The Irish premier told delegates at his Fine Gael party’s conference Brexit was a reminder of “importance of having the right team in place” in a not-so-subtle swipe at Prime Minister Theresa May and he botched EU negotiations. He then lavished praise on the EU during the speech in County Wexford. He said: “The last […]
Daniel Kawczynski, Tory MP for Shropshire and Atcham, also warned that Mrs May will be gone from Downing Street “almost instantaneously” once the future course of Brexit has been clarified. The Tory MP added he tips Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt and former Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab to be in the “final two” in a leadership contest. Mr […]
Mr May will outline his vision at an event organised by will make a speech at an exclusive event organised by the Centre for Social Justice think tank run by former Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith. The Centre for Social Justice dinner will be held on tomorrow, with MPs expecting Mr Hunt to roll out policy […]
The Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG) is investigating the purchase of €16,000 worth of gym equipment for a garda station which was bought using funding from a district court poor box. It is understood the C&AG wrote to An Garda Siochana seeking information on the transaction after details of the purchase were published in the […]
WASHINGTON — The fight to expel the Islamic State from its last shard of territory in Syria may be over. But the United States and its partners still face significant battles against the terrorist group, its affiliates and other networks that are less formally aligned with it elsewhere, in Afghanistan, West Africa and the Philippines. […]
SINGAPORE – Addressing rumours that she might be fielded as a People’s Action Party candidate in the next election, Changi Airport Group vice-president Poh Li San said if she was given the chance to serve Sembawang residents at a deeper level, she would gladly do so. But it is still too early to tell if […]
WASHINGTON — Congressional Democrats are plotting strategy as they await the conclusions of Robert Mueller’s now-completed Russia investigation, with senior lawmakers demanding full transparency and preparing for next steps if the results are favourable to President Donald Trump. House Democrats planned meetings by phone on Saturday to share what they know about the probe and […]
A U.S. civil liberties privacy group has filed a lawsuit seeking the public release of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report on his 22-month probe into potential interference by Russia in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) brought the Freedom of Information Act suit against the Department of Justice, the group […]
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is moving ahead with its proposal to require drug companies to disclose the often sky-high prices of their products in television commercials, despite strenuous objections and the threat of legal challenges by drug makers and TV broadcasters. The White House is reviewing the text of a final rule to impose […]
Just days after the United Conservative Party candidate for Calgary-Mountain View resigned over comments she made about race and the treatment of white supremacist terrorists, the party’s leader was forced to answer a question about a tape that reportedly captured comments her replacement made about women. That candidate was one of three who have come […]