Bobby Mcdonagh

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Boris Johnson: For a politician about to reach the high office – nobody appears to trust a word he says. Photograph: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg
What sort of Boris can Ireland expect?

Senior figures in the Irish Government no longer wonder about whether they will be faced with Boris Johnson or Jeremy Hunt as the next British prime m(...)

If Michel Barnier were to become the European People’s Party candidate for commission president, he has a proven understanding of Northern Ireland. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill
EU cannot afford ‘jobs for the boys’ carve-up of top roles

With important high-level European Union appointments due to be discussed again at the EU summit starting today, it is important to consider where Ire(...)

UK prime minister Theresa May and German chancellor Angela Merkel during a lighter moment at the start of this week’s emergency summit in Brussels. Photograph: Kenzo Tribouillard/Reuters
Merkel reminds May of warmth in the EU tent as Brexit is delayed

German chancellor Angela Merkel went out of her way to include UK prime minister Theresa May in a lighter moment at the start of this week’s emergency(...)

“Yes” campaigners celebrate after the Lisbon Treaty referendum, outside Dublin Castle on October 3rd, 2009. File photograph: Cathal McNaughton/Reuters
Bobby McDonagh: There’s nothing to fear from second Brexit referendum

An insightful Spanish diplomat once suggested to me that the problem with a referendum was that it’s like inviting somebody to the cinema. If they say(...)

Rory Montgomery: regarded as the “intellectual powerhouse on all things European”.
Ireland’s Team Brexit: intellectuals, drafters, workhorses and networkers

Most Thursday mornings they meet in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade at Iveagh House on Dublin’s St Stephen’s Green. There are no green jer(...)

Ireland’s ambassador in London, Dan Mulhall, is to become ambassador to the US. Photograph: Malcolm McNally
Dan Mulhall to become Irish ambassador to the United States

Ireland’s ambassador in London, Dan Mulhall, is to become ambassador to the United States as part of a rotation in the senior ranks at the Department (...)

Irish Ambassador to London Dan Mulhall at the Cenotaph memorial in Whitehall, central London, during the annual Remembrance Sunday service. Photograph Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire
Moving scenes in London as Irish Ambassador lays wreath

Everything about the Remembrance Sunday commemorations at the Cenotaph in Whitehall in London are minutely planned, down to the positioning of dignita(...)