The Irish Times

‘I flattered him, knowing he’d try to kiss me’: Alan Partridge interviews Steve Coogan

‘It’s the oldest journalistic trick in the book. Coogan has fallen for it hook, line and sinker’

Mon May 16 2022 - 13:55

Egyptology and Dublin music halls – the many careers of Belzoni

An Irishman’s Diary

Thu Dec 02 2021 - 19:41

Johnson's attempt to woo Germany will fail if he doesn't show good faith

London Letter: Britain and Germany seek to take giant leap from old enmity

Thu Jul 01 2021 - 22:30

Ed Miliband: ‘You go from people hanging on your every word to people not giving a damn’

The former Labour leader is back on the front bench – ‘the zeitgeist is different now’

Sat Jun 12 2021 - 06:00

UK corporate tax hike poses ‘acute’ challenge for North, business lobby says

Raising of rate to 25% goes against NI firms’ desire to have tax rate matching Republic

Thu Mar 04 2021 - 13:32

Sunak’s politically adroit budget affirms his fiscal credentials

Analysis: Bad news about tax rises had been well flagged, but Brexit didn’t get a mention

Wed Mar 03 2021 - 19:10

UK’s corporation tax to rise to 25% as Sunak extends Covid support plan

UK economy will regain pre-pandemic size in mid-2022, says chancellor in budget speech

Wed Mar 03 2021 - 17:48

Sunak plans corporate tax rise to bolster UK public finances

Rates rising from 19% to up to 25% seen as possible

Thu Feb 25 2021 - 10:22

Newton Emerson: Republic’s shared-equity housing scheme threatens to push up prices

Better British ideas are available to copy that would not push up property prices

Thu Feb 18 2021 - 01:00

George Osborne drops portfolio career to become full-time banker

Former UK chancellor is joining boutique advisory firm Robey Warshaw as a full-time mergers and acquisitions banker

Mon Feb 01 2021 - 19:45

Poll finds majority favours holding a Border poll in next five years

Unity referendum would be ‘incredibly divisive’, First Minister Arlene Foster says

Sun Jan 24 2021 - 22:25

‘Yesterday’s man’: Unionists on Osborne’s united Ireland warning

Former UK chancellor’s scathing comments must be demoralising for many unionists

Sat Jan 23 2021 - 03:00

Former Goldman Sachs banker to be new BBC chairman

Richard Sharp was once boss of UK chancellor Rishi Sunak

Wed Jan 06 2021 - 15:16

Third Degree Byrnes – Frank McNally on an unexpected revelation in Myles na gCopaleen’s favourite pun

An Irishman’s Diary

Fri Nov 27 2020 - 00:01

Covid-19: Johnson faces backlash as swathe of England kept under tight restrictions

Cleo Watson, a close associate of Dominic Cummings, is to leave Downing Street

Thu Nov 26 2020 - 19:51

Covid-19 will have a significantly worse impact on UK public finances than on ours

A decade has brought the UK and the Republic to two very contrasting fiscal places

Sat Oct 31 2020 - 05:52

English ‘chumocracy’: Boozy weekends and class disdain with the Camerons

London Letter: David Cameron has been embarrassed by a book about his inner circle

Thu Sept 17 2020 - 21:25

UK government debt passes £2 trillion mark for first time

Milestone will stoke debate about how country will finance support for Covid-19-hit economy

Fri Aug 21 2020 - 07:34

Boris Johnson says he was ‘too fat’ when he contracted Covid-19

British prime minister launches anti-obesity campaign in UK

Tue Jul 28 2020 - 07:22

UK government hardens diplomatic stand-off with China

Hong Kong extradition treaty suspended as Tory backbenchers urge further measures

Mon Jul 20 2020 - 19:08

Johnson vows to act fast to fix UK economy in wake of coronavirus

UK PM promises to boost spending on infrastructure in face of looming recession

Tue Jun 30 2020 - 14:02

UK turns on spending tap as Brexit and coronavirus bites

Boris Johnson’s Brexiteer government unveils debt-fuelled spending splurge

Thu Mar 12 2020 - 06:09

Caroline Flack obituary: From performer to popular TV presenter who connected with the public

Love Island viewers related to Flack’s warmth and infectious laugh, as well the support she gave to troubled contestants

Mon Feb 17 2020 - 12:46

Rishi Sunak’s rapid rise from banker to UK chancellor

Brexit-backing successor to Sajid Javid takes well-trodden path from Oxford to No 11

Thu Feb 13 2020 - 19:57

Prince Andrew used N-word, says former Downing Street aide

Ex-aide to Cameron says prince used word during 2012 meeting at Buckingham Palace

Mon Nov 18 2019 - 13:35

Labour and Tories divert focus from mishaps with lavish spending plans

London Letter: Former Labour whip urges ‘decent, patriotic Labour voters’ to back Boris

Thu Nov 07 2019 - 20:00

Carney the early front-runner as Europe’s candidate for IMF

European governments actively discussing nomination of departing Bank of England governor

Fri Jul 05 2019 - 18:46

Bank of England governor Mark Carney favourite to succeed Lagarde at IMF

Betway also puts former Reserve Bank of India governor Raghuram Rajan in the running

Wed Jul 03 2019 - 16:35

Johnson eyes public spending spree with Javid as chancellor

Former foreign secretary plans to create a £100bn infrastructure fund over five years

Wed Jun 26 2019 - 19:46

Tory leadership race: Matt Hancock declares for Boris Johnson

Backing of Europhile health secretary is big boost for frontrunner to replace Theresa May

Mon Jun 17 2019 - 15:15

At least 10 British cabinet ministers considering prime ministerial bids

Jeremy Hunt and Michael Gove among the Tories who could try to succeed Theresa May

Thu Mar 28 2019 - 21:21

Who are the main contenders to succeed Theresa May?

Former Brexit secretary Dominic Raab is considered Boris Johnson’s main opponent on the hard Brexit wing of the party

Thu Mar 28 2019 - 01:00

UK software group was HP’s ‘unwanted stepchild’, court told

Lawyers set out defence as Autonomy founder accused of fraud by US tech giant

Wed Mar 27 2019 - 19:17

Brexit’s most disturbing aspect is the casual adoption of extremist views

Brexit Britain has gone from the promises of sunny uplands to sounding like Gloria Gaynor – ‘we will survive’

Sun Mar 17 2019 - 14:55