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In a long, rambling press conference in the White House's Rose Garden on Wednesday evening, Donald Trump launched a historic... more
The speaking rights row has yet to be quelled. A truce or a compromise is nowhere in sight. It's only... more
And just when we thought the dust had settled after Micheál Martin's visit to the Oval Office.Conor McGregor's appearance in... more
Ireland watched the Taoiseach's Oval Office visit with bated breath. Would it be a disaster, an incredible success, or something... more
First, it was Covid restrictions that called off Micheál Martin's visit to the White House for St Patrick's Day in... more
News about the National Gallery's never-used x-ray scanner worth €125,000 sparked 'fury' across the country... apparently. Did it really? If... more
Europe is in disarray, to say the least, over Trump's rumblings about distancing the United States from all us on... more
Housing remains the single biggest issue for the Irish public. People want to see the crisis brought to an end... more
It's almost March, and you know what that means: all political attention turns to one particular bowl of shamrock. Trump's... more
With the help of a column in the Sunday Times, Leo Varadkar has casually lobbed a grenade at the new... more
What a week. An unprecedented start to the Dáil term. A temporary and perhaps uneasy truce over speaking rights that... more
The process of voting in a new taoiseach is usually a fairly routine affair. The opposition parties have their say,... more
Something we're enthusiastic about: we're back for a new season! Something we're not enthusiastic about: the new Programme for Government.Our... more
... well, we're afraid you'll have to wait until our producer/barman counts the votes in accordance with PR-STV and reveals... more
We're now stuck in government formation purgatory amd struggling to keep track of which group-of-the-day is vying for a seat... more
The general election is... over? And it's clear that the team have gone a little stir-crazy after a few too... more
The media scrums in the RDS were growing bigger and bigger as the count went on... and then Gerald Hutch... more
It's all systems go: the votes have been cast, the exit polls revealed, the ballots separated, and the counting is... more
Just days to go now, and we've had our first real talking point of the campaign — but also another... more
Heading into this election, it was disaster after disaster for Sinn Féin. The timing couldn't been worse. It wasn't going... more
It's all systems go: the votes have been cast, the exit polls revealed, the ballots separated, and the counting is now underway.A... more