Micheál Martin also accused Russian president Vladimir Putin of 'weaponising' food amid ongoing blockades of Ukrainian grain

Europe is sending a message of solidarity to Ukraine by granting the country EU candidate status, Taoiseach Micheal Martin has said.

Half of the electric car charging points in the European Union are concentrated in just two countries – the Netherlands and Germany

The two leaders spoke on Tuesday evening ahead of a European Council meeting to discuss Ukraine’s EU candidacy.

The Minister for Foreign Affairs was addressing the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg.

The former taoiseach was speaking to the Institute of International and European Affairs.

Micheál Martin said farmers were 'central' to the country achieving its climate ambitions

Ireland comes in fifth position among EU member states, with 67.1 healthy years for women in 2020, and 65.3 for men, EU data show

The European Commission, the EU’s executive arm, is expected to deliver its opinion next week based on Ukraine’s answers to a questionnaire received in April and early May

Poland is digging in its heels in a standoff with the EU and the US over a global minimum tax for corporations, saying it wants a legal guarantee to ensure multinational companies leave more in countries where they generate revenue.

The new package of sanctions will also include an asset freeze and travel ban on individuals, while Russia’s biggest bank, Sberbank, will be excluded from SWIFT, the major global system for financial transfers

European Union leaders reached a compromise on Monday to impose a partial oil embargo on Russia at a summit focused on helping Ukraine with a long-delayed package of sanctions that was blocked by Hungary.

The EU gets about 40% of its natural gas and 25% of its oil from Russia

European Union leaders gathered on Monday in a new show of solidarity with Ukraine, but divisions over whether to target Russian oil in a new series of sanctions are exposing the limits of how far the bloc can go to help the war-torn country.

The European Commission has proposed a nearly €300bn package, including more efficient use of fuels and faster rollout of renewable power, in a bid to jump-start plans for the bloc to abandon Russian energy amid the Kremlin’s war in Ukraine.

The European Union will no longer require masks to be worn at airports and on planes starting next week amid the easing of coronavirus restrictions across the bloc, authorities said.

The deal was given the final political go-ahead in a meeting of EU ambassadors and will be enacted once published in the EU’s official journal, likely on Friday

While Russia’s oil output is declining this month, its ability to keep the energy money flowing and boost its currency are frustrating western leaders

'Democracies have to take a stand against autocracies' as Russia sees Ireland as part of the EU bloc, not as an individual neutral country

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said he 'wouldn’t read too much into' President Zelenskyy’s comments

Mr Martin has tested negative for Covid-19 after several days of isolating in Washington last week

The Commission's proposals also include assistance to Ukraine to help its farmers.

European Union countries have accused the Russian armed forces of committing war crimes in Ukraine, but appeared unlikely to impose new sanctions on Moscow despite a clamour across Europe for those responsible for attacks on civilians to be held to ...

European Union leaders have agreed to phase out dependency on Russian gas, oil and coal imports “as soon as possible” and decided to draw up a plan soon to support the continent’s economies as they face skyrocketing energy prices amid a crisis ...

Ukraine's health ministry has said that 352 civilians, including 14 children have been killed since the beginning of Russia's invasion

The European Union plans to close its airspace to Russian airlines, fund weapons purchases to Ukraine and ban some pro-Kremlin media outlets in its latest response to Russia’s invasion, European Commission officials said.

EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell said the package, approved on Tuesday, “will hurt Russia, and it will hurt a lot”

European Union member countries have agreed they should further facilitate tourist travel into the 27-nation bloc for people who are vaccinated against coronavirus or have recovered from Covid-19.

European Union leader held a short summit meeting on Thursday to assess the chances of diplomacy to unlock the standoff over Ukraine and discuss sanctions in case Russia invades its neighbour.

The European Union’s highest court has ruled that the 27-nation bloc can link financial backing for member states to respect for rule of law, and that a challenge by Hungary and Poland should be dismissed.

Rise of renewable energy upwards should see it surpass natural gas in the coming years, EU data shows

It is beyond belief at this critical juncture that the Green Party’s Eamon Ryan would attempt to interfere with, and negatively influence, An Bord Pleanála’s decision to decide on the planning application for a liquified natural gas (LNG) Terminal ...

The drug was cleared by regulators in the US and the UK in late December, although authorities noted that supplies would be extremely limited

Rules on plant health threatened to prevent the gifting of a 60ft Christmas tree to Belfast from sister city Nashville

The European Union has held a summit focused on preventing a Russian military invasion of neighbouring Ukraine with threats of unprecedented sanctions for Moscow and the promise of diplomatic talks.

Ms Von der Leyen insisted that the increase in infections remains due “almost exclusively” to the Delta variant

Arms dealers and tech companies have been the main beneficiaries as the EU ramp up their spending on security

It doesn’t make any sense not to vaccinate the globe, as otherwise we will have to live with ongoing disruptions

Warning labels and limits on advertising are planned to curb excessive drinking but EU Commission must give go-ahead

Biggest problem was found in supplies of oregano, where almost half of all samples were adulterated, mostly with olive leaves

Belarus has tacit approval from Russia to use migrants as pawns in their dispute with the EU, writes Liam Thornton

Some 32% sell online, with 18% selling across borders — well above the EU average

'The European Union is the only region in the world where emissions have started to decline'

The EU has said that ramping up Covid-19 vaccinations around the world is the bloc’s number one priority