Taoiseach defends media regulation and says Ireland is ‘bastion of free speech’
Ireland makes “no apologies” over its media regulation, the Taoiseach has said, as he defended the need to…
Ireland has long been an outlier in the EU. We’ve just never had the courage to admit it – The Irish Times
Ireland’s recent hissy fit at not being invited to a pre-EU summit meeting in Belgium speaks volumes as…
Two Chinese companies, Shein and Temu, are undercutting retailers in every country – The Irish Times
In 1887, the British parliament passed the Merchandise Marks Act to protect British industry from knock-off products which…
an ever-improving relationship – The Irish Times
When Keir Starmer arrives in Cork on Thursday in advance of Friday’s summit with Taoiseach Micheál Martin, there…
The pivot: how China turbocharged its industrial policy and remade the global economy
Huang Yiping, a veteran Chinese economist, has attended countless policy forums and high-level summits over his long career.…
Coolmore asks not to be hit with maximum €250,000 fines for destroying historic hedgerows – The Irish Times
Lawyers for Coolmore have asked the Circuit Court not to impose the maximum penalty of €250,000 for each…
Rise in home-heating oil prices in Ireland dwarfs other parts of Europe
The hike in prices has been eight times the EU average, figures obtained by Dublin MEP Lynn Boylan…
Catherine Prasifka: When it comes to regulating of Big Tech, Ireland is nowhere to be seen – we’re not even at the table
Never before have we been able to harm people so easily in an anonymous manner Platforms gather communities,…
Ireland ‘enthusiastic’ about second interconnector with France
Ireland is “enthusiastic” about a second interconnector with France, as Tanaiste Simon Harris said Europe needs to become…
My wife, who is not Jewish, asks me if we’ll know when it’s time to leave Ireland – The Irish Times
A report on anti-Semitism in Ireland, released last week by the Jewish Representative Council of Ireland, had some…
Households in Ireland pay most of the Vat on energy bills despite using less than industry
Domestic users paid €4bn of €5bn collected since 2015 Householders face higher Vat rates on their energy bills.…
China in the crosshairs as EU launches sweeping plans to save its industrial future
A common thread through each is that the screws will be turned ever tighter on Chinese firms in…