Taoiseach Micheál Martin is to meet US President Donald Trump on March 17th.

The Taoiseach said he did not want to see ‘price gouging’ because of the escalating conflict in the Middle East.

Mr Harris said ‘all options are on the table’ to assist Irish citizens who need help out of the region.

People Before Profit MLA Gerry Carroll said the action was anti-democratic.

Emma Little-Pengelly said that stability in the Middle East ‘does not come from indulging extremism and terrorism’.

Defence Forces personnel are deployed in the region as part of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (Unifil).

Foreign Affairs Minister Helen McEntee said there are currently ‘no evacuation routes recommended for Gulf countries’.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said he is ‘deeply concerned’ about the risk of wider conflict in the area.

Northern Ireland Secretary Hilary Benn said records of visits to Hillsborough Castle are ‘disposed of’ after three to six years.

Paul Givan has sent a letter to all school principals.

‘Russia would be thrilled with that approach, absolutely delighted’, Micheál Martin said on his way into Cabinet.

The warning comes after the US Supreme Court ruled that President Donald Trump’s sweeping ‘reciprocal’ global tariffs were unconstitutional.

Gavin Robinson has attacked the Alliance Party in a speech saying it has been ‘captured by so-called progressives’.

TDs told the Minister responsible for the Office of Public Works about the need for better flood defences and warnings.

The Mayor of Limerick, John Moran, has said his role needs clarity after criticising councillors

Opposition party leaders pushed the Taoiseach over whether or not a 2016 plan to relocate the hospital will go ahead.

If passed, the Work Life Balance (Right to Remote Work) Bill will give employees an enforceable right to work remotely if their roles allow it.

The agreement came after a ‘constructive’ meeting on Sunday between Justice Minister Naomi Long and the Criminal Bar Association.

Mother of Harvey Morrison's name is 'in the ring' as possible Sinn Féin candidate for Dublin by-election

Richard Boyd Barrett said a couple and their two young children with special needs are set to lose their home next week.

The billionaire is Manchester United’s co-owner and chairman of one of the world’s largest chemical companies, Ineos.

On Friday Micheál Martin confirmed he would visit the White House on St Patrick’s Day.

Catherine Connolly spent a second day in Derry, where she visited St Columb’s Park House.

Jack Chambers said judicial reviews were causing ‘paralysis’ in some flood defence projects

Sinn Féin’s deputy leader said only 17 projects have been completed in the decade Simon Harris has been in government.

The majority of all voters who expressed an opinion, however, say that Martin should step down as leader of his party.

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Tánaiste Simon Harris described a ban on under-16s being on social media as a ‘North Star’.

The Taoiseach and Tanaiste were among those to describe it as ‘concerning’, ‘disrespectful’ and ‘disappointing’.

The US-Ireland Alliance said the George J Mitchell Scholarship Programme would no longer bear the former US senator’s name.

It comes as a Status Yellow rain warning is in place for a number of counties on Monday.

New dwelling completions increased more than 20% last year, with 2025 seeing the highest number of completions since 2011.

The Tánaiste said: ‘This can’t be the wild west anymore.’

Taoiseach Micheál Martin said the Government would look to introduce restrictions on e-scooters as well as scramblers.

The party said military personnel had been ‘unfairly hounded’.

Tánaiste Simon Harris defended the EU’s response to the US over Greenland and said it was a ‘wake-up call’ for Europe.

Helen McEntee said: ‘We cannot join a structure that essentially will try to mimic or undermine the UN Security Council.’

‘Anything Putin is considering joining with the word peace in it does not sit well,’ Simon Harris said on Thursday.

Donald Trump had threatened a 10% tariff on eight European allies, although not Ireland.

Simon Harris said it was ‘not an exact science’ to model the potential impacts on Ireland.

Irish political leaders respond to Donald Trumps tariff threats, as he continues to push to take over Greenland

US president Donald Trump has threatened tariffs with a ‘very significant destabilising effect’, Simon Harris has said