Ireland’s tax policies have come in for stinging criticism at the hands of Nobel-prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz.

In this special report Elaine Loughlin reveals the extent of expenses payments accrued by Irish MEPs over the most recent five-year European Parliament term.

The town of Roth in Germany had a nice tradition of asking children to hang messages for Santa on the town’s Christmas tree, writes Brian Keegan

It is difficult to believe that the politicians we imagine, in the widest sweep of the term, to be social democrats are capable of sustaining that system, one that created more equality, more wealth, more tolerance, and a longer-lasting peace than any other political credo in history.

The European Commission is to bring Ireland back to the EU Court of Justice over issues connected to the Derrybrien windfarm, as well as seeking to impose almost €2m in fines.

Intel won a round in its eight-year fight with the EU over a €1.06 billion fine in a case that could have ramifications for a list of disputes involving US tech giants including Google and Apple.

The European Court of Justice has rejected efforts by Hungary and Slovakia to stay out of a European Union scheme meant to relocate refugees.

Uber Technologies suffered another setback in the EU after an adviser to the European Court of Justice backed a French law that led to sanctions for top managers in the country.

No country that wants to benefit from the European project has been able to have its cake and eat it, as the examples of Norway and Switzerland show, writes Daniel Gros

Europe’s highest court paved the way for hundreds of bondholders to sue Greece in Germany after they were forced to take big losses on their investments in 2012.

It may be the same old story, but EU judges said an e-book cannot be taxed at the same low rate as a traditional version.

The three-pronged team of inspectors that presided over the bailouts of euro-area countries, including Greece and Ireland, should be scrapped and replaced with a European Union-based body, EU Economic Commissioner Pierre Moscovici said yesterday.

Ryanair has won a ruling at the European Union’s top court allowing it to block price comparison websites from scouring its online database.

Legislation aimed at protecting whistleblowers could prove to be a big challenge for employers, writes Kyran Fitzgerald.

The German government is considering setting up arbitration courts to weigh in on what information people can force Google and other search-engine providers to remove from results.

Holiday pay for sales staff, including workers at financial firms, may be boosted by a ruling by the EU’s top court that said commissions must be part of holiday compensation.

Google is facing an EU court ruling today on whether it can be ordered to remove material from its search engine in a case that may set boundaries between publishing freedom and privacy rights.

The Government has been warned to charge pleasure boats and yachts the same price for their diesel as motorists have to pay or face prosecution and fines.

Competition watchdogs ordered Luxembourg to hand over details of tax breaks for businesses after they said the Grand Duchy was hindering a state-aid probe spanning several EU nations.

IT’S much too early to be arguing over fine print in the CAP reform proposals published by the European Commission yesterday (which came too late for any details to be given here).

The European Court of Justice has found that Ireland infringed European law by exempting VHI from insurance rules.

A top EU court has ruled that a ban on pilots flying past the age of 60 is illegal.

A LEGAL ruling giving youngsters born in the European Union (EU) the right to remain in their native country with their non-national parents could have major implications for Irish immigration policy, according to immigrants groups.

The European Commission is asking Ireland to comply with a 2005 ruling by the EU's Court of Justice regarding waste disposal, it emerged today.

THE EU Court of Justice has ruled non-EU spouses may legally live in Ireland.

FOUR out of five Irish people claim they would be willing to travel abroad to receive medical treatment, according to a recent EU survey.

EUROPE’S top court will tomorrow begin a hearing on a case between the Competition Authority and beef producers over attempts to reduce overcapacity in the industry.

AN ORDER for compensation to be paid to a woman injured while she was sitting in the back of a van has been referred to the Supreme Court.

WITH all the misinformation on the Lisbon Treaty, facts on how it would affect Irish peoples’ pay, say and way of life are needed more than ever.

THE Government is being accused of protecting tobacco companies’ profit margins by setting a minimum price for cigarettes.

SOCIAL partnership talks kicked off yesterday with an immediate Government commitment to intervene in a key EU Court of Justice case which threatens to erode employment standards across the EU.

The European Union said today it expects to make a decision on whether to impose new fines on Microsoft Corporation by the end of July.

I AM aghast that any state other than a 1930s-style Soviet Union could propose a constitution like that of the EU.

The European Court of Justice is to rule on the legality of the €20 fee charged to people who want to make submissions on planning applications in Ireland.