As fault lines widen across world affairs, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney used a high-profile speech in Dublin to argue that Ireland and Canada can help steady an increasingly unsettled international order by acting in concert. Carney delivered the message at the inaugural De Chastelain Public Lecture at Trinity College Dublin during the first day of his two-day visit to Ireland. In remarks that ranged widely across economics and security, Mr Carney said the tools of economic integration were now being turned into…

For Mark Carney, the road to Dublin is also a road back to family. Ireland is welcoming the Canadian prime minister "home", Taoiseach Micheál Martin said, framing the visit as both a diplomatic engagement and a personal return. Mr Carney, whose grandparents were born in Ireland, is due to travel to Mayo tomorrow to visit their birthplace as part of the trip. At a joint press conference, Mr Martin said: "I know I speak for the people of Mayo, and indeed for the Irish people more broadly, when I say that we are deeply honoured…

Ireland has moved to bar two of Israel’s most outspoken ministers from entering the country, with Taoiseach Micheál Martin confirming that Justice Minister Jim O'Callaghan has imposed travel bans on Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich. Mr Ben-Gvir serves as Israel’s national security minister, while Mr Smotrich holds the finance portfolio. The Taoiseach was speaking at the EU-Western Balkans Summit in Tivat, Montenegro. Mr Martin said the ministers’ rhetoric and conduct "amount to a desire to see the elimination of…

A long-running dispute over peat extraction in Ireland has reached a new flashpoint, with the European Commission hauling the State before Europe’s highest court over what it says is a failure to properly police the industry. After years of tensions between Dublin and Brussels, the EU executive said today it is referring Ireland to the European Court of Justice (ECJ), arguing the State has not met its obligations under EU rules governing environmental impact assessments. In a statement, the Commission said Ireland had…

Kitty HollandFriday May 22, 2026 Court conducting age inquiry over asylum seeker charged with murder of Vadym Davydenko (17) Dublin District Court is conducting an age inquiry, applied for by Tusla, regarding the Somali national. Photograph: Tusla stock image Disturbing accounts of a young asylum seeker’s route to Ireland were laid before Dublin District Court on Thursday in a case that has gripped attention since the killing of Ukrainian teenager Vadym Davydenko in Tusla accommodation last year. The court is now carrying…

Ireland would see it as a "big moment" if Iceland votes to resume negotiations on joining the European Union, Minister of State for European Affairs Thomas Byrne has said, as Reykjavik moves toward a fresh decision on its stalled membership bid. The Nordic island nation is expected to hold a referendum on 29 August on whether to reopen talks on entering the EU. Iceland first applied for membership in 2009, before the accession process was suspended in 2015 after a change of government. Its current administration, which took…

US airlines said they plan to ramp up operations after a powerful Nor’easter crippled travel across the Northeast, forcing thousands of cancellations and leaving hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses without power. The disruption has rippled across the Atlantic. Nine flights to or from Dublin Airport and one to or from Shannon were canceled today on New York, Boston and New Jersey routes. Passengers are advised to check with their airlines before traveling. The storm hammered major corridors overnight with heavy snow…

Minister for Foreign Affairs Helen McEntee was among 32 foreign ministers to cosign a joint statement denouncing possible war crimes and crimes against humanity in Sudan’s nearly three-year war, urging urgent protection for civilians and the unhindered delivery of aid. The ministerial statement, backed by EU nations, the United Kingdom and Canada among others, calls out “widespread violations” and presses for accountability. “These violations may amount to war crimes or crimes against humanity and must be promptly and…

Ireland urges citizens to avoid nonessential travel to Cuba as fuel shortages, rolling blackouts and shrinking access to food and medical care deepen one of the island’s worst humanitarian crises in decades. In updated guidance issued in recent days, Ireland joined the United Kingdom and Canada in advising against travel to the Caribbean nation “unless absolutely necessary.” The Department of Foreign Affairs said Cuba is now under its second-highest advisory level, warning that travel is likely to present “a clear and…

Ireland to vote against EU-Mercosur trade deal as France also vows no amid farmer backlash Ireland will vote against the proposed EU-Mercosur trade agreement at a meeting of European Union ambassadors tomorrow, Taoiseach Micheál Martin and Tánaiste Simon Harris said, aligning Dublin with France’s declared opposition as farmer protests intensify. Martin said progress had been made on safeguards around imported beef from Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay, but the Government lacked sufficient confidence that Irish and EU…