'No one event, no one thing' behind decision to step down, says Varadkar

Leo Varadkar, speaking ahead of an EU summit in Brussels, has said that there was "no one event" behind his decision to step down as Taoiseach.

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."