Shawn Pogatchnik

Dublin

Ireland Correspondent at POLITICO Europe

Ireland correspondent @POLITICOEurope. Before that, was the Associated Press bureau chief in Ireland. Find me at 🦋https://t.co/Ba3VlnytOi.

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Articles

Sinn Féin demands resignation of Ireland’s parliament speaker

4 weeks ago | politico.eu | Shawn Pogatchnik

DUBLIN — Sinn Féin wants the speaker’s head — but Prime Minister Micheál Martin says they can’t have it. The crisis within Ireland’s fledgling parliament deepened Wednesday as Sinn Féin and other opposition leaders demanded the resignation of Verona Murphy, a sharp-tongued ex-trucker who was appointed as speaker only three months ago.
Chaos as Ireland’s opposition shouts down speaker, shuts down parliament

1 month ago | politico.eu | Shawn Pogatchnik

DUBLIN — Ireland’s parliament suffered a nervous breakdown Tuesday when the government forced through new speaking rules that the opposition refuses to accept. Led by the nationalist Sinn Féin, opposition parties heckled and shouted every time Prime Minister Micheál Martin tried to answer a question or the speaker, Verona Murphy, tried to impose order. After a two-month deadlock over speaking rights, the government had hoped the confrontation would end Tuesday.
Trump to meet controversial Irish fighter Conor McGregor for St. Patrick’s Day

1 month ago | politico.eu | Shawn Pogatchnik

DUBLIN — Conor McGregor, the mixed martial arts fighter recently found civilly liable for rape back in his native Ireland, is a St. Patrick’s Day guest of honor at the White House. U.S. President Donald Trump’s press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, appeared Monday alongside McGregor at the podium in the White House briefing room and confirmed that the Dublin fighter is meeting Trump and other unidentified administration officials.
Trump doesn’t want ‘to hurt Ireland’ - but he might

1 month ago | politico.eu | Shawn Pogatchnik

DUBLIN — U.S. President Donald Trump says he doesn’t “want to do anything to hurt Ireland” — but that “fairness” might force his hand. That was the big takeaway from Trump’s at-times-excruciating, 45-minute White House monologue Wednesday, with Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin on hand for a St. Patrick’s Day-linked visit that was viewed back in Dublin with dread and anxiety.
With rifts over Ukraine and Gaza, Irish seek to survive brush with Trump

1 month ago | politico.eu | Shawn Pogatchnik

DUBLIN — In normal times, Ireland enjoys enviable access to the White House every year for St. Patrick’s Day. But these are anything but normal times — and this week’s invitation to the court of Donald Trump is being viewed with unprecedented fear and loathing in Dublin.
Northern Ireland risks being caught in crossfire of Trump’s trade war

1 month ago | politico.eu | Sophie Inge |Shawn Pogatchnik

LONDON — Northern Ireland could suffer collateral damage in U.S. President Donald Trump’s impending trade war with the European Union — thanks to its hybrid status post-Brexit.
Crisis deepens in Ireland over government’s lopsided deal with independents

1 month ago | politico.eu | Shawn Pogatchnik

DUBLIN — Ireland’s political opposition is threatening to disrupt parliament indefinitely in a showdown over whether a group of pro-government independent lawmakers can sit on both sides of the house at the same time.
Sinn Féin to snub Trump on St. Patrick’s Day

2 months ago | politico.eu | Shawn Pogatchnik

DUBLIN — Sinn Féin has set the stage for a potentially fractious St. Patrick’s Day in the White House by announcing it’s boycotting events involving Donald Trump. The move by Ireland’s main opposition party, though dismissed as an attention-seeking stunt by Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin, reflects deep-seated Irish antipathy to the United States president’s latest ideas on clearing the Gaza Strip of Palestinians.
Outcry in Ireland’s parliament as PM slams opposition ‘lies’ … in Irish

2 months ago | politico.eu | Shawn Pogatchnik

DUBLIN — If you want to accuse someone of telling lies in Ireland’s parliament, Prime Minister Micheál Martin has just shown the way — by saying it in Irish. Ireland’s official language is Gaeilge (a.k.a. Irish Gaelic), known simply as Irish here. The trouble is, only a minority of citizens can confidently speak Irish in what is, overwhelmingly, an English-speaking country.
Micheál Martin elected Irish prime minister after chaotic opposition showdown

Jan 23, 2025 | politico.eu | Shawn Pogatchnik

DUBLIN — Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin has been elected Ireland’s prime minister after a two-day tussle with opposition chiefs — but the unprecedented ordeal has underscored a sense that his new coalition rests on shaky ground. Sinn Féin opposition leader Mary Lou McDonald emerged vindicated and strengthened after Martin conceded defeat in the first big fight of what should be his government’s five-year term.