An Irishman’s Diary

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald critical of Britain’s ‘Ireland last’ policy

After six years in Limerick, Fr Tony O’Riordan has taken up a new role in one of the world’s most isolated refugee camps

‘Our elected representatives aren’t representing anyone, no matter which side’

Fianna Fáil senator praises creation of job by Theresa May but psychologist opposes idea

Robert Moore’s farm in Co Derry is a quarter of a mile from Donegal

Brexit and Trump are dangers to Ireland but far worse is poor policy and planning

One of the very first messages Teresa May received was from the Portadown Orangemen

UK currency drops in immediate wake of prediction by 2% against euro and US dollar

Cabinet choices will inevitably provoke resentment among those who fail to make cut

By managing to present himself as the outsider and the underdog, the Labour leader has launched a campaign that we can all recognise as being ‘anti-establishment’

Elisha McCallion who took Martin McGuinness’s Assembly seat will push incumbent close

At the core of The Promise is the first World War genocide of the Kardashians’ fellow Armenians, a cause close to the family's heart

Kathy Sheridan: Support for hard-right candidate a sign of media desperation

Trump and Brexit supporters seem unconcerned by breaches of trust with electorate

Some of the 100,000 Brits living in Germany fear a post-Brexit future as European pawns

The UK has been sold down the river in a proxy war between Tory public schoolboys

A high turnout is expected for Stormont vote, but will prehistory keep repeating?

How can Europe condemn the Muslim ban with so many drowning in the Mediterranean?

Former Liberal Democrats leader says visit would have ‘helped ease nerves over Brexit’

Former taoiseach says EU Brexit discussions won’t linger on ‘who threw the bottle out of the pram’

‘Whichever way you slice the apple you find worms in it,’ says Jolyon Maugham QC

None of the populist movements in the west have declared democracy to be their enemy

With or without the obstructionist UK, the EU is going to have to find new ways of circumventing decision-making gridlock

Bank of England governor asserts independence from government following comments by Theresa May

Important there is full co-operation of EU member states on border controls, says MEP

Current bout of sterling weakness not ideal for Irish exporters, warns Investec trader

Some of the biggest stars at London Fashion Week this season were Irish designers

At 79, and having endured a stroke and the death of her husband, the indomitable Jilly Cooper is about to unleash her latest horsey bonkbuster

European response shows up British politics for the shallow game that it is

Conference becomes a beauty contest for the putative successors to PM David Cameron