Europe’s top court on Thursday dismissed Alphabet unit Google’s fight against a record fine imposed by EU antitrust regulators eight years ago for using its Android mobile operating system to block rivals. The European Commission had originally handed out a €4.34 billion fine to Google in 2018 for its agreements which forced phone manufacturers to […]
Continue ReadingRiad Bouchaker (52) has been found guilty of the attempted murder of three young children at Dublin’s Parnell Square in November 2023. Our legal affairs correspondent Mary Carolan recounts the events which left a child with life-altering injuries. After authorities in Sweden froze the assets of a company owned by Rusal, which owns the Co […]
Continue ReadingIt’s a particular and familiar type of dread. You’re waiting at the airport gate and word comes through of a 30-minute delay to take-off. On its own not a huge inconvenience, but you quickly start wondering whether it’s a precursor to a longer holdup, or the flight being cancelled. It was a situation I found […]
Continue ReadingThe European Union continues to offer support to Armenia while Russian trade restrictions threaten to disrupt the country’s increasingly vulnerable economy. Moscow introduced the measures during last month’s election campaign, citing apparent food safety concerns with various Armenian goods. This appears to be a punitive measure following the re-election of prime minister Nikol Pashinyan, who […]
Continue ReadingThe Republic has emerged as a hub for shell companies set up to facilitate large cross-border tax fraud schemes and money laundering, a top official in the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) has warned. The Republic’s advantageous corporate tax regime has meant the State has become a destination of choice for criminal networks to incorporate […]
Continue ReadingIreland will represent the European Union in its relations with Iran over the next six months during the Irish presidency of the Council of the EU. Initially Irish diplomats will be carrying out this work from the German embassy in Tehran before they move into a new premises for Ireland’s Embassy, with work to fit […]
Continue ReadingThere were “certainly learning” from the policing of fuel protests, the Tánaiste said, adding that security during the EU presidency will be “taken extremely seriously”. The April protests – including blockades of Ireland’s only oil refinery and other key depots – strangled fuel distribution across the country and prompted an escalated policing response that resulted […]
Continue ReadingTwenty-two of Europe’s top scientists are due in Ireland on Tuesday to seek the Government’s help to achieve their next breakthrough – doubling funding for science research. The visitors, who include globally recognised experts and a Nobel Prize winner, make up the scientific council of the European Research Council (ERC). The council is a grant […]
Continue ReadingFor four generations, Charlie Weir’s family has farmed their land in Waringstown, Co Down. His 24-year-old son represents the fifth, but Weir says “at the minute he doesn’t see a future in dairy farming”. “It’s disappointing that people have put so much work and effort into building the [farm] … we left Europe with all […]
Continue ReadingIreland believes it can secure a deal to deepen Europe’s capital markets by the end of the year, Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said, overcoming decade-old EU divisions in an attempt to mobilise trillions of euro in savings into productive investments. The so-called savings and investment union has been pitched as a groundbreaking overhaul to integrate […]
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