The Government continues to prevaricate on the issue

Intensifying Israeli campaign is utterly disproportionate to the Hizbullah threat

Responsibility for flood warnings are split between three departments, various agencies and the local authorities

Why does the Government seem so lacking in domestic purpose and direction?

The most extraordinary aspect of the case is how protracted and arduous the process of enforcing the law proved to be

Higher rents and rising evictions will keep the Government under pressure

Michael McGrath’s initiative will help small companies, but more is needed

Excessive regulation can stifle development and become a vehicle for vested interests

EU leaders need to find a way to unblock a €90 billion loan for Kyiv

Taoiseach agrees that there cannot be a ‘rogue state’ with a nuclear weapon

The costs of inadequate progress are growing

Today’s celebrations are an affirmation of the rich complexities of our shared national experience

This is, first and foremost, a personal triumph for this breathtakingly versatile actor

Taoiseach must avoid the embarrassing obsequiousness some other heads of state have shown

Saturday’s hard fought performance underlines the competitive nature of the competition

Bereft of any apparent strategy, the US president will struggle to find a way out

This year’s awards come at a moment of flux and uncertainty for the gilm industry

Conflict in the Gulf gives EU governments the opportunity to underline the strategic importance of renewable energy

The maker of Claude refused to allow its technology to be used for mass surveillance and autonomous weapons

The two countries share common interests on security, trade and other interests

The exchange with the Government can be seen as the two sides feeling one another out

Member states will not be reassured nor reform facilitated by a go-it-alone commission president

The controversy in 1926 was a reminder that holding a mirror to your country can generate as much condemnation as gratitude

A new ESRI analysis has straightforward recommendations to try to improve the situation

Risks of a drawn-out conflict had unnerved markets, but oil prices fell after Trump’s comments on Monday evening

Another bout of inflation could further damage competitiveness and hurt households

Despite concerns about the impact on the IFSC, the Government should row in behind the plan

There is no sign of an end to the war and no clarity from Donald Trump about US aims

Felines have been the signal beneficiaries of modern internet culture over the past decade

If the crisis worsens, measures to help households should be focused

French president wants to move weapons to seven European states

Whether a reset in relations is possible hinges in part on a power struggle in the EU

Two parallel public processes have proceeded for years with remarkably little sign of coordination

Having survived a series of economic shocks over recent years Ireland may now face another one

Ireland’s situation is not as acute as in the UK, the US or Australia

Efforts at political decapitation are rarely as clean or as swift as those who undertake them hope

Motorists are switching in increasing numbers, but the trend must be built on

The threat from Iran’s repressive regime will not be solved by air and missile attacks

After losing a Labour seat to the Green Party, the prime minister will nervously await polls in May

This will be the eighth apology since Bertie Ahern’s landmark address to Dáil Éireann in 1999

The habits cultivated by serious reading are precisely what is required of citizens in a democracy

New equipment will be of little use without soldiers, sailors and pilots to operate it

The bank’s president needs to clarify whether she will see out her term

Republicans will fret about the yawning gap between presidential rhetoric and voter sentiment

Some 100,000 more employees may be needed to deliver on all the plans

In the Netherlands and the UK, AI cameras are used which can detect mobile use by drivers

UN officials fear a humanitarian crisis, with the outbreak of epidemics and the spread of hunger

The Government has to make progress in 2026 if it is to see results during its term

After four years of attrition, the conflict is stuck in bloody gridlock

The US administration said it can find new ways forward, but this will be complicated and difficult