In the coming weeks Taoiseach Leo Varadkar will have to decide whether to reappoint Phil Hogan for a second term as Ireland's European commissioner. But one of Mr Hogan's last acts for the outgoing commission may now have some bearing on that decision.
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has admitted Ireland cannot block a new trade deal that threatens to devastate the Irish beef industry - and has not ruled out backing the plan.
Stormzy has shared screenshots of text messages from his mother after his history-making headline set at Glastonbury.
Washington's nuclear disarmament talks with Pyongyang are back on the agenda after Donald Trump made history by becoming the first sitting US president to step into North Korea, greeting the country's leader, Kim Jong-un, with a warm handshake after months of stalled negotiations.
Drought and high temperatures of river water may force France to temporarily shut down some of the nuclear power plants that supply two-thirds of the county's electricity in the wake of the European heatwave.
Make no mistake, the Mercosur deal struck on Friday is bad news for Irish farming and especially the beef sector.
