Sean Whelan

6 days ago | rte.ie | Sean Whelan

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1 week ago | rte.ie | Sean Whelan

US President Donald Trump has announced a ceasefire in the US campaign against Houthi missile attacks on shipping in the Red Sea. Speaking at the Oval office in a meeting with Canadian Prime Minster Mark Carney, Mr Trump said the US is ending its attacks on missile infrastructure in Yemen because the Houthi regime said it will no longer attack international shipping - the objective of the airstrike campaign.

1 week ago | rte.ie | Sean Whelan

A change of government in the US is accompanied by a change in personnel in top management posts through the administration. Political appointments, not career civil servants, are the norm for some 4,000 top level jobs in the federal system. Just over a quarter of them need Senate approval, including all ambassadors, both career diplomats and political appointees. Last week the confirmation hearing for four ambassadorial nominees were held: France, Netherlands, Dominican Republic and Ireland.

2 weeks ago | rte.ie | Sean Whelan

A hearing is under way in the United States concerning President Trump's nominee for the position of US Ambassador to Ireland. Edward Walsh was introduced to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee by Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, a close ally of the President. Mr Walsh is from New Jersey where he runs a project management company providing services to the construction industry.

2 weeks ago | rte.ie | Sean Whelan

Wednesday marks the first one hundred days of the second Trump administration - that notional period in which Presidencies are supposed to define themselves, set down the main themes for the remainder of the term, fire off the key legislative initiatives to be worked through for the remainder of the term. You are not wrong if you think it's been an exhausting whirlwind of initiatives and orders. By the time he set off for Rome on Friday, the President had signed 137 Executive orders.