Irish Parliament
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Seanad nominees welcomed by National Women’s Council
- Politics
- June 28, 2020, 13:07
The inclusion of nine women among the Taoiseach’s eleven nominees to the Seanad has been welcomed by women’s groups though the absence of a person of (...)

Pelosi’s master class on how a woman can spar with Trump
- US
- July 7, 2019, 15:54
Nancy Pelosi and Donald Trump have a lot in common. Neither one drinks, yet they have family vineyards. They both love big bowls of ice cream. Their (...)

US Speaker Nancy Pelosi to meet Higgins and visit North
- Politics
- April 13, 2019, 12:09
The Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi will meet President Michael D Higgins on Wednesday as part of a US Congressional delegatio(...)

Foolhardy Buck – Frank McNally on a new book about ‘Ireland’s Greatest Adventurer’, Thomas Whaley
- Opinion
- March 6, 2019, 18:01
In the prologue of his very entertaining new book on the subject, David Ryan asks “why should we care” about the life of Thomas Whaley, better known a(...)

Getting Precious about the Union – Frank McNally on a Brexit buzzword
- Opinion
- November 16, 2018, 17:40
One of the great euphemisms introduced by the UK’s Brexit crisis is “our precious Union”, a phrase used frequently since 2016, and by Theresa May in p(...)

Varadkar claims ‘Brexiteers’ could collapse Government under FF plan
- Irish News
- October 25, 2018, 12:06
The Taoiseach has said that hardline Brexiteers could bring down the Government if he agrees to Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin’s plan to support th(...)

Cork GAA club gets stay of execution thanks to supporters
- Irish News
- September 28, 2018, 06:00
One of Cork’s oldest GAA clubs received a stay of execution this week when a group of supporters decided to defer winding up Redmonds amid hopes of ap(...)

Full text of Northern Secretary’s leaked briefings on crunch NI issues
- Irish News
- June 17, 2018, 22:14
A document sent to outlets on Sunday night about a media opportunity with Northern Secretary Karen Bradley today, contains briefing lines for her to u(...)

One question stands out among the many that arise in the Denis O’Brien versus Red Flag Consulting legal action. Why did O’Brien give the USB memory st(...)

Foster wrong that UK could secure better deals post-Brexit - PM
- UK
- June 17, 2016, 09:00
British prime minister David Cameron has said Northern Ireland First Minister Arlene Foster is “fundamentally wrong” that the United Kingdom could neg(...)