Denis Staunton

Denis Staunton

London Editor

Denis Staunton is London Editor of The Irish Times. He is a former deputy editor and foreign editor and has served as the newspaper’s correspondent in Washington, Brussels and Berlin.

Senior Conservatives denounce NI protocol Bill as illegal under international law

EU representatives may no longer be interested in negotiating with UK government figures they believe may be about to be ousted, Theresa May warns

Denis Staunton: This is a moment of real peril for Boris Johnson

Resignation of Tory party chairman Oliver Dowden in wake of byelection defeats revives threat to PM’s leadership

Johnson dismisses calls for resignation after double byelection defeat

Liberal Democrats overturn a 24,000-plus majority to secure Tiverton and Honiton, while Labour takes Wakefield

Union leader Mick Lynch wins the admiration of millions by channelling James Connolly

London Letter: Son of Irish immigrant Mick Lynch repulses media assault with determined defence of train strikes

BA staff at Heathrow back summer strikes over pay

Johnson calls on 40,000 striking rail workers to end their strikes

Boris Johnson’s Bills designed to catch the eyes of right-wing MPs who control his fate

All but a handful of Conservative MPs will vote for laws to tear up NI protocol and ignore European Court of Human Rights rulings

Bill to allow British ministers to ignore European Court of Human Rights rulings

New legislation called Bill of Rights changes Human Rights Act making right claims harder

Wages for top judges and doctors will rise by more than €20,000 annually next month

Recession-era public pay cuts to be reversed after Government advised it is not legally possible to stall increases

Downing Street does not rule out possibility Johnson considered wife for government jobs

British government considering how to ensure oversight and scrutiny of ministerial interests following resignation of ethics adviser

Checks on goods from Britain to NI may be shelved before Protocol Bill becomes law, says DUP leader

Inspections present problems for companies in Northern Ireland and consumers — Jeffrey Donaldson

Rail union claims UK government blocking deal on strike action

Britain faces biggest rail strikes in 30 years after last-minute talks fail

Johnson put ethics adviser in ‘impossible position’, letter states

Christopher Geidt steps down over British government’s plan to breach obligations under WTO rules

‘I loved England. I still do. There is no other country that’s so tolerant and kind’

London Letter: The sentiment was poignant given a Strasbourg court had just grounded a flight meant to transport asylum seekers to Rwanda

Rwanda magic lantern show fails to hide problem at heart of UK government

Analysis: the Rwanda refugee scheme and the phoney war against the European Court of Human Rights are designed to shore up support for Johnson among his MPs

UK not ruling out quitting European rights convention after Rwanda flight grounded

Attorney general says people in Britain would be ‘rightly frustrated’ that a Strasbourg court had intervened after British courts gave the go-ahead to the flights to Rwanda