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International

Catholic Church
White House defends prayer for ‘violence’ after Pope says God doesn’t listen to ‘those who wage war’
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Scott Mills sacked from BBC Radio 2 over 'historic relationship’ allegation, according to UK media
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'The best gift': Celine Dion announces comeback three years on from autoimmune diagnosis
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West Bank
Israeli MPs pass bill allowing death penalty for Palestinians convicted of deadly attacks
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iran execution
Dublin relatives worry for jailed man facing execution in Iran after alleged torture
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Middle East
Two UN peacekeepers killed in south Lebanon, the second fatal incident in the last 24 hours
UNIFIL said the attack “may constitute a war crime”.
A third peacekeeper was severely injured in the incident, and a fourth was also hurt.
Foreign Affairs Minister Helen McEntee has said all Irish personnel serving with UNIFIL are "safe and fully accounted for".
France's foreign minister has condemned the attack and requested an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council.
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Exploitation
Man charged in Sweden for selling wife to 120 men
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Energy Crisis
What are other countries doing to save energy and combat rising fuel costs?
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Reparations
Ireland abstains in UN vote on slavery over concerns about 'hierarchy of atrocities'
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'Hasta La Vista Belfast': Arnold Schwarzenegger receives honorary degree from Ulster University
Schwarzenegger, 78, said it was “unbelievable” to be back in the city 60 years after his first visit.
8 hrs ago
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Iran
Trump threatens to 'obliterate' Iran's oil-rich Kharg island if no deal reached 'shortly'
Updated 9 hrs ago
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the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait
Explainer: Another critical oil Strait is at risk as the Houthis enter the war
Oil prices have spiked as Houthi rebels target the Red Sea.
10 hrs ago
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Lebanon
Taoiseach says Irish troops safe as peacekeepers killed and injured in escalation of violence
Updated 13 hrs ago
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Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Trump says he wants Iran’s oil, UN peacekeeper killed in Lebanon, and another candidate confirmed for Galway bye-election.
Updated 14 hrs ago
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Palm Sunday
Israel restores access after Latin Patriarch blocked from entering Jerusalem church
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Desmond Freeman
Australian police shoot fugitive wanted for killing two officers after seven-month manhunt
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Yesterday
29th March 2026
UNIFIL
Polish peacekeeper serving with Irish troops injured in Lebanon
29 Mar
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If you can't stand the heat
German defence giant addresses row over CEO's Ukraine 'housewives' comment
29 Mar
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wildlife
Forty new migratory species given international protection, UN agrees
29 Mar
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Middle East
Iran warns US ground troops would be 'set on fire' as diplomats meet on war
Iran’s parliament speaker said the US is plotting a ground attack despite publicly engaging in diplomatic efforts aimed at ending the war.
Around 3,500 US sailors and marines arrived in the Middle East on an assault ship yesterday.
The Washington Post quoted anonymous US officials as saying that any potential ground operation 'would fall short of a full-scale invasion'.
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Israel would be expanding operations in Lebanon.
Updated 29 Mar
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Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels launch missile towards Israel for the first time in Iran war
28 Mar
What happens if the US launches an invasion of Iran’s Kharg Island?
26 Mar
Palm Sunday
Israeli police prevent church officials from entering Jerusalem church for Palm Sunday mass
Updated 29 Mar
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England
Seven seriously injured and man arrested after car driven into pedestrians in Derby
Updated 29 Mar
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Dahiyeh
Funerals held in Lebanon for three journalists killed by Israeli strike
29 Mar
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RIP
Top Gun and Back to the Future actor James Tolkan dies aged 94
29 Mar
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Sitdown Sunday: Irish author Colm Tóibín on living in the US under Trump
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Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Woman and teen charged over assault of Scarlett Faulker, US marines arrive in Middle East and the clocks spring forward.
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Last week
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This war is the single dumbest thing Trump has done since returning to the White House
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28 Mar
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Middle East
Israel hits Iran naval research site as fresh blasts rattle Tehran
28 Mar
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Catholic Church
Pope Leo denounces widening 'chasms between the poor and the rich' on papal visit to Monaco
Updated 28 Mar
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Bank of America
French police foil apparent bomb attack outside US bank in Paris
28 Mar
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odesa
Russian strikes kill four people in Ukraine and causes damage to maternity hospital
28 Mar
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no kings
Massive protests against Trump across US and beyond as part of 'No Kings' movement
28 Mar
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Nestle
Around 12 tonnes of KitKat bars stolen, sparking fears of shortages before Easter
28 Mar
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mandelson files
Met Police reviewing CCTV from the day Irishman Morgan McSweeney had his phone stolen
28 Mar
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strait of hormuz
Thailand reaches deal with Iran to allow Thai oil vessels safe passage through Strait of Hormuz
28 Mar
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Middle East
Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels launch missile towards Israel for the first time in Iran war
28 Mar
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jupiter island
Tiger Woods arrested and charged with driving under the influence after Florida car crash
Updated 28 Mar
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On the ground in Gaza
Over 7,000 Palestinians missing as families search for those buried or detained
Extremely hazardous conditions see decomposing bodies exposed in open areas.
Recovery teams are at risk of disease and infection as they carry out identification efforts.
No one in Gaza knows the fate of non militants who were detained on 7 October 2023.
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Palestinian journalist
28 Mar
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Middle East
Israel strikes Iranian nuclear facilities after warning attacks would 'escalate and expand'
27 Mar
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America's biggest news agency says it will call Israel's attack on Lebanon what it is: invasion
27 Mar
UN debates 'visceral horror' of school bombing that killed 175 and demands answers from US
27 Mar
As Trump mulls more troops, Iran says hotels housing US soldiers in the region will be targeted
27 Mar
Flight from Beirut
Irish Air Corps plane safely out of Beirut after mission to extract army engineers
It is understood that the mission took place this afternoon with the Air Corps C295 cargo aircraft making one of the first wartime resupply flights to Beirut.
Niall O'Connor
27 Mar
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