Donald Trump

This week's row over Bord Bia chairman Larry Murrin is classic Irish ‘gotcha’ politics

The president has pulverised our national ideals, leaving the US seen as sinister, selfish, unruly and at everybody’s throats

Plus: Leo Varadkar’s birthday, Ryan’s Pub without Ryanair and a close look at Ireland’s sludge

Author says he doesn’t consider himself a proper novelist

China and Canada recently reached wide-ranging agreement to lower economic barriers and rebuild ties

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Micheál Martin endures arduous journey to World Economic Forum and IDA Ireland dinner

Donald Trump may have made a U-turn on Greenland, but the rupture between Europe and the US is permanent

Despite Taipei’s bustling bars and a buoyant economy, thoughts of invasion are never far due to relentless Chinese military pressure and ‘cognitive warfare’

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Demonstration at international airport took place on day of action that saw businesses close and workers take to streets

Copenhagen insists it will not compromise on sovereign claim on island with fresh military order issued

Kyiv facing increasing pressure from US to reach peace deal but no signs of compromise showing over Donbas territory

Simon Harris does not see any scenario in which Ireland would join Donald Trump’s proposed Board of Peace

British prime minister calls US president’s remarks ‘appalling’

Canadian prime minister Mark Carney seized the agenda in the Alps with a speech immediately hailed as an historic milestone

US president says Washington watching Tehran closely, with ‘a lot of ships’ due to arrive in coming days

Details of emergency call made by US president’s youngest son to police in London last year emerged during a trial this week

US president’s public snub of Carney was the latest blow to relations between the United States and Canada

Video sharing site’s Chinese owner ByteDance has set up majority US-owned venture

Talks expected between the Trump administration, Denmark and Greenland on the future security of the Arctic island

It may be premature to think the US-European bond has been severed by a president with a short attention span and plummeting domestic support

Prospect of ‘Irish Maga’ movement has been suggested by Steve Bannon, former adviser to US president

While geopolitics may appear to be unravelling at times, many of the old reliable forces remain constant – not least Davos itself

The US is clearly a more formidable power than the UK but the EU has some serious firepower at its disposal. With a wealthy population of 450 million it is the most attractive market on the globe

The US is no longer predictable nor bound by any fundamental principles of action

Radio: Last Word host shares his experiences to good effect, but on Drivetime the new hosts have yet to click

The reality of trying to make United States manufacturing great again is a far cry from the vision of Donald Trump and his team

Some key figures expect military aggression would be the breaking point for Uefa

Lawsuit is a significant escalation in a simmering dispute between US president and the Wall Street group

A force that helped defeat Islamic State is collapsing as the Trump administration turns to back the new Syrian government

Friedrich Merz addressed Davos while EU leaders met in Brussels to discuss ‘new normal’ of US relations

Relations between Europe and United States badly damaged by Trump’s Greenland ambitions

Euronext Dublin finished the day up 1.5% mainly on the back of a surge from Bank of Ireland

Any possible deal struck by the US and Denmark would be modelled on British bases in Cyprus

A fledgling club of autocrats, strongmen and monarchs is taking shape as the US president tries to recast the global order

Tánaiste cites ‘very serious red flags’ around the board and its potential impact on the United Nations

U-turn on Greenland spared the sovereignty of the island, but there was no taking back the significance of his attack on the global economic order

Speaking at Davos, Micheal Martin also confirmed Ireland had been invited to join Trump’s Gaza peace board

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