Four years to deliver is not such a long time with critical shortages of power and water predicted

In the absence of change, critical shortages of water and power likely within a few years, notes report

Country’s president knows EU and its member states still command some sway in Washington

Additional €100m in ‘non-lethal’ military support set to be announced during Ukrainian president’s first official trip to Ireland

Agenda set to include visit to President Catherine Connolly and expected address to joint sitting of Dáil and Seanad

Patrick O’Donovan, Jim O’Callaghan and Jennifer Carroll MacNeill have shown they are not afraid of rattling cages

Byrne says the Baltic countries Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia are ‘on a war footing, because they see a very real threat to themselves from Russia’

There has been a natural increase but population growth is turbo-charged by immigration

Revamped official website no longer has section devoted to head of state’s spouse

Edward Walsh says there will be major US-Ireland economic conference next autumn

New barriers to citizenship form part of Government tightening of immigration system

Irish rate is seven times the EU average and is putting pressure on services and State capacity, says Minister

Move to raise rents supported by Labour and Greens but fiercely opposed by Sinn Féin, PBP and Soc Dems

State department monitoring proposed legislation which could ‘adversely affect’ United States companies

Further changes likely in response to UK’s stricter new migration controls, sources say