3+ hour, 46+ min ago   (343+ words) The intractability of child poverty has been underlined by the slow pace of progress made under the current Government initiative aimed at addressing the problem. Established in 2023, the Child Poverty and Well-being Programme Office in the Department of the Taoiseach…...

4+ hour, 33+ min ago   (362+ words) A new flotilla carrying humanitarian aid for Gaza departed Kinsale on Sunday. American activist Frank Romano said he has a certain amount of “trepidation” about his latest voyage. Romano, one of 10 activists from the Freedom Flotilla Coalition boat Kate, was…...

4+ hour, 38+ min ago   (409+ words) US president Donald Trump has hit back at Canada after a breakdown in negotiations plunged the two countries into a trade war. In his first public comments since talks collapsed on Friday in Washington, the US president wrote on social…...

4+ hour, 47+ min ago   (554+ words) US treasury secretary Scott Bessent, who is due to hold a press conference on Monday, has threatened to impose “the toughest sanctions in history” on Iran. Iran’s economy is already under huge pressure from international sanctions, its infrastructure has been…...

6+ hour, 15+ min ago   (801+ words) The hit horror movie Obsession, about a man who wishes for more adoration from a young woman, who falls under his spell and maniacally provides it, is playing out on Pennsylvania Avenue. Like others, I winced when I first heard…...

7+ hour, 34+ min ago   (729+ words) People may think of Michael Collins as a soldier who led the fight for Irish freedom, but he was equally a shrewd and pragmatic politician whose willingness to compromise was as crucial to achieving a free Ireland as his military…...

10+ hour, 30+ min ago   (686+ words) Volodymyr Zelenskiy has said holding elections in Ukraine during wartime would risk splitting the country at a time when Russia is amassing ballistic missiles and considering whether to mobilise an extra 300,000 soldiers. The Ukrainian president, responding for the first time…...

12+ hour, 46+ min ago   (449+ words) Hackers linked to Iran have been blamed for a cyberattack that caused a British power plant to be temporarily shut down. The incident involved a small-scale energy generator, according to the UK government, and at no point was there a…...

15+ hour, 43+ min ago   (776+ words) Canada will impose tariffs on some US goods in retaliation for 50 per cent ‌levies on Canadian products, prime minister Mark Carney said on Saturday, after trade talks collapsed between the two neighbours. The “dollar for dollar” tariffs on imports of…...

17+ hour, 48+ min ago   (618+ words) Last weekend was big for celebrity birthdays. Taoiseach Micheál Martin turned 66 on Sunday, sharing the date with Madonna (68). Both are flourishing in the late phase of their careers. Madonna has won 11 nominations for the MTV Music Awards for her recent…...