Latest Epstein files bring different trouble for Andrew

Files left behind by the late Jeffrey Epstein reveal a hidden world of powerful men and some women who appear to have operated as though the rules simply did not apply to them, writes Edmund Heaphy.

Starmer's predictable scandal over Mandelson appointment

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is discovering that his most trusted adviser, a Corkman, may have led him into a scandal from which there is no escape, writes Edmund Heaphy.

Why Europe has drawn a line in the snow in Greenland

After a week where officials met in Washington and Denmark over Donald Trump's ongoing threat to take over Greenland, a small number of troops began arriving on the island as a powerful statement of support from allied countries, writes Deputy Foreign Editor Edmund Heaphy.

'I don't want to leave my people' - fear grips Greenland

For generations, Greenlanders felt protected by the US - the superpower that had helped defend them during World War II and maintained a reassuring military presence ever since. Now, with US threats and uncertainty looming, Edmund Heaphy speaks to resident's in Nuuk about what comes next.

Trump's Greenland confession exposes his real motives

US President Donald Trump has built his political brand on "telling it like it is" - cutting through diplomatic niceties to say what others won't, writes our Deputy Foreign Editor Edmund Heaphy.

Fear, not defiance, greets Trump's threats in Greenland

US President Donald Trump's threats have brought fear, not defiance, to Greenland. A cultural instinct to avoid confrontation is colliding with a moment demanding the opposite, writes Deputy Foreign Editor Edmund Heaphy from the country's capital, Nuuk.

US pretence of respecting Latin American sovereignty over

Gaza ceasefire seems to be holding but can it last?

The ceasefire in Gaza is more than a week old. After days of tension over the slow return of deceased hostages, Israel has tentatively accepted what Hamas insisted all along: that locating remains buried beneath Gaza's rubble will take time

Trump declares peace - but reality is not that simple

Israel's parliament erupted with roaring ovations for Donald Trump and his Gaza peace deal. RTÉ's Deputy Foreign Editor Edmund Heaphy, who is in Tel Aviv, looks at the validity of the US President's claim that peace has been achieved.