Beyond words: Denis McClean on how music is helping Palestinian children to heal
The next time Fergal Keane saw Aboud, in a phone video sent from Gaza, the boy was smiling
Israel
Iran says US strikes were ‘a gross violation’ of ceasefire deal
Israeli forces expand operations in southern Lebanon after warning of escalated attacks
Ban on services from occupied Palestinian territories could harm Ireland most, says Martin
Bill banning goods imports from Israeli settlements in occupied Palestinian territories due to be agreed by Government
‘We shouldn’t be playing’: Some Opposition TDs call for cancellation of Ireland-Israel game
Onus on Government and FAI to prevent Nations League fixture from happening, Ruth Coppinger and Daniel Ennis say
Ireland players ‘won’t be held back’ from taking stand on Israel, says Nathan Collins
The captain suggested most players will be guided by the FAI’s judgment in fulfilling the fixtures
Iran is beating Trump at the art of the deal
The war could end with Tehran more confident, more hardline and with new resources to rebuild its nuclear programme
Resistance to meaningful sanctions on Israel raises question about economic complicity
Government’s latest announcement about Occupied Territories Bill was curiously timed
Long-delayed Occupied Territories Bill to be brought to Cabinet but will exclude services
Legislation proposes to ban the import and sale of goods produced in illegal Israeli settlements in Palestine
Iran denies deal with US is imminent despite some progress
Tehran says ‘contradictory statements’ from US and Israeli interference hindering negotiations
Israel sidelined as Trump pushes Iran agreement
Netanyahu faces growing criticism as US advances talks that may sideline Israeli security concerns
US and Iran close in on deal to wind down war and reopen Strait of Hormuz
Emerging details of accord suggest several main points of contention yet to be addressed in negotiations between Tehran and Washington
Trump says peace deal with Iran to reopen Strait of Hormuz ‘largely negotiated’
News agency close to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps suggests Strait of Hormuz would remain under Iranian control, a US red line
‘We were met by force’: Relief, jubilation and sadness as Irish flotilla activists return
Twelve Irish citizens, including President’s sister Margaret Connolly, land at Dublin Airport after spending time in Israeli detention
NCH believed Israeli ambulance charity fundraiser posed security and reputational risks
Management at venue cancelled booking made by Alan Shatter for second time after being informed event would include October 7th dramatisation
Ireland’s reaction to Israeli treatment of Flotilla activists
Real injured parties here are ordinary Israeli and Irish taxpayers
Irish aid flotilla detainees due to fly home on Saturday
Fourteen Irish citizens among more than 400 pro-Palestine activists Israel deported on Thursday
I saw first hand the grotesque violence Israel uses to deal with flotilla activists
The 2010 raid on Challenger 1 showed disregard for international law - sadly not much has changed
Flotilla’s bravery stands in stark contrast to political inertia over Israel’s actions
Ireland can no longer have dealings with Netanyahu’s Israel
Eurovision voting rules need more robust changes
People around the world, including in the US, can vote multiple times
Occupied Territories Bill to ‘move forward’ – but without restriction on services
Helen McEntee to raise EU-wide action again in Brussels as long-proposed legislation to be revived in Dáil
Israeli minister’s taunts ‘accelerate momentum’ for EU action, Taoiseach says
Video of Gaza aid flotilla activists being mistreated has ‘shocked the world’
Mediator Pakistan pushes to get US-Iran peace talks on track amid nuclear contention
Iranian supreme leader reportedly issues directive that near weapons-grade uranium should not be sent abroad
Fourteen Irish flotilla activists subjected to ‘shocking treatment’ by Israel arrive in Turkey
Taoiseach calls for EU ban on Israeli settlement products after ‘shocking treatment’ of Global Sumud Flotilla activists
Government to bring Occupied Territories Bill to Dáil in coming weeks, says McEntee
Legislation targeting trade with illegal Israeli settlements in Palestine first introduced by Senator Frances Black in 2018
Israeli far-right minister’s Gaza flotilla abuses likely to be a vote-winner
Itamar Ben-Gvir has his eye on election to be held in September or October
What is the EU-Israel association agreement and could it be suspended?
Support for suspending key deal has never reached required threshold
Ireland leads calls to review EU-Israel trade
Inside Politics: Micheál Martin says behaviour of Israeli security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir towards Gaza flotilla activists was ‘disgusting’ and ‘disgraceful’
‘Disgusting behaviour’: Taoiseach condemns Israeli minister who taunts detained Gaza flotilla activists
Irish activist is restrained by soldiers and pushed to the ground in video circulated by Itamar Ben-Gvir
German prosecutors claim Irish man part of ‘sabotage squad’ that broke into Israeli arms subsidiary
Daniel Tatlow-Devally among five accused of spraying anti-Semitic slogans and symbols glorifying Hamas
Far-right Israeli minister Bezalel Smotrich may turn ICC threat to political advantage
Israel’s finance minister has done more than any other politician to expand Jewish settlements in the West Bank
How a secret US plan to install Ahmadinejad as Iran’s leader quickly fell apart
An Israeli strike was designed to free the former Iranian president from house arrest. It injured him instead
Israel’s Eurovision votes suggests boycotts missed public opinion
European Broadcasting Union should seek to draw a line under the tantrum
Trump says US may need to attack Iran within days if no agreement reached
US president says he was ‘an hour away from making the decision to go’ with fresh military offensive against Tehran
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