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STerry Prone: Amid the weirdness of world leaders, Count Binface is starting to make sense
Michael Clifford
SMick Clifford: Banning the Wicklow tech gathering would hand a victory to right-wing populists
Fergus Finlay
SAndy Burnham is now Britain — and Europe's — last defence from Nigel Farage
Starmer premiership crisis
Wes Streeting says Labour must ‘change course’ or hand Reform victory
He delivered his resignation speech in the Commons on Wednesday after quitting as health secretary last week

Wed, 20 May, 2026

The Great North Investment Summit
Andy Burnham to contest crunch Makerfield by-election, Labour confirms
If he returns to parliament, Burnham is widely expected to challenge Keir Starmer for the Labour leadership

Tue, 19 May, 2026

Sir Keir Starmer visit to north London
Keir Starmer will not set timetable to leave No 10 if Andy Burnham wins by-election
Greater Manchester mayor Burnham hopes to be Labour’s candidate, which could provide him with  route back to Commons to challenge for the party leadership

Mon, 18 May, 2026

Requiem Mass for Tony Lloyd
UK politics: Andy Burnham has path to challenge for leadership but must win seat first
Greater Manchester mayor would need to win seat before launching campaign for Labour leadership

Fri, 15 May, 2026

Keir Starmer meets regional mayors
MP quits to make way for Andy Burnham to challenge Keir Starmer
Josh Simons said he was standing down so the Mayor of Greater Manchester can 'drive the change our country is crying out for'

Thu, 14 May, 2026

Starmer premiership crisis
Labour turmoil continues as Streeting mulls leadership challenge
The British health secretary is believed to have told allies he is preparing to resign on Thursday

Thu, 14 May, 2026

Local elections 2026
Nigel Farage faces probe by sleaze watchdog over £5m gift
Reform leader has previously insisted there is 'no case to answer'

Wed, 13 May, 2026

Sir Keir Starmer visit
Allies of Wes Streeting say he will launch challenge of Keir Starmer tomorrow
Leaked draft statement says party ‘cannot continue on its current path’ under PM

Wed, 13 May, 2026

Antisemitism in society meeting
More than 100 Labour MPs sign letter saying it’s ‘no time for a leadership contest’ as Starmer refuses to quit
Three ministers quit the government today in protest of Starmer’s leadership after the prime minister said he would not step down on Tuesday

Tue, 12 May, 2026

Sir Keir Starmer speech - London
Starmer leadership in peril as British ‘Cabinet ministers tell him to consider position’
Shabana Mahmood is said to have privately called for an orderly transition of power on Monday night as 75 MPs demanded the British Prime Minister stand down after Labour’s electoral mauling last week

Tue, 12 May, 2026

Sir Keir Starmer speech - London
Government aides quit as dozens of Labour MPs call for Starmer to resign
In a speech in London on Monday, prime minister Keir Starmer said he took 'responsibility' for last week's local election losses but would fight on

Mon, 11 May, 2026

Local elections 2026
Labour humiliated in heartlands as pressure mounts on Keir Starmer
Prime minister admits hurt at local election results while Farage claims 'truly historic shift in British politics'

Fri, 08 May, 2026

Local elections 2026
Keir Starmer vows to fight on as PM despite heavy local election losses for Labour
Leader defiant in face of calls from some of his MPs to quit but admits ‘results are tough, and there’s no sugarcoating it’

Fri, 08 May, 2026

Scottish Parliament elections
Counting under way in Holyrood election as SNP eyes fifth consecutive win
The results of those contests will determine if SNP leader John Swinney retains his job as Scotland’s First Minister

Fri, 08 May, 2026

Local elections 2026
Labour losses pile up in England local elections as Reform UK makes gains
Reform runaway winners in north-east, likely pushing Labour into opposition in Hartlepool, with other losses for Starmer in Chorley, Wigan, Redditch and Tamworth

