Tony Connelly

The Tánaiste has said he has not been involved in any discussions regarding a potential nationalisation of the Aughinish Alumina refinery in Co Limerick.

The Government will hold a series of joint meetings with the European Commission in Cork today as Ireland's EU presidency gets under way.

Minister for Foreign Affairs Helen McEntee has said she has been assured by the European Commission that proposals for an EU-wide ban on goods and

Minister for Justice Jim O'Callaghan has said around 1,000 individuals who had been identified as being "a danger to the EU", had been prevented from entering the bloc thanks to controversial new EU border checks.

The fanfare and nostalgia that washed over Ireland's EU presidency launch in Dublin Castle on Wednesday was given a sudden jolt by Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin will address a plenary session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg this morning, outlining the priorities of the Irish EU presidency.

Fianna Fáil MEPs will abstain in a European Parliament vote tomorrow on a call for a ban on alumina exports to Russia.

The European Parliament has voted in favour of a proposal to ban alumina exports to Russia.

At the Tor fish processing plant in Hafnarfjörður, staff are flat out gutting, slicing and prepping cod, haddock and plaice.

Voters in Iceland will take part in a referendum on whether or not to revive membership talks with the European Union, more than a decade after they were frozen.