Cormac Mcquinn

A US congressman has renewed a call for the Government’s proposed Occupied Territories Bill to be withdrawn. Democratic congressman Josh Gottheimer was behind a letter – cosigned by 22 other members of Congress – which was sent to Taoiseach Micheál Martin... See more

Calls by Opposition parties in the Dáil for the Republic of Ireland’s upcoming football matches against Israel not to go ahead will be met with Government countermotions insisting it has no role in organising sports fixtures. The Football Association of I... See more

The new law to scrap the State’s triple lock system for the deployment of Defence Forces troops overseas will be published within days amid a hope in Government that it can be enacted this year. On Tuesday the Cabinet approved the text of the Defence (Ame... See more

The investigation launched by the State after reports that alumina from the Aughinish Alumina plant in Co Limerick was feeding the Russian military supply chain will be discussed at today’s meeting between Taoiseach Micheál Martin and the European Union’s... See more

The European Commission’s foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas will discuss the issue of Aughinish Alumina when she meets Taoiseach Micheál Martin on Tuesday. Kallas, a commission vice-president and Europe’s high representative for foreign affairs, will be in... See more