Mairead McGuinness nominated to be European People’s Party vice president

FORMER EU Commissioner Mairead McGuinness has been nominated for the role of vice president of the European People’s Party (EPP). Ms McGuinness, who served as an MEP from 2004 to 2020, will be the Fine Gael nominee for the role, Tánaiste and Fine Gael leader Simon Harris has confirmed. “Fine Gael is the party of Europe in Ireland,” he said. “We are a proud member of the EPP, … [Read more...] about Mairead McGuinness nominated to be European People’s Party vice president

A MAN has pleaded guilty to a string of assaults on teenage girls which occurred near Clapham Common. John Nyhan, of Ingrave Street in Wandsworth, pleaded guilty at Kingston Crown Court this week to three sexual assaults. He had previously pleaded guilty to harassing a 13-year-old girl in Stormont Road on Thursday, January 23. Three girls, two aged 14 and one aged 15, reported … [Read more...] about Man pleads guilty to sexually assaulting teenage girls near Clapham Common

DEPUTY Micheál Carrigy has been elected as the new chairperson of Ireland's Fine Gael parliamentary party. The Longford-Westmeath TD was elected by Fine Gael parliamentary party members at their AGM meeting held last night (February 26) in Dublin's Leinster House. He replaces former chair Alan Farrell, who lost his seat in Ireland's recent general election. Micheál Carrigy, … [Read more...] about Micheál Carrigy ‘honoured’ to be elected new chair of Fine Gael party

NORTHERN Ireland Secretary Hilary Benn has enjoyed a ‘working dinner’ with Tánaiste Simon Harris in Dublin. The pair shared a meal at Iveagh House last night, which marked their first in-person meeting since the formation of Ireland’s new government. “Our conversation was warm and constructive, in keeping with the reset in relations between Ireland and the UK I launched … [Read more...] about Northern Ireland Secretary and Tánaiste hold ‘warm and constructive’ meeting over dinner in Dublin

 THOSE who write opinion columns might not belong to a disadvantaged class, but consumers of news should have a degree of sympathy for us as we endeavour to process and analyse the rapid-fire, radical pronouncements and initiatives emerging from Donald Trump’s White House. What’s insightful one minute is invariably soon dated and, in some instances, rendered a nonsense. In mere … [Read more...] about Chaos, power, and the Democrats’ dilemma