After the Irish Examiner revealed his intention to resign his Dáil seat to take up a plum €150,000 job in Europe, Dara Murphy did the needful.

Dara Murphy had come under fire after it was revealed that he has claimed his full Dáil salary and expenses over the past two years, despite being largely absent from Leinster House.

The outgoing Cork North Central TD insisted that he has been “compliant” with Leinster House rules

Latest: Outgoing Fine Gael TD Dara Murphy has insisted he has “been compliant” with Leinster House rules about his attendance at all times.

In the past, Mr Varadkar and his predecessor Enda Kenny have travelled to EPP gatherings using commercial airlines, as the events are deemed to be party-political in nature.

Fine Gael TD Dara Murphy has defended €26,000 in profits from his consultancy firm from his work in Europe, while having the lowest Dáil attendance last year.

The German chancellor’s attempt to end the deadlock over the selection of the EU’s top jobs has been rejected, even by Leo Varadkar, says Political Editor Daniel McConnell.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and his team are keen for the EU's Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier for the job of European Commission President.

Recent elections produced good results for pro-EU parties, but one of the areas in need of attention is the selection process for president of the Commission, writes billionaire lobbyist George Soros

French President Emmanuel Macron’s progressive-versus-populist narrative helped to re-mobilise France’s — and perhaps Europe’s — pro-European electorate, says Zaki Laïdi.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has restated Ireland's support for Manfred Weber to replace Jean Claude Juncker as Europe's most senior politician.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has strongly endorsed Business Minister Heather Humphrey's criticism of Maria Bailey over her 'swing-gate' personal injuries case.

Early analysis of election results is usually a risky business but even at this stage, as the last do-or-die seats are still in contention, it seems a few headline lessons cannot be ignored.

The monopoly of power has been broken. Europe has found itself at a crossroads as the far right and Greens make substantial gains in European elections, writes Lorne Cook.

Voters across Europe are about to head to the polls to elect 751 members to the European Parliament from across 28 separate member states, representing more than 512m people.

Fianna Fáil's two candidates in Ireland South deny that the party's decision to divide the constituency has caused tension between them.

Fine Gael came out of its national conference on Saturday night into the last lap of this Government’s life span, writes Gerard Howlin.

Britain will be blocked from taking part in the upcoming EU elections, one of Europe's most influential politicians has suggested.

Fine Gael’s seven MEP candidates have said they were to the fore in seeking the suspension of Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban from their European party grouping.

The Irish border issue will not be fully resolved before a crunch meeting of EU leaders this month, the Tánaiste has told the Dáil.

Next Wednesday is a big day for Enda Kenny, writes Political Editor Daniel McConnell.

The Taoiseach has urged European leaders to “break out of the bubble of politics”.

Update 12.22pm: Minister for Housing Simon Coveney has said that he does not believe there has been a change in Taoiseach's position on his departure.

LATEST: Donald Tusk has "overwhelming support" to retain one of the European Union's top jobs, despite staunch opposition from the government of his native Poland, the EU leader overseeing the election process said.

The incumbent seemed a certainty for re-election, until the ruling party of his own country, Poland, turned against him, writes Slawomir Sierakowski.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has given a strong signal that he intends delaying his departure from office until May at least.

Despite hopes tonight’s statement by Enda Kenny to Fine Gael colleagues will clarify when the race to replace him officially begins, the reality is his remarks may mark only the start of the complications.

The Fine Gael’s Mairead McGuinness has announced she is running for the Presidency of the European Parliament.

The EU’s bad reaction to Brexit may backfire on Ireland.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has promised to “make the case for Ireland’s national interest” in Brexit negotiations.

As world dairy markets continue to recover, the industry in Ireland has gone in the other direction, cutting peak supply milk prices.

Decision due on Irish EU translations

Ireland would need to negotiate a special deal with Brussels if Britain leaves the EU, Fine Gael MEP and director of elections Brian Hayes has told a hearing of the British House of Lords.

Battle lines were drawn in the case for keeping the UK in the European Union as Ireland vowed that workers would not be discriminated against in any EU country.

Get a taste of some of the interesting and quirky happenings in Europe from our Europe correspondent, Ann Cahill.

Pat Daly (Letters, July 13) is another who trots out “Greek debt” as a catch-all slogan without actually understanding where this debt came from and that it is made up of two unrelated elements.