Incoming Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has deep Irish roots, whose paternal grandparents were from Co Mayo, and has held Irish citizenship since the 1980s, and will now look to navigate a fraugh

Banker-turned-politician’s rise to Canada’s highest elected office arrives at a pivotal moment for America’s northern neighbor’s economy and its relationship with the U.S.

Earlier this week, the Liberal Party of Canada revealed their new leader (and, by extension, the new prime minister-designate of Canada) in one Mark Carney, whose landslide victory with 85.9% of the first ballot votes is made especially significant by the fact that he will be first prime minister in history never to have held elected office