Minister for Foreign Affairs Minister McEntee, pictured at the Rafah border between Gaza and Egypt last week, said attention should be focused on existing peace plan. Photograph: Department of Foreign AffairsIreland has been invited to take part in Donald Trump’s proposed “board of peace” for Gaza but will have to give the proposal “careful consideration”. Confirmed members of the board so far include former UK prime minister Tony Blair and Mr Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner. “It is essential for attention to remain focused on Gaza and on the full implementation of phase two of the peace plan. Canada’s prime minister Mark Carney said on Sunday he had agreed to Mr Trump’s board of peace for Gaza in principle ⁠although details were still being worked out.

Marc Guehi rubs salt in Liverpool wounds immediately after £30m Man City deal announcedEngland centre-back Marc Guehi has joined Manchester City from Crystal Palace - just months after seeing a transfer to Liverpool collapseView 2 Images Manchester City have completed the signing of Marc Guehi from Crystal Palace (Image: Justin Setterfield/Getty Images)Marc Guehi couldn’t resist a sly dig at Liverpool after completing his £30m move to Manchester City. ‌And after putting pen to paper on his deal, he declared he had joined the best club in England. He said: "I am really happy and incredibly proud to be a Manchester City player. I am now at the best club in England and part of an unbelievable squad of players. Good luck, Marc – and thank you.”‌View 2 Images Marc Guehi has signed for Manchester City (Image: Getty Images)While City director of football Hugo Viana believes his club have signed one of the outstanding defenders in the country.

The 37-year-old singer was leaving the Four Seasons Hotel in New York over the weekend when the incident occurred. The Work singer was in Manhattan ahead of her partner, A$AP Rocky, making his Saturday Night Live debut over the weekend. As she walked outside, the man in front of her - believed to be her bodyguard - exited first, leaving the door to swing back and hit the singer. 'For y'all people saying god forbid she has to open a door for her self it's not about opening the door for herself. The nine-time Grammy winner and A$AP Rocky welcomed their third child, a daughter named Rocki, on September 13.

Michelle O’Neill told the Assembly that Economy Minister Caiomhe Archibald had already written to both the UK and Irish governments about the threat, adding that international law had to prevail. DUP leader Gavin Robinson said it was widely recognised that tariff differentials would not be beneficial for Northern Ireland. Ms O’Neill was asked about the situation during question time at the Northern Ireland Assembly on Monday. She added: “In response to this latest threat of tariffs, I have again engaged with both the British and Irish Governments. “Tariffs are bad for business, bad for our economy, bad for ordinary householders.

US president Donald Trump’s bullish efforts to “buy” Greenland are, he claims, motivated by his desire to protect the western hemisphere from the security threat posed by China and Russia. Those countries were specifically chosen by Trump in retaliation to a comparatively small Nato military exercise carried out in Greenland last week. People march in Nuuk, Greenland on Saturday in protest at Donald Trump's stated intention to acquire the Arctic country. How would Ireland manage a similar deterioration in transatlantic relations during its EU presidency, which starts in July? All of which puts Ireland, which is loyal to Europe, in the position of being an opponent of the US rather than an economic ally.

The wealth report puts the Stripe founders John and Patrick Collison as the Republic's wealthiest people, with an estimated fortune of €8.7 billionThe Republic’s 11 billionaires are collectively wealthier than 3.46 million people in the State, according to Oxfam Ireland. Billionaires are 4,000 times more likely to hold political office than ordinary people, it added. Billionaires own the media, dominate digital spaces and buy influence,” said Oxfam Ireland chief executive Jim Clarken. The WEF says a record 400 political leaders, including 64 heads of state and government, will attend this year’s gathering. The Forbes list of Irish billionaires has Indian-born engineering tycoon Shapoor Mistry, who controls construction conglomerate Shapoorji Pallonji Group, in fourth position, with wealth of $7.1 billion.

Manchester United interim manager Michael Carrick looks on from the sideline during his team's 2-0 Premier League win against Manchester City at Old Trafford on Saturday. “I think one important thing that Michael Carrick said was ‘use the energy of the people’ and today, I think we did it. Manchester United interim head coach Michael Carrick instructs Bruno Fernandes on the touchline during the Premier League match against Manchester City on Saturday. Xabi Alonso, who as a player was once Liverpool’s version of Michael Carrick? People at United like to talk about the United way.

