# Bahrain

This year

2023

# Formula 1

Reigning champion Max Verstappen takes pole for season-opening Bahrain GP

Red Bull locked out the front row of the grid in the desert.

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Mar 4th 2023, 4:47 PM

Last year

2022

# T20

Young steers Ireland to victory over Bahrain at the T20 World Cup Qualifier

Young claimed three wickets as Ireland defeated Bahrain in today’s ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier.

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Feb 19th 2022, 3:11 PM

All time

# Formula 1

Verstappen beats Hamilton to pole at season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix

Verstappen took pole ahead of seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton.

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Mar 27th 2021, 4:16 PM

# Israel

Trump announces peace deal between Bahrain and Israel

Trump announced the agreement following a phone call with the leaders of the two countries.

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Sep 11th 2020, 10:20 PM

# daniel kinahan

Bahraini sports firm cuts ties with Daniel Kinahan following public outcry

Kinahan’s work in boxing was brought up in the Dáil last week.

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Jun 16th 2020, 2:23 PM

# Punishment

Bahrain player hit with 10-match ban for racist 'slitty eye' gesture to Hong Kong fans

Sayed Baqer committed the offence at the end of a World Cup qualifying match.

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Dec 23rd 2019, 5:33 PM

# History makers

Ireland advance to Toulon Tournament semis for the first time after narrow win over Bahrain

Connor Ronan scored the only goal of the game as Stephen Kenny’s side progressed on Sunday afternoon.

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Jun 9th 2019, 4:42 PM

# Doping

Rio marathon silver medallist banned following EPO positive

Bahrain’s Eunice Jepkirui Kirwa has been provisionally suspended.

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May 22nd 2019, 2:35 PM

# Claim

Bahrain accused of using Formula One to 'sportwash' image

The second Grand Prix of 2019 opens in Manama on Friday and runs through Sunday.

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Mar 28th 2019, 4:23 PM

# persian gulf

An Irishman missing in Bahrain has been found dead

Conor David Dunne had been working in the gulf nation.

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Oct 31st 2017, 8:56 AM

# female bodybuilders

'Why are you building muscles? You're a girl. Why are you ruining your body?'

Faced with limited competing options at home, the Arab world’s top female bodybuilders look abroad for recognition.

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Aug 2nd 2015, 11:15 AM

# On Target

Are you watching LvG? Out-of-sorts Falcao scores twice on international duty with Colombia

It was against Bahrain, admittedly.

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Mar 26th 2015, 10:12 PM

Voices

Opinion: 'These human rights abuses have a very real and clear link to Ireland'

Ireland has the potential to make a difference in two situations that have been raising concerns for human rights groups.

Sep 2nd 2014, 8:30 AM

# Support

Kevin Heffernan's sister sends best wishes to St Vincent's team from Bahrain

“I am sure marching from the club to Croke Park will be as exciting and spectacular as it has been in the past,” she said.

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Mar 17th 2014, 7:25 AM

# State of the nations

So what is left of the Arab Spring?

It is the third anniversary of the Tunisian protest which sparked a flame across the Middle East and North Africa.

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Dec 21st 2013, 9:45 AM

Voices

Colm O'Gorman: Why we can't afford to forget about Bahrain

It is the second anniversary of the uprising in Bahrain but prisoners of conscience are still behind bars, writes the head of Amnesty International Ireland.

Feb 14th 2013, 1:00 PM

# Winning

Formula One: Vettel wins Indian Grand Prix

The 25-year-old German produced another flawless display to pull 13 points clear of Fernando Alonso.

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Oct 28th 2012, 11:36 AM

# Bahrain

Bahrain high court upholds verdicts in medics protest trial

The highest court in Bahrain has rejected the final appeal by nine medics against their convictions linked to anti-regime protests last year.

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Oct 1st 2012, 11:10 AM

# Takeover

Money talks: Gulf firm to organise Leeds United purchase

The takeover move, announced to the Bahrain and Kuwaiti stock exchanges this morning, is believed to be worth £50m.

