The 34-year-old and his professional partner Amy Dowden were the first pair to be eliminated from the BBC dance show last October.

The presentation of shamrock to the White House has been a symbol of the friendship between Ireland and the United States since 1953.

Irish MEP Regina Doherty has joined growing calls in Europe to use frozen Russian funds to support Ukraine as US president Donald Trump paused military support

Dublin woman Gail Slater is to head up the antitrust division at the US Department of Justice, a key position in the incoming administration of president-elect Donald Trump

In an interview with BreakingNews.ie, Mr Mulhall said Donald Trump will still be the favourite, but that Ms Harris gives the Democratic Party a much better chance in the November vote