Shawn Pogatchnik

1 week 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.

1 month 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.

1 month 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.

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.

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.