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Picture: Pool/AP " src="/cms_media/module_img/9025/4512706_11_dashboardbig_ebab17848a6b4a95b3171d40e2d94a7d.jpg.jpg" alt="<p>Just weeks into his second presidency, Donald Trump has doubled down on his refusal to acknowledge the rules of international engagement. 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Picture: Brian Lawless/PA</p>" class="card-img" width="638" height="360"></div><div class=card-body data-vr-zone="category- dashboard_teaser_medium"><p class=label-small-category> politics</p><h5 class="card-title top-main-title ">Simon Harris: Ireland should raise its defence budget to €3bn</h5></div></a></article> </div></div></div><div class=row><div class="col-md-4 under-news with-label"><div class="card mt-3 dash-columnist swiper-container 0"><div class=swiper-wrapper><section class="card-body swiper-slide"><a href="/opinion/columnists/arid-41578510.html" class=columnist-title> <div class=img-author><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/4061/2030885_1_authorcircle_Clodagh_Finn.png" alt="Clodagh Finn" width="118" height="115"></div> <h5 class="columnist-title ">Clodagh Finn: When Elon Musk brings his son to work, it’s cute — when women do, it’s unprofessional</h5></a></section></div></div> </div><div class="col-md-4 under-news with-label"><div class="card mt-3 dash-columnist swiper-container 0"><div class=swiper-wrapper><section class="card-body swiper-slide"><a href="/lifestyle-columnists/arid-41579395.html" class=columnist-title> <div class=img-author><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/6230/3115217_5_authorcircle_SeamasOReilly.png" alt="SeamasOReilly" width="118" height="115"></div> <h5 class="columnist-title ">Séamas O'Reilly: Trump and Musk's malfeasance hits America like an asteroid</h5></a></section></div></div> </div><div class="col-md-4 under-news with-label"><article class="card mt-3 0" id="article-card-41579701" data-article-link="/news/spotlight/arid-41579701.html"><a href="/news/spotlight/arid-41579701.html"><div style="position: relative; margin: auto;"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/9025/4512898_7_teasersmall_Ed_20B_26W-05.jpeg" alt="'There can be no deal for Ukraine without Ukraine'" title="'There can be no deal for Ukraine without Ukraine'" width="201" height="113"></div><div class=card-body data-vr-zone="category- 'There can be no deal for Ukraine without Ukraine'"><p class=label-small-category> spotlight</p><h5 class="card-title "><span>'There can be no deal for Ukraine without Ukraine'</span></h5></div></a></article> </div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41579665" data-article-link="/world/arid-41579665.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/world/arid-41579665.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/9025/4512868_1_teasersmall_d091064b4e0a4a58888215e42c3a78e4.jpg.jpg" alt="AP sues three Trump administration officials, citing freedom of speech" title="Trump" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/world/arid-41579665.html"><h5 class="card-title "> AP sues three Trump administration officials, citing freedom of speech</h5><div class=card-text>The legal case was filed on Friday afternoon in US district court in Washington DC</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Fri, 21 Feb, 2025</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41579644" data-article-link="/world/arid-41579644.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/world/arid-41579644.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/9025/4512799_1_teasersmall_16dc73603e4d48a4aa3dbf80cda63b40.jpg.jpg" alt="U.S. Agency for International Development" title="Trump USAID" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/world/arid-41579644.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Judge clears way for Trump to pull thousands of USAID staff off job</h5><div class=card-text>US district judge Carl Nichols removed his temporary block on the effort to remove all but a small fraction of USAID staffers from their posts</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Fri, 21 Feb, 2025</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41579485" data-article-link="/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-41579485.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-41579485.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/9024/4512469_12_teasersmall_PABest_20131168.jpg" alt="Israel-Hamas conflict" title="PABest 131168" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-41579485.html"><h5 class="card-title "> St Patrick's Day: Mary Lou McDonald draws a line at the White House door</h5><div class=card-text>Sinn Féin cancels its White House visit over Trump’s Gaza stance, pressuring Ireland’s Taoiseach to act</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Fri, 21 Feb, 2025</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41579566" data-article-link="/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-41579566.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-41579566.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/9025/4512607_2_teasersmall_US_20Trump_20181883.jpg" alt="One month into his second term, what do Americans really think of Donald Trump?" title="US Trump 181883" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-41579566.html"><h5 class="card-title "> One month into his second term, what do Americans really think of Donald Trump?</h5><div class=card-text>A new poll reveals most Americans believe Trump has exceeded his authority, with concerns over executive orders and Musk’s role</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Fri, 21 Feb, 2025</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41579287" data-article-link="/world/arid-41579287.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/world/arid-41579287.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/9024/4512346_1_teasersmall_4d50ccc049954677b4feac983759bc32.jpg.jpg" alt="US envoy praises Zelenskyy after Trump’s censure of the Ukrainian leader" title="Russia Ukraine War" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/world/arid-41579287.html"><h5 class="card-title "> US envoy praises Zelenskyy after Trump’s censure of the Ukrainian leader</h5><div class=card-text>Retired US lieutenant general Keith Kellogg travelled to Kyiv on Wednesday before a planned news conference with Mr Zelenskyy on Thursday was changed at the last minute to a simple photo opportunity</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Fri, 21 Feb, 2025</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41579239" data-article-link="/news/arid-41579239.