AT A CONFIRMATION hearing for the US ambassador to Ireland, the chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee urged the nominee to “ensure our friends in Ireland understand America strongly supports Israel”. Edward Sharp Walsh is an American businessman who has been nominated by US president Donald Trump to serve as the US ambassador to Ireland. The previous US ambassador to Ireland was Claire Cronin, whose term ended when Biden left the White House. Walsh told the Committee that he will be able to “exercise diplomacy from the green lawns of Ireland’s golf courses”. Walsh is a member of Trump...