Paul Cunningham

Presenter, This Week

The Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade has been scrutinising the Bill

Pointed and combative language as OTB before committee

Delegates from the Ireland Israel Alliance were before the Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, along with representatives of Ireland's Jewish community to explain their stance on the Occupied Territories Bill.

Analysis and Comment • 16 Jul 25

Tanaiste Simon Harris speaks to media outside Government Buildings before this morning's meeting of the Cabinet. Photograph: Sasko Lazarov / © RollingNews.ie

EU 'shown considerable restraint' over US tariffs threats

The Tánaiste has said that the EU has "shown considerable restraint" in responding to Donald Trump's tariffs threats and remains focussed on preventing an outcome that "will be deeply detrimental to both the EU and US".

Politics • 16 Jul 25

Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe speaking in the Dáil on the 15th of July 2025

ISIF divested all Israeli bonds in past weeks, Dáil told

The Ireland Strategic Investment Fund has divested itself of all Israeli bonds in the past number of weeks, Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe has told the Dáil.

Politics • 16 Jul 25

Ireland has participated in the UN Interim Force in Lebanon since 1978

Lebanon peace mission faces challenges ahead of renewal

Securing the renewal of the UN's peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon for another year will be "challenging and complex", according to a briefing note which will be brought to Cabinet tomorrow by Tánaiste Simon Harris.

Politics • 14 Jul 25

TCD sends invoices to students seeking over €3,000 fees

Trinity College Dublin has begun sending out invoices for the next academic year to students for more than €3,000.

Education • 10 Jul 25

Donohoe to advance 'right to be forgotten' legislation

Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe will outline his strategy to Cabinet on how to advance legislation which seeks to ensure that people who have survived cancer should not be penalised for their past health experiences when trying to buy a home or other financial activities.

Business • 08 Jul 25

Minister for Justice Jim O'Callaghan is expected to tell his Cabinet colleagues that the harder the State makes it for criminal organisations to obtain their money, the weaker they will become

Criminal assets legislation to be brought to Cabinet

Legislation which aims to strengthen the State's ability to identify, freeze and confiscate assets which have been linked to serious and organised crime, will be brought to the Cabinet by Minister for Justice Jim O'Callaghan.

Politics • 08 Jul 25

The Sinn Féin leader said there is a process under way in the party around the presidency (Photo: RollingNews)

Sinn Féin 'not ruling out' presidential run for McDonald

Sinn Féin has said that it is not ruling in or out a presidential run for Mary Lou McDonald, as Fine Gael opened its nominations process.

Politics • 07 Jul 25

Taoiseach Micheál Martin stopped off in Hiroshima on the final day of his visit to Japan

Taoiseach 'deeply moved' at meeting Hiroshima survivor

When the US warplane dropped a 4,400kg atomic bomb on Hiroshima, and 43 seconds later it detonated 600 metres above the city, eight-year-old Teruko Yahata was playing in her garden on what was a sunny August morning in 1945.

Politics • 06 Jul 25