Carney: Canada is also working to deepen our partnership with the European Union ... foundationally, upholding the values of the rule of law and democracy.

Joint statement on advancing the Canada-Ireland Partnership: pm.gc.ca/en/news/statements/…

Beevor: Russian rulers have long feared that unless Russia keeps expanding, it will contract. Russia’s real geopolitical strategy should have been the opposite: accept Europe’s core security demands and integrate economically with Europe instead of threatening it since the 2000s. By doing so, Moscow could have balanced its power between Europe and China, selling energy, commodities and industrial inputs to multiple major markets instead of becoming structurally dependent on China and India. Instead, Russia chose to continue its expansionist policy That decision cut its economic ties with Europe, pushed European countries into their largest rearmament since the Second World War, accelerated Europe’s energy independence, and turned Moscow into an economic vassal of China and India.

🗣️ Kai Havertz: “From a young age I loved animals. At 18 I got my first donkey, now I’ve got 4 of them in Germany. I think I miss them more than they are missing me! My mother, dad, and sister all take care of them.” 🫏 ❤️

Macron; Canada is becoming the first country outside geographic Europe to take part in Europe’s strategic architecture. This is exactly the direction the EU should follow. Europe’s foreign policy should be based on enlargement, integration and structured partnerships. For more than 70% of EU countries, their largest export partner is another EU member state. Intra-EU goods trade alone reached around €4 trillion in 2025, showing the extraordinary power of Europe’s internal market. Expanding this model — through full enlargement, deeper association agreements, or strategic partnerships with countries like the UK and Canada increases Europe’s competitiveness, economic scale and geopolitical influence.

Snyder: Right-wing populism claims to defend the nation, but often hurts it by pulling the country away from the European Union. What looks like nationalism often becomes cooperation with far-right oligarchy across borders. 1/

Carney on Canada-Ireland-European integration: Combined, the population is more than twice that of the US. We have a larger cultural export industry and a more diverse one, a similarly sized GDP. Together we are one of the largest economic, cultural, technological, financial blocs in the world.

Xavier Neligan le cúl den chéad scoth 😱 Neligan cuts through the heart of the Galway defence, What goal 😱 7 Nóim @LimerickCLG 1-02 (5) @Galway_GAA 0-01 (1) @GAA_BEO #GAABeo

There is no world where Kenny Cunningham, Richie Sadlier & James McClean make for better TV than Dunphy, Giles, Brady.

Lets remind ourselves of the glory days of RTÉ’s coverage Bill’s gasp, @DietmarHamann on his phone and Eamo’s F Bomb. Heady heady days You don’t know what you got til it’s gone

Carney: Trinity alumni introduced the world to Count Dracula and Dorian Gray, Gulliver and Godot — who should be here any minute.

"The UFC event captures something about this moment in our history. After all, it’s vulgar, it’s violent, it’s commercial, it’s grandiose, it’s tacky, and it dishonors a place once thought worthy of care and respect. In other words, it’s Donald Trump." open.substack.com/pub/thebul…

We are publishing what is a huge national security story. Force HQ has established a dedicated security service to confront hostile states, terrorists and extremists. It’s called AGS Security Service. thetimes.com/article/57f49d1…

The relationship between Canada and Ireland is flourishing — with trade increasing nearly 150% over the past decade. In Dublin today, Taoiseach @MichealMartinTD and I focused on new partnerships in AI, health, and food security that will unlock even more opportunities for our peoples.

He is no Donald Trump, I'll give David that. Not a populist, competent, highly educated, accomplished background in both public and private sector, believes in international cooperation, centrist. Everything this abomination of a contrarian hates

Carney: The new world order will be built from Europe. Canada is the most European of non-European countries, and we are transforming our cooperation with the EU ... In a more dangerous and divided world, Canada has chosen to build and work in partnership with Europe.

🚨The Irish Business Post has an exclusive comment from a former senior official at the US State Department - who suggests Ireland could bridge the gap created from banning the export of Alumina to Russia, by simply selling it to the United States.

”A [Swedish] Coast Guard patrol suddenly experienced equipment malfunctions off Varberg. A mysterious boat was nearby – a Finnish man and a Russian woman on board were detained” tv4.se/artikel/75zWBKJPy7t35…

LÉ JAMES JOYCE conducted a PASSEX (Passing Exercise) with the Royal Navy Ship HMS SOMERSET earlierin the week. This opportunity allows both navies to strengthen ties and cooperation on the high seas

Canadian prime minister Mark Carney’s grandfather’s heroics during the Civil War. irishtimes.com/ireland/dubli…