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Taoiseach honours Ballingarry Warhouse's role in Irish history at National Famine Commemoration

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Taoiseach honours Ballingarry's role in Irish history at National Famine Commemoration

Ballingarry's Famine Warhouse was described by An Taoiseach Leo Varadker at the National Famine Commemoration on Saturday as the scene of an intersection of two important events in Irish history - the suffering of the Famine and 1848 Rebellion - and ...

02 Oct 2017 at 12:32

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Tanaiste to endorse gender equality initiative at UN General Assembly

Tanaiste Micheal Martin is to attend the opening ceremony of the United Nations General Assembly High-Level Week in New York. Mr Martin will attend and speak at a number of events throughout Tuesday, including delivering a keynote address at a UN ...

24 Sept 2024 at 00:01

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Temperatures in Europe 'significantly' warmer than 30 years prior - UN climate experts

Temperatures have risen by more than twice the global average in Europe over the past 30 years, UN experts on weather and climate have said. A report from the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) said temperatures had warmed significantly ...

02 Nov 2022 at 15:35

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Irish premier calls for ‘humanitarian ceasefire’ in Israel-Hamas conflict

Ireland’s premier has called for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas conflict. Taoiseach Leo Varadkar branded Tuesday’s bombing of the al Ahli hospital in Gaza as an “atrocity” but said an independent investigation was ...

18 Oct 2023 at 15:19

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Tánaiste Micheál Martin heads to Lebanon to meet colleagues of the late Private Seán Rooney

An Tánaiste Micheál Martin has travelled to Lebanon today to meet with colleagues of the late Private Seán Rooney. Pte Rooney was the Irish peacekeeper who was killed last December in Lebanon, which also resulted in the injury of another ...

25 Jan 2023 at 15:50

Security forum hailed as ‘beneficial’ and a ‘unique’ exercise in forming policy

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Minister hails international security policy forum as ‘very beneficial’

The security forum has been hailed as “very beneficial” and a “unique” exercise in forming policy on its final day of discussions at Dublin Castle. Forum chair Professor Louise Richardson said she could think of no other country that ...

27 Jun 2023 at 19:30

National News

Irish peacekeepers in Lebanon 'safe' after Israeli air strikes

All Irish peacekeepers currently deployed in Lebanon are safe and accounted for after Israel launched a wave of air strikes across the southern part of the country. Members of the 124th Infantry Battalion were deployed to the UNIFIL ...

26 Aug 2024 at 08:15

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Activists hold protest in Dublin ahead of climate talks at UN

Environmental activists have urged Ireland’s political leaders to act fast on fossil fuels as they head for New York for talks on global climate action. Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, Tanaiste Micheal Martin and environment minister Eamon ...

17 Sept 2023 at 15:55

National News

Ireland increases funding for Palestinians amid calls for ceasefire

Ireland has announced 13 million euro in additional funding for humanitarian assistance for Palestinians, as the country’s leaders called for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas conflict. The Irish deputy premier Micheal Martin ...

18 Oct 2023 at 23:24

National News

Israel has ‘crossed another line’, Taoiseach says

The Israeli military have crossed “yet another line”, the Taoiseach has said. Simon Harris said he is “extraordinarily concerned” about the escalating conflict in southern Lebanon. The Fine Gael leader accused Israel of ...

12 Oct 2024 at 15:31

National News

'My world is so empty' - Man tells funeral of wife and daughters killed in Mayo crash

The heartbroken man who lost his wife and two young daughters in a horrific road traffic collision last week says he feels 'so empty'. David Bowden was looking forward to spending a first night with wife Una and their ...

03 Apr 2024 at 15:45

National News

'Irish troops are increasingly in jeoprady' as IDF launch four more attacks in Lebanon

Plans are in place to remove Irish soldiers and peacekeepers from Lebanon if threats to their safety continue after attacks in the centre of Beirut yesterday, October 10. The Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) were ...

11 Oct 2024 at 08:00

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