Simon Harris becomes Ireland's new prime ministerIreland's parliament voted 88 to 69 in favour of Harris, 37, becoming "taoiseach" -- a Gaelic word for "chieftain" or "leader" pronounced "...
09 Apr, 2024, 08.36 PM IST
If you can't beat 'em? European politicians embrace TikTok despite security fearsEuropean politicians embrace TikTok for voter outreach despite security concerns. ByteDance denies spying allegations. Major leaders like B...
08 Apr, 2024, 04.26 PM IST
Signing up for failure: How ex-Irish PM Leo Varadkar's over-dependence on symbols proved to be his baneReality Check: Varadkar’s downfall shows the dangers of politics driven by symbolism.
01 Apr, 2024, 11.30 PM IST
Reality check: Leo Varadkar's downfall shows dangers of politics driven by symbolismVaradkar was path-breaking. Being one of the first biracial leaders in Europe may not seem special with the UK, Scotland and Wales, now all...
29 Mar, 2024, 11.36 PM IST
Sean Rooney: Death of Irish soldier on UN peacekeeping mission ‘pierced the heart of his family’A young soldier of the Irish Defence Force, Sean Rooney (24), was martyred in Beirut, Lebanon while being a part of a mission of the UN in ...
23 Dec, 2022, 11.34 PM IST
Leo Varadkar of Indian origin returns as Irish Prime Minister, Anand Mahindra, PM Modi congratulatesLeo Varadkar returns for the second term as Ireland’s Prime Minister. Industrialist Anand Mahindra congratulated him on Twitter.
18 Dec, 2022, 01.31 PM IST
Ireland’s Leo Varadkar reclaims seat after 2017. Netizens find similarities between him and Rishi SunakWhen Leo Varadkar became the Prime Minister of Ireland in 2017, he was the youngest and the first gay person to become one. Being a person ...
18 Dec, 2022, 12.52 AM IST
Leo Varadkar becomes Ireland’s new prime minister as Micheál Martin steps downIn line with the coalition agreement made in June 2020, Leo Varadkar is all set to take over as Ireland's new taoiseach (Prime Minister), r...
17 Dec, 2022, 08.55 PM IST
Queen Elizabeth II's funeral provides opportunity for UK PM Liz Truss to meet world leaders. Here's howPrime Minister Liz Truss and her husband Hugh O’Leary observed a minute’s silence for Queen Elizabeth at Number 10 (Drowning Street). The p...
19 Sep, 2022, 07.45 PM IST
Leo Varadkar becomes Deputy PM in historic Irish coalition pactThe office of Taoiseach, as the Irish PM is known, is to rotate between Ireland's two centrist parties - Varadkar's Fine Gael and Martin's ...
28 Jun, 2020, 06.19 PM IST
Can socks appeal benefit politiciansTrudeau recently visited Dublin shows that sock diplomacy is well on the way to becoming the newest diplomatic tool, for a certain generati...
13 Oct, 2017, 12.22 AM IST
Theresa May's failure shows no strong support for hard Brexit: Leo Varadkar, Irish PM-designateVardkar, a first openly gay prime minister in waiting who is the son of a Mumbai-born father and Irish mother, is due to be formally voted ...
09 Jun, 2017, 08.51 PM IST
Indian origin gay leader Leo Varadkar will be Ireland's new PMVaradkar overcame ministerial colleague Simon Coveney as expected, winning an overwhelming majority of support among the centre-right party...
03 Jun, 2017, 12.32 AM IST
PM Modi not the first Gujarati VIP in Ireland, Maharaja Ranji Sinhji wasModi was not only the second PM to visit Ireland (the first being Nehru 59 years ago), he was also the second Gujarati VVIP to grace the Em...
26 Sep, 2015, 03.15 PM IST
PM Narendra Modi arrives in Ireland for historic visitPM Modi is scheduled to meet Prime Minister Enda Kenny at the Government Buildings in Dublin City Centre followed by a working luncheon hos...
23 Sep, 2015, 03.53 PM IST
US Presidential race 2016: Sigh! we activate our Plan B since our politicians are unexportableIt’s not as if presidential hopeful person of Indian origin (PIO)yush Bobby Jindal is the first of his kind.
29 Jun, 2015, 07.37 AM IST
Eurozone on the road to recovery, yet unemployment threat loomsThe Eurozone is showing strong signs of recovery, but the unemployment crisis is still a threat to overall recovery process.
24 Jan, 2014, 12.29 PM IST