50th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr

Fifty years ago on April 4th 1968 the Rev Martin Luther King Jr, America's most famous civil rights activist was shot dead by James Earl Ray at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis Tennessee.

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."