Ex-Sinn Féin chief Gerry Adams wins libel award over BBC investigation linking him to IRA killing
The 76-year-old says he sued in plaintiff-friendly Dublin, not Belfast, to “put manners on the BBC.”
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In Trump’s war on clean energy, China (and everyone else) wins
It’s a shift from the U.S. president’s first term, and is driving a fresh wedge within his Republican Party.
Ex-UK defence minister ‘disgusted’ by Trump’s attitude to Putin and Russia
Grant Shapps also compares calling Sumy strike a ‘mistake’ to statements by IRA terror group when it killed civiliansPronouncing himself “disgusted” by Donald Trump’s favorable attitude to Russia and Vladimir Putin, the former UK defence minister Grant…
Programmation énergétique : François Bayrou espère s’en sortir sans vote
Alors que le RN menace de censurer le gouvernement faute de débat parlementaire sur la programmation énergétique, le Premier ministre annonce un débat, et la reprise d’une proposition de loi déjà adoptée au Sénat.
Tony Blair’s right-hand man goes into battle for Ukraine
Jonathan Powell played a crucial role in securing peace in Northern Ireland — and his much-hyped skills as a negotiator are being put to the test again.
‘Viciousness’ of Trump’s climate attacks stuns even his critics
President Donald Trump has attacked nearly every aspect of the U.S. effort to confront rising temperatures.
13 times Elon Musk meddled in politics
The X owner and Donald Trump pick will never, ever stop posting — governments be damned.
IRA bomber Marian Price sues Disney+ over murder scene in TV show Say Nothing
IRA bomber Marian Price sues Disney+ over murder scene in TV show Say Nothing
Irish voters face long wait for results in tight general election
With no outright majority expected, party leaders are bracing for a ‘fascinating’ period of political negotiationIrish voters have been casting their ballots in a general election in which the incumbent taoiseach, Simon Harris, is under pressure from t…
Ireland goes to polls with three parties neck and neck
Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin all on about 20% in opinion polls after short, sharp campaignIreland’s election: the parties, the issues and the votingIreland goes to the polls on Friday with voters expected to choose either a second term for the …
Republican lawmakers channel Trump at COP29: Drill more fossil fuels
Their message about expanding U.S. gas production came at a global meeting that’s focused on moving the world away from fossil fuels.
Exxon chief has climate warning for US Republicans
The oil giant takes a stance before the Trump administration sets its sights on gutting Biden’s climate agenda.
Trump’s return provokes worry, not shock, at world climate talks
Beneath the brave words at the president-elect’s victory were real worries that action will stall without the United States.
US still committed to climate fight despite Trump’s win, says top climate diplomat at COP29
President-elect Donald Trump’s victory is roiling the opening day of the global climate talks.
Trump est de retour, et voici ce que cela signifie pour l’Europe
De l’énergie au commerce en passant par la finance et la défense, voici les conséquences que risque d’avoir la seconde présidence de Donald Trump sur la politique de l’UE.
Trump’s in. Here’s what it means for Europe.
From energy and trade to finance and defense, here’s how Donald Trump’s second presidency will impact EU policy.
TikTok sous le feu des attaques (en justice)
La source d’informations quotidiennes sur tech en France. Par KLARA DURAND Avec OCÉANE HERRERO, EMILE MARZOLF & TIPHAINE SALIOU Infos, tuyaux et mini-drames à partager ? Ecrivez à Océane Herrero, Klara Durand, Emile Marzolf et Tiphaine Saliou | Voir dans votre navigateur AU MENU — Santé mentale des ados : TikTok poursuivie en justice. — […]
EU shrugs off Trump’s threats to scrap green handouts
Trump may cut Europe out of America’s subsidy splurge, but EU industries aren’t seeing many benefits yet anyway.
“Tout le monde veut protéger les enfants”
La source d’informations quotidiennes sur tech en France. Par KLARA DURAND Avec OCÉANE HERRERO, EMILE MARZOLF et TIPHAINE SALIOU Infos, tuyaux et mini-drames à partager ? Ecrivez à Océane Herrero, Klara Durand, Emile Marzolf et Tiphaine Saliou | Voir dans votre navigateur AU MENU — Harcèlement : la ministre de l’Education nationale se saisit du sujet. […]
Republican electric car attacks crash into Democrats’ closing message
In Michigan, New York, Montana and elsewhere, Republicans have seized on Biden administration electric vehicle policies.
Brexit opponents used IRA fears to ‘trap UK in EU’, Boris Johnson book claims
New memoir Unleashed admits Vote Leave £350m figure was wrong and criticises David Cameron’s ‘flouncerama’UK politics live – latest updatesThe risk to peace in Northern Ireland from Brexit was exaggerated and was used by opponents “to trap the UK in th…
Le jeu d’équilibriste de Michel Barnier face aux défis énergétiques
Plus de moyens ou plus taxé, le secteur de l’énergie espère savoir à quelle sauce il sera mangé après la déclaration de politique générale du Premier ministre.
World’s quandary on climate change: ‘Who the hell leads’ if Trump wins?
The potential reelection of the former Republican president is causing anxiety in the global climate community.
