White House press secretary Sean Spicer has abruptly resigned over President Donald Trump's decision to ask a financier to lead his beleaguered communications team.

Mark Leibovich takes stock of how Washington has — and hasn’t — changed in the time of Trump

A dad was fined £150 after his five-year-old daughter set up a one-table lemonade stall. He described how four council officials told him to shut it down as he held the crying five-year-old in his arms.

US president Donald Trump plans to speak with German, French, and Italian officials ahead of a summit of the Group of 20 leading economies this week that could expose his sharp differences with world powers on trade and other issues.

Latest: The US has seen chemical weapons activity at a Syrian air base used for a sarin gas attack in April, the Pentagon said.

The White House has issued a warning to Bashar Assad as it claimed "potential" evidence showed Syria was preparing for another chemical weapons attack.

Latest: The Queen of England has expressed her "deepest sympathy" to all those affected by the Manchester bomb attack, adding that "the whole nation has been shocked by the death and injury".

US president Donald Trump has condemned those who deny the Holocaust and pledged to confront anti-Semitism.

A suspected government chemical attack in an opposition-held town in northern Syria has killed dozens of people.

Congressional investigators have rebuffed former US national security adviser Michael Flynn's offer of cooperation in exchange for immunity from prosecution.

Boris Johnson is to meet Donald Trump's national security adviser in Washington DC on Tuesday to attempt to draw a line under the diplomatic row sparked by claims Britain spied on the president, it is understood.

The White House has barred several media outlets from a press conference held by President Trump's Press Secretary, Sean Spicer.

Transgender students have lost the US government protection that allowed them to use school toilets and locker rooms matching their gender identities as Donald Trump's administration stepped into a long-simmering national debate.

It has been confirmed President Donald Trump asked his national security advisor to resign.

The airline planning to launch low-cost transatlantic flights from Cork and Shannon this summer has welcomed comments from the White House backing its expansion to the US.

US President Donald Trump will host Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at Mar-a-Lago this weekend.

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Donald Trump has hit back after a judge temporarily blocked his travel ban on people from seven predominantly Muslim countries.

The US Embassy in Dublin announced that Taoiseach Enda Kenny will visit the White House on St Patrick’s Day, reports Irish Examiner political reporter, Joyce Fegan.

Donald Trump has signed directives which will not only see a wall built along the US border with Mexico, but also crack down on cities that shield illegal immigrants, such as the undocumented Irish.

The first official press briefing by Donald Trump’s administration will be held later amid a series of attacks on the media by senior White House figures.

Two BMW racers were "showing off" to each other when one of them mowed down and killed a young woman as she crossed the road in England, a court has heard.

US president-elect Donald Trump has re-opened the debate over nuclear proliferation, calling for America to "greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capability" until the rest of the world "comes to its senses" regarding nuclear weapons.

A 27-year-old man has been jailed for eight years for the sexual assault of a 101-year-old woman who he attacked as he burgled her home.

I concur with correspondent Dick Spicer, of Citizens to Separate Church and State, who asserts that the President’s religious oath is a violation of equal rights. 

Olympic champion Katie Taylor and Commonwealth Games silver medallist Michaela Walsh posted landslide last-32 victories at the AIBA World Women’s Elite Championships in Jeju, South Korea yesterday.

Olympic champion Katie Taylor opens her title defence at the AIBA World Women’s Elite Championships in Jeju, South Korea against Dominica’s Valerian Spicer today.

Airport charges at Dublin Airport are set to fall by 19%, on a cumulative basis, over the next five years — 3% more than originally envisaged.

Manchester, so much to answer for.

Wolves boss Mick McCarthy has made nine changes to the side beaten 3-1 at Tottenham for the home Carling Cup clash with Notts County.

Adam Lockwood snatched a late equaliser to rescue a draw for Doncaster in their Coca-Cola Championship clash against Preston at the Keepmoat Stadium.

Former champion boxer Mike Tyson has married for a third time – two weeks after his four-year-old daughter died in a tragic accident, it emerged today.

Aston Villa 3 Doncaster 1

Aston Villa manager Martin O’Neill made seven changes to the side which drew with Wigan at the weekend for the home FA Cup fourth-round replay with Doncaster.

Burnley 0 Portsmouth 1

Sylvain Distin was the only player who kept his place as Portsmouth boss Harry Redknapp made 10 changes for tonight’s Carling Cup third round clash with Burnley at Turf Moor.

The former New Age traveller who was put on trial on a charge of murdering a Portuguese national at a camp site by the sea was found not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter today.

The man accused of murdering a Portuguese national put on steel toe-capped para-boots before joining others for an assault on the victim, it was claimed today as the trial opened in Cork.

Dundalk 1 Waterford United 1

Drogheda United 1 Waterford United 0

Waterford United 0 Cork City 0