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Disappointment for Sinn Féin as Irish local elections bolster coalition

Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil each win 23% of first preference vote, with Sinn Féin on just 12% after expected landslide

The Guardian - UK

Ireland has dared to recognise Palestine. Will it dare to do the right thing at home too?

Politicians capable of international leadership on Gaza can also defeat the dishonesty that says Ireland is full

The Guardian - UK

Spain to give Ukraine €1bn in military aid in decade-long defence deal

Pedro Sánchez, the prime minister, says the funding will improve Kyiv’s air defences just days after Russia killed 18 people in Kharkiv

The Guardian - UK

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Ireland's top diplomat concerned over slow pace of justice in peacekeeper's killing in Lebanon

Ireland’s top diplomat has expressed concerns about the slow progress of criminal proceedings against several Lebanese men charged with the killing of an Irish peacekeeper in Lebanon

The Independent UK

UK Rwanda policy is ‘kneejerk reaction’ to migration, says Ireland’s deputy PM

Micheál Martin says UK asylum seekers fearful of being removed to Rwanda are seeking sanctuary in Ireland

The Guardian - UK

How Spain and Ireland became the EU’s sharpest critics of Israel

Each time Madrid and Dublin speak out on the war in Gaza others are emboldened to join them, sources say

The Guardian - UK

Ireland’s smoking ban 20 years on: how an unheralded civil servant triumphed against big tobacco

Tom Power led an alliance that brought about the pioneering health initiative which has since been adopted by more than 70 countries – and has saved countless lives

The Guardian - UK

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Ireland backs bid to include blocking of aid in definition of genocide

Dublin joins South Africa’s case in the international court of justice, arguing that stopping delivery of essentials may constitute ‘genocidal intent’

The Guardian - UK

Shy, complex and a political outsider: Leo Varadkar confounded the Brexiters – and everyone else

He lacked the gifts to succeed in the bearpit of Irish politics, yet did. And he escapes the battle that looms for his successor, says journalist Tommie Gorman

The Guardian - UK

Russia-Ukraine war: Ukrainian drones shot down over occupied Crimea, Russia says; Moscow using North Korean missiles, US says – as it happened

Air raid sirens sounds in Sevastopol and traffic halted on key bridge; breach of UN sanctions on Kim regime will be taken to security council

The Guardian - AU

Ireland to launch a legal challenge against the UK government over Troubles amnesty bill

Ireland’s government says it will take legal action against British authorities over a controversial law that gives some immunity from prosecution for offenses committed during three decades of sectarian violence

The Independent UK

Israeli foreign minister accuses Irish taoiseach of legitimising terror over hostage statement

Eli Cohen criticised Leo Varadkar’s description of nine-year-old Emily Hand as being ‘lost’, not ‘kidnapped’

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s part of our psyche’: why Ireland sides with ‘underdog’ Palestine

Ireland is seen as an outlier in the EU – but its sympathy for the suffering in Gaza is rooted in its own history

The Guardian - UK

Alarm over ‘fascist-like’ protest at Ireland’s seat of government

Mock gallows erected covered in pictures of politicians in ugly scenes in Dublin

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Despite opposition, Britain passes law to curb prosecutions for Northern Ireland 'Troubles' violence

Britain's Parliament has passed a law that sets out to lay the ghosts of decades of violence in Northern Ireland to rest

Zenger

Ben Briscoe, Former Lord Mayor Of Dublin And Longtime Irish Politician, Dies At 89

Briscoe, known for incorporating Star of David into his coat of arms, leaves behind a legacy of accountability and Jewish heritage.

Irish Mirror

Two white-tailed eagles found poisoned were part of Irish Government scheme

One had been released on the River Shannon in August 2022 by then Taoiseach Micheál Martin

Dublin Live

Grief-stricken parents of teens who died on holiday travel to Greece to bring them home

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Irish Mirror

Fianna Fáil meeting discusses appointing deputy leader while Micheál Martin abroad

Several sources at the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party meeting told the Irish Mirror that Wexford-based Senator Malcolm Byrne proposed putting a deputy leader in place. Tánaiste Micheál Martin was not at the meeting.

Belfast Live

Ulster University's Magee campus gets €56 million funding boost from Irish government

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said the expansion will 'foster new jobs and economic growth'

Irish Mirror

Cost of holding forum on international security and neutrality could add up to €200,000

In response to queries from The Irish Mirror, the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform confirmed that it had sanctioned payment of €650 per day for Prof Richardson. This will be capped at 35 days, meaning that she could earn up to €22,750

Irish Mirror

Micheál Martin vows help's on the way for cash-strapped mortgage holders - but not until Budget time

Homeowners have been hit with another hammer blow of an interest rates hike, but Tanaiste Micheal Martin has promised help is soon coming

Irish Mirror

War of words between Micheál Martin and Paul Murphy over neutrality talks

The Government will hold a number of consultative forums next week in Cork, Galway and Dublin about the future of Ireland’s neutrality.

Irish Mirror

Opposition calls for ban on new data centres over energy concerns

Figures published by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) on Monday showed that data centres accounted for 18% of total energy consumption in 2022

Irish Mirror

Tents for asylum seekers will continue to be used in emergencies, Tánaiste says

The Department of Integration is currently examining the possibility of embracing tented accommodation within the grounds of the former Central Mental Hospital in Dundrum to provide emergency shelter to international protection applicants

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