Person: Rishi Sunak

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How Taylor Swift's Era's Tour makeup stays in place all night
Irish Examiner view: No shaking off seismic Taylor Swift production
The reception for the singer is reminiscent of the description of Xerxes’ Persian army, which made the earth shake on approach, and her influence on contemporary life is all-but gravitational in its power

Fri, 28 Jun, 2024

General Election campaign 2024
Irish Examiner view: Violence is still an issue
A violent response to Mr Farage is unequivocally wrong, degrading the democratic process and legitimising physical force in its stead

Thu, 13 Jun, 2024

European and local elections
Irish Examiner view: Taoiseach may yet be tempted to call an early general election
Like their counterparts across the EU, the Government is pondering what the elections tell us about voters' mood

Tue, 11 Jun, 2024

Israel-Hamas conflict
Irish Examiner view: Two-state solution is now more practical
History was made yesterday when Ireland, along with Spain and Norway, recognised the state of Palestine.

Thu, 23 May, 2024

General Election announcement
Rishi Sunak says July 4 election is a question of trust as he takes aim at Kier Starmer
A sodden Mr Sunak had to battle both the rain and the sounds of New Labour anthem Things Can Only Get Better being blasted from beyond the Downing Street gates

Wed, 22 May, 2024

Keir Starmer visit to Dover
S Terry Prone: Keir Starmer’s problem is he can’t tell people what he really stands for
The British Labour leader is so values-free that accepting Natalie Elphicke into his party is OK on the basis that she might help his election chances

Mon, 13 May, 2024

Regional Mayoral elections
S Fergus Finlay: Social democracy aka Labour is inching its way into power in the UK
Change won’t happen because of an exciting campaign, awash with Labour promises and vision — it will happen because, after 14 years of incompetence, corruption, and betrayal, the people of Britain hate the Tories

Tue, 07 May, 2024

Regional Mayoral elections
Irish Examiner view: Sunak's party in a political cul-de-sac
It's not been a good time for the Conservative Party in Britain recently

Tue, 07 May, 2024

Troops Ministerial Troop Review
Letters to the Editor: Micheál Martin should devote more time to his constituents 
One reader writes in to say that they would like to remind Mr Martin that he has been elected to represent the interests of the people of Cork South Central

Fri, 03 May, 2024

Rishi Sunak visit to Poland and Germany
Irish Examiner view: Bad week for Anglo-Irish relations
Micheál Martin said he believes that the high percentage of asylum seekers now entering Ireland from Northern Ireland is a result of the Rwanda strategy being pursued by Britain

Thu, 02 May, 2024

Rishi Sunak visit to Poland and Germany
Letters to the Editor: UK Rwanda project has an impact on immigration
I am writing to express my deep concern regarding the made by British prime minister Rishi Sunak regarding the effectiveness of the Rwanda project and its implications for migration to the Republic of Ireland.

Tue, 30 Apr, 2024

Taoiseach attends EPP conference on the future of European agriculture
Taoiseach hits back after Sunak says cross-Border migration vindicates Rwanda policy
Simon Harris: 'This country will not in any way, shape, or form provide a loophole for anybody else’s migration challenge'

Sun, 28 Apr, 2024

British-Irish Council Summit
Cabinet to discuss emergency laws to allow the Government to send asylum seekers back to UK
Britain plans to send asylum seekers on a one-way flight to the east African nation to deter others from crossing the English Channel on small boats

Sat, 27 Apr, 2024

Conservative Party Conference 2023
S Colin Sheridan: The British empire is dying a slow death
You’re probably not aware there is a university in London called SOAS, or the School of Oriental and African Studies.

Sat, 16 Mar, 2024

Stormont Assembly
Irish Examiner view: First priority is the day-to-day needs of the people of the North 
First Minister Michelle O'Neill echoes the Sinn Féin president on the issue of Irish unity, but is emphasising more immediate concerns

Tue, 06 Feb, 2024

Royals attend church service
Britain's King Charles diagnosed with cancer
Prince Harry has spoken with the King about his cancer diagnosis and will travel to the UK to see him in the coming days, a source close to Harry said.

Mon, 05 Feb, 2024

Stormont Assembly
Michelle O'Neill about to become the first nationalist First Minister
Sinn Féin vice-president is tipped to take up the role on Saturday after the two-year hiatus in the Northern Ireland Executive

Fri, 02 Feb, 2024

What is Britain's Post Office IT scandal about and who is involved?
What is Britain's Post Office IT scandal about and who is involved?
Prosecution of thousands of people has been called one of the greatest miscarriages of justice in British history

Fri, 12 Jan, 2024

Prime Minister visit to Nissan car plant
British budget deficit means fewer 'pre-election bribes' 
Public sector net borrowing, excluding State-owned banks, totalled £116.4bn in the financial year so far, £24.4bn (€28bn) higher than in the April-November period a year earlier

Thu, 21 Dec, 2023

US Election 2020
S Fergus Finlay: I’m trying to stay optimistic but democracy looks dead on its feet
I never thought it would be possible to utter the phrase ‘Sinn Féin, the law and order party’ in a sentence without everyone falling around the place

Tue, 12 Dec, 2023

Colin Sheridan: Everyone gets a second chance in public life. Except here in Ireland
Colin Sheridan: Everyone gets a second chance in public life. Except here in Ireland
F Scott Fitzgerald’s proverbial ‘second act’ seems to be available to everyone who gets themselves embroiled in all manner of controversy — everyone, that is, except the Irish

Sat, 25 Nov, 2023

Conservative Party Conference 2023
Britain aims to label artificial intelligence as capable of ‘catastrophic harm’
UK prime minister Rishi Sunak is pushing for nations to label artificial intelligence as capable of causing “catastrophic harm” at the AI Safety Summit the UK is hosting next month as it seeks to forge a common international approach on the rapidly ...

