Sean Whelan

Washington Correspondent

Mr Varadkar is on a week-long visit to Washington, which will see him engage with Mr Biden at the White House

NI to be key topic of conversation with Biden - Taoiseach

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said that Northern Ireland would be one of the four key topics of his conversation with US President Joe Biden tomorrow, along with Gaza, Ukraine and the economy.

US • 14 Mar 24

The scheme commemorates the contribution of former senator George Mitchell and the US government to the Good Friday Agreement (file pic)

GFA scholarship programme paused as funding reassessed

The George Mitchell Scholarship Program, which sends American post-graduate students to study in Irish universities, is suspending its selection of future classes to reassess its long-term funding situation.

US • 14 Mar 24

Biden and Trump are the two candidates that 80% of Americans don't want to see as the candidates

The US election rematch that hardly anyone wants

Super Tuesday gave us the candidates super early and it is the seemingly inevitable rematch that hardly anyone in the United States wants to see, writes Sean Whelan.

Analysis and Comment • 08 Mar 24

Mr Biden lost in the Democratic primary in Dearborn (file image)

Biden treading narrow path over his Gaza war stance

US President Joe Biden finds himself treading a very narrow path between the views of the electorate on one hand and his own convictions on what is the right thing to do for Israel after some voters in Michigan's Democratic primary chose "uncommitted" over the current president.

Analysis and Comment • 04 Mar 24

More than three million people are free to come out and vote in today's Republican primary, but most of them will not

Trump's dominance of Republican party leaves Haley behind

Donald Trump and Nikki Haley are to face off in the South Carolina primary. However, with Mr Trump expected to win, it seems Ms Haley has been left behind by the Republican Party as it morphs into the Trump party.

US • 24 Feb 24

Alexander Smirnov was an agent for the FBI

Sensational spy claims rock Hunter Biden case

Who is Alexander Smirnov and what is his connection to the US president, his son and the FBI?

Analysis and Comment • 21 Feb 24

Donald Trump lashed out at the New York judge who ruled he must pay $354.9 million in penalties saying the decision was an "election interference ploy"

A big week in the trials of Donald Trump

Last night, Donald Trump lashed out at the New York judge who ruled he must pay $354.9 million in penalties saying the decision was an "election interference ploy". So just how damaging are ongoing court cases for the former president?

Analysis and Comment • 18 Feb 24

Question marks over the US president's memory are likely to dictate future debates in the presidential election

Biden's Blues: The fallout from Hur's report

It's now open season on Joseph Robinet Biden. It took an official report to the Attorney General, on a Department of Justice headed notepaper, for the US media to scream the quiet part out loud: President Biden is old and forgets things.

Analysis and Comment • 12 Feb 24

The seven-bed dormer bungalow was badly damaged in the fire (Pic: RollingNews.ie)

Martin vows to tackle 'campaign of arson and criminality'

Tánaiste Micheál Martin has said that gardaí will be fully resourced to crack down on what he called "an organised campaign of arson and criminality" against properties that may be used to house refugees and asylum seekers.

Ireland • 08 Feb 24

Donald Trump acknowledges supporters at the end of a campaign rally in New Hampshire

The numbers game: How will Trump fare in New Hampshire?

After a comprehensive victory in the Iowa caucus, Donald Trump is already looking ahead to New Hampshire, writes Washington Correspondent Sean Whelan.

Analysis and Comment • 21 Jan 24