Shawn Pogatchnik

DUBLIN — Neutral and poorly armed Ireland — long viewed as “Europe’s blind spot” — announced Thursday it will spend €1.7 billion on improved military equipment, capabilities and facilities to deter drones and potential Russian sabotage of undersea cables.... See more

DUBLIN — Ukraine cannot accept any U.S.-Russian ceasefire formula that would allow Russia to “come back with a third invasion,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Monday. During his first visit to Ireland as president, Zelenskyy received fulsome... See more

DUBLIN — Irish Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe announced his immediate resignation Tuesday to take a new senior position at the World Bank, dealing a surprise blow to the country’s coalition government. The move, announced to his Cabinet colleagues in Du... See more

DUBLIN — The Irish nationalist Sinn Féin party has expelled a member over her possible link to a conspiracy to bomb a mosque — and stressed it won’t tolerate far-right racists in its ranks. Sinn Féin, Ireland’s main opposition party, confirmed the expulsi... See more

DUBLIN — Ireland has a new left-wing president who has been sharply critical of Israel — and Catherine Connolly wants to push the limits of what is supposed to be a ceremonial head of state. At her inauguration ceremony at Dublin Castle, Connolly told an ... See more