Sources say the ECB chief economist is losing many arguments when it comes to interest rate hikes

Damages claims amounting to €25bn are being filed against the tech giant in British and Dutch courts 

Patrick Ferriter and his son Stephen claim it involves plans to move sales of trucks from Cork to Dublin

At the heart of the protest are targets introduced last month to reduce harmful nitrogen compounds by 2030

Garda liaison officers in Bogotá and Washington DC will help crack international gangs behind the €10.5bn European cocaine trade

The agencies said the cartel has been involved in 20 murders across four European countries and used 'specialised cells' to kill rivals

The boy, in pyjamas and bare feet, was spotted wandering on a street in the city’s Overvecht district

Facebook owner Meta Platforms has paused plans to build a large data centre in the Netherlands after the tech giant faced increasing opposition from the government.

Health experts are pointing to the one crucial difference between this wave of infections and previous waves — lower death rates in countries with good vaccine uptake. Vaccines are not slowing transmission but they are successfully preventing severe illness and death for most people

The appeal centred around the upstream consequences of the operation of the proposed factory from milk produced across some 4,500 farms

From maternity cover to paternity leave, from annual holidays to minimum wage, Joyce Fegan spoke with Irish people abroad to see how the jobs market in each of their adopted homes compares to Ireland.

Ireland, Belgium, and the Netherlands have two months to address the shortcomings raised by the European Commission

Tomas Holes and Patrik Schick scored after Matthijs de Ligt’s red card

Lawyers for the mixed martial arts star have lodged the appeal to the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) as to why Mr McGregor’s application to register the name ‘Conor McGregor’ as a trademark should succeed.

There was no change in Irish pig prices this week, with farmers receiving €1.64-1.68c/kg, according to IFA.

Life expectancy for both males and females increased in 2016, according to new statistics.

An Garda Síochána this week sent a clear message to crime cartel boss Daniel Kinahan that his downfall is imminent, writes Security Correspondent Cormac O’Keefe

Revenue officers seized €68,800 worth of cannabis at Dublin Mail Centre today.

Eamonn Coghlan believes Mark English has the potential to medal at the Tokyo Olympics next year.

The 500 redundancies initially sought by Aer Lingus for its 'Covid Crisis Recovery Plan' could turn out to be fewer following management talks with Siptu about work practices changes.

Technology has been a saving grace time and again during the Covid-19 lockdown and shutdown. If it wasn't remote working or Google Classrooms then it was a Microsoft Teams conference, a Netflix binge, or a family quiz over Zoom.

OECD data from 2017 showed that Ireland, alongside New Zealand, had the highest percentage of children attending private services at 99%, well above the OECD average of 34% and EU average of 27%. Picture: PA Ireland has the highest level of private childcare services in Europe and among OECD countries as well as a lower than average level of government investment.

The Covid-19 pandemic has created a pivotal moment for Government to adopt sustainable practices for working from home, which means an urgent need for new low-cost home heating solutions, including mass retrofitting of existing stock.

Roisin Molloy, whose son Mark died shortly after being born in the Midlands Hospital Portaloise in 2012 with a copy of the HIQA report into national maternity services which was released online yesterday. Photograph Moya Nolan By now we were meant to have revolutionised maternity services.

Woodie’s DIY owner Grafton Group has said it remains too early to judge whether an initial sales surge from the recent reopening of its retail and builders’ merchants outlets will last or was merely an initial release of pent-up consumer demand.

Intensive farming remains a main cause of biodiversity loss, according to a new report by the European Court of Auditors (ECA).

Jurys Inn boss Jason Carruthers doesn’t expect to see a full recovery in occupancy rates for the hotel chain for another two years despite plans to reopen next month.

The pandemic has exposed the vast inequalities and dysfunctions of Ireland’s housing system and needs to be addressed urgently, writes Dr Rory Hearne

Three months on, the EU is no nearer to agreeing its seven-year food agriculture policy funding.

Rowing Ireland chiefs have backed calls for an easing of restrictions on the movement of elite sportspeople.

Irene died in July 2017 when their children Oscar and Noah were just four and two. She was diagnosed with Stage two cancer in 2015, following two false negative smear tests in 2010 and 2013.

With half of Ireland’s beef going to the UK, it should be good news. However, our beef shipments to the UK are falling. This trend continued in March, when the UK’s imports were down 8% year-on-year, to 23,500 tonnes.

As we’re nowhere near being out of the woods, it’s far too early for even the first rough drafts of the miserable history of the Codiv-19 disaster.

Pershing Trading Services is now offering its global equity trading services to firms who do not hold custody on the Pershing platform and beyond the UK and Ireland.

Hold on to a horse like that, and it can propel your own riding career forward. Accept an offer for it, and the proceeds can future-proof the wider business for years to come.

The TV adaptation of Sally Rooney’s love story of Marianne and Connell is going global with Endeavor Content landing multiple international sales for the smash hit Normal People.

Even as the EU struggles through the Covid-19 pandemic, the European Commission yesterday adopted the Farm to Fork (F2F) sustainability strategy.

The Irish subsidiary of a British pharmaceutical firm is to lead a major research project aimed at developing a new treatment for Covid-19 patients.

Ireland has a rate of 301 Covid-19 deaths per million population — the eighth highest rate in excluding small states. Maresa Fagan looks behind the figures

Ballymaloe Foods will start supplying 120 Coles Supermarkets across Australia in May.

Ballymaloe foods has announced a major expansion into the Australian food market.

The official functions to mark Bruff RFC’s 50th anniversary may be on hold in the midst of this pandemic but for members of the rural Co. Limerick club there is still plenty to celebrate.

Change is, we are assured, the only constant in our lives. The pace of that change may accelerate at one time or another. It meanders gently at other times. Occasionally, maybe once or twice in a lifetime, we have to deal with change on the tremendous scale we face today.

Drinagh Co-op anticipates only 1c per litre milk price cut up to midsummer