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Analysts estimate the total volume of oil lost to the Texas winter storm at anywhere between 18 million and 40 million barrels.

After being blocked by Trump, first African and woman takes WTO helm POLITICO 2/14/2021 By Doug Palmer and Sarah Anne Aarup © Hektor Pustina/AP Photo Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala speaks during a news conference in Tirana on Jan. 10, 2011. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala will make history Monday when she becomes the first African and woman to lead the increasingly bruised and battered World Trade Organization. But now comes the hard part. The former Nigerian Finance Minister is taking the rei...

POLITICO The former Nigerian Finance Minister is taking the reins of the World Trade Organization. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala speaks during a news conference in Tirana on Jan. 10, 2011. | Hektor Pustina/AP Photo By DOUG PALMER and SARAH ANNE AARUP 02/14/2021 07:00 AM EST Updated: Link Copied Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala will make history Monday when she becomes the first African and woman to lead the increasingly bruised and battered World Trade Organization. But now comes the hard part. The former Nigerian F...

Joan Henry appointed chief economist and head of research at Knight Frank Economist has over 20 years of experience in property, banking and consultancy Wed, Jan 27, 2021, 06:00 Knight Frank has appointed Joan Henry as its new chief economist and head of research. With more than 20 years’ experience in the areas of banking, consultancy and property, Ms Henry brings a wealth of experience to her new role. She previously worked as head of research both with Savills Ireland and BNP Paribas Rea...

Former Fine Gael senator Eugene Regan has been reappointed by the Cabinet to the Court of Justice of the European Union. Mr Regan, a former Goldman Sachs non-executive director, was appointed to the €250,000 a year role by the last Fine Gael led Government in 2015. The Cabinet agreed today to give him another five years in the prominent EU role following an intervention by the President of the Court of Justice Koen Lenaerts. A Government source said Mr Lenaerts contacted the Government to “...

European Movement Ireland honours the EU’s lead Brexit negotiator for his understanding, diplomacy and persistence 20th January, 2021 Michel Barnier, the EU’s lead negotiator on Brexit: ‘He and his team faced a reality none of us wanted and made the best of it.’ Picture: Rollingnews.ie Each year, European Movement Ireland honours an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to the relationship between Ireland and the European Union. Past winners include Peter...

European Movement Ireland honours the EU’s lead Brexit negotiator for his understanding, diplomacy and persistence

The annual colours match between Trinity College Dublin and University College Dublin was due to take place yesterday. The match was postponed, not because of Covid-19 restrictions but because of supermarket panic buying. As a result there simply wasnt enough flour, eggs and cabbages to be had so that they could be thrown liberally about the terraces.

The winner of the coveted Cork person of the Year award for 2020 will be unveiled this coming Saturday morning - with a number of monthly winners from the north and mid-Cork areas in the running for the prestigious accolade. Traditionally, the winner is announced at a glittering bash in front of more than 200 invited guests at the Rochestown Park Hotel in mid-January, one of the highlights of Corks social calendar. However, for the first time in the awards 28-year history, the ceremony has h...

It is a large number of child deaths, even in eras when rates of infant mortality were high compared to modern times. We should all be braced for tales of cruelty and neglect. This was a time when Irish society was obsessed with a particular type of “respectability”. Deep shame was wrought on young people – more usually young women – who transgressed a very tight and one-dimensional concept of sexual morality. You don’t have to be old enough to remember the 1940s or 1950s to know thes...