The Russian president has little control over Wagner founder Yevgeny Prigozhin and Chechen warlord Ramzan Kadyrov, who criticise inept military leadership without censure and promote extreme measures in Ukraine
The discovery that several sitting and former MEPs have taken bribes to boost Qatar’s influence with the EU has cast a bad light on the EU’s ethics system and increased calls for it to be overhauled
As Kildare prepares to host a memorial for seven Republicans executed in 1922 following secret trials, the opportunity for the next Taoiseach to make a public apology should not be squandered