Ireland's Foreign Relations in 2018
Journal: Irish Studies in International Affairs
Year: 2019

Author’s e-mail: donnacha.obeachain@dcu.ie Irish Studies in International Affairs, Vol. 30 (2019), 235–264 doi: https://doi.org/10.3318/ISIA.2019.30.11 INTRODUCTION1 This article examines aspects of Ireland’s foreign relations in 2018. It begins with a brief synopsis of domestic politics in Ireland. Deteriorating relations between Russia and the West are then surveyed, particularly the Irish response to the poisoning of Sergei Skripal, for which the Kremlin was blamed, and which­ triggered the m