A small Irish sport has become the latest battleground for female athletes protesting against their dress codes — in this case “skorts.”.

Ireland is poised to get its youngest-ever premier after Simon Harris secured the leadership of the Fine Gael party on Sunday, He replaces Leo Varadkar who announced his surprise resignation last week.

Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar, who made history as his country’s first gay and first biracial leader, says he'll step down within weeks once a successor is chosen.

President Joe Biden’s campaign has amassed $155 million in cash on hand for the 2024 election, far exceeding the in-hand total for his Republican opponent, Donald Trump.

President Joe Biden attended the annual Gridiron Club and Foundation Dinner this weekend, the first time during his presidency.

With St. Patrick’s Day coming up this weekend, President Joe Biden is dwelling on one of his favorite subjects: Ireland.

Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar has conceded defeat in the vote over two constitutional amendments that would have broadened the definition of family and removed language about a woman’s role at home.

Irish voters are voting in twin referendums to decide whether to amend the constitution and remove passages the government says are outdated and sexist.

The leaders of the U.K. and Ireland are in Belfast to meet Northern Ireland’s newly revived government.

The dire humanitarian situation in Gaza is prompting more European Union countries to support the idea of a humanitarian cease-fire in the war between Israel and Hamas.

Israel’s Foreign Ministry says it will summon the Irish ambassador over a tweet celebrating the release of a 9-year-old girl from Hamas captivity.

Ireland’s prime minister has condemned anti-immigrant protesters who rampaged through central Dublin after three young children were stabbed, saying the rioters simply wanted to cause chaos, not protect the country’s way of life.

European Union leaders believe it's time to lay the foundations for a future relationship between Israel and the Palestinians where the militant group Hamas does not control Gaza.

It’s Day 4 of the U.N. General Assembly high-level meeting that brings world leaders together at U.N. headquarters in New York.

The Dutch government has unveiled a new package to slash carbon emissions by promoting clean energy, sustainable homes and industry and the use of electric cars among other a raft of measures to combat climate change.

President Joe Biden is calling on Congress to allow regulators to impose tougher penalties on the executives of failed banks, including clawing back compensation and making it easier to bar them from working in the industry.

President Joe Biden donned a green tie and sported shamrocks in a chest pocket as he welcomed Ireland’s prime minister to the White House — two years after the COVID-19 pandemic scuttled the last St. Patrick’s Day meeting.

Ireland's prime minister says the U.K. and the European Union are “inching” closer to agreeing on a deal to resolve a thorny post-Brexit dispute in Northern Ireland.

Leo Varadkar is returning for a second term as Ireland’s prime minister as part of a job-sharing deal made by the country’s coalition government.

Ireland’s health service says it has shut down its IT systems after being targeted in a ransomware attack by what it called “international criminals.”.

(CNN) - UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has received further encouragement in his attempts at securing a Brexit deal after European Union member states agreed to "intensify" negotiations over the next few days. A statement issued by the EU Commission said Friday: "The EU and the UK have agreed to intensify discussions over the coming days." But Johnson has long maintained that he would take the UK out of the European Union on October 31 "do or die." A return of border posts on the frontier between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland has been a red line for the EU since Brexit negotiations began. Under the plan Johnson put forward earlier this month, Northern Ireland would leave the EU customs union on October 31 along with the rest of the UK.

LONDON (CNN) - British and Irish leaders Boris Johnson and Leo Varadkar raised hopes of a breakthrough in the deadlocked Brexit process Thursday, saying they saw a "pathway" to a deal. They also discussed the potential to strengthen bilateral relations, including on Northern Ireland," the statement said. And a good deal for Ireland means no hard border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland," Varadkar said. It is unclear how both leaders came to a compromise, but it signals that Johnson's Brexit deal could be revived at the summit of EU leaders October 17 and 18. British officials admit the issue of a consent mechanism for Northern Ireland is a sticking point, but indicate privately there is room for negotiation.

"We believe Boris Johnson wants a deal," a senior EU diplomat told CNN on Tuesday. That future relationship is what the UK is trying to shape before it closes the book on its past one, much to the EU's annoyance. In the meantime, von der Leyen confirmed the commission has asked its chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier to stay on in his role. All this points towards the logic of another extension beyond the next Brexit deadline on October 31. As von der Leyen told the media: "The next steps are completely in the hands and the decision of the United Kingdom."

The vast majority of the fires have been set by loggers and ranchers to clear land for cattle. While this may be business as usual for Brazil's beef farmers, the rest of the world is looking on in horror. The growth of Brazil's beef industry has been driven in part by strong demand from Asia -- mostly China and Hong Kong. In a statement Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar described as "Orewellian" Bolsonaro's attempt to blame the fires on environmental groups. Varadkar said that Ireland will monitor Brazil's environmental actions to determine whether to block the Mercosur deal, which is two years away.