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EU and NATO correspondent with Deutsche Presse International. History graduate from Trinity College Dublin.
I speak German, Italian and Irish, learning French.
Interests include Diplomacy, European Business, Energy and Climate Change.

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'It's just a waiting game I guess': Irish people living in Brazil await Covid-19 surge

'It's just a waiting game I guess': Irish people living in Brazil await Covid-19 surge

Brazil's response to the Covid 19 crisis has left much of the global community non plussed. None more so than…

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Watch: Clare community produces special Easter 1916 commemoration despite Covid-19 lockdown

Watch: Clare community produces special Easter 1916 commemoration despite Covid-19 lockdown

O'Gonnelloe Remembers a special online show to commemorate the 1916 Easter Rising will be broadcast this Sund…

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Billionaire Irish tech entrepreneurs pledge funding for Covid-19 research

Billionaire Irish tech entrepreneurs pledge funding for Covid-19 research

Patrick and John Collison, brothers and billionaire Irish tech entrepreneurs have pledged to fund researchers…

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'Gold is about security in uncertain times': Irish gold trading firm nears annual target in April

'Gold is about security in uncertain times': Irish gold trading firm nears annual target in April

A new Irish bullion company has achieved 70% of its yearly target in their last three weeks of trading. Inves…

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Merkel's successors: A challenger, a long shot and a continuity candidate jostle for power

Merkel's successors: A challenger, a long shot and a continuity candidate jostle for power

Germany's centre-right Christian Democrats are seeking a new leader after Merkel's chosen successor, Annegret…

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AIB rolls back contactless payment fee after backlash

AIB rolls back contactless payment fee after backlash

AIB has announced the suspension of planned fees for contactless payments. The bank said they made the decisi…

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L’assouplissement du règlement méthane frustre l’industrie fossile et inquiète les ONG

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By Ciaran Sunderland 
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La Commission européenne s’est engagée à ne pas rouvrir le règlement méthane, en dépit des pressions croissantes des États-Unis et de l’industrie des énergies fossiles. Son approche « pragmatique », consistant à assouplir la mise en œuvre des sanctions et du reporting, ne les satisfait pas et préoccupe les défenseurs de l’environnement. Méthane - Énergie Sécurité d'approvisionnement Gaz Grand méthanier amarré à un terminal portuaire industriel. ISTOCK par Ciaran Sunderland.
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Softening of EU methane laws sparks NGO alarm

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By Ciaran Sunderland 
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The Commission has vowed not to reopen its landmark 2024 rules aiming to curb the greenhouse gas — though pressure to do so from the US and fossil fuel producers has only intensified following the Iran war. Brussels’ alternative, ‘pragmatic’ approach of tweaking reporting and penalties has left few happy. Methane EU-US relations Natural gas A large LNG tanker moored at an industrial port terminal. Methane regulation critics say US supplies of LNG would be threatened due to compliance challenges.
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The new grids hot topic: Who gets to plan Europe’s electricity networks?

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By Ciaran Sunderland , Kira Taylor 
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A proposal to give the Commission powers to centralise planning has become the most controversial element of a December bill to boost Europe’s power grids. Transmission operators are wary of Brussels encroaching on their terrain, while others cite concerns over transparency and governance. A plan to centralise electricity grid planning is coming to be seen as the most radical — and controversial — part of the Commission’s shake-up of EU energy networks.
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