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Pat Leahy

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Political Editor of The @IrishTimes. Views mine.

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  • Pat Leahy: Best case scenario is Trump grabs concessions and declares victory. The alternative is far darker

    4 days ago | irishtimes.com | Pat Leahy

    The texts and WhatsApp messages are flying around Government circles later and later these evenings as everyone tunes in at the end of the day in Dublin to what’s happening on the other side of the Atlantic, five hours behind. It’s worse in Brussels, where you can add another hour to the time difference.

  • Poll shows Ireland’s attachment to neutrality is strong but nuanced

    5 days ago | irishtimes.com | Pat Leahy

    Poll after poll shows Irish voters have a strong attachment to the State’s traditional policy of military neutrality. Today’s numbers are no different. Asked if they support Ireland’s “current model of military neutrality”, almost two-thirds of voters (63 per cent) answered in the affirmative.

  • Irish voters support neutrality by 2:1 margin but are less convinced on triple lock, poll finds

    5 days ago | irishtimes.com | Pat Leahy

    Voters support maintaining Ireland’s current model of neutrality by a margin of more than 2:1, but they are less convinced about maintaining the triple lock, according to the latest Irish Times/Ipsos B&A opinion poll. The Government has repeatedly said it does not intend to undermine Ireland’s military neutrality.

  • Pat Leahy: Poll shows voters are already grumpy with the Government

    6 days ago | irishtimes.com | Pat Leahy

    Nowhere, it seems, is safe from the reach of Donald Trump. As the US president continues his mangling of national norms in the United States and more broadly in the world of international affairs and trade, voters in Ireland see where this is all going – and they do not like it. [ Irish Times poll: Sinn Féin back on top as Fine Gael support slides to 30-year low ]More than eight in 10 voters (82 per cent) say they are “more worried about the future” because of Trump’s re-election.

  • Irish Times poll shows 82% of voters are ‘worried’ about economic future after Trump re-election

    6 days ago | irishtimes.com | Pat Leahy

    Voters are spooked by the prospect of a trade war prompted by the Trump administration’s tariffs and are growing more pessimistic about their economic future, the latest Irish Times/Ipsos B&A opinion poll finds. Following Mr Trump’s re-election more than eight in 10 voters (82 per cent) say they are “more worried” about the future, with just 5 per cent saying they are “less worried”.

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The Republic of Ireland is expected to be hit hard by US tariffs. A third of its exports go to the US. RoI should leave the EU’s customs union and join the UK’s. Doing so would also have the benefit of getting rid of the Irish Sea border. https://t.co/WYNOZ3JxBB