dual-use technology with civilian and military capabilities to the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) and the...

In a long running court battle, Boeing has voiced further frustration with the Irish base of Russian aircraft lessor Timaero in a dispute that has thrown up several curveballs and delays. Timaero Irel...

The Western Development Commission, as a key pillar in Ireland’s strategy for developing regional economies, has amassed an expertise in backing medtech start-ups – with several yielding returns on bu...

Farmers fear a flood of cheap meat as Carney government looks for entry to South American bloc

The EU-Mercosur trade agreement takes effect this Friday after 25 years of negotiations – with a major caveat. The deal applies only provisionally as the Court of Justice of the European Union conside...

Logix Aero, an Ireland-based aircraft engine trader, has failed in its appeal against a sanctioned Thai engine dealer over a hacking incident that saw the company lose more than €750,000. For over a y...

Every seven years, the EU must agree its budget. The next one will cover the period 2028-2034 and, for it to be ready in time, pressing questions yet to be answered after the European Commission’s €2 ...

On the eighth floor of the Berlaymont, the European Commission’s sanctions envoy David O’Sullivan is preparing for a busy couple of days. It is the eve of the EU’s 20th sanctions package against Russi...

In 2021, Kargo, the US adtech firm led by Harry Kargman, wrote a €55 million cheque for the Waterford company StitcherAds. Five years later, it is cheques unwritten that are casting a shadow as the US...

More than 70 organizations, including the ACLU, EPIC, and Fight for the Future, say the AI smart glasses feature would endanger abuse victims, immigrants, and LGBTQ+ people.

Ireland continues to lag behind on sanctions enforcement in the EU with further delays in transposing an important new directive. The sanctions directive introduced clearer definitions of criminal off...

Irish solidarity with the Cuban people does not need to involve ‘greenwashing’ the Cuban government, writes Hannah McCarthy.

In January, a long-running legal case in Florida that ensnared Irish car-washing company No-H2O for nearly three years was dismissed, pulling the curtain on a lengthy saga for the Irish business. No-H...

Chinese games company NetEase, which has developed games for Marvel and Pokémon, has been gradually cutting down its Dublin office, with the last remaining personnel informed of lay-offs. NetEase, led...

It took several attempts, but Falcon Oil & Gas finally got court approval for its €134 million acquisition – with a caveat. The Irish oil and gas explorer was seeking court approval in Canada for a pl...

Yoel Roth is making a stop in Dublin on an extensive European tour of duty for the head of trust and safety at the Match Group. Match Group is the company behind of some of the world’s best-known dati...

From drones to missiles to submarines, the $30.5 billion defense startup wants to transform how the tools of war are made. It’s not all going as planned.