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European Council

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Stalemate
EU Summit: Today is Boris's deadline day for a trade deal - but talks are still stuck
15 Oct 2020
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Micheál Martin
European Council President Charles Michel to meet Taoiseach in Dublin
8 Oct 2020
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European Council summit
Taoiseach Micheál Martin says EU needs to show it has 'wherewithal' to deal with Covid-19 crisis
17 Jul 2020
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Brussels Summit
Taoiseach travels to Brussels for crunch EU summit, but will take 'special measures' upon return
17 Jul 2020
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euro star
It's a dirty, time-consuming job so why would Paschal want to become head of the Eurogroup?
11 Jul 2020
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European Council
Taoiseach to urge EU leaders to do more for member states battling Covid-19
23 Apr 2020
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the 27 musketeers
Did Varadkar worry that the EU would put pressure on him? 'It did cross my mind'
18 Oct 2019
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Who do EU want
Why are leaders deadlocked over the top EU jobs - and who's in the running?
2 Jul 2019
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Up All Night
EU suspends negotiations until tomorrow as Europe's leaders fail to agree who should get top jobs
1 Jul 2019
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plastics
'Ambitious' single-use plastic straws and cutlery ban approved by European Council
21 May 2019
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divided kingdom
A Brexistential crisis: So what happens now?
29 Mar 2019
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Tension
'Completely unacceptable': Britain angered after EU document calls Gibraltar a 'colony'
1 Feb 2019
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brexit roundup
After EU endorses Brexit deal, Theresa May tells UK: 'This is all there is'
Updated 25 Nov 2018
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Questions and Answers
Explainer: The EU is trying to force the UK to get real, here's how
28 Feb 2018
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enda the line
"The sooner the better" - Fine Gael's Alan Farrell wants to know when Enda will be calling time
1 May 2017
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No regrets
Enda Kenny says he doesn't regret the comments he made in the Dáil about Donald Trump
1 Jan 2017
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Talks
Enda off to Brussels for election of new European Council President
30 Aug 2014
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TAKING ACTION
Some EU countries will be arming Kurdish fighters in Iraq - but Ireland won't be one of them
15 Aug 2014
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Brian Hayes
Opinion: Jean-Claude who? Juncker and the the turf war gripping Europe
Stephen O'Shea
13 Jun 2014
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Election 2014
Everything you need to know about the European Parliament but were afraid to ask
20 May 2014
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Enda's choice
Taoiseach: I fully expect to lead Fine Gael into the next election
19 Dec 2013
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MFF
'A great day for Europe': MEPs approve EU's budget for the next seven years
19 Nov 2013
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Talks
Buongiorno Enrico! Taoiseach meets with Italian prime minister today
7 Nov 2013
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Enda's choice
There's something about Enda: Taoiseach 'being seriously talked about' for EU job
3 Nov 2013
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local government
Council of Europe report criticises power of local government in Ireland
31 Oct 2013
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ESM
Paschal Donohoe: 'The ESM retrospective use is acknowledged in writing by EU ministers'
27 Oct 2013
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Bailout exit
Taoiseach expects decision on post-bailout credit facility before December exit
25 Oct 2013
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38
Spying
Taoiseach on Merkel 'bugging' claims: 'I always operate on the basis that my calls are listened to'
24 Oct 2013
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bank debt
In full: Taoiseach tells EU leaders it 'remains imperative' to split bank and sovereign debt
24 Oct 2013
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Richard Bruton
Bruton: At critical moments Angela Merkel has been a very important ally
23 Sep 2013
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Latvia
Just like us: Latvia will be using the euro from 1 January next year
10 Jul 2013
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European Council
Youth unemployment tops the agenda as EU leaders head to Brussels
27 Jun 2013
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Leinster House
Oireachtas agenda: Budget 2014 (yes, already) and Dáil scrapping Seanad?
25 Jun 2013
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Tobacco directive
Menthol cigarettes could be banned across the EU (but not until 2017)
21 Jun 2013
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G8
Who's who: Meet the nine men and one woman who make up the G8 leaders
17 Jun 2013
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European Union
The next head of the European Commission will probably be chosen in Dublin
16 Jun 2013
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predict a riot
PHOTOS: PSNI undergo riot training ahead of G8 summit
3 Jun 2013
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Talking tax
Leaders back EU’s plan to attack ‘tax planning’ by the end of 2013
22 May 2013
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European elections
MEPs ask for next year's local and European elections to be moved
16 Apr 2013
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