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/news/arid-41579239.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/9023/4511884_1_teasersmall_2.77535616.jpg.jpg" alt="DUP annual conference" title="77535616" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/news/arid-41579239.html"><h5 class="card-title "> DUP leader brands Sinn Féin boycott ‘reckless’ and ‘short-sighted’</h5><div class=card-text>Gavin Robinson questioned how Sinn Féin First Minister Michelle O’Neill’s decision to stay away from the US capital matched in with her oft-repeated pledge to be a ‘First Minister for all’</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Fri, 21 Feb, 2025</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41578990" data-article-link="/business/companies/arid-41578990.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/business/companies/arid-41578990.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/9022/4511329_13_teasersmall_128564e38d884a0b9c1f315db7e0526e.jpg.jpg" alt="Politician-linked meme coins backfire after Libra scandal" title="Argentina Milei Countdown" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/business/companies/arid-41578990.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Politician-linked meme coins backfire after Libra scandal</h5><div class=card-text>Crypto industry wary as coins spark backlash</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Fri, 21 Feb, 2025</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41579089" data-article-link="/world/arid-41579089.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/world/arid-41579089.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/9023/4511545_3_teasersmall_fe9a675e6d8a4753833507a8b8565f29.jpg.jpg" alt="Macron’s message to Trump: ‘You can’t be weak in the face of Putin’" title="France Romania" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/world/arid-41579089.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Macron’s message to Trump: ‘You can’t be weak in the face of Putin’</h5><div class=card-text>Mr Trump’s recent statements that echo Mr Putin’s narrative, and plans to have direct negotiations with Moscow have left European allies and Ukrainian officials worried</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Fri, 21 Feb, 2025</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41578876" data-article-link="/world/arid-41578876.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/world/arid-41578876.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/9022/4511128_4_teasersmall_100a24467a214a60b146be9b8cc5c889.jpg.jpg" alt="Elon Musk Javier Milei" title="CPAC 2025" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/world/arid-41578876.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Musk wields chainsaw on stage at conservative conference</h5><div class=card-text>Elon Musk appeared at a conservative gathering outside Washington on Thursday waving a chainsaw in the air, showing openness to auditing the Federal Reserve and accusing Democrats of “treason”. </div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Fri, 21 Feb, 2025</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41578435" data-article-link="/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-41578435.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-41578435.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/9019/4509856_8_teasersmall_9ee516f25e7846a9ab61c42a1bc15559.jpg.jpg" alt="Donald Trump" title="Trump" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-41578435.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Is the US merely in crisis or is it on the road to tyranny?</h5><div class=card-text>Donald Trump is using age-old tactics of fear and division to undermine the US constitution and the democracy it defends</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Fri, 21 Feb, 2025</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41578987" data-article-link="/business/economy/arid-41578987.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/business/economy/arid-41578987.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/9022/4511455_7_teasersmall_Cranes_20at_20Rushbrooke_2c_20Cork-3.jpg" alt="Data shows just how dependent Irish-US trade is on only a few sectors" title="Cranes at Rushbrooke, Cork" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/business/economy/arid-41578987.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Data shows just how dependent Irish-US trade is on only a few sectors</h5><div class=card-text>Pharmaceuticals account for more than 60% of exports to US, writes Ronan Smyth</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Fri, 21 Feb, 2025</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41578864" data-article-link="/world/arid-41578864.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/world/arid-41578864.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/9022/4511116_2_teasersmall_295bbc7950564e698abd859d63bb8717.jpg.jpg" alt="Trump administration withholding foreign aid despite court order, judge says" title="Chaos by Distraction" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/world/arid-41578864.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Trump administration withholding foreign aid despite court order, judge says</h5><div class=card-text>The Trump administration has kept withholding foreign aid despite a court order and must at least temporarily restore the funding to programmes worldwide, a federal judge said on Thursday. </div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Fri, 21 Feb, 2025</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41578456" data-article-link="/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-41578456.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-41578456.html"><span class=mediatag><i class="fa fa-microphone"></i></span><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/9019/4509853_1_teasersmall_MixCollage-20-Feb-2025-03-03-PM-8168.jpg" alt="The Mick Clifford Podcast: The war on woke with Seamas O'Reilly" title="MixCollage-20-Feb-2025-03-03-PM-8168.jpg" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-41578456.html"><h5 class="card-title "> The Mick Clifford 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2025</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41578627" data-article-link="/news/arid-41578627.