Fri, 08 May, 2026

Russia Ukraine War
Ireland's low ranking on military aid to Ukraine does not reflect our financial support, experts say
Ireland has allocated 'several hundred million euro' in direct assistance to Ukraine and billions hosting and supporting Ukrainian refugees, which is not reflected in German report on military aid

Thu, 12 Feb, 2026

Labour Party conference 2025
Labour row after Andy Burnham blocked from byelection race
 Keir Starmer among those to vote against move to allow potential rival as prime minister compete to be a candidate in vacated seat

Sun, 25 Jan, 2026

Keir Starmer visit to West Yorkshire
S Fergus Finlay: Keir Starmer's plans risk losing the dressing room even before half-time
UK Labour has inherited a broken economy and global instability — can Keir Starmer avoid the fate that has plagued left-wing leaders before him?

Tue, 01 Apr, 2025

Victoria Thomas Bowen court case
Victoria Thomas Bowen given suspended sentence after throwing milkshake over Nigel Farage
Victoria Thomas Bowen, 25, previously admitted assault by beating after Nigel Farage was doused with the liquid and hit by the cup after it was thrown as he left the Moon and Starfish Wetherspoon pub in Clacton-on-Sea on June 4.

Mon, 16 Dec, 2024

Donald Trump visit to Ireland
Starmer has not spoken to Trump about US election interference row
Mr Starmer was asked if he had called Mr Trump to smooth over the row about Labour staffers campaigning for Kamala Harris

Thu, 24 Oct, 2024

Morgan McSweeney, Campaign Director at The Labour Party, UK - 08 Jan 2023
S Fergus Finlay: The most powerful Corkman in Britain has his first big challenge
Morgan McSweeney, born and raised in Macroom, has just been appointed chief of staff to British prime minister Keir Starmer. Right now, he’s got a make-or-break challenge on his hands

Tue, 15 Oct, 2024

Labour Party Conference 2024
S Terry Prone: Well-off people get showered with freebies they could well afford
Keir Starmer, who leads a party which traditionally drew loyalty from underpaid people, should not have had his hand out like Oliver Twist asking for more

Mon, 30 Sep, 2024

Labour Party Conference 2024
Séamas O'Reilly: Keir Starmer's austerity is a betrayal of ordinary British people's hopes
"Constantly framing austerity decisions as “tough choices” was clearly intended to make Labour seem serious and sober — the sensible adults returning to the room — but its primary effect has been to highlight the choices not made."

Sat, 28 Sep, 2024

Taoiseach Simon Harris visit to UK
Irish Examiner view: Anglo-Irish relationship reset is very welcome
It is reassuring to know that the UK’s new leader seems genuinely committed to building relationships and fostering trust with Ireland and Europe

Fri, 19 Jul, 2024

Taoiseach Simon Harris visit to UK
Harris and Starmer toast to an 'important reset of relations' between Ireland and UK 
Keir Starmer has work to do in rebuilding the UK's relationships with its continental neighbours, but his tone this week has hit the right notes

Thu, 18 Jul, 2024

General Election 2024
Simon Harris and Keir Starmer meet today in effort to ‘reset’ British-Irish relations
Both now see an opportunity to strengthen relations between Ireland and Britain following years of rancour during Brexit negotiations

Wed, 17 Jul, 2024

Keir Starmer's tour of the UK
Vaughan Gething resigns as first minister of Wales
It comes as four Welsh ministers quit government in protest against his leadership, telling him they cannot get on with the job “without you standing down”

Tue, 16 Jul, 2024

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Suzanne Harrington: Starmer brings glimmers of hope, but time will tell
I've seen nine prime ministers while living in Britain, Starmer is the tenth to move into Number 10

Sun, 14 Jul, 2024

Sarah Harte: Standing by your man is no longer the first duty of a wife in politics
Sarah Harte: Standing by your man is no longer the first duty of a wife in politics
It’s a tough station, being a political wife, because it seems to be a delicate balance of stepping up but only in a narrowly prescribed way and staying in your old-fashioned lane

Wed, 10 Jul, 2024

Keir Starmer's tour of the UK
Irish Examiner View: Labour start as they mean to go on
Britain’s new prime minister, Keir Starmer, has moved fast in his attempts to reset relations within Britain, with Ireland, and with the rest of Europe.

