Shawn Pogatchnik

4 weeks ago | politico.eu | Shawn Pogatchnik

DUBLIN — Former Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams has won a €100,000 libel judgment against the BBC after a Dublin jury found that the broadcaster had falsely connected him to a 2006 Irish Republican Army killing. Friday’s ruling marked the latest legal victory for Adams, 76, who led Sinn Féin from 1983 to 2018. He has become the most senior in a long list of Sinn Féin figures to pursue journalists with the aid of Ireland’s unusually plaintiff-friendly libel laws.

1 month ago | politico.eu | Shawn Pogatchnik

DUBLIN — Thousands of Gazans could starve to death “unless immediate action is taken,” the leaders of seven European nations warned Friday in an appeal to Israel. The statement — issued simultaneously by Iceland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta, Norway, Slovenia and Spain — called on Israel to stop its renewed offensive in the Gaza Strip and to permit renewed access by international aid agencies.

1 month ago | politico.eu | Shawn Pogatchnik

DUBLIN — Boeing’s biggest customer in Europe, Ryanair, has warned it could stop buying aircraft from the U.S. aerospace giant if Donald Trump’s tariff threats drive up prices. Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary issued the warning Thursday in reply to a U.S. congressman who had criticized O’Leary’s open-minded attitude to buying aircraft from other makers — including China.

2 months ago | politico.eu | Shawn Pogatchnik

DUBLIN — The speaker of Ireland’s parliament survived an unprecedented vote of confidence Tuesday following weeks of bitter high-decibel confrontations that have brought legislative work to a standstill. Verona Murphy, who in December became the first woman to be elected as Ceann Comhairle — Irish for the speaker’s post — kept her job by a margin of 96 votes to 71.

Mar 26, 2025 | 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.