Question Time: What can be done to address the shortage of Catholic priests?

Question of the Week: What can be done to address the shortage of Catholic priests? Patsy McGarry, Irish Times Religious Affairs Correspondent, gives his view.

100 days of the Government

Political Editor of The Irish Times, Pat Leahy, reviews the beginning of Micheál Martin‘s second term as Taoiseach. Video: Dan Dennison


US and Ukraine sign minerals deal

US treasury secretary Scott Bessent announced the deal on X, saying it “signals the Trump Administration’s commitment to a free, sovereign, prosperous Ukraine."