Opening salvos in negotiations not an ideal start

Taoiseach Enda Kenny and other European leaders will today sign the Rome Declaration in the Italian capital.

The return of a hard border between the Republic and Northern Ireland is “inevitable” and will disrupt trade and harm the economy, a leading economist has warned ahead of his lecture in Cork this week.

The new President of the European Commission, Jean Claude Juncker, is facing calls to resign over claims he allowed major international companies to avoid billions of euro in tax in Luxembourg.

The Taoiseach has expressed "sadness" about the suffering of thousands of seriously ill and disabled people that arose out of the loss of discretionary medical cards, saying a review "got out of hand" and blamed "the computer".

The leaders of the main European parties have agreed to put forward Jean-Claude Juncker as the next President of the European Commission.

The President of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso, will be speaking in UCC later today.

The biggest political group in the European Parliament, the European People’s Party, will hold a major congress in Dublin next week.

The Taoiseach Enda Kenny is ruling himself out of taking up a top job in Europe next year.

The Taoiseach said he intends to lead Fine Gael into the next general election in April 2016, quashing rumours that he is being head-hunted by Europe.

The Taoiseach Enda Kenny has revealed it is his intention to have a Cabinet reshuffle, though he has not made clear when it will take place.

The euro-sceptic UK Independence Party could become “the first force” in next year’s European elections, the President of the European Commission said today.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny will travel to Vienna today to meet other European leaders for a summit to prepare for the next European Council meeting.

EU leaders have said significant progress has been made at a meeting today in relation to strategies to crackdown on tax evasion and fraud within Europe.

The President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso has said all EU Governments have agreed to ensure no loopholes exist to allow companies exploit tax laws.

The President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barosso has said the Irish economy has turned a corner.

The Taoiseach is still expected to arrive in Brussels today for high-level talks with EU counterparts in a bid to broker a deal on the EU's budget, despite a late night spent on the IBRC liquidation.

The President of the European Commission says he wants Ireland's legacy debt issues dealt with before we take over the Presidency of the EU on January 1.

The President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso is rejecting claims that the current financial crisis in the EU is due to the euro currency.

The President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso is dismissing claims the French and Greek election results represent a rejection of EU policies.

European leaders have concluded the first night of a two-day summit focusing on jobs and growth in Europe.

The Fianna Fáil whip and Foreign Affairs spokesman Seán O'Fearghaíl has re-iterated the party's position over the referendum on the Fiscal Compact Treaty.

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WITHOUT the agreement of Greece to the programmes supported by the EU and IMF, the conditions for Greek citizens will become much more painful, particularly for the most vulnerable.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has held talks with the President of the European Commission on the economic crisis.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny is to travel to Brussels today to meet with the President of the European Commission.

President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barrosso is set to announce plans to recapitalise European banks today.

Interest rates for Irish mortgage holders are set to remain static after the European Central Bank kept its key interest rate unchanged at 1.5% today.

Crunch talks are continuing in Brussels between 17 European heads of State this afternoon.

The Dáil has been adjourned for the day as a mark of respect for the former Taoiseach Garret Fitzgerald who died this morning.

The President of the European Commission has launched The Single Market Act.

Portugal has requested an emergency EU bail-out from the European Commission.

The Taoiseach will meet the President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso this evening as he begins his campaign to re-negotiate the terms of the EU/IMF bailout.

Fine Gael has said it is determined to renegotiate a more sustainable rate of interest on the EU/IMF bailout if the party gets into Government.

Representatives from Fine Gael will travel to Brussels today for talks on the EU/IMF bailout deal.

A former President of the European Commission is maintaining the EU cannot move to force Ireland's hand on corporation tax.

“YOU won’t see me again,’ Derrick Bird chillingly told a friend before embarking on a shooting spree across rural northwestern England, killing 12 people and wounding 25 others, including his mother, before turning the gun on himself.

The President of the European Commission says Europe needs to keep a strong industrial base in order to come out the other side of the current economic crisis.

Eurocrats and Europe’s governments are heading for a New Year showdown over plans to block a routine pay rise for thousands of highly-paid EU civil servants.

BUSINESS PEOPLE, trade unions and politicians welcomed the Irish referendum vote as a breakthrough for the beleaguered Lisbon Treaty over the weekend, while the European Commission said it will undertake research on just why the Irish changed their minds.

A €15 MILLION fund to help 2,400 redundant Dell and Banta Turnkey employees get back to work will be announced by the President of the European Commission when he visits Limerick today.

British prime minister Gordon Brown will offer new British plans for tighter banking controls today as the blueprint for the rest of the world.

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown today gave his strong public backing to European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso’s bid for a second term of office.