Ireland heads to the polls Friday for a vote at a time when the headwinds of change are being felt from London to Paris to Tokyo to Pretoria to Vienna to the District of Columbia. The sitting ...

This is a review of 'The Taoiseach' in the Irish Times by Diarmaid Ferriter, one of Ireland's most respected commentators and historians.

Micheál Martin became Ireland’s taoiseach (prime minister) for the second time in his political career on Thursday, a day later than planned. The Irish parliament descended into uproar on Wednesday, ...