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International

Last week
22nd June 2025 - 28th June 2025
Iran
Opinion: You can’t bomb, shoot and kill your way to peace, despite what Trump thinks
Tom Clonan
Updated 22 Jun
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Analysis
How does Ireland's prison overcrowding crisis compare to other European countries?
There is a growing number of inmates in Europe’s prisons and many are sleeping on mattresses on the floor.
Muiris O'Cearbhaill
22 Jun
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Iran
Tánaiste says 15 Irish citizens and dependants have departed from Israel
Updated 22 Jun
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response
Ireland's reaction to the US bombing Iran: 'Extremely dangerous spiral of escalation'
Updated 22 Jun
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Kyiv
Ukraine army chief vows to expand strikes on Russia
22 Jun
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gaza strip
Remains of three Israeli hostages recovered from Gaza
22 Jun
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Midnight Hammer
US bombs caused 'extremely severe damage and destruction' to three Iranian nuclear sites
US defence minister Pete Hegseth confirmed that elected politicians were not informed of the plan before it was carried out.
22 Jun
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Ireland's reaction to the US bombing Iran: 'Extremely dangerous spiral of escalation'
22 Jun
No signs of radioactive contamination after US attack on Iran, says nuclear watchdog
22 Jun
kneecap
Varadkar says Keir Starmer is wrong to criticise Kneecap's Glastonbury gig
Updated 22 Jun
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Iran
Iran says US has 'blown up' any attempt to end the Israel-Iran conflict diplomatically
World leaders, including the EU and the UK, have called on Iran to engage in negotiations with the US and Israel.
Updated 22 Jun
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monitoring the situation
No signs of radioactive contamination after US attack on Iran, says nuclear watchdog
22 Jun
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Good Morning
The 9 at 9 World reacts to US bombing Iran, global calls for peace and diplomacy and ‘urgent need’ for de-escalation.
22 Jun
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escalation
'There are many targets left': How Trump announced to the world that the US had bombed Iran
Trump had given Iran a two-week deadline – but it turned out to mean just two days.
22 Jun
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Tel Aviv
Iran targets 30 sites in Israel after US nuclear site strikes, including international airport
22 Jun
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Iran
US bombs three nuclear sites in Iran, a major escalation in the war between Israel and Iran
US President Donald Trump confirmed the strikes last night and call for peace to ensue.
Updated 22 Jun
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Last month
June 2025
Kemi Badenoch
UK Tory leader says BBC should not broadcast Kneecap's Glastonbury set
21 Jun
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Iran
Irish peacekeepers in Lebanon safe after Israeli strikes Hezbollah site, widening war with Iran
Updated 21 Jun
10.6k
Collective Punishment
Taoiseach calls for 'concrete action' after human rights obligations in EU-Israel deal breached
21 Jun
6.8k
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 ‘Prolonged war’ in Israel and Iran, Budapest Pride Parade and bumper weekend in Dublin.
21 Jun
3.3k
The Morning Lead
'I saw a man crushed': Behind the scenes of the humanitarian aid chaos in Gaza
Aid trucks have become a symbol of both hope and horror, as people don’t know if they’ll come home empty-handed – or at all.
Hana Salah
Palestinian journalist
21 Jun
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Gaza's blackouts: 'You might be killed for trying to have internet access at public points'
20 Jun
Iran
Israel's army chief warns of 'prolonged' war with Iran as both sides exchange strikes
Israel has labelled today’s Iranian strikes on the port city of Haifa as ‘war crimes’.
Updated 20 Jun
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Tehran
Irish government temporarily closes embassy in Iran because of conflict
Updated 20 Jun
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ministerial council
Leaders on both sides of the border urge completion of Casement Park
Updated 20 Jun
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Assisted Dying
Historic vote sees MPs back legalising assisted dying in England and Wales
20 Jun
4.8k
labubumania
The viral Labubu craze goes global and Beijing hopes to remind the world of 'cool China'
Rihanna, Dua Lipa and Kim Kardashian are among the big names to have been seen with Labubu dolls in recent weeks.
20 Jun
11.3k
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MAGA mutiny
The Israel-Iran conflict is splitting Trump’s MAGA movement in two
20 Jun
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London
US singer Chris Brown pleads not guilty to ‘bottle attack’ charge
20 Jun
4.4k
airbnb
Court upholds Spanish government's order to block nearly 66,000 Airbnb listings
20 Jun
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40
Los Angeles
Baseball team LA Dodgers refuse federal agents access to stadium amid US immigration raids
20 Jun
20.4k
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irish neutrality
Sinn Féin MEP calls on EU commissioner to withdraw 'deeply inaccurate' remarks about Ireland
20 Jun
34.4k
91
Iran
Donald Trump delays decision on Iran strikes as Keir Starmer calls for restraint
Russia's foreign ministry says US involvement would be an 'extremely dangerous step'.
Trump says he will wait two weeks to give negotiations a chance before deciding to strike Iran.
Early-morning strikes from Iran hit the Soroka Hospital in the southern Israeli city of Be'er Sheva.
Updated 19 Jun
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Iran launches fresh attacks on Israel as Trump weighs up wading into conflict
18 Jun
Netanyahu says killing of Iran leader will 'not escalate the conflict, it's going to end the conflict'
16 Jun
Ed Walsh
New US ambassador to Ireland officially sworn in at White House ceremony
19 Jun
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Mental Health
Celebrity chef Heston Blumenthal reveals he was sectioned under the Mental Health Act in 2023
19 Jun
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Gaza
At least 72 Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in Gaza, civil defence agency says
Updated 19 Jun
4.4k
Zhenhao Zou
Former Queen's University Belfast student jailed for life in the UK for raping 10 women
19 Jun
18.3k
Hurricane Erick
Category 4 Hurricane Erick hits Mexico as 'life-threatening' storm to bring mudslides
Updated 19 Jun
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big tech
EU court adviser backs record €4.1 billion fine on Google for anti-competitive practices
19 Jun
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United Kingdom
UK politicians vote to decriminalise abortion for women in England and Wales
19 Jun
6.7k
J1 visa
'Enhanced social media vetting' of foreign students for anti-American content
18 Jun
16.1k
Iran
Iran launches fresh attacks on Israel as Trump weighs up wading into conflict
Earlier today, Iran’s supreme leader said the nation would never surrender as demanded by Trump and warned the US it would face ‘irreparable damage’ if it intervenes.
Updated 18 Jun
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Trump considering US strikes against Iran, and he says patience is 'wearing thin'
17 Jun
Irish embassies contact passport holders in Israel and Iran as evacuation plans considered
17 Jun
trump's tariffs
Trump calls head of US central bank 'stupid' for not cutting interest rates
18 Jun
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