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Trump threatens further Kharg Island strikes ‘just for fun’ and urges other countries to send warships to Strait of Hormuz

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

Tehran says it is open to negotiating with countries seeking safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz

Taoiseach concedes difficulty with intervening in, or investigating, any ‘transgressions’ of rules prohibiting such activity by US military

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Taoiseach must walk a tightrope, eager not to provoke an erratic, preternaturally sensitive US president while holding to Irish positions

The section of the US public that opposes Donald Trump is exhausted by relentless right-wing dominance of public life

Market signals are just as confusing as the military objectives

White House clearly not interested in ending the war, now going into its third week, say Omani diplomatic sources

Several explosions heard on key island but ‘no oil infrastructure damaged’

Micheál Martin says he will ‘articulate need for peace’ during St Patrick’s Day meeting with Donald Trump on Tuesday

Pumped-up White House videos about Iran conflict are extreme even by recent US standards

Are markets driving both US and Iranian foreign policy?

From ‘silence, guile and cunning’ to ‘don’t go’, here’s some advice for the Taoiseach on how to survive the Shamrock Ceremony

Hollywood is used to being in the international persuasion business. Donald Trump’s triumphalist warmonger videos change that

Death toll and humanitarian crises mount two weeks into the US-Israeli war on Iran

For the Islamic Republic regime, survival would be victory

Keir Starmer’s Cork trip marks a step forward for Ireland-UK relations

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Many businesses will have ‘little choice’ but to pass rising costs on to their customers or consumers, Isme says

US defense secretary Pete Hegseth’s bellicose and vengeful rhetoric describing the war in Iran grew out of his experience in Iraq

Some experts believe Iran has prepared for a six-month campaign of drone attacks

In addition to prosecuting a war, the US president has spent the week demanding swift passage of legislation that could reshape US voting rules

US issues 30-day waiver for purchase of Russian oil stranded at sea; Moscow says lifting of sanctions ‘increasingly inevitable’

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Donald Trump and Iran’s new supreme leader have both struck defiant tones, with the latter saying Strait of Hormuz should remain shut

Behind Trump’s erratic policies there is one common thread: to check China’s rise

RTÉ Radio 1 host brings droll authority to his daily show, while Pat Kenny effortlessly moves to weekends

Live updates as Israel and the US continue their strikes on Iran

Angry scenes as peace groups demand end to attacks on Iran, but Iranian group chants ‘Thank you, Trump’

Tehran will keep strait of Hormuz closed and continue attacks on US assets, speech read out on state TV says

Many displaced families sought safety along Beirut’s seafront, but even the beaches have become targets

Seizing or disabling Iranian stockpiles is fraught with risks, not least putting boots on the ground

Comment comes just days after telling Fifa president Gianni Infantino that Iran would be welcome despite the war

Councillor who backed expansion plan annoyed that someone living almost 60kms away can object to expansion plan

White House visit could prove tricky for the Taoiseach, while 40 Ministers and representatives will travel to more than 50 countries

With an eye on the midterm elections, the US president is trying to convince his voting base – and perhaps himself – that everything is still okay

For now, the most likely outcome is a shift to even greater levels of authoritarian control. Beyond that, the future is less certain

Second Government-chartered flight bring Irish citizens back to Dublin; Israel launches new wave of attacks on Beirut

Outdated targeting data may have resulted in a mistaken missile strike, according to the ongoing military investigation