Ireland may be caught between the European continent and the United States in military powerplays, civil servants have warned Tánaiste Simon Harris. The new Defence Minister has been told Ireland could become “more isolated within the EU” because of our limited co-operation with other member states.

Tánaiste says his priority is harnessing the "full potential" of the Good Friday Agreement - while others argue that the Irish Unity debate can no longer be avoided.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man on January 26 sent messages of congratulations to Micheál Martin and Verona Murphy on their election as the Prime Minister and Speaker of the Parliament of the Republic of Ireland,

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President Michael D Higgins was right to make reference to the war in Gaza during a speech marking Holocaust Memorial Day, Tánaiste Simon Harris has said.

Ireland’s new deputy premier has said he ... On his first full day as Tanaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Simon Harris said the pair discussed repealing and replacing the contentious ...

and the formation of the 35th government of Ireland. Micheál Martin will return as taoiseach, with Simon Harris taking the role as tánaiste (deputy prime minister), as well as minister for ...

Nearly a quarter of a million customers are without power in the Republic of Ireland, as crews continue to repair "unprecedented" damage to the electricity network caused by Storm Éowyn. Friday's storm brought record wind speeds, with Irish weather service Met Éireann recording 183km/h (114mph) in Mace Head, County Galway.

ESB Networks in Ireland and NIE Networks say they expect significant further outages as Storm Eowyn continues to batter parts of the island.

The Tánaiste has said he had a “warm and engaging” conversation with Northern Ireland Secretary Hilary Benn. On his first full day as Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Simon Harris ...

The Minister for Foreign Affairs will hold talks with Northern Ireland’s First Minister Michelle O’Neill and deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly

Tributes have been paid to a man who died after a tree fell on his car in County Donegal during Storm Éowyn. Kacper Dudek was travelling on the N14, north of Lifford, near Ballinalecky Cross, when the incident happened early on Friday.