Shawn Pogatchnik is a correspondent for POLITICO based in Ireland. He has reported extensively on Irish affairs, with a notable focus on international conflicts and crises, including the Rwandan genocide, the Balkan wars, and Europe's refugee crisis. Pogatchnik has been featured in POLITICO and POLITICO Europe.
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The non-NATO member wants to erect drone defenses in time for next year's EU presidency.
Protesters' tractors and trucks snarling a key Limerick port and a Cork oil refinery are top priorities for army removal crews. Central Dublin and key motorways have been blocked since Tuesday.
By: Shawn Pogatchnik
Army engineers helped to break a barricade at the Whitegate refinery in County Cork after a standoff with truckers and farmers demanding cuts in fuel taxes.
The unrest has wreaked havoc on Ireland's fuel supply network over the past week.
By: Shawn Pogatchnik
Michael Healy-Rae, scion of a County Kerry political dynasty, said the government must be kinder to struggling farmers and truckers.
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By: Shawn Pogatchnik
Bertie Ahern, who was Ireland's Taoiseach from 1997 to 2008, was responding to a potential voter who expressed anti-immigrant views — and a hidden recording device.
By: Shawn Pogatchnik
Margaret Connolly, the sister of Ireland's head of state, is among the pro-Gaza activists intercepted by Israel at sea.
An open parliamentary seat in Dublin Central should be Sinn Féin's for the taking. But the capital's most famous mobster is on the ticket, too — and could determine the winner in Ireland's complex voting system.
By: Shawn Pogatchnik
Mary Lou McDonald, leader of Ireland's chief opposition party since 2018, can't deliver a win in her Dublin Central power base.
