It met with immense applause from one part, with trenchant criticism from the Philistines.

IRISH Life directors faced trenchant criticism from shareholders at a stormy annual general meeting in Dublin yesterday.

It is not often that you hear trenchant criticism of an organisation from one of its senior staff.

That comes after dozens of legal hearings and trenchant criticism of the Nauru Government for denying the Nauru 19 their legal rights.

Papua New Guinea is facing trenchant criticism from Human Rights Watch for failing to act on a raft of human rights issues.

Madam, -Recently there has been widespread, trenchant criticism of Israel arising from its mistreatment of Palestinians and those supporting the Palestinian cause.

Trump has faced trenchant criticism from even within the Republican Party over his decision to meet Putin and his conduct at the summit.

This was perceived in some quarters to be targeted at Taoiseach Enda Kenny over his trenchant criticism of the Vatican in the Dáil last month.

There have been trenchant criticisms of corruption at national parliamentary meetings which previously were much more compliant instruments of party control.

While some of the people in the book are portrayed with affection and great understanding, she also delivers extremely trenchant criticisms.

They paced for some minutes round the garden gossiping, Redmayne making very trenchant criticisms, but evidently enjoying the younger man's company.

Mr. --- ,thesculptor, called to see us, the other evening, and quite paid Powers off for all his trenchant criticisms on his brother artists.

It is clear now from the trenchant criticisms levelled at the Health Service Executive, as revealed in The Irish Times on Tuesday, why that organisati(...)