Fake news was clickbait frivolity until its Orwellian role in the US election race

Trump’s plans for immigration reform have sent shockwaves through Silicon Valley

Former Republican candidate for the presidency has called Trump a ‘con man’ and a ‘phoney’ in the past

Vice president-elect booed at performance of a hit hip-hop musical in New York on Friday night

Enda Kenny suggested New York meeting on post-election call to US president-elect

Incidents of vitriol and harassment rise as Republican brings far right to mainstream

Irish Government officials focus diplomatic efforts on immigration ‘sanctuary cities’

Contestatory form of democratic power should contain new president’s excesses

Brexit and the Trump presidency are making people ask whether the current form of democracy is the best we can do

Taoiseach on phone to US vice-president elect who has roots in Co Clare and Co Sligo

US president-elect rewards loyalty by naming early supporters to top administration roles

Aodhán Ó Riordáin’s Seanad speech on US election goes viral

Shinzo Abe is the first foreign leader to meet with president-elect Donald Trump

Above all else, Donald Trump’s shock victory comes down to his massive celebrity

Satire exaggerates to make a point but just serves to confirm prejudice

Lobbyist measures decided after days of upheaval and infighting within Trump camp

US president joins with Angela Merkel in Berlin to defend transatlantic relationship

Users engaged more with false stories than legitimate ones before going to polls

Sydney Letter: Post-Trump, what happens next for deal cut with Obama is uncertain

Director of National Intelligence says submitting resignation letter ‘felt pretty good’

Clinton speaks in public for first time since defeat making only oblique references to Trump

Do not expect to see tax-driven rush of technology multinationals out of Ireland

The electorate were looking for ‘change’ – a disruption in the existing system

US president to give leaders first impressions of successor Trump during Berlin visit

Cohesion of European Union to face pressure in looming elections and referendums

Barack Obama questions election strategy and urges party to work at grass-roots level

Stephen Moore says Irish ‘tax advantage’ will remain even after president-elect’s proposals

Manhattan tenants see red after property magnate’s provocative election campaign

Rich stand to gain, manufacturing will be hit and cost of living will rise

‘This was a typically false news story’, says US president-elect

Requests from undocumented clients for legal assistance have skyrocketed

His administration may do the right thing for the wrong reasons

Taoiseach travelling to New York and San Francisco for trade mission at end of month

Misses in UK election and Brexit vote have heightened sensitivities to polling accuracy

Donald Trump won amid a complete disregard for what he was actually saying

Brexit vote and US election showed media’s failure to ask the really difficult questions

Syrian president says Damascus must ‘wait and see’ if Washington changes policies

China to seek support for two trade models seen as competitors to TPP at Peru summit

President-elect meets to consider roles amid ‘purge’ of Chris Christie associates

Voters in Pennsylvania explain the appeal of the Republican president-elect

US president rejects view he caused shock result, said voters wanted to ‘shake things up’

Resignation of national security adviser Mike Rogers latest exit from president-elect’s team

US president begins tour of Greece, Germany and Peru - his last foreign trip while in office

‘Alt-right’ site accused of anti-semitism and racism could now become ‘Trump Pravda’

This week’s episode of World View looks at the far-right’s advance in France and Austria

Beverly Whaling, a mayor in Virginia, apologises for response to online ‘ape’ posting

Tech companies announce plans to make it harder for money to be made from hoax stories

Politics: The only intelligible lesson from 2016 is that ‘nobody knows anything’

Election pushed many long-time white Democrats towards insurgent Republican

Beware of the normalisation of fascism in the name of ‘balance’ or business

Memes show Biden planning pranks on incoming president-elect Donald Trump

US president says Trump expressed to him a great interest in keeping core strategic relationships

Former New York mayor tipped to serve, Obama avoids criticising Trump’s team

President-elect’s plans will lead to dramatic rise in US emissions at critical time for planet

Last election ended with narrow victory for Green Party-backed Van der Bellen

President says it will be up to Trump to appoint a team that serves his policies

Maverick ex-intelligence operative warns that ground being lost to autocratic forces

US president declines to comment on Steve Bannon’s selection as Trump chief strategist

US president-elect’s top adviser a pugnacious, Irish-American, conservative provocateur

Pressure on Assad increased, as Europe braces for possible US policy shift under Trump

US will be ‘rogue’ country if it ditches climate accord – Mary Robinson

Pablo Iglesias strongly rejects ‘ignorant’ comparisons following US election result

It is estimated that there are about 50,000 undocumented Irish living in the US

‘Mutual respect’ established as China congratulates Donald Trump on election win

In trying to get Hillary over the line, the president forgot why voters chose him in 2008

It is no accident that it is non-whites who are disproportionately underrepresented

President-elect indicates illegal immigrants, including many Irish, will be rounded up

By reshaping the electoral landscape, Donald Trump has also refashioned his party

Appointment of Ryan ally likely to be welcomed by Republicans in Congress

‘Certain areas’ of Mexican border wall may be fence, US president-elect tells CBS

John Breen finds those who voted for next president are not monsters but patriots

Leading Brexit campaigner visits president-elect at New York home

‘This is no time to question the value of the partnership between Europe and the United States’

Election of divisive figure could turn out to be the kick some venerable institutions need

Comey’s decision to go public with the renewed examination of her email server eroded support, she says

US religious right’s view of president-elect mirrors left’s stance on Hillary Clinton

Donald Trump’s ‘Gettyburg address’ during the campaign was full of promises - now he is president-elect can he implement them when he takes office?

Demonstrator shot in Oregon as thousands express anger at Republican candidate’s win

Robust democratic process underlines people’s will is still sovereign in the US

The president-elect pledged to build a wall on the border with Mexico and ban Muslims from entering the US, among other vote-winning commitments. Now he has the backing of a Republican Congress, will the policies become reality?

Donald Trump’s election is the United States’ reaction to a series of huge problems: democracy is broken, inequality is growing, masculinity is undergoing rapid change

Donald Trump’s foreign policy priorities will change the international order

Republican mulling a mix of insiders and outsiders for top administration positions

DUP MP in regular contact with president-elect; hopes he will ‘remember Northern Ireland’

But Irish party system has lessons to learn from Donald Trump’s US victory

Adams congratulates president-elect, pays tribute to defeated opponent Hillary Clinton