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EU foreign affairs chief Kaja Kallas was in Dublin this week as international pressure on Ireland and the EU to take action against the Russian-owned Limerick refinery ramps up.

The former secretary general of the Department of Enterprise talks competitiveness, investment and the EU presidency.

Ireland has been criticised for delays in complying with the European Anti-Fraud Office which the EU executive says “significantly hampers investigation results”.

The platform was founded last year and has seen user numbers surge. It has relocated its HQ to The Netherlands and is storing its data in Ireland in a bid to reduce reliance on the US.

EU Inc – a bloc-wide company registration – is touted as a way to rev up European tech start-ups. MEPs meanwhile are trying to figure out how the whole thing will be taxed.

The fund collected €188m in 2024 in excess energy company profits, yet the pot remains largely unspent. Opposition groups, climate and energy experts, and activists told The Currency where the money should go in the here and now to tackle energy poverty and the climate crisis.

The controversial Mercosur trade deal now applies provisionally and has caused fierce splits but Irish MEPs are finding more common ground on new deals with India and Australia.

David O’Sullivan oversees how EU sanctions against Russia are devised. He speaks to The Currency about dealing with sanctions evasion and recent controversy with Aughinish Alumina.

Eighteen member states were reprimanded last year for delays in transposing the sanctions directive. Since then, several countries have moved ahead but Ireland lags behind.

Yoel Roth, the head of trust safety at dating app giant Match Group, was in Dublin to meet with regulators about the pain points it’s feeling on EU laws like the Digital Services Act.