Summarizing Trump’s Second Term Moves—Bigly!

April 19, 2025

Day of Trump's Second Term

Russian president Vladimir Putin has declared a unilateral Easter ceasefire in Ukraine, ordering his forces to end hostilities. The truce will see Russia pause hostilities from 6pm Moscow time (3pm Irish time) on Saturday, April 19th, until the end of the day on Sunday. There was no immediate reaction from Ukraine. “Based on humanitarian considerations
Gardaí believe a skull found in a plastic bag during the clearing of scrubland at a house in west Cork may be that of a young person and may have been there for more than 20 years. The discovery was made by a couple carrying out some clearance work at their rented home on the
The US vice-president has met the Vatican’s number two official after a papal rebuke of the Trump administration’s crackdown on migrants and Mr Vance’s theological justification of it. JD Vance, a Catholic convert, met the Holy See’s secretary of state, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, and its foreign minister, Archbishop Peter Gallagher. There was speculation he might
Data access requests from broadcaster Ryan Tubridy and his agent, Noel Kelly, about the payments controversy that led to departure of Tubridy from the station in 2023 have cost RTÉ more than €100,000 so far. The requests, made under data-protection law that entitles people to see what personal information a body holds about them, were
At 10am on Thursday morning the intersection between Mickey Mantle Drive and East Main Street in the urban heart of Oklahoma City is deserted – except for one joyrider. He might be in his 60s and elegantly zips about on an electric one-wheel board. He has all the paraphernalia – elbow pads, knee pads, a
The United States will walk away from efforts to broker a Russia-Ukraine peace deal unless there are clear signs of progress soon, US president Donald Trump and secretary of state Marco Rubio said on Friday. “Quickly, we want to get it done,” Mr Trump told reporters at the White House. “Now if for some reason
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The former minister for arts Catherine Martin was aware last summer of the Arts Council IT project that was abandoned at a loss of about €5.3 million, official documents suggest. The annual report of the Arts Council, containing comments by the Comptroller and Auditor General on the cost of shelving the IT system, was formally
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The State has spent almost €600 million on 27 tribunals of inquiry and commissions of investigation since the late 1990s, an examination by The Irish Times of their overall costs has found. The cumulative cost of 10 tribunals and 17 commissions of investigation, and inquiries, amounts to €597 million, or an average of €22 million
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