How will Ireland respond to Trump’s tariff threat?
State must walk a fine line between playing the green card in Washington and standing tall alongside EU colleagues
United States
If Robert De Niro no longer feels he is able to speak out, one wonders who in the US does
De Niro’s political thriller Zero Day couldn’t be better timed. The actor, who plays a courageous US president, has been one of Trump’s most outspoken public critics
US sees ‘incredible opportunities’ to work with Russia if its war on Ukraine ends
Kyiv warns against ‘ultimatums’ as US and Russia relaunch contacts with talks in Saudi Arabia
Israel and Hamas to begin negotiations on second phase of Gaza ceasefire deal
Palestinian militant group says six living hostages will be released this weekend
Egypt developing plan to rebuild Gaza without forcing out Palestinians
Gaza proposal calls for 'secure areas' where Palestinians can live while construction work is carried out
Lawyers resign rather than bend before Trump
Eric Adams was indicted in September on charges of bribery, fraud, soliciting illegal foreign campaign contributions and conspiracy
Rubio arrives in Saudi Arabia before Russia talks on ending Ukraine war
Trump officials' meeting with Russians in Riyadh set for Tuesday
‘We will not accept any agreement that is adopted without us’: Ukraine resolute as US and Russia seek to end war without its say
European leaders to hold an emergency summit on Ukraine on Monday in Paris
Starmer and Tusk to join Macron-led crisis summit in Paris for talks on Trump’s Ukraine plan
UK and Polish prime ministers among leaders invited to French capital on Monday for talks amid fears US leader is sidelining allies
Signals coming from Trumpland could hardly be worse for Ireland and its economy
A key risk is that Donald Trump seeks to isolate Ireland as one of his first targets, because of the huge trade deficit the US has with this State
Mitch McConnell cuts a lonely figure as US Senate approves RFK jnr nomination
Kentucky senator is sole voice of protest in Republican party, but blew his chance to stop Trump’s return to power
Zelenskiy says peace deal possible only after plan is agreed with US and Europe
US vice-president JD Vance says European leaders ‘running in fear of your own voters’
US Senate confirms Robert F Kennedy jnr as secretary of health
Kennedy, a vaccine critic, confirmed by 52-48 vote, overcoming resistance from medical establishment
Ireland’s climate and energy security must not be sacrificed to appease Trump with LNG deal - Friends of the Earth
‘Government must not lock Ireland into long-term gas addiction in short-term effort to distract US president’
Unelected Musk holds court in Trump’s Oval Office as he defends efficiency drive
Musk, accompanied by son X, seeks to present the work of Doge as good common sense as Trump stays largely silent
A neuropsychologist’s view on Donald Trump: We’re seeing the impact of power on the human brain
US president is proving capable of shredding the rules-based world order and replacing it with a gangland ethos in the Putin mould
Land Power: How ownership of the ground beneath our feet can mould our destiny and even embed racial and gendered inequalities
Michael Albertus draws upon 15 years of research and fieldwork in his examination of land-holding across the world from the 17th century onwards
EU won’t let ‘unjustified’ US tariffs go unanswered, Von der Leyen says
Simon Harris says its ‘vital’ EU member states work closely together after Donald Trump orders 25% US import tariff
Trump’s adoption of imperial manner is a function of failure
The essential question for Ireland is: to grovel or not to grovel?
US poll shows Donald Trump at new heights of approval after three weeks in office
President says Elon Musk and himself will unearth ‘hundreds of billions of dollars in fraud and abuse’ within US government
No justification for tariffs on steel imports, European Commission says
Taoiseach Micheál Martin says he has ‘full confidence’ in EU response to Trump tariffs
Super Bowl LIX in pictures: Kansas City Chiefs v the Philadelphia Eagles
Eagles secure their first Super Bowl in seven years with a 40-22 victory in New Orleans
JD Vance is right about this: Liberals and conservatives do not love the same way
Unthinkable: Ireland should talk more about Jesus – and I say that as an atheist
Russia neither confirms nor denies report of Putin and Trump conversation
Donald Trump says he has spoken to Vladimir Putin about ending war in Ukraine
‘Will the US go to war for Estonia or Latvia?’ Former French ambassador on the new world disorder
Worldview: Gérard Araud says the idea of fighting for democracy is completely alien to Trump
Trump to revoke Biden’s security clearance in tit for tat move
Judge temporarily blocks Musk’s Doge from accessing government systems used to process payments
Ireland is more exposed to Trump’s tariff war than any other European country
Without turning away from the United States, it is vital for Ireland to remain unambiguously and progressively engaged in collective action in support of Europe
Around the US, Elon Musk is the name on all lips, on all placards
The fear is Musk is treating the machinery of the US federal system as a plaything and something he owns – and that he doesn’t know what he is at
Ireland among 79 states united in condemning Trump sanctions on International Criminal Court
Taoiseach Micheál Martin urges move by US president be withdrawn
Donald Trump’s first 16 days: Pardons, 956 immigration arrests and everything he’s done so far
From gender to Gaza, climate policy to USAID, the start of Trump’s second term as seen a deluge of orders and pronouncements overturning what has gone before
Palestinians fear their Donald Trump nightmare has begun
US president’s plan to expel Gazans may embolden Israeli ultranationalists bent on annexing West Bank
The Irish musical slammed by the White House as an ‘insane’ waste of $70,000
‘As an American taxpayer I don’t want my dollars going towards this crap,’ Donald Trump’s press secretary told reporters
Year of the Snake begins with bared fangs in Beijing as Trump triggers trade war
Trump’s tariffs could reshape global economic order – but not necessarily in the way the US president wants
Donald Trump plans laser system in space to destroy nuclear weapons
US president orders work on defence shield going beyond Ronald Reagan’s ‘Star Wars’ programme that could trigger nuclear arms race
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