Cork-founded gym Dennehy's Health and Fitness has been sold and taken over by new management. Operating for over 15 years, Dennehy's Health and Fitness was founded by Luke Dennehy in 2010. It is understood that both Women's Fitness and Dennehy's Health and Fitness will remain separate and continue to trade as their respective chains. The sale of the popular Cork fitness brand for an undisclosed amount was finalised in December, with former managing director Steve Barry, welcoming the transaction. "I couldn’t be prouder of what we have built over the last 15 years," Mr Barry said.

"Some have wondered, in the Greenland context, if Trump might swivel his focus onto Scotland at some future point, especially if it was independent," she wrote. Read More:"The serious point here is the vulnerability of smaller states in this new unstable, economic, military and political order and erratic geopolitics world. If Nato still exists at a point when Scotland became independence, and if that independent Scotland wanted or aimed to join, then the rapid accession of Finland and Sweden points the way. Nor, when European security is more broadly under threat, can European states be expected to be positive about a break up of the UK." “Greenland's future should be decided by the people of Greenland, just as the future of Scotland should be decided by the people of Scotland.”

No Other Choice, Park’s 12th feature, channels his pet preoccupations – confinement, bumbling ultraviolence, bad decisions – into a scathing anti-capitalist satire. “Director Park”, as they call him on set, is the second film-maker to take a crack at the material. “He allowed me to make the film,” Park says. “The novel is written in the first person, so it shares the character’s thoughts directly,” Park says. “What fascinated me was the idea that losing a job could be equated with losing one’s masculinity, or one’s authority as a father or husband,” Park says.

Photograph: Brenda FitzsimonsAmerican cannabis farmers have found a new lucrative market for their surplus produce – Ireland. Last year was a record-breaking year for US cannabis in Ireland. There has also been a big uptick in the supply of cannabis to the Irish market from Canada and Thailand. Irish Times crime and security editor Conor Lally explains how drug gangs attempt to get cannabis into the country - and how they are caught. As we head into the New Year, The Irish Times wants to hear listener feedback on our two news podcasts; In The News and our more recently released sister podcast Early Edition.

A member of the Hutch family who, a court heard, suffers from PTSD after witnessing his cousin being shot has been jailed for a robbery in which he was armed with a hammer at a Dublin Dealz store. Hutch, of Cardiffsbridge Avenue, Finglas, was convicted by a jury last year of the robbery at Dealz, Rathfarnham Shopping Centre, on October 1st 2023. Det Garda Kelly Cooke told John Moher BL, prosecuting, that a staff member was working behind the till counter in Dealz when two men entered wearing helmets and carrying hammers. Hutch’s accomplice jumped the counter and the staff member ran on to the shop floor. In a victim impact statement, the staff member told the court she had been left feeling unsafe and unable to sleep.

The Donnybrook Fair shop in Dundrum Town Centre, in Dublin, which will close on Saturday. Photograph Nick Bradshaw / The Irish TimesUpscale retailer Donnybrook Fair is set to close its store in the Dundrum Town Centre this weekend, staff have been informed. Musgrave said the Dundrum location “will continue to operate business as usual over the coming days” before closing on Saturday. The Baggot Street location closed in November 2024, with staff impacted being offered positions at other Donnybrook Fair locations. The opening in the town centre was the result of a €4.5 million investment and came amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

The association representing 6,500 enlisted Defence Forces members says the Government is failing to pay military specialists enough to prevent them from being lured into the private sector. The Defence Forces are understrength right across the board, but are critically short of technical expertise in certain areas. The Naval Service lacks engine room technicians, electrical technicians and medics. He said the lack of a dedicated body, as recommended by the Commission on the Future of the Defence Forces, to administer proper pay for specialists only serves to underpin the belief amongst many of his members “of how little is thought of the Defence Forces in real terms”. “PDFORRA believes years of underinvestment has given rise to the current crisis within the Defence Forces generally and specifically in areas of the Naval Service, Army and Air Corps.

Mr Burke was brought before Mr Justice Brian Cregan on Monday hours after gardaí arrested him at Wilson’s Hospital School. The judge found Mr Burke to be in contempt of court, and ordered his immediate committal to Mountjoy. His release was ordered despite Mr Burke informing the judge that he would return to the school the following morning. Mr Burke has repeatedly claimed his jailing arises from his views on transgender issues, and that his religious and constitutional rights have been breached. Mr Burke said that at last week’s hearing, following the judge’s ordering his release from prison, he told the judge “exactly what [his] intentions were”.