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The RTÉ Radio 1 host eventually asks if the U2 frontman was wrong to accept a medal from Joe Biden given US support for Israel’s invasion of Gaza
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The RTÉ Radio 1 host eventually asks if the U2 frontman was wrong to accept a medal from Joe Biden given US support for Israel’s invasion of Gaza
The ill health of US presidents has been kept from journalists on a number of occasions
About 4,000 men in the State are diagnosed with the cancer each year. Although it is often very treatable, the lack of symptoms means it can go undetected for a long time
U2 singer faced criticism for taking honour from administration giving military backing to Israel
Veteran US senator, who is visiting Ireland this week, has been criticised by Palestinian supporters
In the News podcast: Former president’s cancer diagnosis raises further questions about his health in the White House
The director understood people will remember how you left with grace just as much as they remember how you performed at your peak
It is a tale of hubris, deception and political cowardice
News of Biden‘s cancer diagnosis brings temporary civility amid fallout from new book on Democrats’ inaction over his cognitive decline
Biden and his family are reviewing treatment options with doctors
It took the Democrats far too long to acknowledge the mental decline that Americans could see
Growing disquiet over tariffs forcing up prices could lead to hard landing for his acceptance of Qatar’s gift of a $400m jet
Successor to Hubble Space Telescope investigating how the first galaxies were formed
Former president claims successor risks causing a breakdown of US-Europe relations
Vietnam War ended on April 30th, 1975, when Saigon fell
Unthinkable: There may be lessons from Northern Ireland in responding to the horrors of the Middle East
Decision by federal court heightens the risks that Silicon Valley behemoth will need to sell assets
The Brexit-disdaining, Irish-reunification supporting Anglo-French litigator is coming to Ireland in June
With the former president said to be working on a memoir, two new books offer damning details of the fragmentation of faith in him before last November’s US election
European capitals have arguably been better friends of Ireland for a much longer time
US department also revokes temporary legal status of 530,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans
State hasn’t shaken off the Cayman Islands smear and the €14 billion Apple tax money has only reinforced the perception that we’re eating everyone else’s lunch
Tom Wright may be the most influential Irishman you’ve never heard of. He was part of the team responsible for advising Biden on Russia and Ukraine
The allure of America has already dimmed since the first Trump administration. As calls for boycotts grow in Europe, the second Trump administration may break the spell entirely
Republican budget marks the beginning of the end of a crucial welfare health programme, say Democrats
At a Time of Climate Crisis: The US president has been making false and misleading claims on wind energy for nearly a decade
The actor is making his Broadway debut in a stage adaptation of his 2005 movie Good Night, and Good Luck
Bernard Jackman correction, confusion around a Love/Hate revival and Michael O’Leary’s former Russian tenants
De Niro’s political thriller Zero Day couldn’t be better timed. The actor, who plays a courageous US president, has been one of Trump’s most outspoken public critics
Marco Rubio expected to push president’s proposal to displace Palestinians in Gaza during first visit to region
The essential question for Ireland is: to grovel or not to grovel?
Donald Trump says he has spoken to Vladimir Putin about ending war in Ukraine
Judge temporarily blocks Musk’s Doge from accessing government systems used to process payments
The U2 frontman was an early cheerleader for his fellow Irish band, who are back on tour to mark 40 years together. But his acceptance of a medal from Joe Biden sent the wrong signal, they say
‘As an American taxpayer I don’t want my dollars going towards this crap,’ Donald Trump’s press secretary told reporters
In the second column in a monthly series, the 29-year-old commander of a Ukrainian drone unit discusses fighting on while being unable to grieve for those lost in combat and how and when the war might end
We need to execute on policies that enhance our competitiveness, trust in the resilience of our relationship with the US and maintain a consistent message that Ireland is open for business
An economic renaissance is unlikely, not least because the US economy is very far from the disaster he proclaims it to be
Alongside the aggression, sarcasm and triumphalism, there were hints of the techno-imperialism that has recently been added to the Maga mix
Private enterprise controls oil and may not share US president’s enthusiasm for increased production
US president claimed rioters suffered unduly harsh prison conditions and repeated false allegation that 2020 election was rigged
TikTok was off air for just 14 hours in the US over the weekend, with Trump granting it a 90-day stay on its Biden-era ban
Icy, strained inauguration day is rich with human drama - and the abiding American theme of defeat and redemption
We don’t know what will emerge from Trump 2.0 but we do know what is dying – American liberalism
Romy Gonen (24), Emily Damari (28) and Doron Steinbrecher (31) brought to Tel Aviv hospital after 471 days in captivity
Protests were largely peaceful amid heightened security as police cars drove nearby
White House dismisses warning from TikTok as stunt as users scramble to alternative platforms
Over a 50-year career, he has stood for decency, pragmatism and a belief in the capacity of politics to deliver meaningful progress
After the US supreme court upheld a ban on the video app unless it sheds its Chinese owners, a final decision on action rests with politicians
Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan
Decision means video app could now ‘go dark’ for 170m US users
The outgoing US president will also be remembered for disastrous foreign policy choices, including his refusal to curb the excesses of Israel
Departing US president uses farewell address to highlight ‘dangerous concentration of power among a few ultra-wealthy people’
Biden and Trump express optimism a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas can be agreed within days
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Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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