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Ireland to send police to the border as migrant row with UK grows

Ireland to send police to the border as migrant row with UK grows

Mr Harris was then forced to insist that “of course” there would be no police checkpoints and suggested that Mr Sunak was politicking ahead of the local elections. He did not rule out sending officers to the border but the department of justice insisted that they would not be “assigned to physically police the border with Northern...

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Sinn Fein calls for elections after Leo Varadkar’s surprise resignation

Sinn Fein calls for elections after Leo Varadkar’s surprise resignation

In the last elections in 2020, Fine Gael finished behind Sinn Fein and Fianna Fail. His predecessor, Micheál Martin, the leader of Fianna Fail and deputy prime minister, said: “I was surprised. I didn’t expect it at all.” The announcement took a lot of courage, he added. Mr Varadkar suffered a defeat in a referendum...