Taoiseach gave Trump personalised golf set during last year’s St Patrick’s Day visit
JD Vance presented with silver cufflinks while his wife Usha received Meab Enamels silk scarf
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Munich was no love-in, but Rubio spared Europe a Valentine’s Day massacre
Shuttling between realpolitik slap and diplomatic tickle, US secretary of state urges end to ‘western malaise’
Marco Rubio says US destiny ‘intertwined’ with Europe, but with caveats
US secretary of state uses Munich speech to urge allies to dispense with ‘foolish’ policies in security, migration and climate
Pushing baby-making on 29-year-olds is patronising, alarmist and tone deaf
Would the prospect of a passive-aggressive letter from a middle-ranking Department of Health bureaucrat get you in the mood?
German chancellor urges Europe and US to ‘revive and repair’ transatlantic relationship
Postwar order ‘currently being destroyed’, says Merz as Macron says Europe will show ‘strength and tenacity’ to support Ukraine
Europe’s wary leaders to meet Trump officials at Munich Security Conference
Despite global disquiet and disorder, there is quiet confidence among some European representatives
Dublin woman Gail Slater exits Trump administration less than a year after appointment
Former anti-trust chief departs after months of internal acrimony over light-touch regulation
Breaking up is hard to do: Europe confronts end of the old order
A year on from JD Vance’s bombshell speech in Munich, European leaders are searching for a post-American future
Ireland has a lot of skin in the game of international politics
What might a prime minister Nigel Farage say or do in relation to Northern Ireland?
Donald Trump could deflect Maga criticism of AI for the loss of jobs in US towards Ireland
If the AI sector collapses, Trump might try to blame over-regulation in Europe
Christians tolerated Trump because they thought he would end abortion. They were wrong
The list of anti-Christian statements and actions by Donald Trump and JD Vance is long
While Xi and Trump talk, US and EU explore ways to reduce dependence on China
Xi Jinping and Donald Trump had a friendly, two-hour phone call last night
Minneapolis: Parents of Alex Pretti say Trump officials are telling ‘sickening lies’
Obamas say ‘heartbreaking tragedy’ shows many core values of US ‘are increasingly under assault’
More than 100 clergy arrested at anti-Ice protest in Minnesota, protesters say
Demonstration at international airport took place on day of action that saw businesses close and workers take to streets
US vice-president JD Vance and wife Usha Vance announce they’re expecting fourth child
The Vances, who met at Yale Law School and married in 2014, have two sons and one daughter
Bleak times in Copenhagen: ‘It’s like fifth graders bullying the small guy in the corner’
Danes feel betrayed, bewildered and frightened by Trump’s threats to take over Greenland
Shane Coleman and Ciara Kelly splutter over e-scooters
Radio: The Newstalk Breakfast hosts won’t need to change much as they move slots, while Rick O’Shea needs to stay on as Arena host
Denmark sees ‘fundamental disagreement’ with US on Greenland after White House talks
‘I’m not saying anything is solved. It’s not solved,’ says Danish foreign minister
Denmark to expand military presence in Greenland as White House talks end after just 50 minutes
US president Donald Trump has vowed to take control of Arctic island ‘the easy way or the hard way’
Greenland and Denmark vow to ‘go in together and leave together’ in high-stakes talks with US
‘Hardest part is still ahead of us,’ says Danish PM as Trump insists territory will be taken ‘easy way or the hard way’
Minneapolis killing ushers in our new media dystopia
The photograph has been understood as bearing a special relationship to truth. Not any more
Film critic Mark Kermode: ‘I don’t really do anger any more, and I’m very glad not to’
Broadcaster, podcaster and musician on his middle name, Irish pubs and craving the innocence of not knowing anything about Donald Trump
Micheál Martin’s 2026 challenges: From a tricky St Patrick’s Day trip to US to backbench rebels
Taoiseach starts 2026 juggling competing diplomatic pressures while the backbenchers grumble back home
Renee Nicole Good said ‘I’m not mad at you’ before Ice agent shot her, video shows
Clip first posted by partisan outlet Alpha News shows perspective of Ice agent as Good was fatally shot
How White House unleashed torrent of false claims after woman shot dead by Ice
Victim-blaming began almost as soon as Renee Nicole Good was killed - but the claims differ wildly from the evidence
‘We don’t know what’s coming’: Unease in Greenland as Donald Trump revives his Arctic ambition
A capital city on the edge of the world finds itself at centre of international power play
Leo Varadkar’s admission about empathy was a brave one
There is nothing mystical about empathy. Anyone – apart from sociopaths possibly – can learn it, because it’s a life skill that comes with practice
The in-between days from Christmas to new year are a time to embrace imperfection
Being grateful for our bodies and the way they enable us to experience the world can be an act of quiet rebellion
From Zelenskiy’s jaw-dropping White House meeting to Prince Andrew’s loss of royal titles: 12 history-making moments of 2025
Irish Times writers recount some of the biggest world news stories they covered this year and why they were significant
Russia sees ‘slow progress’ in peace plan talks as Moscow bomb attack kills general
No breakthrough during intense weekend of diplomacy involving US, Ukraine, Russia and Europe
Vanity Fair article on the Trump White House was brutal, merciless and invaluable
Close-up photographs serve as reminders of the power of the image and of magazine journalism
The UK’s prime minister, its king and their new annus horribilis
Keir Starmer’s 2025 was turbulent as Reform UK kept up the pressure, while King Charles dealt with the fallout of his brother Andrew’s association with Jeffrey Epstein
Free speech will be the big EU-US battleground in 2026 – and Ireland is in the crossfire
Ireland is in a highly precarious position as we head into 2026, on the faultline between our allies in the EU and the US administration and Big Tech
‘Odd’ Musk and Trump’s ‘alcoholic personality’: Key takeaways from interviews with US president’s chief of staff
Susie Wiles has spoken to Vanity Fair magazine in a series of 11 interviews that she has since dismissed as a ‘hit piece’
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