Kamala Harris hat ein Industrie-Problem
US-Politik für Sie entschlüsselt. Jeden Tag in Ihrem Postfach. Im Browser anzeigen oder hier anhören von JAKOB HANKE VELA Mit CARLOTTA DIEDERICH DIE TOP-THEMEN — HARRIS UND DIE INDUSTRIE: Die Demokratin könnte in Swing States, die stark industrialisiert sind, Wähler verlieren, befürchten ihre Parteifreunde. — NEUE UMFRAGEN: Trump führt in Georgia, Harris in Pennsylvania. — […]
How Europe should react to the US presidential elections
Regardless of the race’s outcome, the bloc’s interests don’t fully align with those of Washington, and it’s time to finally recognize this.
Key solar panel producer to stay in Germany as US plans fall apart
Germany’s biggest solar panel producer, Meyer Burger, will not close down its plant and move to the US, the company announced on Monday (26 August).
Republican fight over green subsidies heads toward a boiling point
The party’s leaders may soon have to decide whether to preserve at least parts of the Democrats’ climate law.
Trump embraces Musk and his electric vehicles — but not Biden’s rules
Trump’s recent change in tone reflects a softening in rhetoric about EVs on the campaign trail.
Trump vs. Biden’s historic climate agenda
President Joe Biden may no longer be on the 2024 ballot — but his legacy is. And former President Donald Trump would have multiple tools to thwart his ambitions on energy, infrastructure and climate change.
Washington’s most powerful interests don’t know whether to cheer Harris — or dread her
Would she bring continuity with Joe Biden’s policies? A more centrist vibe? A sharper progressive bite? Industries including tech, energy and pharma want to know.
Sinn Féin dominates Northern Ireland with unionists in post-Brexit shambles
Irish republican party completes hat trick of first-place elections finishes.
‘People need a bit of hope’: cost of living crisis challenges unionism as key election issue in Belfast East
In Northern Ireland’s capital, the election is being fought between unionists and ‘neithers’ – with poverty, crumbling public services and crime at the forefrontUK election live – latest updatesEast Belfast’s streetscape resembles a historical tapestry…
Why Washington Is Waiting on ‘Super Mario’
The former Italian prime minister is preparing to issue a sweeping report on economic competitiveness that sets up Europe to take on China — and America.
Ireland is dreaming of a UK Labour landslide
Irish eyes are smiling at the prospect of Keir Starmer in Downing Street surrounded by Irish-savvy aides.
Inside UK Labour’s push for a special relationship — even with Trump
Keir Starmer could finally get his handshake with Joe Biden if he becomes prime minister, five days after taking the job.
On an island still tormented by the Troubles, Britain’s Legacy Act is making things worse | Fintan O’Toole
Keir Starmer has promised to revisit this contentious law. When that happens, he needs to do three thingsFifty years ago, on 17 May 1974, my father, a bus conductor, was out on strike. That day, the Troubles arrived with a vengeance in my home town of …
Biden’s biggest challenge: How do you even spend $1.6 trillion?
Congress gave Biden a historic sum to green the economy, revive manufacturing and fix crumbling infrastructure. But most of it is unspent.
In the Land of Saints and Sinners review – Liam Neeson finds cowboy spirit in Donegal
Kerry Condon plays a potty-mouthed IRA gang leader and Neeson is the quiet antihero in this action thriller set at the height of the TroublesProducer-director and veteran Clint Eastwood collaborator Robert Lorenz is now saddling up for this “Donegal we…
The west defends Israel’s skies. Not doing the same for Ukraine is a deadly mistake | Nathalie Tocci
In Kyiv, I saw life under Russian aerial attack. If Europe doesn’t share its air defence systems now, Putin’s threat will only spreadThe value of an effective air defence system and of unwavering international support was crystal clear the night of Ira…
The EU’s economic destiny, according to the Letta report
In today’s episode of Today in the EU, we decrypt the 147-page long report by former Italian prime minister Enrico Letta that all EU institutions have been waiting for. Letta’s analysis of the EU’s single market was commissioned by the European Council…
Capital Markets Union best route to rival US IRA, Michel says as Letta outlines sweeping financial sector plan
“I am absolutely convinced for my part that the Capital Markets Union is the best European IRA that we can develop, since it is trillions of euros of resources that can be mobilised, which are not [mobilised] today, to stimulate, support, to develop in…
Letta to call for US-IRA-style funding, pan-European state aid contribution scheme
Europe must urgently enact measures to push a “competitive industrial strategy” rivalling the US Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), including through an EU-wide state aid contribution mechanism, Enrico Letta will tell the 27 EU leaders in a special report …
After Jeffrey Donaldson’s bombshell exit, what next for Northern Ireland’s DUP?
As party reels, new leader Gavin Robinson faces a U.K. election that could cost him his seat.
Meet Simon Harris, Ireland’s first TikTok prime minister
New PM built his base on a novel mix of high-energy effort and social media savvy.
