Delight for Johnson, disappointment for Starmer as Tories win Hartlepool byelection

Labour leader Keir Starmer says that he takes "full responsibility" after his party lost badly to the ruling Conservatives in the northeastern English town of Hartlepool byelection. Video: Reuters

100 days of the Government

Political Editor of The Irish Times, Pat Leahy, reviews the beginning of Micheál Martin‘s second term as Taoiseach. Video: Dan Dennison


US and Ukraine sign minerals deal

US treasury secretary Scott Bessent announced the deal on X, saying it “signals the Trump Administration’s commitment to a free, sovereign, prosperous Ukraine."