Enda Kenny and the inconvenient truth about Ireland's economic crash
The taoiseach's remark that people 'went mad with borrowing' provoked protest, but few said stop when the good times rolledDuring the boom years in Ireland when you used to have to pay for the...
View ArticleUK-Irish relations never better, say David Cameron and Enda Kenny
UK and Irish PMs issue joint statement vowing to resist republican dissidents aiming to destabilise Northern IrelandDavid Cameron and his Irish counterpart, Enda Kenny, have vowed to resist republican...
View ArticleIreland will not default on international debts, says Enda Kenny
Irish prime minister tells Fine Gael party conference that republic will not vote no in referendum on European fiscal pactIreland will not default on its international debts or throw the EU's latest...
View ArticleIreland angered by Michaela McAreavey images in Mauritian paper
Enda Kenny vows to make formal complaint over pictures that included close-up shots of murdered teacher's dead bodyThe Irish government is to make a formal complaint to Mauritius after a newspaper...
View ArticleIrish politicians condemn newspaper for pictures of murdered woman
Irish politicians on both sides of the border have condemned a Mauritian newspaper for publishing pictures of a murdered woman, Michaela McAreavey.The country's Sunday Times - which has nothing to do...
View ArticleIrish taoiseach attends Remembrance Sunday event in Northern Ireland
Enda Kenny takes part in commemorations in Enniskillen and his deputy attends Belfast ceremony, in gesture of reconciliationThe Irish Republic's taoiseach and his deputy have for the first time...
View Article'Change your abortion law to save lives' grieving father tells Irish PM
The parents of Savita Halappanavar, who died in Galway after she was refused an abortion, tell Taoiseach Enda Kenny: 'this must not happen again'The father of the young woman who died after being...
View ArticleBritain should stay in European Union, says Obama administration
Intervention from senior US official comes as UK position on EU membership is criticised in Brussels and DublinThe Obama administration issued a direct challenge to David Cameron over Europe, on...
View ArticleIreland finally admits state collusion in Magdalene Laundry system
Taoiseach Enda Kenny fails to formally apologise for involvement over female enslavement causing more outrageAfter more than seven decades of exploitation and a 10-year struggle for justice, Ireland on...
View ArticleMagdalene laundries: Ireland to apologise to survivors
Irish premier Enda Kenny to issue state apology to up to 10,000 women who were held in institutions and treated as virtual slavesThe Irish premier will finally issue a state apology to up to 10,000...
View ArticleIreland apologises for 'slave labour' at Magdalene Laundries
Taoiseach Enda Kenny forced into finally saying sorry for 'the hurt and trauma' caused to up to 10,000 Magdalene womenThe Irish State has finally said sorry to 10,000 women and girls incarcerated in...
View ArticleDavid Cameron to discuss Northern Ireland violence with Irish taoiseach
Security situation in province on the agenda for meeting between Enda Kenny and prime minister at Downing StreetThe rise in the number of attempted terrorist murders of police officers and continuing...
View ArticleCross-border co-operation in Northern Ireland 'is saving lives'
Theresa Villiers says working together has helped counter threat from dissident republicans ahead of Anglo-Irish meetingCross-border security co-operation is saving lives in the face of an upsurge in...
View ArticleIrish minister's comments on working mothers reveal a sexist ideology | Emer...
Though the Irish government's guidelines on insolvent families' childcare arrangements are gender neutral, TD Varadkar wasn'tPretend you're Irish. Yes, yes, I know Paddy's Day was two weeks ago, and...
View ArticleIrish abortion bill does not change law, says Enda Kenny
Taoiseach adds draft legislation merely 'provides certainty' for doctors making a decision when there is risk to mother's lifeThe Irish premier, Enda Kenny, has denied that a new bill fundamentally...
View ArticleCardinal Sean O'Malley to boycott Irish PM's visit over abortion law
Archbishop of Boston condemns Fine Gael-Labour coalition for 'actively' promoting legislation to allow terminationsAn American Catholic cardinal has said he will boycott a visit by Irish premier Enda...
View ArticleCardinal skips Boston College commencement in abortion protest
Presence of Irish prime minister Enda Kenny, who supports bill to allow abortion, prompts Cardinal Sean O'Malley's withdrawalCardinal Sean O'Malley, the leader of the Boston archdiocese, skipped Boston...
View ArticleIrish abortion law bill published
Law would permit abortions in Ireland for the first time if a woman's life is in danger medically or she is at the risk of suicideIrish doctors with conscientious objections to abortion will be allowed...
View ArticleIreland's rage over Anglo-Irish rescue revelations is justified – Enda Kenny
Irish prime minister promises inquiry after taped conversation reveals apparent attempt to mislead government into bailoutIreland's prime minister, Enda Kenny, said Irish people were entitled to be...
View ArticleAnglo Irish Bank scandal: 'we are offended' says German politician
Angela Merkel's ally reacts to taped phone calls of Irish bank executives laughing about German largesseThe fallout from the Anglo Irish Bank tapes with executives singing "Deutschland über Alles"...
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