Simon Harris

Gavin Robinson calls on Ireland to 'step up to the plate' and invest more in defence

Tánaiste wants to scrap need for UN approval before Irish military can be sent abroad on peacekeeping missions

Move intended to free Government’s hand when it comes to overseas missions

EU leaders expected to agree on €20bn Ukraine package this week amid concerns over US support

Simon Harris will also bring proposal to provide €100m in aid for Ukraine to Ministers

Briefing paper for then incoming minister on US president strategy heavily redacted

The world is a changed place and Ireland must figure out how to deal with those changes. Would it not be an idea to have some debate about this in the national parliament?

Simon Harris says he is convinced of need to acquire combat jet aircraft to ‘deter and detect’ airborne threats as part of massive increase in defence spending

Tánaiste ‘convinced’ of need for State to buy fighter jets amid proposals to triple defence budget

Videos of people being loaded on to aircraft are much more potent than statistics, writes Conor Gallagher

Proposal to double Naval Service’s fleet and equip Army with modern armoured vehicles

In the new world order, where the US sides with Russia, Ireland no longer has the luxury of teetering between political and military neutrality

Half of households fear negative impact of US policies on personal finances, according to credit union survey

Israel will resume Gaza campaign if Hamas fail to disarm, Israeli minister says

Taoiseach said international rules-based order was only guarantor of Irish security

Continued support for Ukraine ‘a necessity and not a choice’, Simon Harris to tell EU foreign ministers

Operation Rialtas was established last May in advance of the local and European elections

Worldview: Europe can respond by developing links with China, Africa and the middle powers now asserting their role

Bernard Jackman correction, confusion around a Love/Hate revival and Michael O’Leary’s former Russian tenants

State must walk a fine line between playing the green card in Washington and standing tall alongside EU colleagues

Rush to deliver large-scale apartment schemes in response to crisis runs risk of creating ‘modern-day slums’

Gap between state pension and inflation has narrowed, but the purchasing power of the payment to pensioners has weakened, officials told senior politicians

Tánaiste says State will ‘robustly push back’ against builder’s reported wish for further €853 million

Here in Ireland, the government is expected to propose €50m in non-lethal aid for Ukraine

Mood ahead of first Cabinet housing subcommittee more taut than might have been expected, following interventions by Taoiseach Micheál Martin

Simon Harris to brief ministers on plan and seek approval for Ireland’s participation in G20 forum, while Peter Burke is to set out IDA Ireland’s new five-year strategy

Wang Yi is in Dublin for meetings with Taoiseach Micheál Martin and Tánaiste Simon Harris

Simon Harris warns over failed policies of the past, but Micheál Martin’s party wants drastic action to meet housing targets

Refurbishment of accommodation block built in about 1806 to include extensive work inside and out

Minister for Justice says those responsible for fatal attack on South Anne Street will be tracked down

Wang Yi will travel to Dublin after telling summit European countries must have role in Ukraine talks

The only 40,000 estimate for completions last year, which was often quoted in the general election campaign, came from Deutsche Bank

Micheál Martin says Ireland continues to stand with Ukraine but ‘a European army isn’t on the agenda’

Ministers expected on Monday to discuss creation of ‘clearing office’ with aim to clear blockages in system and co-ordinate homebuilding and servicing of zoned lands

Call for elite squad of Ministers to be taught to watch their tongues before targetting Donald Trump in Operation Blarney

Transport docs

Circumstances that led to Martin Conway’s resignation were distressing and there will be ‘a full investigation’, Simon Harris says

Tánaiste’s comments come after Taoiseach Micheál Martin trailed possibility of replacing RPZs

Tánaiste says ‘radical’ amendment need on legislation to avoid EU infringement proceedings

Proposal likely to meet resistance in Department of Finance after experience of crash