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/news/arid-41578627.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/9021/4510537_6_teasersmall_2.78999943.jpg.jpg" alt="Arts Council to be reviewed" title="78999943" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/news/arid-41578627.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Jobs could be lost in US-EU trade war, warns Paschal Donohoe</h5><div class=card-text>Finance Minister warned the costs of goods would rise if trade barriers were put in place by the United States</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Thu, 20 Feb, 2025</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41578132" data-article-link="/world/arid-41578132.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/world/arid-41578132.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/9018/4509403_3_teasersmall_ebab17848a6b4a95b3171d40e2d94a7d.jpg.jpg" alt="Trump repeats warning that Zelenskyy ‘better move fast’ to save Ukraine" title="Trump" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/world/arid-41578132.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Trump repeats warning that Zelenskyy ‘better move fast’ to save Ukraine</h5><div class=card-text>The rhetoric from Mr Trump toward Ukraine comes amid an escalating back-and-forth between the two presidents and rising tensions between Washington and much of Europe</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Thu, 20 Feb, 2025</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41578129" data-article-link="/world/arid-41578129.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/world/arid-41578129.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/9018/4509259_2_teasersmall_404dc7aa329c4eff8dd41e49052b59a6.jpg.jpg" alt="Donald Trump" title="Trump" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/world/arid-41578129.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Trump calls for federal control of District of Columbia</h5><div class=card-text>President Donald Trump has thrown his support behind congressional efforts for a federal takeover of the US capital, saying he approves putting the District of Columbia back under direct federal control. </div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Thu, 20 Feb, 2025</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41578126" data-article-link="/world/arid-41578126.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/world/arid-41578126.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/9018/4509256_2_teasersmall_2744a660d372432bb4abdace087594a3.jpg.jpg" alt="Trump administration halts legal aid for migrant children" title="US Immigration Border" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/world/arid-41578126.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Trump administration halts legal aid for migrant children</h5><div class=card-text>Daniela Hernandez, an immigration lawyer who provides free legal services to about 60 children in Pasadena, California some of her clients — who are as young as two — have court hearings as soon as Friday</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Thu, 20 Feb, 2025</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41578102" data-article-link="/news/politics/arid-41578102.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/news/politics/arid-41578102.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/9018/4509205_6_teasersmall_Log_Cabin.jpg" alt="Government TDs back cabin exemption plans" title="Log Cabin.jpg" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/news/politics/arid-41578102.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Government TDs back cabin exemption plans</h5><div class=card-text>Party sources said that housing would remain a top priority going forward</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Wed, 19 Feb, 2025</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41578018" data-article-link="/news/arid-41578018.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/news/arid-41578018.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/9018/4509064_3_teasersmall_1_20File_20Photo_20Martin_20Army_90721657.jpeg" alt="Taoiseach: Ireland prepared to send Irish peacekeepers to Ukraine " title="Taoiseach: Ireland prepared to send Irish peacekeepers to Ukraine " width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/news/arid-41578018.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Taoiseach: Ireland prepared to send Irish peacekeepers to Ukraine </h5><div class=card-text>Defence Forces members could be deployed as part of a peacekeeping force in future if a ceasefire is secured</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Wed, 19 Feb, 2025</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41577841" data-article-link="/world/arid-41577841.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/world/arid-41577841.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/9017/4508788_5_teasersmall_294e8be465de45b381c0cb4f3b483f96.jpg.jpg" alt="Trump calls Zelenskyy a 'dictator' who better move fast or lose his country" title="Election 2024 Trump" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/world/arid-41577841.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Trump calls Zelenskyy a 'dictator' who better move fast or lose his country</h5><div class=card-text>Zelenskyy hit back at the suggestion that Ukraine was responsible for Russia's 2022 full-scale invasion, saying Trump was trapped in a Russian disinformation bubble</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Wed, 19 Feb, 2025</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41577754" data-article-link="/business/companies/arid-41577754.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/business/companies/arid-41577754.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/9017/4508548_3_teasersmall_Catherine-McAuliffe-Cork-print_1_.jpg" alt="Savills Ireland reports increase in US visitors to its website since election, with Cork 'most popular destination' " title="Catherine-McAuliffe-Cork-print.jpg" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/business/companies/arid-41577754.