Tue, 09 Jul, 2024

Keir Starmer's tour of the UK
Keir Starmer meets Michelle O’Neill in first Northern Ireland trip as prime minister 
The British prime minister is visiting Belfast following his trip to Scotland on Sunday, and will also visit Wales to round off a visit to the three devolved nations

Mon, 08 Jul, 2024

Keir Starmer visit to Dublin and Belfast
Britain is ready to renew its 'profound’ partnership with Ireland
British ambassador Paul Johnston writes that Keir Starmer’s appointment as prime minister ushers in a new era for Britain — not least in terms of its relationship with Ireland

Mon, 08 Jul, 2024

Sir Keir Starmer's tour of the UK
Keir Starmer: Work is under way to improve UK’s ‘botched’ Brexit deal
The British Prime Minister said he wanted better trading and security relationships with Brussels as he vowed to rip up the “botched” deal struck by Boris Johnson

Sun, 07 Jul, 2024

Irish citizenship
Next generation will not forgive failure to reset Anglo-Irish relations – Harris
Mr Harris acknowledged that there had been “clear policy differences and difficulties and challenges” between the UK and Ireland in the years since Brexit

Sun, 07 Jul, 2024

Northern Ireland Troubles
Ireland will not immediately drop case against UK over Legacy Act – Taoiseach
The Taoiseach said he wanted to work with Keir Starmer over developing an approach to deal with the legacy of the Northern Ireland Troubles that was victim-centred

Sun, 07 Jul, 2024

Mick Clifford: How populism takes flight
S Mick Clifford: How populism takes flight
The divide between what might be described as a typical worker and those at the upper echelons of the corporate world has been widening over the last 20 years

Sat, 06 Jul, 2024

Social Democrat leaders stand down
S Elaine Loughlin: Political winds of change are certain to blow through the Dáil
Elections have already produced seismic shifts elsewhere in 2024 and in a world of uncertainly, one thing Ireland can be sure of is that the next Dáil will be utterly different to this one, with almost 30 TDs departing

Sat, 06 Jul, 2024

General Election 2024
Irish Examiner view: When the numbers don’t lie
Since 2005, the exit poll has predicted the number of parliamentary seats of the winning party to within an average of four

Sat, 06 Jul, 2024

General Election 2024
Labour's landslide win sparks hope in repairing Ango-Irish relations
Taoiseach Simon Harris called Keir Starmer's party's recent 174-seat majority win in the British general election a "great reset" in relations

Sat, 06 Jul, 2024

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Paul Hosford: Taoiseach's hope for Anglo-Irish relationship to be put to the test
The shape of the neighbourly relationship has been scarred for the best part of a decade by not just Britain’s vote to leave the EU, but by a stream of indifference or hostility, writes Paul Hosford

Sat, 06 Jul, 2024

General Election 2024
Taoiseach will visit new British prime minister Keir Starmer this month
Simon Harris and Mr Starmer spoke on Friday when they discussed Northern Ireland and the restoration of the Good Friday Agreement institutions as well as legacy issues

Fri, 05 Jul, 2024

General Election 2024
Hilary Benn named as UK government's new Northern Ireland secretary
The Leeds MP was also vocal in urging the powersharing institutions to be revived during the three-year hiatus

Fri, 05 Jul, 2024

General Election 2024
UK prime minister Keir Starmer names his cabinet after vowing to rebuild trust in politics
Rachel Reeves was confirmed as Britain’s first woman chancellor, Angela Rayner will be deputy prime minister

Fri, 05 Jul, 2024

General Election 2024
DUP calls for unionist cohesion after North Antrim and Lagan Valley defeats
Mr Robinson dismissed suggestions that the election result strengthened the argument towards Irish unity

Fri, 05 Jul, 2024

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