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Sep 27th 2012, 6:35 PM

# Bahrain

US 'deeply troubled' by Bahrain activist jailing

“We believe that all people have a fundamental freedom to participate in civil acts of peaceful disobedience,” said State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland.

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Aug 16th 2012, 7:40 PM

# Arab Spring

Bahrain activist jailed for three years

Nabeel Rajab was found guilty of taking part in illegal gatherings.

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Aug 16th 2012, 11:08 AM

# Preview

Here's all you need to know about tonight's international action

The Irish team’s group rivals, Germany, are in action, as they take on Argentina.

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Aug 15th 2012, 8:00 AM

Voices

Column: I was convicted for treating protesters. Now I face arrest any time.

Irish-trained doctor Ghassan Dhaif, who aided the injured in Bahrain’s Arab Spring, on why the Government must do more to help medics like him.

Jul 15th 2012, 6:30 PM

# Bahrain

Bahrain court delays verdict for 11-year-old 'protester'

The boy is one of the youngest suspects detained in crackdowns on protests led by Bahrain’s Shiite majority.

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Jun 20th 2012, 9:22 PM

# Arab Spring

Tánaiste seeks clemency for Bahraini medics

The doctors and nurses were sentenced after being found guilty of aiding an uprising against the Gulf kingdom’s regime.

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Jun 16th 2012, 2:21 PM

# Bahrain

Govt urged to take action over jailed Bahraini doctors who trained in Ireland

A number of doctors who trained at the Royal College of Surgeons in Dublin had their sentences reduced in Bahrain today but they remain behind bars.

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Jun 14th 2012, 9:22 PM

# Bahrain

Bahrain medics jailed over Arab Spring protests acquitted, sentences reduced

Jailing of doctors and nurses who treated protesters was highly criticised by rights groups.

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Jun 14th 2012, 11:29 AM

# Bahrain

Irish nurses and midwives join vigil for Bahrain medics

The members of the INMO have joined a vigil to highlight the trial of health professionals in Bahrain, and are calling for the release of their fellow professionals.

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Jun 12th 2012, 4:49 PM

# Arab Spring

Bahraini hunger striker granted retrial

Activist Abdulhadi Al Khawaja was sentenced by a military court to life in prison for plotting against the state.

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Apr 30th 2012, 11:39 AM

# abdulhadi

Bahrain denies hunger striker has disappeared, insist he is in 'good health'

Human rights activist Abdulhadi Al Khawaja, who previously worked for the Dublin-based Frontline Defenders, has been on hunger strike in Bahrain since 8 February.

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Apr 25th 2012, 9:41 PM

# F1

Alonso fumes at Rosberg conduct in Bahrain

Mercedes driver Rosberg forced both Lewis Hamilton of McLaren and Alonso of Ferrari to leave the track to avoid a collision in separate incidents.

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Apr 23rd 2012, 5:14 PM

# Bahrain

Channel 4 news team deported from Bahrain

The F1 event is over, but the controversy continues as news team deported on race day for operating without accreditation.

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Apr 23rd 2012, 8:37 AM

Good Morning

The 9 at 9 Nine things to know on this Monday morning…

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Apr 23rd 2012, 8:29 AM

# Bulling

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel gets back to winning ways in Bahrain

The Austrian driver led from start to finish, showing signs of his world-championship winning form to hold off the Lotus challenge.

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Apr 22nd 2012, 6:53 PM

# Your Say

Poll: Should the Bahrain Grand Prix have been cancelled?

Or are Formula One correct in going ahead with the race? Have your say…

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Apr 22nd 2012, 9:30 AM

Good Morning

The 9 at 9 Good morning! Here’s some (well, nine) things you should know this Sunday am.

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Apr 22nd 2012, 8:52 AM

# Bahrain

Bahrain opens probe into death in protest area

The Bahrain Formula One Grand Prix has gone ahead despite claims that a man was killed during clashes with security forces, however the country’s Interior Ministry said a probe was now “under way”.

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Apr 21st 2012, 4:44 PM