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Bobby McDonagh

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Ireland needs to grow up and get serious about its interests

Ireland needs to grow up and get serious about its interests

In the infantile recent debate about the Mercosur deal, for example, politicians from all sides fell over each other to criticise an agreement...

yesterday 9

The Irish Times

Bobby Mcdonagh

Conviction in the age of chaos: How to hold the centre in the Trump era

22.02.2026 40

TheJournal

Bobby Mcdonagh

Deception and delusion in Davos: What's going on in Trump's head?

22.01.2026 20

TheJournal

Bobby McDonagh

Bobby McDonagh: Diplomacy still matters in Trump’s jungle

13.01.2026 20

TheJournal

Bobby McDonagh

Opinion: Irish politicians need to learn how to explain the merits of the EU

01.12.2025 10

TheJournal

Bobby McDonagh

Opinion: The position of the president matters for Ireland’s European interests

21.10.2025 10

TheJournal

Bobby McDonagh

Opinion: Preventing another genocide is how Germany should come to terms with its history

17.09.2025 20

TheJournal

Bobby McDonagh

Bobby McDonagh: It's vital we support the EU at a time of global chaos

27.07.2025 20

TheJournal

Bobby McDonagh

Bobby McDonagh: To avert our eyes from Gaza would be a moral travesty

24.04.2025 10

TheJournal

Bobby McDonagh

Analysis: The Taoiseach will steer a middle course with Trump in Washington this week

09.03.2025 10

TheJournal

Bobby McDonagh

Occupied Territories Bill: The global pressure on government is very different to that on opposition

06.02.2025 10

TheJournal

Bobby McDonagh

Bobby McDonagh: We should remember the abducted Ukrainian children at Christmas

The former ambassador to Ireland says the international community cannot forget the thousands of Ukrainian children taken from their families into...

24.12.2024 7

TheJournal

Bobby McDonagh