DOWN in Shillelagh, near where Wicklow, Wexford and Carlow meet, there’s a small pile of stones in a field.

The Taoiseach and the Minister for Finance have ruled out the possibility of reaching a deal on Ireland's Anglo debt before the summer holidays.

Enda Kenny will fly to Germany today to meet with Chancellor Angela Merkel for further talks on the eurozone debt crisis.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has invited Opposition leaders to government buildings this morning for a special meeting to discuss last Friday's European Summit.

The Tory PM has set off a chain reaction that beggarsbelief, writes Hugo Dixon

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has invited the leaders of the opposition to government buildings tomorrow for a special briefing on the outcome of the European Summit in Brussels last Friday.

AFFORDABLE borrowing from the markets in exchange for a strictly enforced set of rules on national budgets will give eurozone countries the kinds of benefits the US Treasury has today, European Commission president Jose Barroso promised.

European stock markets shot higher today as investors waded into riskier assets, emboldened by EU leaders’ pre-dawn agreement to slash Greece’s massive debts.

IBEC have welcomed the assurances agreed by EU leaders at the European Summit in response to Ireland's rejection of the Lisbon Treaty earlier this year.

IAN PAISLEY must immediately commit to restoring the Northern Ireland Executive or face explaining his non-compliance to the electorate and his “redundant MLAs”, Taoiseach Bertie Ahern warned yesterday.

EU rural development funding is unlikely to be cleared for spending by member states before the Council of Agriculture Ministers on March 19 and 20.

THE Green Party is undergoing a quiet transformation. It’s ever so slowly getting realistic in its ambitions for its environmental agenda and slowly becoming more mainstream in its economic and social policy.

The Government is to provide almost €437m towards the supply and affordability of childcare in Ireland.

DAMMING figures reveal Ireland landfills 40% more waste than it did eight years ago, making the country twice as reliant on landfill than the rest of Europe.

Security will be tight today after a mass protest outside the European summit yesterday.

Taoiseach Bertie Ahern and his British counterpart Tony Blair are to have bilateral talks on the Northern Ireland peace process and other mutual interest issues during this week’s European summit in Gothenburg, Sweden.