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Savills Ireland reports increase in US visitors to its website since election, with Cork 'most popular destination' </h5><div class=card-text>Estate agent said there was an initial spike immediately after Donald Trump was elected, when searches from the US jumped by an average of 342% from the week before</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Wed, 19 Feb, 2025</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41577550" data-article-link="/world/arid-41577550.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/world/arid-41577550.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/9016/4508185_10_teasersmall_0a228c468c9d4ffb8a668a67696e9dbb.jpg.jpg" alt="Zelenskyy accuses Trump of spreading Russian disinformation on Ukraine" title="Russia Ukraine War" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/world/arid-41577550.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Zelenskyy accuses Trump of spreading Russian disinformation on Ukraine</h5><div class=card-text>Volodymyr Zelenskyy accuses Donald Trump of echoing Russian disinformation after the US president falsely claimed his approval rating was 4%</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Wed, 19 Feb, 2025</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41577592" data-article-link="/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-41577592.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-41577592.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/9016/4508269_10_teasersmall_a842e386af29490d9e053a444312bea9.jpg.jpg" alt="TP O’Mahony: Church's relationship with democracy has always been inconsistent " title="Vatican Pope" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-41577592.html"><h5 class="card-title "> TP O’Mahony: Church's relationship with democracy has always been inconsistent </h5><div class=card-text>Pope Francis finds himself defending democracy against JD Vance’s unique brand of American Catholicism — a novel role for an absolute monarch</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Wed, 19 Feb, 2025</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41577526" data-article-link="/world/arid-41577526.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/world/arid-41577526.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/9016/4508140_3_teasersmall_ff428f9d950d4bed8affd0ad501c8cb5.jpg.jpg" alt="Netanyahu appoints adviser with Trump ties to lead ceasefire talks" title="APTOPIX Israel Palestinians" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/world/arid-41577526.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Netanyahu appoints adviser with Trump ties to lead ceasefire talks</h5><div class=card-text>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has appointed a close confidant to lead negotiations for the second stage of the ceasefire with Hamas, an official said on Wednesday. </div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Wed, 19 Feb, 2025</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41577484" data-article-link="/world/arid-41577484.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/world/arid-41577484.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/9016/4508059_2_teasersmall_bf9a3db1ce4b43719980d0b10798c32a.jpg.jpg" alt="Donald Trump’s envoy arrives in Kyiv as US policy shifts towards Russia" title="Germany Munich Security Conference" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/world/arid-41577484.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Donald Trump’s envoy arrives in Kyiv as US policy shifts towards Russia</h5><div class=card-text>Mr Kellogg’s visit comes a day after US President Donald Trump suggested Kyiv was to blame for the war</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Wed, 19 Feb, 2025</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41577382" data-article-link="/world/arid-41577382.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/world/arid-41577382.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/9015/4507942_5_teasersmall_0d5f918b-4327-40ca-a96c-4ec870b2d1ba.jpg.jpg" alt="Ministers urged to offer Trump 'olive branch' trade deal" title="78694464" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/world/arid-41577382.html"><h5 class="card-title "> 'You should have never started it': Trump blames Ukraine over war with Russia</h5><div class=card-text>'Today I heard, ‘Oh, well, we weren’t invited.’ Well, you been there for three years. You should have ended it three years' ago, Donald Trump said</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Wed, 19 Feb, 2025</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41577142" data-article-link="/world/arid-41577142.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/world/arid-41577142.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/9015/4507522_1_teasersmall_d5ab605b7d824ad88ffec28ea1931771.jpg.jpg" alt="Poland’s president says US assures him it will not reduce its troop presence" title="Poland US Ukraine" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/world/arid-41577142.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Poland’s president says US assures him it will not reduce its troop presence</h5><div class=card-text>Poland’s President Andrzej Duda said on Tuesday that he has received US assurances that Washington will not reduce its troop presence in Poland and elsewhere along Nato’s eastern flank. </div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Tue, 18 Feb, 2025</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41577136" data-article-link="/world/arid-41577136.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/world/arid-41577136.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/9014/4507414_3_teasersmall_SAUDI_20ARABIA_20Russia_20080083.jpg" alt="US and Russia to explore closer relations after Ukraine talks in Riyadh" title="SAUDI ARABIA Russia 080083" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/world/arid-41577136.html"><h5 class="card-title "> US and Russia to explore closer relations after Ukraine talks in Riyadh</h5><div class=card-text>Marco Rubio says talks ‘first step of a long and difficult journey’ while Putin adviser says meeting ‘went well’</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Tue, 18 Feb, 2025</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41576431" data-article-link="/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-41576431.