Comment Charlie Flanagan: Ireland cannot bury its head in the sand on defence in what is an emergency situation As an island nation, our failure to have a reasonably sized navy is a cause of shame
Sport Purchase of Everton by 777 heads for extra time as it seeks to delay purchase of struggling clubThe Miami-based firm had aimed to close the purchase of the Premier League football club last week
The Big Picture Vincent Boland: Putin is having a fantastic 2024, it can’t continueTide has turned in Russia’s favour on second anniversary of Ukraine invasion, Europe must now respond to help Ukraine prevail
Politics Chief Putin critic Alexey Navalny dies in prison aged 47The Russian lawyer and anti-corruption activist, jailed since 2021, was recently moved to an Arctic prison
Ukraine Orbán accused of blackmailing EU over €50 billion Ukraine aid EU leaders including Taoiseach Leo Varadkar will look to proceed without Hungary’s authoritarian leader who has blocked aid package to Kyiv
Politics Vincent Boland: The world cannot afford for US and China to be at loggerheadsThe upcoming Apec summit presents an opportunity for Xi and Biden to approach relations with realism and sobriety
Opinion Welcoming more states into the EU is a net positive for allIt is a good thing to extend the EU’s transformational benefits to countries on its eastern flank that aspire to modernity, freedom and shared values
Opinion Lucinda Creighton: Western disunity over support for Ukraine plays into Putin’s handsThere’s only one winner when cracks form in western allies’ solidarity, and that’s the Russian president
The Big Picture Vincent Boland: Most ominous axis of anti-Ukraine sentiment is in the US Republican Party Extremist GOP rhetoric poses a bigger threat to western unity on the war than any rumblings in Europe
The Big Picture Putin’s potential deal with Kim bodes ill for Indo-Pacific and beyondBoth leaders are isolated and desperate, but the North Korean dictator has far more to gain
Russia Russian investigators confirm death of Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin in plane crashAll 10 bodies recovered from the scene of the crash have been identified following genetic testing
Comment Lucinda Creighton: Taking out key conspirator Prigozhin likely to strengthen Putin’s regimeThe Wagner leader became a marked man after his short-lived challenge to the Russian president’s power base
US US Catch-up: Trump to dodge GOP debate - but will he show at Fulton County jail? What you need to know for the week ahead in the US
Ireland would not offer condolences if Putin dies, Leo Varadkar saysThe Taoiseach was responding to a question about Ireland’s traditional neutrality and wider foreign policy in the context of its opposition to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
EU EU sanctions against Roman Abramovich are based on fame rather than evidence, lawyer claimsAbramovich was placed on the EU sanctions list for his alleged links to Vladimir Putin, the Russian president
The Big Picture Vincent Boland: Vladimir Putin’s demise is likely to be violent and chaotic – but not anytime soon Yevgeny Prigozhin’s failed rebellion may not have changed much in the short-term but it raises questions about how Russia can conduct its war in Ukraine and its involvement in other conflicts
Russia Russia retreats from the brink after armed mutiny against PutinMonday will remain a non-working day for most residents in Moscow following a ‘counter-terrorist regime’ in the capital
Russia Profile: Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, the former hot dog sellers turned Russian rebelThe Kremlin is facing a mutiny led by the mercenary chief nicknamed ‘Putin’s chef’
Russia Putin vows to ‘defend the people’ as Wagner group stages armed rebellionThe Russian president said ‘all those who prepared the rebellion will suffer inevitable punishment’
Legal Court asked to appoint liquidators to Russian-state owned firms in $1.6bn debtHigh Court told the companies have no prospect of survival, mainly due to sanctions imposed following the invasion of Ukraine