Mark Paul

Mark Paul

London Correspondent

Mark Paul is London Correspondent for The Irish Times

Kemi Badenoch pledges to rebuild Conservative Party’s reputation with debt ‘golden rule’

Tory leader outlines plan for reducing debt and fuelling growth as party seeks to move on from Truss-era turmoil

Windswept Scottish isle of Barra to get new weatherproof statue of Cork bishop

Scotland Letter: Outer Hebrides home of Clan MacNeil plans a new monument to St Finbarr after generous donation

Right turn in Manchester: Tories chase Reform UK – and risk losing their own centre

Conservative leader needs her big speech on Wednesday to land well as hard right-leaning shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick waits in the wings

Tories’ future as political party capable of governing is at stake: ‘It is that serious’

Whether to focus more on people’s pockets or UK borders is big question at Conservative Party conference

London’s two big Irish centres celebrate combined 100 years helping emigrants

Irish Cultural Centre and London Irish Centre are keeping an eye on future generations’ needs too

Britain’s Jewish communities remain on high alert after Manchester attack

UK chief rabbi says Britain needs ‘national soul-searching’ over rising anti-Semitism

‘Tony O’Reilly should have been president of Ireland’: Jeffrey Archer on life, books and his God-given gift

Former Tory politician on his new novel End Game and - to the chagrin of his publisher - his secret final novel out next year

‘How the f**k do you know me?’ the Ginger Patriot asked as he filmed from behind the security barrier

YouTuber could not have been more polite at a recent asylum hotel protest. Now he was snarling at me across a security barrier

Keir Starmer delivers perhaps his best speech so far as UK prime minister

Labour leader takes the fight to his internal and external political enemies in address to his party’s conference in Liverpool

Labour conference shows how future of Keir Starmer’s government depends on one woman

As protests gather outside Labour’s annual conference, Keir Starmer is betting on immigration hardliner Shabana Mahmood to save his government

Traitors host Siobhán McSweeney speaks out for Philomena’s Law at Labour conference

Call for legal change to protect British-resident survivors of Irish mother and baby homes from welfare cuts

Hard right demo greets delegates to Labour conference in Liverpool

Noisy protests just the start of UK prime minister Keir Starmer’s problems as he tries to regain initiative after rough month

Kneecap rapper Mo Chara’s barrister was on crutches, yet looked ready to dance a jig

Jubilation at Woolwich Crown Court after prosecution against Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh is thrown out

Could Labour’s ‘king of the north’ dethrone Keir Starmer?

As Labour heads into a fractious party conference, the Manchester mayor has made his leadership ambitions clear. But some party insiders believe he might have ‘over-reached’

Case against Kneecap’s Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh thrown out in London court

Kneecap rapper known as Mo Chara was accused of showing support for a proscribed organisation with Hizbullah flag

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