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Gardaí to be offered 'substantial package'

The Minister for Public Expenditure has said gardaí will be offered a "substantial package" to find a resolution to the ongoing pay dispute.

News • 30 Oct 16

Independent Alliance TDs arrive for talks

Budget 2017 proposals emerge as talks conclude

Talks on Budget 2017 between Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Paschal Donohoe and his minority Government colleagues from the Independent Alliance have concluded.

News • 10 Oct 16

The Department of Finance said the talks follow a move by the US earlier this year, where it updated its 'Model Tax Treaty'

New tax discussions begin between Ireland and US

Discussions are under way between Irish and US officials with regard to updating existing tax agreements between the two countries.

Business • 25 Aug 16

German group Bayer confirms talks to acquire US agriculture group Monsanto

German pharma giant Bayer in talks to buy Monsanto

German drugs and chemicals group Bayer has made an unsolicited takeover proposal to US seeds company Monsanto.

Business • 19 May 16

UN calls for effort to salvage Syrian ceasefire

The United Nations mediator in the Syrian conflict has called on the United States and Russia to try to salvage and renew a cessation of hostilities.

News • 02 May 16

Fine Gael are holding talks with two groupings of Independents - the Independent Alliance and the Rural Alliance

Talks between FG and Independents to continue

Talks between Fine Gael ministers and Independent TDs over forming a minority government are to continue tomorrow.

News • 02 May 16

UN envoy Staffan de Mistura announced the formal start of the talks yesterday

Syrian parties say UN peace talks have not started

A Syrian military offensive backed by heavy Russian air strikes has threatened to cut critical rebel supply lines into the northern city of Aleppo. The offensive comes while both sides in the conflict say peace talks have not started, despite a UN statement to the contrary.

World • 02 Feb 16

John Kerry said the conflict could engulf the Middle East if no negotiated settlement was achieved

Kerry appeals to both sides in Syria peace talks

US Secretary of State John Kerry appealed to both sides to continue Syrian peace talks in Geneva despite an attack by so-called Islamic State bombers that killed more than 60 people near the country's holiest Shi'ite shrine.

News • 31 Jan 16

Locals inspect the aftermath of an airstrike by government forces in Douma, on the outskirts of Damascus

Syrian talks in doubt over opposition attendance

Plans to hold the first negotiations to end the civil war in Syria for two years are in doubt after the opposition said it would not show up unless the United Nations responded to demands for a halt to attacks on civilian areas.

World • 27 Jan 16

The Syrian government told UN envoy Staff an de Mistura it was ready to participate but wants to know who would take part from the opposition

Airstrike hits Syrian town as peace talks loom

An airstrike reportedly killed dozens of people in a rebel-held town in Syria yesterday as a UN envoy visited Damascus to advance preparations for peace talks planned this month despite opposition misgivings.

News • 10 Jan 16

Nurses want implementation on changes and improvements in emergency department conditions for staff and patients

Nurses' representatives locked in talks with HSE

Nurses' representatives and the HSE are locked in talks tonight over next Thursday's strike action in seven hospitals across the country.

News • 10 Jan 16

Secretary of State John Kerry is to leave Washington tomorrow for Vienna for talks on the crisis in Syria

US expects Iran to be invited to Syria talks

The United States expects Iran to be invited to join multi-lateral talks on Syria to be held in Vienna this week, the State Department said today.

News • 27 Oct 15

Ten people, including a pregnant woman, died in the fire last Saturday

Vigil held for victims of Carrickmines fire

Several hundred people have attended a candlelight vigil in Fassaroe in Bray for the victims of the Carrickmines fire.

News • 16 Oct 15

Talks will take place on Monday to try to save the power-sharing government in Northern Ireland

Key questions on the political crisis in Northern Ireland

The British government has asked for an assessment of paramilitary organisations in Northern Ireland.

Special Reports • 18 Sep 15

Greek leader Alexis Tsipras at talks during an EU summit in Brussels

IMF breaks off debt talks with Greece in Brussels

The International Monetary Fund has dramatically raised the stakes in Greece's stalled debt talks, announcing that its delegation had broken off negotiations in Brussels and flown home because of major differences with Athens.

News • 11 Jun 15

It is understood some progress has been made on a number of issues

Progress made as bus talks continue into the night

Talks between management and unions at Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann are continuing at the Labour Relations Commission in an effort to avert two days of industrial action planned for this weekend.

News • 13 May 15

LRC to hold talks attend of planned stoppages this month

LRC invites Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus to talks

The Labour Relations Commission has invited management from Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus to talks at 3pm tomorrow.

News • 11 May 15

John Kerry and Mohammad Javad Zarif held talks in Geneva today

US and Iran positive after nuclear talks

The United States made some progress in talks with Iran on its nuclear programme.

News • 23 Feb 15

The talks have been ongoing for 11 weeks (Pic: Kelvin Boyes/Press Eye)

Parties reach agreement in Stormont talks

"Broad agreement" has been reached in talks between the five parties in the Stormont power-sharing administration.

News • 23 Dec 14

Representatives of Iran and the P5+1, along with European Union High Representative Catherine Ashton, at the talks in Vienna

Seven-month extension on Iranian nuclear talks

Iran and six world powers have failed to resolve their 12-year dispute over its nuclear ambitions for a second time this year.

News • 24 Nov 14

Peter Robinson said he is hopeful that compromises will be found in the discussions

Robinson says Christmas is deadline for NI talks

Northern Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson has said he believes that Christmas is the deadline for agreement at the political negotiations involving the Stormont Executive parties.

News • 24 Nov 14

Charlie Flanagan said the time had come to intensify the talks

Flanagan says progress made in NI peace talks

Minister for Foreign Affairs Charlie Flanagan has said a form of progress has been made in the talks aimed at resolving outstanding issues in the Northern Ireland peace process..

News • 05 Nov 14

US Egypt relations strained since the military's overthrow of elected Islamist president Mohamed Mursi

Kerry holds 'frank' talks with Egyptian President

US Secretary of State John Kerry has said he had "frank" talks on human rights with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi today, in a meeting to bolster an anti-Islamic State coalition.

News • 13 Sep 14

Food and medical supplies are called for in the city

Syrian activists seek guarantees over Homs plan

Face-to-face talks between Syria's warring parties stalled over easing the humanitarian crisis, opposition delegates said, deepening doubts over tougher political negotiations which are due to follow.

News • 26 Jan 14

Ahmad al-Jarba said in Istanbul after his National Coalition group that it would attend Wednesday's peace conference in Switzerland

Syria's opposition agrees to attend peace talks

Syria's opposition chief Ahmad Jarba has said his opposition group has agreed to attend an international peace conference only with the aim of removing President Bashar al-Assad from power.

News • 18 Jan 14