Irish doctor Lorraine Nolan has taken over as head of the European Union Drugs Agency (EUDA), the Lisbon-based organisation that provides independent research and analysis on all aspects of drug use. Elected to the position last June, Dr Nolan succeeds Belgium’s Alex Goosdeel, who led the organisation for a decade. She is the organisation’s fourth […]
Continue ReadingChina is keen on expanding economic and trade co-operation with Ireland while aiming for mutually beneficial results, Chinese president Xi Jinping has told the Taoiseach in Beijing. The Chinese leader positioned stronger bilateral ties between Dublin and Beijing as a way to also boost relations with the European Union. Mr Xi emphasised mutual respect and […]
Continue ReadingEurope: A New History Author: Roderick Beaton ISBN-13: 978-0241624500 Publisher: Allen Lane Guideline Price: £30 “Neither the West nor the East will rescue Europe,” wrote Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi in 1923; “Russia wants to conquer it, America wants to buy it.” Damned as a “cosmopolitan bastard” by Adolf Hitler, the Japanese-born Bohemian count would become the inspiration […]
Continue ReadingIreland’s upcoming presidency of the council of the European Union will cost the State over €293 million, with €125 million being allocated to An Garda Síochána alone. Ireland will hold the EU presidency from July until December 2026, and for six months will have an opportunity to lead the policy agenda of the EU. Over […]
Continue ReadingItalian prosecutors said on Saturday they had arrested nine people on suspicion of financing Hamas through charities based in Italy, in an operation coordinated by anti-mafia and anti-terrorism units. The suspects are accused of “belonging to and having financed” the Palestinian group, which the European Union designates as a terrorist organisation, prosecutors in the northern […]
Continue ReadingClothes destined for Europe could soon require digital passports to prove their green credentials, opening a new era of transparency for the world’s $1.7 trillion fashion industry. Consumers will be able to scan QR codes or electronic tags to see the garments’ digital product passports (DPPs) and check if a fashion brand’s green claims are […]
Continue ReadingPresident Volodymyr Zelenskiy of Ukraine told reporters on Tuesday that he was ready to pull his troops back from areas of the eastern Donetsk region still under Kyiv’s control and turn them into a demilitarised zone as part of a possible peace deal with Moscow. The offer was the closest Zelenskiy has come to addressing […]
Continue Reading“Pups are not just for Christmas, they’re for life,” said Lord Mayor of Dublin Ray McAdam. At the Mansion House in Dublin on Monday morning, a meeting was organised by Dog Advocacy Ireland to highlight “Ireland’s shameful standing as puppy farm capital of Europe”. “What I would say to people, is to make sure that […]
Continue ReadingIrish officials have been instructed to block any effort by hardline Israeli ministers Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich to travel to the Republic, a symbolic but significant sanction of the Israeli government. Confirming the effective travel ban on Friday, Taoiseach Micheál Martin said a direction had been given to prohibit the two Israeli politicians from […]
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