The army conducted nearly 200 operations in support of An Garda Síochána involving bomb disposal call outs, prisoner escorts, cash escorts, and search operations.

Stormont, despite positive post-election noises, remains mothballed. Tribalism is re-energised.

The case against Trump is very different to that against Nixon and Clinton as US foreign policy is at its very core and it comes at a time of rising global instability, says Carl Bildt

Russia has said it is working to prevent a conflict between advancing Turkish and Syrian government forces, as Turkey’s president defied growing pressure from Western allies for a ceasefire in northern Syria.

The Donald Trump owned Trump Doonbeg resort in Co Clare was paid over €107,000 to provide food to Gardaí deployed around west Clare to protect the US President during his two-night June visit.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has defended the €18m cost of providing security for the recent visits of US president Donald Trump and vice president Mike Pence, saying “it’s worth it”.

We're getting good, aren’t we, at ushering unwelcome politicians out the door.

A powerful House of Representatives Committee will examine the decision to stay at Trump International Hotel, 180 miles away from the Vice President's official business in Dublin.

That adage, out of sight, out of mind, can be as much an admonishment as a recognition that something once pressing may have receded from the frontline of public consciousness.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has suffered a double blow after it emerged Britain is seeking to renege on its commitments to protect the all-Ireland economy and US vice- president Mike Pence called on Ireland and the EU to respect the UK’s right to leave.

A United Airlines aircraft that turned back from its Atlantic crossing yesterday due to a technical fault was sent out over Dublin Bay as a delaying tactic rather than landing immediately in Dublin Airport.

So, it is finally happening.

Mike Pence loves Ireland and why wouldn’t he? Back home, nobody pays him a blind bit of notice as he cowers in the shadow of Donald Trump. He drops in here for a flying visit and he’s a big deal with everybody.

"Call me Leo," the Taoiseach said as he welcomed American vice president Mike Pence to Farmleigh House.

“Today was a both a celebration of who we are in Ireland now"

British prime minister Boris Johnson will visit Dublin next week for his first face-to-face meeting with Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and for discussions on Brexit.

US vice president Mike Pence has firmly put his support behind Boris Johnson calling on Ireland and the EU to "negotiate in good faith" on Brexit.

The Government will today announce further no-deal Brexit contingency plans as speculation mounts that Britain is heading towards a general election.

So that’s nearly Monday wrapped up. Here’s some of the stories we published on irishexaminer.com today which we hope will help you make sense of it all this evening.

"Fake" news and "scaremongering" - or an attempt to hide the true impact of the spiralling children's hospital costs crisis in plain sight after months of repeated delays.

The Vice President’s trip comes three months after Mr Trump visited Ireland for the first time as president.

US vice-president Mike Pence will be met at Shannon Airport by Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney and Mayor of Clare Councillor Cathal Crowe

He said he would listen to alternatives to the backstop, but so far suggestions have been on just managing the border, which he told RTÉ was not the outcome Ireland wanted.

Garda chiefs have laid bare to the Department of Justice the consequences of not providing special budgets for high-level visits to Ireland.

US vice-president Mike Pence looks set to arrive in Ireland four days ahead of originally scheduled and is now likely to land at Shannon Airport on Monday.

Gardaí are warning that the cost of the upcoming visit of American vice-president Mike Pence will compromise the safety and security of Irish citizens.

US vice president Mike Pence will insist that Britain must "uphold the Good Friday agreement" regardless of the Brexit crisis when he visits Ireland on September 6 and 7, the White House has confirmed.

US Vice President Mike Pence will travel to Ireland next month on behalf of President Donald Trump, the White House has confirmed.

Mr Pence was invited to Ireland by the Taoiseach Leo Varadkar in March during a St Patrick’s Day event in the US.

The Government has joined the growing backlash against US president Donald Trump’s racist attack on four Congresswomen.

Already stretched garda budgets must not be used to pay for the recent visit of US president Donald Trump and the planned upcoming visit of his vice-president Mike Pence, Fianna Fáil has warned.

It is not necessary to be paranoid to see the professional assassination of Britain’s ambassador to America, Kim Darroch, as a step in the ascent of right-wing forces.

More than 6,000 patients are waiting for home-help hours and support causing delays to hospital discharges and take up beds in acute facilities.

US vice-president Mike Pence is expected to visit Ireland this year.

Mike Pence, US vice-president, is to visit this country in September, it has been confirmed.

Fundamentalists hostile to Europe’s values are covertly backing right-wing elements across the bloc, says Mary Fitzgerald

Taoiseach says US President Donald Trump could visit Ireland as early as June this year when in Europe for D-Day commemorations, writes Juno McEnroe in Chicago.

Fresh efforts to secure special work visas for Irish citizens in America will go ahead after talks between Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and US president Donald Trump.

US president Donald Trump has threatened to slam new tariffs on the EU unless it changes its trade policies with Washington.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said that he will ask US president Donald Trump not to agree a new free trade deal with the UK if it undermines peace on the island of Ireland.

The Taoiseach brought forward his departure to last night to avoid being in the air when the crucial votes in the House of Commons take place tonight but is taking a personal day in the States before his formal programme commences.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar will raise the issue of equality of opportunity for women with US president Donald Trump during a White House meeting next week.

The president tweeted that he had said ‘bye-bye’ after his opponents said they would not fund his border wall.

While the West must exercise vigilance when faced with China’s ‘influence operations’, it should avoid overreaction, writes Minxin Pei.