Exploring Dublin’s ugliest block of buildings

Hawkins House in Dublin city centre is facing demolition, and some people can't wait for it to happen. Irish Times Culture Editor Hugh Linehan looks at the city's worst building and its equally ugly neighbours. Video: Bryan O'Brien

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."