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-41576431.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/9012/4506442_28_teasersmall_US_20Trump_20231394.jpg" alt="Donald Trump" title="US Trump 231394" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-41576431.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Trump's options for ending the war in Ukraine are not without risk </h5><div class=card-text>All three options or scenarios are fraught with danger. They are also open to so many factors that could, in the blink of an eye, change the course of history</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Tue, 18 Feb, 2025</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41576602" data-article-link="/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-41576602.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-41576602.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/9013/4506697_1_teasersmall_MichealMartinDonaldTrumpComposite2025.jpg" alt="Micheál Martin in unique yet pivotal role ahead of St Patrick's Day meeting with Trump" title="MichealMartinDonaldTrumpComposite2025.jpg" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-41576602.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Micheál Martin in unique yet pivotal role ahead of St Patrick's Day meeting with Trump</h5><div class=card-text>This St Patrick’s Day, Taoiseach must seek to build bridges between the Trump administration and an increasingly jittery EU</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Tue, 18 Feb, 2025</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41576707" data-article-link="/world/arid-41576707.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/world/arid-41576707.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/9013/4506601_1_teasersmall_c8af53863f004953a38277f3a4a95043.jpg.jpg" alt="European leaders demand a say in US talks to end Russia’s war in Ukraine" title="France Security Summit" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/world/arid-41576707.html"><h5 class="card-title "> European leaders demand a say in US talks to end Russia’s war in Ukraine</h5><div class=card-text>European leaders have insisted their governments must have a say in talks between the US and Russia to end the war in Ukraine, after Moscow and Washington said there was no role for Europe in the negotiations. </div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Mon, 17 Feb, 2025</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41576626" data-article-link="/world/arid-41576626.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/world/arid-41576626.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/9012/4506472_2_teasersmall_7ad84094085f49f6b5beae64c353dd5a.jpg.jpg" alt="European leaders hold emergency talks, fearing Trump has abandoned old allies" title="France Security Summit" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/world/arid-41576626.html"><h5 class="card-title "> European leaders hold emergency talks, fearing Trump has abandoned old allies</h5><div class=card-text>Leaders of Germany, the UK, Italy, Poland, Spain, the Netherlands, Denmark and the European Union met at the Elysee Palace</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Mon, 17 Feb, 2025</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41576260" data-article-link="/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-41576260.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-41576260.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/9011/4505815_10_teasersmall_DEFENCE_20Trident_20105256.jpg" alt="Probe amid Trident safety claims" title="DEFENCE Trident 105256" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-41576260.html"><h5 class="card-title "> As the US retreats, Europe must look out for itself — so is Macron’s nuclear offer the answer?</h5><div class=card-text>Development of a joint UK-French nuclear umbrella, under the auspices of the European Nato allies and sidelining the US, could be politically explosive</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Mon, 17 Feb, 2025</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41576521" data-article-link="/world/arid-41576521.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/world/arid-41576521.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/9012/4506292_2_teasersmall_b5176c1d12f8487787bfa60c00a16ac8.jpg.jpg" alt="European leaders holding emergency meeting in Paris over US moves on Ukraine" title="France Security Summit" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/world/arid-41576521.html"><h5 class="card-title "> European leaders holding emergency meeting in Paris over US moves on Ukraine</h5><div class=card-text>President Macron’s office would not disclose details about the discussion</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Mon, 17 Feb, 2025</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41576458" data-article-link="/world/arid-41576458.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/world/arid-41576458.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/9012/4506064_3_teasersmall_46890c2e20af486395b082cfadac5a38.jpg.jpg" alt="Top Russian and US officials to hold talks on ending Ukraine war without Kyiv" title="Russia Serbia" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/world/arid-41576458.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Top Russian and US officials to hold talks on ending Ukraine war without Kyiv</h5><div class=card-text>Senior US and Russian officials will hold talks on ending the war in Ukraine, officials said, in what would be the most significant meeting between the sides since Moscow’s invasion nearly three years ago. </div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Mon, 17 Feb, 2025</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41576239" data-article-link="/business/economy/arid-41576239.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/business/economy/arid-41576239.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/9011/4505761_6_teasersmall_3_20File_20Photo_20Global_20Trade_20War_90721348.jpg" 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