Here, we have a look at the issues likely to dominate political discourse in the week to come.
Martin walking fine line on Trump/US relations
Despite the United States’ increasingly aggressive stance against the EU, and indeed Ireland, Taoiseach Micheál Martin continues to express a cautious response.
In an interview with The Irish Times this week, Martin stressed that a breakdown in EU/US relationships would mean suffering for everyone.
“But I would be cautious … standing up sounds great and all of that, but be under no illusion, that if there is an implosion in the US-EU relationship, everybody suffers. And the damage is very serious, because it’s a very critical trading…