The airline is offering its planes to Government to repatriate citizens

Uefa has decided to postpone Euro 2020 until the summer of 2021, according to the Norwegian Football Federation.

As Covid-19 cases continue to escalate across Europe, international medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has issued a statement urging EU member states to demonstrate solidarity beyond national borders.

No Irish domestic or international football fixtures are currently under threat from the coronavirus but the FAI are in regular contact with government and UEFA about the spread of the disease and say they will follow expert guidance about any measures which may need to be taken.

One could hardly imagine a more traumatic political time to visit Japan than late April 1989, when Taoiseach Charles Haughey arrived there

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has ruled out a taxpayer bailout of the Football Association of Ireland, as the FAI outlined that its liquidation is a serious possibility should such a move fail to materialise.

The financial and governance farrago which has engulfed the Football Association of Ireland could see the country’s international teams and the League of Ireland driven out of existence.

Over the last decade, the requisite year-end reflections and predictions have become increasingly bleak.

The US, China, and Russia all resent the EU’s sharing of sovereignty among its states and want to undermine it.

The FAI’s executive lead Paul Cooke tonight refused to deny a claim by Sports Minister Shane Ross that the association have sought a bailout of over €10m.

Europe’s environment is at a tipping point and Ireland is among those countries that needs to raise its efforts to address biodiversity loss and limit the impact of climate change, according to a major new report.

The sale of house-building land by Cork’s Ballincollig for over €20 million to a major Cork developer may miss its ‘Sale of the Year’ title, as final contract negotiations continue into, and possibly past, December.

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.

The gardens at Highland Cottage in Glounthaune are looking a bit bare at this time of year but come spring, a new owner will get a chance to enjoy them in full colour.

A European capital of culture is “radically different” from a national capital of culture due to its international dimension, Mr Green said, with the “norm” being that international events should make up over 50% of the programme .

The Finance Bill is due to come before the Dáil tomorrow paving the way for new measures contained in Budget 2020.

THE late newspaper editor Áengus Fanning always used to say: “Be prepared to be the most unpopular person in the room.”

Ireland “may have to live” with a no-deal Brexit and enforce the border to protect the single market “for a period”, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said.

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

Apple’s and the Government’s €13bn battle with the EU reaches the European courts next month at the start of a process set to throw light on Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager’s crackdown on tax deals doled out to big companies.

Regulators in the US and Europe are examining whether Google, Apple, and Amazon are violating privacy by employing human reviewers to listen to voice commands recorded by digital assistants.

In the real world, our defences are adequate for about as long as we are lucky enough to be left alone, writes Gerard Howlin

The Green MEP was speaking after the incoming Commission President Ursula von der Leyen made bold pledges on the issue.

Expected next European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen has said there are “strong reasons” to extend the October Brexit deadline just hours before a key MEP vote on whether she will be given the top job.

The “surprise” announcement of the departure of its chief operating officer Peter Bellew has again put Ryanair under the spotlight of investors as the airline may face into more turbulence as fuel costs rise for the industry.

The incoming European Commission president has pledged to defend the Brexit backstop and the peace process amid calls for communities to be informed about possible border controls if there is no deal.

The rollout of 5G services across Europe is being slowed by US sanctions against Huawei and as European governments review the impact of using Chinese equipment, the head of Swedish telecoms group Tele2 said.

EU negotiators last night clinched a major trade deal with the South American economic bloc Mercosur.

Dublin’s lead in the race to attract financial services firms switching their EU operations from London after Brexit has narrowed, with Luxembourg now running the capital close as the relocation city of choice.

The Olympic Federation of Ireland (OFI) is hopeful that the International Olympic Council's (IOC) investigation into Pat Hickey and the Rio 2016 ticketing scandal will be completed before the Tokyo Games in 2020.

Former UEFA president Lennart Johansson has died at the age of 89.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar’s suggestion that it will cost €50bn to make all homes energy efficient and another €30bn to replace petrol and diesel cars put a figure, no matter how elastic, on climate costs.

After months of polling, speculation, and hand wringing over the European Parliament election this month, one might think that nothing else matters, writes Carl Bildt.