Tony Connelly

Europe Editor

EU Commission launches plan to address fertiliser costs

The European Commission has formally proposed an action plan on fertilisers to combat soaring prices caused by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and the Iran War.

Europe • 35 mins

The deal requires the EU to pass legislation in order to end tariffs on most US industrial goods

EU Commission calls for ratification of US trade deal

The European Commission has called on member states and the European Parliament to finally reach an agreement on ratifying the EU-US trade agreement announced last August.

Europe • 18 May

Declaration seen as critical moment in relationship between Council of Europe members and European Court of Human Rights (file photo)

Declaration could influence handling of migration cases

Forty-six countries, which comprise the Strasbourg-based human rights organisation, the Council of Europe, have issued a far-reaching political declaration that could influence how judges handle migration cases.

World • 15 May

No EU candidate yet agreed to run as UN food agency chief

The Cyprus presidency of the EU has acknowledged that there is still no agreed EU candidate to run as the next head of the United Nations food agency.

Europe • 14 May

A herd of white cows in a field in Brazil with Amazon trees in the background

Brazilian beef to be banned from EU from September

The European Commission has confirmed that Brazilian beef and other products will be banned from the EU from 3 September unless Brazil complies with EU rules on antibiotic use in animals throughout their lifetime.

Agriculture • 12 May

Flags of the European Union in front of the Berlaymont Building

EU support grows for goods ban from occupied territories

The Minister of State for European Affairs Thomas Byrne has said there is growing support at EU level for a ban on goods from occupied territories in the West Bank.

Europe • 12 May

A giant banner featuring images of the Natanz nuclear enrichment facility hangs in Iran's capital, Tehran

Is the Iran nuclear agreement back to square one?

Whatever emerges from the debris of the US-Israel-Iran war, Iran's nuclear programme will be at the heart of any agreement, and that deal will probably not look much different to the one that President Trump pulled out of in 2018.

Analysis and Comment • 09 May

The poll was conducted towards the end of March based on a representative sample of 1,200 adults in in the north and south

71% across Ireland favour less EU reliance on US - poll

Nearly three quarters of people across the island of Ireland believe the EU should seek greater independence from the United States, a poll on attitudes to the European Union has suggested.

Ireland • 06 May

Israeli forces stand near excavators during the demolition of a house in the Al-Dirat area of Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank

Call for EU to deter Israel from building in West Bank

Nearly 450 former EU ministers, ambassadors and senior officials have called on member states and EU institutions to take action deterring Israel from constructing a controversial Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank.

Middle East • 06 May

Most EU pharmaceutical products remain subject to a 15% tariff rate (stock image)

Govt renews call to Europe for pharmaceutical taskforce

The Government has renewed its call on the European Commission to set up a pharmaceutical taskforce in light of ongoing threats by the Trump administration to impose fresh tariffs on the sector.

Europe • 05 May