Irish influence in the US is waning, says new report from influential think-tank
Policy Exchange, which has been criticised for failing to disclose its funders, releases report assessing State’s international status
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Fine Gael should never again send a Protestant candidate into a sectarian storm
Presidential election: Never again should Fine Gael send a Protestant candidate out, unprepared, into a sectarian storm
Ireland is riding two horses galloping in different directions across the Atlantic
Nostalgia can not blind us to the new realities of the collapsing alliance between the US and Europe
If Nigel Farage wins the next UK election, the consequences for Ireland will be profound
There is widespread desire for electoral change and a greater political role for England
Starmer’s new Brexit line: it’s a disaster – and Farage is to blame
Downing Street insiders say Labour’s frontbench have been primed to blame the current economic woes on Brexit and Reform UK
Barry’s Tea, brack and quiet deals: the breakfasts where Europe’s leaders set the agenda
Ireland’s early morning pre-summit meeting with Nordic and Baltic States is now a fixture of Brussels diplomacy
Political Change Across Britain and Ireland - Identities, Institutions and Futures: Undoubtedly the UK is in trouble
Questions well posed here may be impossible to resolve, but they will consume the attention of a generation
Tories’ future as political party capable of governing is at stake: ‘It is that serious’
Whether to focus more on people’s pockets or UK borders is big question at Conservative Party conference
A Short History of Stupidity by Stuart Jeffries: Clever but with shortcomings
This is a lively and at times bitingly funny attempt at summarising a broad field
Talks on food and meat sales between EU and UK could be completed ‘in less than a year’
It had been understood that they could take until 2027
Keir Starmer delivers perhaps his best speech so far as UK prime minister
Labour leader takes the fight to his internal and external political enemies in address to his party’s conference in Liverpool
Is Britain’s ailing Conservative Party finally over?
Tribalism has engulfed European convervatism – and Kemi Badenoch’s Tories might be next on chopping block
Injury Time by Kevin Smith: Engrossing and supremely witty
The protagonist, a marvellous creation, is embedded in the affluent world of north Co Down – a Protestant world of generational wealth and no little ostentation
Ratifying the Mercosur deal is a no-brainer
Allegation that Mercosur might adversely affect beef farmers through falling prices is a scare story without real foundation
Diarmaid Ferriter on Speaking My Mind by Leo Varadkar: Jaunty but superficial and lazy at times
Former taoiseach provides gossip and entertaining titbits but displays detachment about matters of substance
How the Nigel Farage factor could upend the Belfast Agreement
Quitting the European Convention on Human Rights is the latest talking point among those eager to tighten immigration control
Outgoing British ambassador Paul Johnston appointed to lead Irish Universities Association
Johnston to leave the British diplomatic service to take up his new role
Burying the Enemy - The Story of Those who Cared for the Dead in Two World Wars: A civilising veneer for savagery
A thoughtful book about unfortunate men and what their treatment says about British-German relations
Philip Stephens: ‘I am privileged to be Irish as well as British’
Stephens talks about visiting his grandparents in Co Mayo, how Scotland will become independent before Northern Ireland joins the Republic and more
Nicola Sturgeon on Leo Varadkar’s shyness, Enda Kenny’s charm and Martin McGuinness’s bear hugs
The former Scottish National Party leader talks politics, life, love, pain and her new autobiography
Chance to end the scourge of paramilitaries in Northern Ireland cannot be lost again
London’s abdication of social and political responsibility has fuelled sense of loss in loyalist areas
There’s more to Irish history than eight centuries of British oppression and failed uprisings
Whether we’re moving towards a united Ireland or shared island, we need to face awkward questions about identity
10% for Bushmills, 15% for Jameson: The bewildering cross-border trade
Business on both sides of the Border are trying to figure out the financial implications of Trump’s different tariffs with the UK and EU
Don’t believe the myth: Britain’s services industry has been hit hard by Brexit
Export growth has been strong but not lived up to its potential
UK and France agree one in, one out migrant returns scheme
French president blames Brexit for making it harder to tackle illegal migration
Wage bill at Spar operator Henderson Group eats into profits
Sales at Northern Ireland retail group reached £1.4bn last year, new accounts reveal
Post-Brexit export drive hampered by UK trade finance regulations, ICC warns
International Chamber of Commerce says overhaul of rules could help plug £22bn funding gap
The Irish Times view on young people and democracy: increasing disenchantment
The growing alienation from politics reflects the sense among young people that the system has failed them
David McRedmond: ‘An Post has been brilliant. I’ve never been remunerated less and enjoyed a job more’
McRedmond’s credo is: ‘All businesses are dying; you have to find the new thing’. He has lived that philosophy at State-owned postal service, whose core business has shifted from letters to parcels and, increasingly, financial services
EU blocks Britain’s attempts to join pan-European trading bloc
The PEM convention would reduce exporters’ post-Brexit difficulties with supply chains
Brexit was ‘single stupidest thing a country’s ever done’
US businessman and former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg links Ireland’s recent success to Brexit
In 28 Years Later, Brexit Britain runs screaming towards its Apocalypse Now. What took it so long?
Danny Boyle, a stubborn Mancunian of Irish descent, can feel proud of showing how the subject can be addressed without dragging your art into po-faced agitprop
Banks that fuelled Ireland’s finance rebound face tariff angst
Ireland has become a big draw for foreign lenders post-Brexit with international banks now employing close to 15,000 people in the State
Resilient economy gives reason for optimism despite Central Bank’s ‘extreme’ scenario
Regulator lays out how US tariffs might hit Ireland’s export-led, multinational-heavy economy
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