British prime minister Boris Johnson has postponed the May 7 elections because of the coronavirus outbreak, PA understands.

There is an onus on the party to eke out its true definition, as a right-of-centre party, and put a real end to civil war politics, writes Daniel McConnell.

Sixty years ago, John Fitzgerald Kennedy and his brother Bobby ran what is considered to be the most innovative Presidential campaign ever.

A lot may have changed in the last 20 years, but in many ways, few lessons have been learned from how we lived in the late 1990s and early 2000s, writes Kyran Fitzgerald.

Three little words, “Yes, We Can”, were all it took for Barack Obama to win the US presidency in 2008.

The British Prime Minister broke with a tradition set by his recent predecessors and voted at Methodist Central Hall, near Downing Street, at around 8.15am.

Sinn Féin's deputy Dail leader Pearse Doherty has hit out at the "vindictive" arrest and extradition of alleged IRA bomber John Downey in connection with the murder of two soliders in 1972.

For anyone afflicted with a predisposition towards pessimism, these are trying times.

It seems Britain will fall into what Tony Blair described as Boris Johnson’s early election “elephant trap”.

After US President Donald Trump walked away from the Iranian nuclear deal, which closed the door on diplomacy, his administration’s pretext of freeing Iranians from authoritarianism is similar in tone to previous US war propaganda in this region.

Boris Johnson has been confirmed as the Conservative Party’s new leader – and the UK’s next prime minister.

What is still to come remains hidden. It may be suspected, but it isn’t known. Nothing could have prepared us for the apparent disintegration of Great Britain.

Britain's likely next prime minister Boris Johnson has been warned he will not be able to win the Brexit stand-off by "sloganeering" and must put his "ego" to one side if he is to find a solution to the crisis.

For a politician who once declared as a child that he would like to be ‘king of the world’,the leadership of his country may have to suffice, writes David Hughes.

US President Donald Trump’s state visit to the UK was offered with exceptional speed, from a position of weakness, writes Martin Farr.

The election results are almost all in and political anoraks have been digesting the information gleaned from the ballot boxes like famished goats.

Irish dance superstar, Michael Flatley, has recorded a special video endorsing his former chef's bid to become the directly elected Mayor of Clonakilty in West Cork.

A rare penny-farthing bicycle is among the 460 lots on offer at the annual vintage auction at O’Donovan’s of Newcastlewest at 10am next Saturday. In excellent condition, it dates from c1880 and is estimated at €600-€1,200. There is a first edition of the 1865 Memories of Adare Manor by Caroline, Countess Dunraven (€1,000-€1,800) as well as period furniture and jewellery.

Bikers are holding a protest in London today against the prosecution of a British soldier over Bloody Sunday.

If Channel 4 ever decides to finance a remake of Father Ted, the producers might consider moving the location from Craggy Island to Westminster. Ted could do Theresa May in drag while Dougal would make a fine Jacob Rees-Mogg.

The family of murdered Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane has lost a Supreme Court challenge over the decision not to hold a public inquiry into his killing, but won a declaration that an effective investigation into his death has not been carried out.

Yanis Varoufakis says an enormous sense of anxiety pervades the Brexit debate but a People’s Debate is a democratic way of squaring this circle and solving many issues.

Ever feel that you need to be in two places at once? As we sat high up in the Camp Nou, watching Barcelona and Tottenham play out a 1-1 draw, eyes were stuck fast on updates from the San Siro. It was like watching Tony Blair’s nervous smile in Sedgefield in May 1997 while Michael Portillo grimaced in Enfield. All you needed was to splice yourself in half. Was that really too much to ask?

Immigration, especially immigration provoked by climate change, is one of the issues of our time. Despite huge efforts, many of them unsuccessful and inhumane, the issue will become more rather than less challenging.

With Tony Blair and Jacob Rees-Mogg bafflingly on the same page, what happens next with Brexit may be hard for Ireland to stomach, writes Political Editor Daniel McConnell.

It is an extraordinary comment on the Conservative Party that they have made Jeremy Corbyn electable.Brexit could be the makings of a Corbyn primed to lead nation

It is an extraordinary comment on the Conservative Party that they have made Jeremy Corbyn electable.

Anthony Seldon is one of Britain’s leading educationalists and social commentators. He has served as a close adviser to former leaders, including Tony Blair and David Cameron. In recent years, he has turned his attention to the ongoing impact of new technologies, in particular, artificial intelligence (AI), on education and on society, writes Kyran Fitzgerald.

Macbeth and Hamlet were mentioned by the main protagonists, but in truth, it was far closer to A Christmas Carol.

The two young leaders, Bertie Ahern and Tony Blair, both came to power in 1997, writes Daniel McConnell.

Considered by many the cornerstone of peace and stability on the island of Ireland, the Good Friday Agreement and the path to it was fraught with hurdles and political landmines, writes Juno McEnroe.

The architects of the Good Friday Agreement have joined forces to urge British prime minister Theresa May to end her “aloof” approach to the North and help break the year-long political deadlock two decades on from the historic peace deal.

How many years until the last match report is carried in a print newspaper? asks Enda McEvoy.