The sight of EU leaders prevaricating only emboldens Donald Trump
Sir, – It may be fun to imagine President Trump losing sleep over the Tánaiste’s latest TikTok but little matters less in politics than Irish foreign policy. Consistency would be nice, however.
Hana Izakaya review: This fun and friendly Dublin restaurant is a solid addition to the city. It will do wellWe already have Great House Revival. What we need now is Feck the Preservation Order, Let’s Knock It and Build an Office BlockSir, – You quote Simon Harris as accusing Mr Trump of “clearly engaging in revisionism on speed”. I would agree this assessment is completely accurate, maybe even a bit mild. I, however, am not the leader of a “diplomatic offensive” targeting the US president.
In that context, Mr Zelenskiy’s clarity on what Mr Trump is – a parrot for Russian disinformation – has been refreshing and raises the prospect of what might be if his European counterparts were as willing to call out Mr Trump’s many violations of democratic and human rights norms. The irony in all of this is that Mr Zelenskiy has much more to lose from not kowtowing to Mr Trump than any other head of government.
Despite signing the European Landscape Convention in 2002, Ireland has failed to implement a meaningful National Landscape Strategy. There is no comprehensive suite of regional landscape or seascape character assessments for Ireland, meaning that local county development plans dictate policy in an inconsistent, haphazard manner. The Government has utterly neglected its duty to establish a framework that balances economic interests with environmental and societal well-being.
Equally alarming is the explosion of data centres, now consuming approximately 25 per cent of our national electricity supply; a figure projected to rise to 30 per cent in the coming years. In contrast, the European average is just 3 per cent to 4 per cent.
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