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

Poland is likely to lash out at the EU over a perceived recent humiliation. This could offer the EU a chance at emancipation, writes Slawomir Sierakowski.

President of the European Council Donald Tusk has ruled out free EU trade access for UK without also allowing freedom of movement.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has congratulated the Polish Prime Minister on his election as the next President of the European Council.

The European Union and US are to impose new economic sanctions against Russia following the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, which has been blamed on Moscow-backed rebels in Ukraine.

The Taoiseach Enda Kenny is attending an extraordinary EU meeting of leaders in Brussels.

Lucinda Creighton has said Enda Kenny would be a strong candidate for another top European position, after he ruled himself out of one race yesterday.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny is in Brussels to meet EU leaders for the final day of a two-day summit.

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.

Amnesty International is today urging the Government to address discrimination faced by Travellers issues during its term as President of the European Council.

The European Union's three presidents collected the Nobel Peace Prize today in recognition of six decades of work promoting "peace and reconciliation, democracy and human rights".

The President of the European Council has said a new EU treaty might not be needed to put tighter fiscal rules into action.

France and Germany are making a joint call for common corporate and financial transaction tax rates within the Eurozone.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has reiterated his warning that the upcoming budget will entail very difficult spending cuts and revenue raising measures.

The President of the European Council Jose Manuel Barroso has says the Irish Government must continue its "strong policy implementation" in the fight to get the country's finances back in order.

The President of the European Council has urged Governments blocking Ireland's interest rate cut on the bailout to "reach a deal".

The President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy has urged Governments blocking Ireland's interest rate cut on the bailout to "reach a deal".

The President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy has not ruled out the burning of bondholders at Anglo Irish Bank and Irish Nationwide.

The President of the European Council is in Dublin today for talks with Taoiseach Enda Kenny.

The Greek government and European Commission leaders are denying a report that Greece is considering exiting the eurozone, and reverting to its own currency.

Nine European leaders including David Cameron have called for a new drive to restore EU economies and get countries back on course for jobs and growth.

EU leaders meet in Brussels this evening in bid to secure agreement on filling the top jobs in Europe.

Mary Robinson is being backed as a candidate for the new role of President of the European Council.

David Cameron denied today that his party was in turmoil on Europe, as he came under pressure over his decision to abandon plans for a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty.

The Taoiseach has given his full backing to John Bruton’s bid to become the first ever President of the European Council.

Labour Party leader Eamon Gilmore tonight turned down an invitation to meet French President Nicolas Sarkozy dubbing proposed talks a sound bite type return of the debate on the Lisbon Treaty.

BRITISH Prime Minister Tony Blair won the support of the new member states for his restructuring of the EU budget which Ireland and France fear will interfere with the Common Agriculture Policy (CAP).

Television pictures of US President George Bush in his vest which sparked a rash of security stories in today’s news media were actually shot by mistake by a Government film crew, Taoiseach Bertie Ahern said today.

Thousands of anti-war protesters gathered outside a major EU-US summit in Ireland today as the nation launched its largest ever security operation.

US President George Bush was due to hold talks in Ireland today in a bid to repair relations between Washington and the EU, which had been damaged by differences over the war in Iraq.

The biggest security operation in the history of the State is under way today as the country prepared for the arrival of US President George Bush.

Amnesty International has called on the Government to promote human rights during the visit of the Chinese Prime Minister to Dublin.

IN the wake of the devastation of the Second World War, there was a strong desire to prevent future wars between the nations of Europe. Economic, political and cultural cooperation between nation states was seen as a means to prevent political conflict.

THE Taoiseach is to press for a definite commitment from EU member states to come to the assistance of each other in the event of terrorist attacks.

AT half-mast, the flags of Ireland and Spain flew from Government Buildings yesterday as the Taoiseach and President of the European Council, Bertie Ahern, led a three-minute silence across Europe.

The Taoiseach will meet the Palestinian Prime Minister and the German Chancellor in Dublin later today.

The leader of Europe’s centre-right MEPs demanded an apology today over a “Nazi” jibe – not from Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, but from the target of his outburst.

This weekend’s referendum on European enlargement will decide whether Ireland will continue at the heart of Europe, the Taoiseach and the Tanaister today claimed.