Iraq War architect and former New Labour prime minister Tony Blair has pleaded the case for a second referendum on Brexit in the Irish press, alongside former Irish leader Bertie Ahern.
A foreign national living in Ireland who thought it was “OK under Irish law” to rape his step-daughter has been jailed for 12 years.
Gardaí (police) in Ireland have updated uniform rules to allow officers to wear hijabs and turbans, describing the supposed lack of ethnic diversity in the force as a “ticking time-bomb” that could make immigrant communities “radicalise”.
UFC star Conor McGregor is being investigated in connection with an alleged sexual assault that took place in Ireland in December of 2018, the New York Times reports.
An Irish bishop has come out against Catholics who “demonize” Muslims, insisting that followers of Islam are no more likely to commit terror attacks than Christians.
Ireland’s bishops spoke out this week against a requirement that applicants to new work posts at Dublin’s National Maternity Hospital be willing to perform abortions, which they called a violation of a doctor’s “constitutional and human right to freedom of conscience.”
The event is scheduled to take place at 6:00 EST at the White House.
As the deteriorating political situation in the United Kingdom makes headlines worldwide, U.S. President Donald Trump has made two separate sets of remarks on Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union in one day, lamenting Theresa May’s failure to heed his advice but praising the “unlimited” potential of a new trade deal with Britain.
Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar has accused the United Kingdom of “chasing unicorns” and said if the country wanted to cancel Brexit, the European Union would welcome it back.
A Ryan Adams tour of the United Kingdom and Ireland has been canceled following allegations of abuse and sexual predation made against him last month.
Footage has emerged of Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn slamming the “empire” of the European Union and its habit of re-running popular referendums until it gets its way.
Several senior European politicians and bureaucrats have spoken out Monday to pour cold water on British hopes of achieving even modest changes in the Brexit ‘deal’ arranged by Prime Minister Theresa May, as the nation closes in on the March 29th departure date.
Guinness has dropped a number of rugby sponsorship adverts in Ireland after complaints that they could cause “offence or confusion” to immigrants. The world-famous dry stout company, which is a sponsor and the official beer of the Six Nations rugby
Leading Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) MP Sammy Wilson has said now is the time to “exploit the cracks” appearing in the EU to win a better Brexit deal — and warned the Irish they will be tossed aside by the bloc when they can no longer be used as leverage.
Pro-EU activists erected a Berlin-style wall manned by menacing armed “soldiers” on the border between Ireland and British Ulster to scare people about the supposed consequences of a No Deal Brexit.
Rapper Azealia Banks denigrated Irish people as “inbred leprechauns” in a social media screed on Wednesday, subsequently asking mixed martial artist Connor McGregor — an Irish prize fighter — for “help” in mitigating the backlash she received.
LONDON (AP) — The European Union’s chief Brexit negotiator says if Britain withdraws without a deal with the EU, he still wants to avoid a hard border between Ireland and Northern Ireland.
LONDON (AP) – Northern Ireland police and politicians have condemned a “reckless” car bombing outside a courthouse in the city of Londonderry.
A suspected Islamic State fighter who was captured by Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces is a citizen of the Republic of Ireland who was known to Irish police.
The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on Sunday announced the capture of two American citizens fighting for the Islamic State. The SDF named the two men and provided photographs. The Pentagon would not immediately confirm the report, describing it as “open source” unverified information.
Chris Fitzpatrick, a consultant obstetrician and gynecologist at the Coombe hospital, wrote at the Irish Times that the push to start performing abortions is undermining clinical and safety concerns.
The European Union’s facade of confidence in the Brexit negotiations is beginning to crack, as the Irish government admits it will need “mega-money” in aid to survive the fallout of “No Deal”.
Pro-Brexit group Labour Leave has demanded a public inquiry into the Brexit negotiations after a customs expert told MPs he suspected HMRC was given a “political instruction” not to discuss alternatives to the contentious “backstop”.
GOP politicians are working with Irish politicians and advocacy groups to pass a bill that would transfer thousands of white collar jobs from U.S. graduates to Irish graduates.
Attorney-General Geoffrey Cox has admitted that the United Kingdom will not be allowed to terminate Theresa May’s “worst deal in history” with the European Union unilaterally, but is refusing to release his full legal advice on the deal.
Former U.S. Secretary of State and Democrat presidential candidate John Kerry is in Northern Ireland threatening that Brexit could trigger a new terror campaign in the Province.
The World Trade Organization (WTO) has shot down a key Brexit scare story, confirming there is “nothing” in their rules which would require a so-called “hard” border between EU Ireland and the British province of Northern Ireland following a “No Deal” Brexit.
TEL AVIV – The Irish senate on Wednesday advanced a controversial bill to boycott the sale or import of products from Israeli settlements.
Nigel Dodds, who leads Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) in the British Parliament, has warned that Theresa May’s “Brexit in name only” deal risks “the break up of the United Kingdom”.
USA Rugby Eagles will finish their unbeaten 2018 season on Saturday aiming to topple Ireland in Dublin. It will be no easy task.
Ireland’s Minister for Higher Education announced Sunday the introduction of sex-specific teaching jobs to attack what she sees as persistent gender inequality on the island.
Theresa May has reportedly backed Irish and European Union (EU) politicians and blocked proposals for the UK to be able to unilaterally leave a “customs arrangement” with the bloc and take back control of trade policy after Brexit.
The supposedly all-important ‘soft’ border between the Republic of Ireland and the British province of Northern Ireland is being exploited by dangerous criminals, gangsters, and illegal migrants, according to the National Crime Agency (NCA).
Veteran statesman Lord David Trimble has rebuked Irish leader Leo Varadkar for “riding roughshod” over the peace process in Ulster, and seeking to turn the British province of Northern Ireland into an “EU protectorate”.
LONDON (AP) – Irish President Michael Higgins is on track to win a second term as election officials begin counting votes from this week’s ballot.
Chart-topping Irish musician Sinead O’Connor who scored a worldwide hit with her 1990 single “Nothing Compares 2 U” has undergone a public conversion from Catholicism to Islam, sharing her progress to the Twitter platform, reports The Irish Post.
Irish taoiseach (prime minister) Leo Varadkar has been slammed by British unionist politicians in Northern Ireland for using a photograph of an IRA bombing as Brexit leverage.
Contents: Brexit appears headed for worst of all possible worlds for UK; The most likely deal: ‘Extend and Pretend’; The Northern Ireland ‘backstop’
The Irish government has suggested Theresa May is willing to commit Britain to open-ended ‘backstop’ membership of the EU’s Customs Union, according to the BBC.
Pope Francis bemoaned a “cooling” of international solidarity in his Message for World Food Day Tuesday, while calling the U.N.’s dubious 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development a “rallying cry” for all people of good will.
