5+ hour, 13+ min ago   (703+ words) US president Donald Trump and Taoiseach Micheál Martin are due to be reunited later on Sunday at the Irish Open in Co Clare. Martin is to attend the final day of play at Trump’s golf resort in Doonbeg alongside the…...

8+ hour, 41+ min ago   (407+ words) One has to imagine that somewhere in the basement of the Department of Finance there’s a large, industrial-sized recycling centre for public policies. How else can we explain the re-emergence of a proposal to abolish stamp duty for first-time buyers…...

7+ hour, 48+ min ago   (703+ words) The Irish Times A realistic emergency preparedness booklet would say ‘prepare for a slow decline’ Climate change for most of us will be a slow, banal deterioration in our quality of life – and we’re the lucky ones…...

14+ hour, 18+ min ago   (388+ words) I heard some terrific news the other day: “The happiest men over 40 are 25lbs overweight.” So said Prof Arthur Brooks of the John F Kennedy school of government at Harvard University in the United States, more commonly known as the Harvard…...

8+ hour, 49+ min ago   (1374+ words) “The biggest challenge now is the buses not showing,” says Elaine Conry. “My girls get the bus, and it is just dreadfully unreliable; some days they’ve had to get a taxi into school.” Conry has lived in Sandyford in south…...

19+ hour, 45+ min ago   (622+ words) US president Donald Trump said Irish unity would be a “great thing” in response to a reporter’s question on his visit to Dublin. The comments, made alongside Taoiseach Micheál Martin at Farmleigh, caused eyebrows to be raised north and south…...

21+ hour, 19+ min ago   (525+ words) It was, as one senior SDLP figure put it, “quite a moment, to have the American president saying that.” The “that” in question was Donald Trump’s endorsement of Irish unity, delivered when answering questions from the media after his arrival…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago   (201+ words) Hundreds of protestors attended a rally at Shannon Airport as Air Force One carrying President Donald Trump landed on Saturday. Video: Bryan O'Brien US president expressed support for Irish unity in a press conference with Taoiseach Micháel Martin. US president…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago   (1006+ words) Every week, Adam Gannon talks to people on the doorsteps in his Fermanagh council district, which stretches from Garrison in the west to Derrylin in the east. More of them are talking about a united Ireland than ever before “and…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (705+ words) Middle-income earners will see a “significant impact” from the budget, Minister for Finance and Tánaiste Simon Harris has said. His comments come after Minister for Public Expenditure Jack Chambers sought to manage expectations in recent days, saying that despite plans…...