The movement started by Michael Gove’s public call to ditch the experts has ended with Donald Trump stuck at the Strait of Hormuz. The consequences are, at last, sinking in.
Friendly countries in Europe, Asia and the Middle East are frustrated with President Trump but also reliant on the U.S. for their security, writes Yaroslav Trofimov, The Wall Street Journal.
After last week's investigation by The Currency into the controversy surrounding Mayor John Moran, Monday's meeting of the troubled Limerick City and County Council was hoped to press the reset button. Instead, the situation became even more inflamed.
Slovenian officials blame the secretive Israeli firm Black Cube for trying to manipulate Sunday’s vote, write Drew Hinshaw and Joe Parkinson, The Wall Street Journal.
The best response to the worsening geopolitical outlook is a stronger state balance sheet. The government has chosen to wish it away.
John Moran says he won a mandate for change and he has been driving it hard, convinced that the prize is big for Limerick and Ireland. Amid the fallout, there is a challenge: locating the truth in the fog of conflict and the murk of accusation and counter-accusation.
The president backtracked on his threat to strike Iran’s power plants after a series of closed-door discussions led by Middle Eastern intermediaries, write Summer Said, Alexander Ward, Benoit Faucon and Laurence Norman, The Wall Street Journal.
John Moran became Ireland's first directly elected mayor in 2024. Willing to upset even JP McManus, he compares his uncompromising approach to Roy Keane's – but a three-month investigation including more than 40 interviews reveals deep divisions.
We’ve been here before: a war, an energy price shock, a government response. Blanket fuel subsidies should be ruled out.
To understand our divided world, the rational assessment of economic well-being offers us little. The sometimes-great joy, but often-great damage wrought by emotion, comparison and narrative offers us much more.
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