Ireland

An annual charity cycle ride is coming to South Wales for the very first time this summer. More than 300 cyclists from across the UK and Europe have registered...

Headlines and photographs of the singer Sinéad O'Connor told us that the iconic star had died. What followed have been well-deserved eulogies, despite some glaring omissions. Sinéad was beautiful,...

The family of the 56-year-old Dublin-born singer has said they are devastated to announce her passing. Sinead O'Connor was well known for her activism including boycotting Israel to stand up for Palestinian rights

In the Irish parliament, Sinn Fein politician Mark Ward called on the Irish Taoiseach to raise the issue of Israeli sportswashing with the EU, after former Irish international Robbie Keane went to manage Israeli team Maccabi Tel Aviv. Ward also called on the Irish leader to support a friendly football match between Ireland and Palestine.

Low-budget Irish airline RyanAir has come under fire on social media by pro-Israel users following a report on Tuesday by World Israel News (WIN) alleging that a flight attendant announced that...

Irish campaigner Mick Bowlan has been walking for over a month on his 2,000 mile journey to Palestine, in order to raise awareness of Israeli occupation and apartheid in the occupied territories. The longtime activist for Palestinian rights aims to reach the occupied West Bank by mid-October 2023.

European Diplomatic missions in Jerusalem on Friday called on the Israeli occupation to halt all confiscations and demolitions in the occupied West Bank. In a press statement, the consortium...

Plane makers cannot build them, but airlines cannot stop buying them. Even as they wrestle with industrial problems preventing the delivery of jets sold before the pandemic, Airbus and Boeing are...

Irish People Before Profit–Solidarity politician Richard Boyd Barrett has asked the Irish government when is enough really enough with regards Israel's policies of apartheid against Palestinians

Palestinian and Irish diplomats agreed to enhance bilateral cooperation and coordination in all fields. The Palestinian Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign and Expatriate Affairs, Amal p, and the...

The interim minister for transport and public works of Lebanon estimates that Terminal 2 will create 500 direct employment and 2,000 indirect jobs as part of the airport's first expansion since 1998.

Ireland will withdraw its 130 infantry troops who form part of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) in the occupied GOlan Heights. Irish Defence Minister, Micheal Martin, informed...

Irish football club donates profits from its away match kits to support sports for Palestinian children

Before this digital age of social media texts and direct messages, it was commonplace to receive heartfelt handwritten letters from a pen pal, a postcard from overseas or annual...

The Irish foreign minister demanded on Monday that the Israeli authorities should pay compensation for their systematic destruction of buildings funded by the European Union in occupied Palestine. Michael...

The ministry of foreign affairs in Paris has called for the immediate release of French-Irish citizen Bernard Phelan who has been detained in Iran since October last year, Anadolu...

The Customs and Excise Administration in Morocco has decided to stop imports of cattle from the UK after the discovery of some disease animals, 24 Hours has reported. The...

Private Sean Rooney, 23, was killed in the incident, the first fatal attack on UN peacekeepers in Lebanon since 2015

Saudi Arabia has called for a swift investigation into the killing of an Irish peacekeeper in southern Lebanon, reports Anadolu Agency. A soldier with the UN peace mission UNIFIL...

An Irish UN peacekeeper was killed and several others were wounded after unidentified attackers opened fire on a convoy in southern Lebanon, Irish and Lebanese military officials said yesterday...

The number of Arabic books translated into the English language has risen significantly since 2010, according to new research carried out by the British-based Literature Across Frontiers (LAF) presented...

When is a war not a war? Well, it depends on who is calling and firing the shots. As a young journalist, the first war I ever covered, albeit...

The official and secret code for implementing the plan for events following the death of Queen Elizabeth II was "London Bridge is down". This was the signal for "Operation...

The United Rugby Championship has indicated its willingness to bring games to Qatar in the future, local Irish media reports. According to the report, the Chief Executive of...

The Egyptian president has purchased a new presidential jumbo jet at the cost of $500 million, triggering fierce debate on social media over the timing of the purchase, which comes amidst...

Nine European countries on Friday expressed their "deep concern" after the Israeli army closed the offices of Palestinian NGOs in the occupied West Bank, accusing them of being "terrorist"...

Israel faced international condemnation from around the world for its latest military offensive against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip before a ceasefire brokered by Egypt came into force...

A former soldier in the Irish Defence Forces, Lisa Smith, was jailed for 15 months on Friday for being a member of the Daesh terrorist group, BBC reported. According...

Human rights group Adalah yesterday called on the European Commission to take an official and unanimous position against Israel's designation of six Palestinian NGOs as "terrorist" organisations. Adalah's demand...

Nine European countries expressed their refusal to stop cooperating with six Palestinian NGOs that the Israeli occupation designated as terrorist organisations in October, due to the lack of evidence...

A top Irish Cabinet Minister, on Friday, declared himself "shocked" Friday by images of violence emerging from the funeral procession of slain Palestinian journalist, Shireen Abu Akleh. Video clips...

Fifteen European countries, on Friday, urged Israel to stop plans for more illegal settlements in the West Bank, according to an official statement, Anadolu News Agency reports. "We are...