If you always support government motions (as does the Malteser's Chum (TM) ) then you are a government supporter. If you generally support government motions but occasionally abstain then you are a ...

Article here on the Anglo-Irish The Economic War, 1932-38 – Trade war between Britain & Irish Free State in light of the current revival of trade wars and economic coercion. It was sparked by de ...

So it was in fact FDR's intervention at Dev's behest. Taoiseach Éamon de Valera had President Franklin D Roosevelt intervene in the negotiations. Although the Roosevelt felt unable to do so directly, ...

The Economist March 8 article "Making growth legal" gives a historical perspective on UK planning laws and regulations that likely influenced Irish planning. Some key points : []councils since the ...

The Iraqi Development Road would stretch from Grand Faw port in the South to Ovakoy on the border of Turkey. The cost is estimated at $17bn, to be financed by a combination of Iraqi and Turkish ...

Reading the transcript in the Indo, and it seems to be doing ok. Our Taoiseach is keeping a straight face. Unless Miheal pisses in the fireplace, today will have gone just fine (so far). Apart from ...

Ireland has pulled more than its weight in support of Palestine, toeing the EU line on Ukraine, and toeing the EU line in genral over decades. If anyone has a problem with Ireland's record on these ...

In attendance in Washington for the parade apparently. If there's one thing that's obvious from the disaster a couple weeks back with Trump/Vance and Zelensky, is that the current administration ...

Only Micheal Martin of the current Irish leaders has ever won an election so your smart remark is not really that much a gotcha (it took him many many years to do this aswell) Click to expand... The ...

The object of the exercise was to get in and out without attracting attention. Micheál managed that. He is our national safe pair of hands who doesn't drop the ball, difficult to dislike. Click to ...

Micheal Martin met with the ADL and other jewish groups in washington. They want him to appoint an anti semitism director for Ireland. Also they want the occupied territories bill stopped. An ADL ...

I would say Trump doesn’t get too much into the weeds on Irish politics which is fortunate for Ireland on occasions like this. But the context and mood were more nuanced. Trump emphasised that he didn ...