Patrick Smyth

The so-called “Squad” was a group of assassins assembled by Michael Collins, several of whom played key roles in a series of assassinations on the mor(...)

Joe Biden is closing in on victory this morning as the race to count votes in Georgia and Pennsylvania continued overnight.   Donald Trump’s lea(...)

The Republic will appeal to fellow EU member states to manifest again the solidarity expressed in the Brexit talks to protect the union’s farm budget,(...)

A “marked rebound” in Irish consumer and business confidence after the threat of a no-deal Brexit receded is supporting a more optimistic outlook for (...)

Boris Johnson has suffered his first defeat in parliament since last month’s UK general election, with the House of Lords backing an opposition amendm(...)

Every new presidency of the EU has its own flavour, its own national initiative to mark it out from the rest and to be remembered by. Croatia, a grou(...)

Britain has taken “urgent measures” to protect its nationals and interests in the Middle East, and put ships and helicopters on standby in the region,(...)

As “commitments” go it might appear somewhat half-hearted. “The European Council endorses the objective of achieving a climate-neutral EU by 2050,” is(...)

France worked with Ireland, Germany and officials of the European Council over the weekend to frame the terms of another British Brexit extension to J(...)

Boris Johnson will write a letter asking the EU to delay Brexit by three months if no deal is agreed by October 19th, according to government papers s(...)