Call for elite squad of Ministers to be taught to watch their tongues before targetting Donald Trump in Operation Blarney ...

The reality of the impact of Storm Éowyn on the west coast is graphically illustrated in statistics revealed by the ...

A newly-elected Galway TD has dismissed those campaigning for the reopening of the Western Rail Corridor as “a bit delusional ...

A court in India on Friday found a 31-year-old man guilty of raping and murdering an Irish woman at a popular tourist resort in 2017.

Ireland’s deputy premier Simon Harris has said Ukraine must determine the terms and conditions for a “just and lasting” peace.

The Irish government will use its relationship with the US to help talk down the prospect of a trade war with the EU, its finance minister said.

Newly elected Longford Senator Paraic Brady has vowed to “hit the ground running” in his new role and insisted “the people will have their say” in choosing his successor at county council level. The ...

"Tariffs are a negative in respect of economic development," Ireland's Taoiseach said as President Trump vows to place ...

Historian and political commentator Brian Feeney has been a columnist with The Irish News for three decades. He is a former SDLP councillor in Belfast and co-author of the award-winning book Lost ...

Irish officials have told the Defence Minister, Tánaiste Simon Harris, that many of Ireland’s EU partners are in “full war preparation mode”. A high-level briefing document for the new ...

Legacy Act prevented ‘landing zone’ being reached for Troubles victims – says Simon Harris The Legacy Act ... into Troubles deaths. Join the Irish Independent WhatsApp channel Stay up ...