Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe says “it is likely” that the Taoiseach will raise the issue of Ireland being on a watch list drawn up by the United States Treasury when he meets with President Trump next week.

THE news that US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and the Dublin-based multinational Allergan have scrapped their $160 billion merger may not be of immediate interest to most Irish people — but it should be.

The Obama administration should rethink its commitment to the fight in Afghanistan, according to American politicians furious with Afghan president Hamid Karzai for saying his country would back Pakistan in a war with the United States.