Centrist Alliance Party secures first European seat in NI
The Alliance Party leader Naomi Long has won her party’s first European parliamentary seat after a breakthrough result that suggests the unionist-nationalist stranglehold is...
‘Our two countries remain committed to working together’
I was very pleased to have the chance to visit London in recent weeks for a series of meetings over three days, including with...
A Wicklow welcome for the royals
Prince Charles and Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, are this week spending two days in Wicklow - their first visit since last year’s four-day...
A border poll should not be rushed like Brexit, warns Mallon
One of the key negotiators of the Good Friday Agreement and someone instrumental in abolishing the RUC, former Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland...
CTA deal ‘a step in right direction but more needed’
Law professors and legal experts have welcomed the provisional Common Travel Area agreement signed last week as a “positive step forward” but warned that...
New Tory leader won’t change Brexit deal, warns Coveney
A change of Tory leader will not change Northern Ireland’s Brexit backstop, Ireland’s Foreign Minister and Tánaiste Simon Coveney warned British politicians this week....
Ireland follows UK as second country to declare climate emergency
PJ Cunningham examines Ireland's all-party response to humanity’s ‘greatest challenge’.
All Ireland’s major parties took a break from fighting tooth and nail for votes...
A climate of change
Less than a year ago Ireland was named and shamed as one of the worst performing countries in meeting its climate change obligations.
Biodiversity...
‘Relief’ for citizenship campaigner after being granted court date
Irish citizenship rights campaigner Emma de Souza has said she is “relieved” after being assigned a court date next month in her ongoing wrangle...
Myrtle Allen archives to be preserved for research
The late chef Myrtle Allen’s work will be used to teach future generations about environmentally friendly consumption, an Irish university has said after it...