Ireland

The Irish author Edna O’Brien, famous for her groundbreaking and feminist literature, died on Saturday at the age of 93, her representative and publishing house announced today.

Home sales in Cyprus surged 31% in 2023 from 2022, the highest increase among European Union countries, according to data released by Eurostat, the EU's statistical service.

The average money spend in Greece per trip by tourists originating from Germany and Romania increased, and the number of visitors from Turkey jumped in 2023, according to the processing of credit card transaction data carried out by the electronic payment company Visa.

Meta Platforms will not launch its Meta AI models in Europe for now after the Irish privacy regulator told it to delay its plan to harness data from Facebook and Instagram users, the US social media company has said.

Ireland's European parliament elections finally concluded early Friday with all 14 seats filled after a marathon five-day count — the longest in the 27-member bloc.

The governing centre-right parties Fine Gael, led by Taoiseach (prime minister) Simon Harris, and Fianna Fail led by deputy premier Micheal Martin won four seats each.

The majority of equity capital inflows, totaling $477 million, were directed towards wholesale and retail trade, representing 55 percent of total equity capital inflows at $262 million in April, according to a report by the International Investors' Association (YASED).

Intel is halting the expansion of a major factory project in Israel, which was going to pump an extra $15 billion towards a chip plant.

The chip giant in December said it was going to expand an ongoing $10 billion plan at the Kiryat Gat site, in the south of the country, currently under construction.

EU's top court says fast food giant can no longer use the Big Mac brand for chicken - A David vs Goliath victory is what the fish and chip company in Ireland is talking about

Voters in Ireland and the Czech Republic go to the polls Friday on the second day of marathon EU elections, after the Netherlands kicked off the ballot with a strong showing by the far right.

Spain said on Thursday that it will join South Africa's case at the U.N.'s top court in which Pretoria has accused Israel of "genocide" in the Gaza Strip.

"Our sole goal is to put an end to the war and to advance on the road of applying the two-state solution", Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares said at a press conference.