How Carter enabled the Shah's fall and how the Western media embraced Khomeini as the next Gandhi The Shah's fall in 1979 reveals how Iran has a singular place in the western mind. In 1978, as the revolution gained momentum, the shah was denounced as the most evil tyrant while

Guinness Men's Six Nations game day - the 1st time Irish Rugby is playing a Championship game on a Thursday night since New Year’s Day 1948 also in Paris. For the next 31 years we played all test matches on a Saturday until the 1st test against Australia on Sunday 3 June 1979. (1/2)

Next Sunday marks 15 years since Larry the Cat was appointed Chief Mouser. A pillar of continuity in a transient political age.

Social Democrats apologise to former justice minister over false Epstein files accusation irishtimes.com/politics/2026/…

Who’s the president of Europe? Sinn Féin TD can’t seem to grasp the EU presidency concept irishtimes.com/politics/2026/…

What drives Gordon Brown? The elder statesman could be enjoying a lucrative semi-retirement on the speaking circuit. Instead, he’s campaigning for the downtrodden By Kevin Maguire newstatesman.com/politics/uk-po…

This is running in Bloomberg bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…

The disgraced & militantly incompetent Kristi Noem is now in charge of "Shield of the Americas", whatever Marvel book fantasy that's supposed to mean. You couldn't make this shit up.

Ireland’s prime minister is set to discuss a pledge to invest billions in the U.S. as part of an annual St. Patrick’s Day visit to the White House on.wsj.com/4bnNFPZ

Classy retort by the Irish Prime Minister. The Taoiseach was measured, and struck absolutely the right tone

A St. Patrick’s Day to remember! ☘️ The Ireland–U.S. bond runs deep—an emerald thread running through 250 years of American history. 🇮🇪🇺🇸 A privilege to accompany Taoiseach Micheál Martin at the White House and on the Hill to celebrate our nations’ enduring friendship.

Correction. Sinn Féin voted against cutting excise duty on petrol & diesel. Remarkably, the only party to vote against cutting the price of your fuel at the the pumps. Don’t believe the spin.

One way to support workers during the energy crisis is to let them keep more of their own money. Making workers pay the top “luxury” rate of tax on any income above €44k (which is below the average full-time wage) is wrong in my opinion. It should be €50k, if not higher.

A family doctor in Carrickmacross, Co Monaghan, for many years, O’Hanlon is the father of the prominent actor and comedian Ardal O’Hanlon, who starred in the Father Ted television comedy series. irishtimes.com/politics/2026/…

Spoke with Donald J. Trump President Donald J. Trump. Constructive discussion and exchange of ideas on Nato, Ukraine and Iran. Problems are there to be solved, pragmatically.

Barry Lenihan has been announced as RTÉ's new Political Correspondent rte.ie/news/2026/0402…

We see our home planet as a whole, lit up in spectacular blues and browns. A green aurora even lights up the atmosphere. That's us, together, watching as our astronauts make their journey to the Moon.

Sasha Issenberg The New York Times A correction will appear in tomorrow's print edition: "A headline with an article on Friday about President Trump’s threats to leave NATO misstated the full name of the body. It is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, not the North American Treaty Organization."