David Cameron has been warned that barring European Union nationals from claiming benefits in Britain would be “totally discriminatory” as he prepares to deliver a key speech on immigration.

Unlike the difficulties Cyprus encountered when trying to levy bank deposits, our Government’s raid on pension funds here was carried out almost without incident, writes Joe Brennan

British prime minister David Cameron will today set out a roadmap of how he sees Britain’s relationship unfolding with the European Union. The outcome has huge implications for Ireland.

Greece sank deeper into a political and financial morass as initial efforts to form a new coalition government failed, a day after angry voters punished parties backing the country’s international bailout.

Ireland is contributing over €25m a year to EU quangos, a study has found.

Ten EU “quangos” costing taxpayers nearly €440m a year could be abolished with little or no impact on European policy, a new report claimed today.

THE eurozone’s rescue fund used to bail out Ireland, Greece and Portugal was given the all clear by Germany’s constitutional court, but securing further loans could be more difficult.

No country in modern times has staved off a default with a debt-to-GDP ratio of 150%. Could Greece service its debts over a long-term timeframe, or are we just deluding ourselves, asks Kyran Fitzgerald

Britain's chancellor George Osborne will today endorse sweeping European supervisory powers over banks and financial institutions in response to the economic crisis.

The Irish electorate put their country ahead of anger at the Government in backing the Lisbon Treaty, it was claimed today.

A RULING of the German Constitutional Court on the ratification of the Lisbon Treaty should give pause for thought in all 27 EU member states.

FOREIGN Affairs Minister Micheál Martin has criticised what he described as “outside interference in our vital national debate on Ireland’s future in Europe” after a survey by a British think-tank found opposition to the treaty is increasing here.

Foreign Affairs Minister today accused a British eurosceptic think-tank of meddling in the country’s national debate on the Lisbon Treaty.

BARRY WALSH (Letters, June 30) misrepresents calls on EU member states to halt the continued ratification of the Lisbon Treaty as us dictating to them.