The election campaign has only just begun, but already there are worrying signs of a Trump-style approach, with plenty of personal attacks and dumbing down

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s lavish lifestyle and manner of announcing their withdrawal from performing royal duties suggests that privacy is not the end game, but rather a different type of fame and fortune

Fine Gael will boast of its many economic successes in government, but in a general election, its major failings on issues such as housing and hospital waiting lists may have made it unpalatable to potential coalition partners

The schism between left and right is pushing centrist politicians out and creating a vacuum that will continue to be filled by hardliners across Britain, the EU and the US until the trend is reversed

Having secured a clear majority in the election, the British prime minister is in a strong position and no longer needs the DUP, the ERG, or anyone else

Last week’s summit went better than anyone could have hoped. Just as well, given that the future of the 70-year-old alliance was hanging in the balance

Corbyn‘s plan for nationalisation backtracks on Britain’s liberal economic model and will persuade moderates that Johnson is the lesser of two evils

The repatriation from Turkey of the radicalised former Irish soldier who joined Islamic State should be contingent on her cooperation with state authorities

Schism between left and right creating a vacuum that will be filled by hardliners

Ceann Comhairle Seán Ó Fearghaíl must take decisive action to restore public confidence in TDs’ voting discipline

Talks between Dublin and London got Brexit over the line with Europe. But it could change a lot, and in our favour, between now and its implementation

A breakthrough last week between Leo Varadkar and Boris Johnson has put a Brexit deal back on the cards - but the British PM has to get around the DUP, the ERG and his own MPs first

The Tories are posturing and bluffing; Labour is in a leadership vacuum. It’s as if they’ve forgotten their own wellbeing is on the line

Europe may be tired of Britain and its political drama, but we must remind our EU friends that a no-deal Brexit would be calamitous for us

Phil Hogan has based his entire political career on pragmatism. If he takes tips from Jean-Claude Juncker on diplomacy, his years as EU trade commissioner could be very successful

We shouldn’t be surprised by Mike Pence’s comments on Brexit. The Trump administration’s policy is to undermine Europe’s economic and political cohesion – and with Brexit, it is succeeding

When it comes to Brexit, the real act of treason is for politicans and others in positions of influence to stand by and do nothing

If we can’t drop the backstop, our best bet is to kick the problem five years down the road

We cannot keep cosying up to the superpower in the interests of trade while ignoring China’s increasing human rights abuses in Hong Kong and elsewhere

Events such as the Dublin Horse Show and GAA matches are a linchpin of our economy, and should be treated as such