And with each gloomy day the Irish obsession with weather has reached new heights. At the time of writing, there have been a total of 1.5 hours of sunshine recorded at Dublin Airport weather station over the past week, that includes four days with zero sunshine. An Irish therapist living in the United States writes about how his gay and immigrant clients were growing more and more anxious in Trump’s America. Nice words, comforting words, challenging words, but even I know they are just words, and words often can’t stop or delay the inevitable. Buckley is well-placed to become the first Irish woman ever to win the best actress prize, writes Donald Clarke.

Source: The Irish Times January 29, 2026 12:24 UTC