The World Cup begins: a nervous referee; a fundamental change to games and Irish regret
America 2026 with Kevin Kilbane and Paul Howard
Mexico
Shakira in yellow wows crowds at World Cup opening ceremony
Singers’ performance was among the celebrations to mark the start of the eagerly anticipated World Cup in Mexico
World Cup 2026, Day 1: I stayed up all night so you didn’t have to
Opening ceremony was actually quite enjoyable, though Gianni Infantino might not have liked the boos
‘Mexico never leaves your heart’: football-mad expats gather in Dublin as World Cup kicks off
Hundreds congregated on the Button Factory for the opening match of the tournament against South Africa
Ken Early: Driving through Mexico City it’s clear not everyone is in love with this World Cup
Teachers’ strikes highlight the chasm between ordinary workers’ wages and the premium price of match tickets
Here in Trump’s US the staggering expense of daily life casts a shadow over the World Cup
A record 48 teams will play across US, Canada and Mexico for sport’s most prestigious prize
World Cup podcast: Who are favourites to win and the players to watch?
America 2026 with Kevin Kilbane and Paul Howard
Wife of jailed Ballyseedy Garden Centre owner summonsed over drug-driving
Jacqueline O’Duffy appeared in court in Tralee after exceeding the blood drug limit in August 2025
Colombia’s far-right presidential hopeful wins first round of vote
Far-right lawyer Abelardo De la Espriella to face candidate backed by left-wing president Gustavo Petro in run-off
‘I could sense that there were some similarities between Mexico and Ireland’
Cristina Santoyo moved to Dublin after curiosity with Irish culture was sparked by studying Roger Casement and a stint at a GAA club
What can €190,000 buy in Mexico, Canada, Spain, Italy and Co Galway?
One price, home and away: A three-cone trulli in Puglia, thatched cottage in Galway and more
AI don’t believe it: What do Gerry Hutch, Michael Healy-Rae and Charlie Haughey have in common?
Plus: U2 ride the bus in Mexico City; Ryanair seeks to fill Europe’s ‘best’ comms manager job; Minister goes from eating humble pie to cake
Here in Mexico there is a brilliant, if bemusing, grá for all things Irish
The bemusing grá for Ireland has made me romanticise home and balance on the tightrope of remote patriotism
Boyhood by David Keenan: One of those special books that enter the world still unfolding
Scottish writer’s novel is propelled by an anarchic energy whose literary style approaches the quality of a troubled dream
Trump seeks to use force to secure influence over Latin America
Left-wing leaders from Brazil, Mexico and Colombia notably not involved in US president’s forceful regional initiative
Trump administration to close controversial Ice jail in Texas
Three detainees have died at the camp on the Mexico border since it opened last July
Why is the US blocking oil imports to Cuba?
Inside Politics: Hannah McCarthy on how tightening economic sanctions are affecting the lives of Cubans
‘Like something out of a movie’: The tranquil town where El Mencho met his end
Mexico’s most-wanted cartel boss made his last stand as military forces swept into a residential area favoured by wealthy families and tourists
‘Mexico is losing everything’: Expats in Ireland react to violence at home
‘History shows us that when a cartel leader falls, somebody else takes their place’
Death of a Mexican drug lord: Killing of ‘El Mencho’ prompts violent revenge attacks and fears for World Cup
In the News podcast: Cartel boss El Mencho was killed in daring military raid on Sunday
Mexico pledges safety for World Cup after violence erupts from cartel boss’s killing
Country’s president says there is ‘no risk’ for those visiting for Fifa games after military killed drug lord ‘El Mencho’
‘We could see the smoke rising’: Irish family on holiday in Mexican resort town engulfed in violence
Paul Kenny’s planned route home showed burnt-out cars along the side of a highway
Who is ‘El Mencho’, Mexico’s most-wanted drug cartel leader?
At least 25 members of Mexican army left dead in aftermath of military raid which killed crime boss
Irish citizens advised against all travel to Mexican state of Jalisco
Warning from Department of Foreign Affairs follows killing of wanted drug trafficker 'El Mencho'
‘El Mencho’: His cartel, his death, and what happens next
Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes was killed in Mexico after a government operation on Sunday
Violence grips parts of Mexico after security forces reportedly kill drug cartel boss ‘El Mencho’
Death of powerful Jalisco New Generation cartel leader sparks outbreak of disorder across the region he ruled
Why haven’t Trump’s tariffs caused a downturn in the US?
Despite the negative predictions, the US economy is performing better than expected
US blockade of Cuba serves only ambitions of empire
Ireland, and the international community more broadly, must turn our eyes to Cuba
From Mexico to Ireland: ‘People in Dublin assume that in my country we are just poor’
Angel Morelos Ortiz-Castillo moved to Ireland in 2021
We owe Mark Carney thanks for the reminder that the arc of history doesn’t bend to bullies
Worldview: In a remarkable speech in Davos, Canada’s PM Mark Carney spoke through the fog of diplomatic niceties of ‘a rupture in the world order’
Work brings me all over the world, but it’s chats over tea in Mayo that cleanse my soul
Growing up in Ireland taught me of life’s duality – you can be at a wedding one day and a wake the next
Mexico: 11 shot dead in ‘regrettable and cowardly’ soccer field attack
Woman and child among 12 injured in Guanajuato state, one of country’s most violent due to drug cartel turf wars
Ex-Olympic snowboarder turned alleged drug kingpin arrested in Mexico
Ryan Wedding described as ‘largest narco-trafficker in modern times’ by FBI director
It’s worth asking again why Sinn Féin sent a delegation to Maduro’s inauguration
Is the ugliness of the Trump regime in Washington mirrored in Sinn Féin’s ambitions for a hard-left Chavista socialist republic in Ireland?
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