Baltimore review – vivid, intense biopic of heiress turned terrorist Rose Dugdale
Joe Lawlor and Christine Molloy tell a cool, low-key drama about the wealthy debutante who joined the IRA, abetted an art heist and bombed a police stationFilm-makers Joe Lawlor and Christine Molloy have a restless creativity and alertness to ideas whi…
Rose Dugdale, English heiress turned IRA bomb maker, dies aged 83
Sinn Féin members pay tribute to Dugdale, who was also involved in 1974 art heist and police station attack using hijacked helicopterRose Dugdale, an English heiress turned IRA militant and bomb maker, has died in a Dublin nursing home aged 83.Dugdale …
Leading Irish journalist and campaigner Charlie Bird dies
The former news correspondent was the primary contact between the Provisional IRA and Ireland’s public broadcaster for much of the 1990s.
10 ways a second Trump term could be more extreme than the first
From nationwide abortion bans to classroom culture wars, assaults on climate science and political weaponization of the military, his return to the White House could make Trump 1.0 seem tame.
Grisly secrets of the ‘disappeared’ of Anglo-Irish war uncovered by research
Irish state’s founding fathers killed and disappeared five times more people than Provisional IRA would do over 30 yearsThe Irish Republican Army’s executioners shot and secretly buried their victims in fields and bogs, leaving them to decay and enter …
EU finalizes green tech bill, responding to US effort
The Net-Zero Industry Act won’t match the US subsidy splurge, but it will offer incentives to local green tech manufacturers.
30 Things Joe Biden Did as President You Might Have Missed
Drone armies, expanded overtime pay and over-the-counter birth control pills are just some of the new things Biden has ushered in as president that you might not have heard about.
Michelle O’Neill: Sinn Féin leader from IRA family who has vowed to respect royals
She’s pledged to be first minister ‘for all’ and her ability to navigate political tensions will shape her Stormont tenureWhen Michelle O’Neill is sworn in as Northern Ireland’s first minister, it will be a moment of personal triumph steeped in irony.A…
With Sinn Féin in first minister post, has the republicans’ day come at last?
Michelle O’Neill has taken the top job but Irish unity is unlikely to be ‘within touching distance’The elevation of Michelle O’Neill as Northern Ireland’s first minister is a historic moment that breathes new life into the republican slogan “tiocfaidh …
Threats won’t keep me from Northern Ireland deal, DUP chief declares
Jeffrey Donaldson wins rare cross-party praise for speech – but it could be his last in post if key lieutenants reject compromise.
Ireland has always been a country for ‘auld’ women | Letters
Rosanna Achilleos-Sarll on how the local gardaí turned a blind eye to her aunt’s drivingWith reference to driving beyond a certain age (Letters, 11 January), in 1983 my maternal aunt, Eveline Gildea, bought, with a legacy, the holiday home of General S…
Ireland to sue UK over law blocking probes into Northern Irish violence
Foreign minister says Ireland has no choice but to take U.K. to the European Court of Human Rights over its Legacy Act.
Meet the moment: Don’t set back the clock on patients
A wave of concerning policies around the globe that are currently being implemented or are under discussion will, if the trend continues, have a profoundly negative impact on patients.
Northern Ireland gangs still cast shadow of terror amid Stormont’s Brexit power vacuum
Expert panel slates lack of local government for sustaining influence of illegal paramilitary groups a quarter-century after Good Friday peace accord.
UK energy chief reveals Cabinet split over Bidenomics
Energy Secretary Claire Coutinho says increased US green subsidies are a ‘welcome thing’ for the UK, just months after colleagues slammed the plans as ‘protectionist.’
Trump looms over EU-Canada summit
In St. John’s, leaders will be able to reaffirm their bilateral relationship.
Sorry, Biden: Ireland’s Sinn Féin embraces Palestinians and shuns Israel
Mary Lou McDonald, whose Irish republican party is favored to win the next election, dumps her more nuanced stance on Israel in the face of grassroots anger over Gaza.
Viktor Orbán brings culture war to Brussels
Hungary backs media outlets that wage war on woke and bring a Euroskeptic take to the EU capital.
Ireland’s embrace of Zombie song at Rugby World Cup stirs debate over lyrics
Fans seen singing the Cranberries’ hit in stadiums but some Irish republicans are unhappy at revivalTwenty years after a lethal IRA bomb inspired its stark, chilling lyrics, the Cranberries’ song Zombie has experienced an unlikely rebirth as a Rugby Wo…
France urges swift deal on EU power reform to counter US subsidies
Energy minister says bloc will lose out to Biden’s IRA if Paris and Berlin fail to resolve differences over nuclear power
Specter of Russian interference hangs over Slovak election, EU warns
Europe on high alert as disinformation surges across popular social media sites.
EU policy ‘superior’ to US Inflation Reduction Act, say European economists
The European approach to building climate-friendly industries is “superior” to the USA’s Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), German and French economists have argued in a new paper, calling for less panic in the response to the US subsidies.
This year’s COP could be the most important yet
Accelerating the end of coal-fired power, dramatically reducing deforestation and stopping methane leaks are as urgent as they are achievable.
US hydrogen rules could decide fate of EU’s electrolyser industry
While Europe has adopted stringent standards for the production of renewable hydrogen, regulatory battles in the US may prove decisive for the fate of the EU electrolyser industry.