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Brussels suicide bomber Ibrahim El Bakraoui

Turkey says it deported Brussels attacker in 2015

One of the attackers in the Brussels suicide bombings was deported last year from Turkey, and Belgium subsequently ignored a warning that the man was a militant, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has said.

News • 24 Mar 16

20 people died when a bomb detonated at Maalbeek metro station

Belgian suicide bombers linked to Paris attackers

Khalid El Bakraoui, the man named as the Brussels metro suicide bomber, is the link suggesting members of the same Islamist cell were behind the November attacks in Paris and yesterday’s Brussels bombings that killed 31 people.

News • 23 Mar 16

US crude futures were down $1.31, or 3%, at $40.14 a barrel by 4.30pm Irish time

Oil prices down about 3% as stockpiles soar

Oil prices were down about 3% today after US crude stockpiles soared to record highs for a sixth straight week and triple analysts' expectations.

Business • 23 Mar 16

Department updates travel advice after attacks

In the wake of this morning’s terror attacks in Belgium, the Department of Foreign Affairs has advised people to delay non-essential travel to Brussels until the situation has stabilised.

News • 22 Mar 16

An Garda Síochána is keeping the level of threat under constant review

Ireland 'not immune from the threat' of attack

The Government has said there is no specific information of any threat to the country from international terrorism but a similar indiscriminate atrocity is possible, although not likely.

News • 23 Mar 16

Emergency workers at Rue de la Loi, after an explosion at Maelbeek Metro station

Timeline: Brussels attacks

Brussels was this morning hit by bomb attacks at the airport and in the metro that killed around 35 people. Here's a timeline of developments.

News • 23 Mar 16

130 people were killed in the attacks in Paris on 13 November

Timeline of events from Paris to Brussels

Europe has been on high alert since last November’s terrorist attacks in Paris which left 130 people dead at a number of venues across the French capital.

News • 23 Mar 16

Today's explosion at Brussels airport had initially knocked sentiment in European markets

European shares rebound after Brussels attacks

European shares have rebounded in late afternoon trading following strong early falls today, after explosions in Brussels killed at least 34 people.

Business • 22 Mar 16

Apple CEO Tim Cook was in Brussels yesterday to discuss tax arrangements

Apple's Cook meets EU's Competition Commissioner

Apple's chief executive Tim Cook made a surprise visit to Brussels yesterday to lobby the EU's competition chief, according to a report in the Financial Times.

Business • 22 Jan 16

Crowds were noticeably smaller on Brussels' Grand Place

Belgian police mount raids across country

Belgian armed police mounted raids across the country this evening after the prime minister announced another day of lockdown in the capital over fears that a Paris-style attack may be imminent.

News • 23 Nov 15

A man walks in an empty street in front of the closed Le Roi des Belges bar in Brussels city centre

Brussels in lockdown after terror alert upgraded

Brussels is in lockdown tonight after the terror alert in the Belgian capital was upgraded to its highest level.

News • 21 Nov 15

European Union leaders have agreed to mobilise at least €1bn for refugees in countries neighbouring Syria through UN agencies

No sign militants posing as refugees to reach EU

Dutch authorities have said there was no sign of militant groups systematically using Europe's asylum provisions as a way of smuggling attackers into Europe disguised as refugees.

News • 24 Sep 15

A young girl falls in the water as a boat carrying refugees lands on the beach at Sykamia on the Greek island of Lesbo

Taoiseach urges Irish people to welcome refugees

The Taoiseach has said that refugees coming to Ireland can contribute to the economy and to society and urged people to welcome them.

News • 23 Sep 15

EU ministers expected to agree on a voluntary refugee relocation scheme

EU has met responsibility over refugees - Hollande

Europe has shouldered responsibility for the wave of refugees and migrants reaching its shores, French President Francois Hollande said after EU justice ministers reached agreement on a plan to relocate up to 120,000 people.

News • 22 Sep 15

Some 40,000 men were killed or wounded in the Battle of Waterloo

Events celebrate bicentenary of Battle of Waterloo

Crowds have flocked to Belgium to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo.

News • 22 Jun 15

An armed Belgian officer patrols a street in Verviers, one day after two suspected jihadists were killed in a police raid

Belgium seeks extradition of man held in Greece

Authorities in Belgium have requested the extradition of a man arrested in Greece yesterday in connection with a potential Islamist terror attack foiled by Belgian police last week.

News • 19 Jan 15

Ryanair will continue to fly to Brussels Charleroi despite now servicing the city's main airport

Ryanair announces new Dublin-Brussels route

Ryanair has announced a new daily route between Dublin and Brussels Airport as part of its winter schedule.

Business • 21 Aug 14

Belgian authorities said a French woman and an Israeli couple died

Hunt for shooter after Belgian museum attack

Belgian police are hunting for an assailant who shot dead three people at the Jewish Museum in Brussels.

News • 25 May 14

Belgium's Interior Minister said anti-Semitic motives could be behind the attack

Arrest after three killed in shooting in Brussels

A suspect has been arrested after two men and a woman were killed and one person seriously injured in a shooting at the Jewish Museum in central Brussels.

News • 24 May 14

Barack Obama warned Russia that sanctions would increase (Pic: EPA)

Obama calls for EU and US to stand together

The United States and the European Union agreed to work together to prepare possible tougher economic sanctions in response to Russia's behaviour in Ukraine.

News • 26 Mar 14

Angela Merkel said the EU was ready to support Ukraine's new government financially

EU to widen list of Russians for sanctions

European Union leaders have agreed to widen the list of Russian officials subject to personal sanctions over Moscow's seizure of Crimea from Ukraine.

News • 20 Mar 14

Finance Minister Michael Noonan in Brussels for Eurogroup meeting

No boom in Dublin house prices - Noonan

Finance Minister Michael Noonan said the new development of banks offering mortgages targeted at landlords could help alleviate problems in the rental market.

Business • 09 Dec 13

Monthly move from Brussels to Strasbourg is estimated to cost between €156-204m a year

EU lawmakers vote to end their 'travelling circus'

EU lawmakers today voted overwhelmingly to scrap the European Parliament's second headquarters in Strasbourg.

Business • 21 Nov 13

Enda Kenny said there were a range of views from other EU leaders on Ireland's options

Govt to decide on ESM support before bailout ends

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has said the Government will decide on whether or not to avail of an EU precautionary support programme before Ireland formally exits its bailout programme on 15 December.

News • 25 Oct 13

Taoiseach Enda Kenny was a key player in today's discussions

Enda Kenny believes deal possible on EU budget

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has said he believes leaders will secure a compromise deal on the controversial €1 trillion budget for the European Union.

News • 04 Feb 13