Irish sources are keen to point out that Ms Truss has not endeared herself across the continent and that the Irish view of her is not unique.

Housing Minister Darragh O'Brien understands that fundamental change was and is needed in the housing sector. However, the public will question the pace at which this change is being achieved.

Regardless of whether Robert Troy believed the homes should be on the register, it stands to reason that any member of the Oireachtas who has a material or even circumstantial interest in a topic should let the House and, by extension, the public, know about it

Japan is the world's third-largest economy and when Micheál Martin meets Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Wednesday, the two will commit to a deepening of relations between two countries over the coming decade

This time, it was said, the business case is strong, the numbers have been checked and rechecked and the engineering is done. We are all systems go, kind of