Ireland is “enthusiastic” about a second interconnector with France, as Tánaiste Simon Harris said Europe needs to become more energy independent.

Tánaiste Simon Harris is to meet the French finance minister and Secretary General of the OECD in Paris.

Foreign Affairs Minister Helen McEntee said there are currently ‘no evacuation routes recommended for Gulf countries’.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said he is ‘deeply concerned’ about the risk of wider conflict in the area.

The video meeting was co-chaired by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and President of France Emmanuel Macron. It was joined from Kyiv by President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and several EU leaders meeting there to mark the occasion.

The loan involved €30 billion of financial support and €60 billion for military equipment

Here, we have a look at the issues likely to dominate political discourse in the week to come

MEP Ciaran Mullooly said he has also written to all Irish MEPs seeking their co-signature on the letter to President von der Leyen.

Here, we have a look at the issues likely to dominate political discourse in the week to come

A series of meetings involving the Government, gardaÍ and regulators have taken place over reports of sexual images of adults and children being produced using the generative AI tool Grok on X, formerly Twitter.

The Minister for Foreign Affairs is to deliver her first significant policy speech on Ireland’s upcoming EU presidency.

The only way to "deal with Donald Trump is to stand up to him" over his Greenland tariff threats, an Irish MEP has said

“The fact that President Trump is potentially going to escalate a serious deterioration in relations between the EU and the US only feeds into other countries that want to see the Atlantic unity divided," he said.

Irish political leaders respond to Donald Trumps tariff threats, as he continues to push to take over Greenland

The Anti-Coercion Instrument (ACI), also called the trade bazooka, is a regulation of the European Union

On Monday, Trump said on social media that Denmark has been unable to do anything about the Russian threat to the territory, and now it is time for a deal.

Members of the force are due to update an Oireachtas committee later on the steps that can be taken to prosecute tech firms that enable nude images.

Ireland is working to resolve ‘outstanding issues’ for ‘quite a number of industries’ following the EU-US trade agreement, the Taoiseach has said.

The coalition government is expected to kick off the parliamentary term with a draft law to introduce a series of migration and asylum reforms.

Simon Harris emphasised the deal with the South American trading bloc still needs to be passed by the European Parliament.

Tanaiste Simon Harris said Ireland had to ‘stand by our word’ on the Mercosur deal.

They also raised concerns about Seán Canney and Marian Harkin's opposition to the deal.

Wind Energy Ireland said this offered an opportunity to ‘show real leadership’ on renewable energy in Europe.

Ireland will hold the Presidency of the Council of the European Union from July 1st to December 31st, 2026

Micheál Martin said he would raise the humanitarian crisis in Gaza during the meeting.

Unionists have argued the review led by Lord Murphy failed to address ‘fundamental problems’ with the framework.

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In a leaked copy of the report, seen by BreakingNews.ie, the Commission's proposals acknowledge the scale of the housing challenge facing all 27 EU member states

The document sent shockwaves across Europe, and its clear criticism of the European Union presents a big shift in America's relationship with traditional allies

The President of the Irish Association of Emergency Medicine, Conor Deas,y on Friday told the Six One News on RTÉ that the peak of the flu virus in Ireland will occur in or around Christmas Day.

EU member states are looking at restricting young people’s access to social media platforms.

The presence of Russian vessels off the Irish coast has been well documented in the last few years

The party’s two TDs did not clap following the Ukrainian president’s address to a joint sitting of the Houses of the Oireachtas.

The former chief of staff of the Irish Defence Forces, General Sean Clancy, who is chair of the EU Military Committee has said that Europe will have a very positive role to play in the future of Ukraine

She cautioned that Europe is on the cusp of agreeing a deal that could see second rate, unsafe beef, enter the EU food chain.

SINN Féin MEP Kathleen Funchion has sharply criticised the European Commission’s first draft of the next seven-year EU budget, warning it could hit farmers and rural communities in Carlow and across the south-east.

Fianna Fáil MEP Barry Andrews called on the EU to hold Shein accountable and to implement tougher regulations for online retailer.

So far this year 99 EU citizens have been removed from Ireland compared to 24 in 2024.

Energy prices are estimated to have grown by 2.0 per cent in the month and risen by 2.7 per cent over the 12 months to October 2025.

A total of 557 vessels in the shadow fleet are now listed by the EU

In an interview with BreakingNews.ie, MEP Barry Andrews said Irish peacekeepers would be well-positioned to take part in any Gaza mission

The MEP for Midlands North-West described them as having the potential to "vastly accelerate affordable housing delivery across Europe"

The new change does not affect those travelling to Ireland, Irish citizens, or under some conditions, Irish permanent residence holders