Dearbhail McDonald
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1,266 appearances
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first heard Apr 2026
last heard 13 Sep
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Good morning and welcome, Gerville MacDonald, with you this weekend.
Well, our newspaper panel have been busy selecting the best and the rest from this morning's newspapers.
But before I introduce our panel to you, let's have a quick look at what is making the headlines.
Well, he knew his remarks would generate a media storm, but President Donald Trump's decision to break decades of careful diplomacy by the US when he declared yesterday that he would love to see a united Ireland.
Has reverberated around the world and could yet cause a political earthquake in this still nascent but rapidly advancing debate on Irish unity.
Weeks after British Prime Minister Andy Burnham stirred the unity pot, when he said a referendum was off the table, President Trump stirred it all up again yesterday during his brief unofficial visit to Ireland when he said a united Ireland was inevitable.
Trump sparks rye with call for a united Ireland.
It's the
Lead for the Sunday Times, which says the Octogenarian President is rambling into tricky territory with his remarks which have sparked an angry backlash from Unionist and Conservative Party politicians.
Donald Trump raised the issue of Irish unity in private meetings with both Taoiseach Michel Martin and President Catherine Connolly before making his public comments that a united Ireland is going to happen.
That's according to the lead story in the Sunday Independent, which also reported the
Reports that coalition sources have suggested that the remarks were not accidental.
The Irish Mail on Sunday develops the Unity Bombshell intrigue further, reporting that President Trump raised the issue during his meeting with President Connolly at Arras Nuktoran, asking her how the merger was going within minutes of their behind closed doors chat starting.
For her part, President Connolly reportedly did not substantially engage on reunification, but instead called the President.
kept her focus on the actions of the Israeli defence forces in the Gaza Strip.
John Lee and Brian Mahan in the Irish Mail on Sunday report that Irish government and US administration sources claimed last night that they believe President Trump's statements were aimed at causing maximum damage for Britain, whom he has repeatedly criticised for failing to offer sufficient military or diplomatic support for his assaults in Iran.
The Business Post hones in on the
Trade aspects of President Trump's thirty five minute address at Deerfield, which is the official residence of the US ambassador in Phoenix Park.
Irish least uh US of medical firms, says Trump, that's the lead story there, by Daniel Murray.
The Sunday World reports that convicted killer Colin Whelan, who strangled his wife, Mary Goff, but has now been released after serving a twenty-one year jail sentence, is now working as a chef.
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