Thu, 19 Oct, 2023

Conservative Party Conference 2023
Pádraig Hoare: Hard not to be cynical about commitment to climate neutrality
It seems Britain's ruling party think that future generations don't matter while a former Shell employee is to take charge of the EU's climate action plan.

Tue, 03 Oct, 2023

Net zero targets
Rishi Sunak waters down UK climate policies to avoid public 'backlash'
Mr Sunak insisted the UK was already ahead of allies in reducing emissions and could not impose 'unacceptable costs' on British families.

Wed, 20 Sep, 2023

Greenpeace protest at Rishi Sunak house
S Pádraig Hoare: Reckless Rishi eyes votes over climate
Drill, baby, drill.

Sun, 06 Aug, 2023

Windfall tax on oil and gas companies
Britain pledges hundreds of North Sea oil and gas licences in energy push
Critics have warned that Britain has failed to invest enough to beef up energy security as other countries, such as the US, pump money into green technology.

Mon, 31 Jul, 2023

New homes
UK mulls scrapping water pollution law to build more housing
UK Government look at overriding 2018 ruling that bans housebuilding in areas where it risks polluting rivers

Sun, 02 Jul, 2023

Rishi Sunak visit to Nottinghamshire
Sunak struggles to deflect inflation blame onto corporate Britain
British prime minister Rishi Sunak’s push to get companies soften the blow of inflation on consumers appears unlikely to yield significant results, undercutting one of his key pledges.

Wed, 28 Jun, 2023

Security tightens ahead of Joe Biden's visit to Ireland 
Security tightens ahead of Joe Biden's visit to Ireland 
Mr Biden, who Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has described as the "most Irish-American president since John F Kennedy", will visit Louth, Mayo and Dublin

Mon, 10 Apr, 2023

Taoiseach visit to the US
Joe Biden expected to reject invite to Charles' coronation next month
Mr Biden has reportedly turned down turned down the invitation from Buckingham Palace

Sat, 01 Apr, 2023

Tánaiste: Sinn Féin 'over-glorified' paramilitary violence
Tánaiste: Sinn Féin 'over-glorified' paramilitary violence
The Tánaiste has said he believes Sinn Féin “over-glorified” paramilitary violence during The Troubles and failed to respond sufficiently to the victims of that violence.

Sun, 19 Mar, 2023

Interest rates
UK has limited room for manoeuvre as Hunt prepares for Wednesday's budget
UK chancellor of the exchequer Jeremy Hunt delivers his first budget tomorrow, setting out tax-and-spend policies for the last full year before the next British election.

Tue, 14 Mar, 2023

Brexit
Sunak to push ahead to increase UK corporation tax rate back to 25%       
Conservative party MPs calling for halt to planned rise from the current 19% in April

Mon, 06 Mar, 2023

Elaine Loughlin: Retrofit plan will go up in smoke if we can’t find people to do the work
Elaine Loughlin: North begins a new chapter with the historic Windsor Framework
The unveiling of the deal was highly choreographed and loaded with symbolism that spoke to those loyal to the union

Tue, 28 Feb, 2023

Brexit
Irish Examiner view: A step in the right direction 
Protocol deal

Tue, 28 Feb, 2023

SFI-Defence Organisation Innovation Challenge
Tánaiste: 'Significant progress' has been made in protocol talks
Micheál Martin said negotiators should be given space to agree a deal which may lead to the restoration of the Northern Executive

Sun, 26 Feb, 2023

Rishi Sunak visits a school
Sunak's Cabinet to meet as UK and EU on verge of Protocol deal
The British prime minister is facing up to a potential battle with members of his own party

Tue, 21 Feb, 2023

Rishi Sunak Travels To Belfast In Sign NI Protocol
Daniel McConnell: No sign of DUP compromise on EU-UK deal
While Rishi Sunak met political leaders of all stripes on Friday, his real mission was to get the Protocol refuseniks on board

Fri, 17 Feb, 2023

Brexit
DUP leader ‘hopeful’ deal can be done on Protocol but insists work remains
'The decisions that will be taken by the prime minister and by the European Commission will either consign Northern Ireland to more division or they will clear a path towards healing and to the restoration of the political institutions,' Jeffrey Donaldson said

Fri, 17 Feb, 2023

Brexit
Micheál Martin to meet UK counterpart with protocol deal on cusp of agreement 
It is now expected that a final resolution to the long-running Northern Ireland protocol saga could be approved by both the EU and UK as early as Monday or Tuesday.

Fri, 17 Feb, 2023

Rishi Sunak visit to Oldham
Hopes grow for a Brexit deal on the north as British PM to meet EU leaders
EU President Ursula von der Leyen, French president Emmanuel Macron, and German chancellor Olaf Scholz are scheduled to attend the summit

Tue, 14 Feb, 2023

Taoiseach to assure Zelenskyy Ireland is 100% behind Ukraine 
Taoiseach to assure Zelenskyy Ireland is 100% behind Ukraine 
Leo Varadkar will meet Mr Zelenskyy later today alongside leaders from Belgium, Malta, Luxembourg, and Portugal

Thu, 09 Feb, 2023

Varadkar denies deal has been made over Northern Ireland protocol
Varadkar denies deal has been made over Northern Ireland protocol
The Irish and British Governments have sought to play down a report in The Times newspaper claiming a deal has been struck over the Northern Ireland Protocol.

Wed, 01 Feb, 2023

Nadhim Zahawi sacked
S Fergus Finlay: Marvelling at the madness of Britain as a mango monarchy
Maybe the lesson we need to learn from our next-door neighbour is that some things never change

Tue, 31 Jan, 2023

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