In pictures: World rings in 2026 with fireworks and a show of solidarity in Sydney
Revellers bid farewell to 2025 and usher in the new year as they remember victims of Bondi shootings
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Taiwan still on high alert after China’s latest military exercises around island
‘Justice Mission 2025′ saw China fire dozens of rockets towards Taiwan and deploy a large number of warships and aircraft
Time is a border: I wake up to family and friends’ yesterdays, untouchable to me
Midnight comes twice for me with a mind in Ireland and a body in Australia
‘They’ve all found workarounds’: Irish parents in Australia on the social media ban
‘Is it bad letting the government parent our kids? It’s impossible for us to police it,’ says one mother
Australian police chief says Bondi attack suspects ‘acted alone’
Jewish victims of of terror attack will be commemorated during New Year’s Eve event in Sydney
‘My target was just to take the gun,’ says wounded Bondi Beach hero Ahmed al-Ahmed
Footage from the attack shows Ahmed leaping from behind a parked car to grapple with one of the gunmen
Grieving my parents abroad: ‘A different kind of hard in a world that never knew they existed’
Carol O’Donovan, who now lives in Sydney, lost both her parents in recent years and wrote a poem in response
Should we ban social media for under-16s? Irish teens share their thoughts
Australia’s ban on social media for children under 16 is being closely watched around the world - and also by young people
‘There’s definitely a difference in the spuds’: The Irish spending Christmas in ‘County Coogee’
Coogee’s seafront filled with those missing home and family, waiting for morning to arrive in Ireland to call home
We’ve done all we can for now. This is the time for standing still and seeing out the year
There’s an understanding that we’ve done all we can for now. It’s a time for standing still and seeing out the year
Australian state passes tougher gun law after Bondi Beach shooting
Australia cancels visa of British national who was charged with displaying Nazi symbols
Bondi gunmen had ‘tennis ball bomb’, made Islamic State-inspired video, police allege
Home-made bombs were thrown before Bondi mass shooting but failed to detonate, police tell court
After the Bondi attack: ‘We would love to feel some love from Ireland,’ says Rabbi
Laura Kennedy meets Jewish community in Sydney: ‘We feel so hated by so many people across the world. The Irish … it’s painful’
Australian PM booed at memorial event for Bondi beach shooting attack victims
Nation marks day of reflection to honour 15 killed and dozens wounded in Sydney by two gunmen on December 14th
One in five doctors registered in Ireland opting to work abroad or not at all
Majority of Irish graduates working overseas are in Australia, Medical Council report shows
Tributes paid as ‘amazing teacher’ and talented Meath GAA player dies in Australia
Sarah Halpenny (29) was well known in GAA circles in Ireland and Melbourne
Matt Williams: As news of the horrors at Bondi broke, I was frantically calling my daughter
Many brave Australians ran towards the gunfire and paid dearly for it. I have known Peter Meagher since my playing days, and he was murdered in cold blood by cowards
Australia plans gun buyback scheme after Bondi massacre
Scheme would be similar to gun reforms introduced after a gun massacre in 1996 in Tasmania
It is right to be careful about our language after Bondi. But we can’t fall silent on Gaza
Jewish people are not the State of Israel, no more than Irish people were the IRA. Equally, the people of Gaza are not Hamas. But hatred has no respect for logic
Letters home: ‘I could barely afford groceries in Ireland, never mind a mortgage’
Yasmin Rather in Melbourne: I’m learning so much. Nurses here have time to show me stuff, back home it was so busy
‘She brightened everyone’s day’: Australia mourns youngest victim of Bondi Beach shooting
Sydney’s Jewish community gather for funeral of ‘Matilda Bee’, an ebullient, smiling 10-year-old girl
Australia announces tougher hate speech laws in wake of Bondi terror attack
Police conduct further searches in the aftermath of the gun attack on a Jewish celebration
Bondi attack: Suspects rarely left hotel during stay in Philippines, say hotel staff and police
Alleged gunman had been arrested at scene of attack on a Jewish event at the beach and taken to a Sydney hospital with critical injuries
Actions of Bondi Beach hero declared ‘a source of pride for Syria’
Ahmed al-Ahmed has received praise from political leaders for tackling gunman and saving ‘countless’ lives
Online child safety could prove a major test for EU in battle with Trump
Anyone expecting a social media ban for Irish teenagers will be waiting and it’s not because we are bad parents
Christmas can be a dissonant experience, like feeling miserable at Disneyland
It’s a strange time of year. We experience a lot of ‘how things ought to be’ clashing with ‘how things are’
Reasons for Bondi suspects’ trip to Philippines, where Islamic State is active, unclear
One suggestion is father and son sought military training from small number of active extremist factions in Mindanao
In Bondi, on the first night of Hanukkah, the intifada was truly globalised
Pointing to Gaza as an explanation for the Bondi killings is victim blaming
Bondi attack: alleged gunmen travelled to Philippines before ‘Isis-inspired’ shooting
Father and son killed 15 people – with another 25 still in hospital on Tuesday – in assault at Sydney beach
Footage shows older couple confronting and tackling Bondi gunman before they were killed
Video shows the moment Boris Gurman tackled Sajid Akram and wrestled a gun from him
‘No hesitation’: Viral photo shows lifeguard who ran towards danger after Bondi attack
Jackson Doolan ran barefoot for 1.5km to Bondi ‘at something that surely every fibre in your being would tell you to go in the other direction’
‘My son is a hero’: Man who risked life to disarm alleged Bondi gunman remains in hospital
Family say Ahmed al-Ahmed would have done anything to save lives during Sunday’s attack in which 16 people died
The Irish Times view on anti-Semitic violence: age-old hatred must be resisted
Neither the political right nor the left has been immune from its pull
Bondi Beach shooting: Australia vows stricter gun laws after 15 killed
Gunman wounded during attack on Jewish celebration ‘is likely to survive’ his injuries with second killed at scene
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