Iran sends drones and missiles across the Gulf as up to 2,000 Irish seek route home
Government working to finalise charter flight from Oman while confusion over Trump’s strategy continues
Iran
Cost of home-heating oil soars amid widespread travel disruption following attacks on Iran
Average price of 500 litres of oil now close to €700 with supplier saying demand surpassing that seen during cold weather
US-Israeli war on Iran enters fourth day amid mounting death toll across Gulf
Israeli ground forces enter southern Lebanon after Iranian-backed Hizbullah fire rockets and launch drones in retaliation
As many as 2,000 Irish people stranded in Gulf states due to Iran war, says Helen McEntee
Minister for Foreign Affairs expects Taoiseach to raise concerns about US-Israel attacks during White House meeting
US and Israel not on same page over war aims and this could cause difficulties
In the absence of a popular uprising in Iran, Trump may soon be tempted to seek an exit strategy
Years of surveillance, minutes of execution: Inside the plan to kill Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
Israel spent years hacking Tehran’s traffic cameras, monitoring guards before the assassination
UK and France may boost Cyprus defences following Iranian drone strike
France plans to send air defence systems, UK considers deploying warship after British base came under attack
Euro zone inflation unexpectedly rises to 1.9% in February
Iran conflict was ‘already casting shadow’ as tensions had pushed up oil prices last month, economists say
‘Unsettling few days’: Irish in Dubai concerned by Iranian strikes but trust UAE response
Situation feels like early days of Covid, with sense of disruption but also resilience, says Irish woman living in Dubai
Lengthy Iran war could cause inflation ‘spike’, warns ECB’s top economist Philip Lane
Irishman says extended conflict and disruption to energy supplies could also lead to ‘sharp’ drop in euro zone output
Iran executes Khamenei’s plan to spread regional war
Strikes on energy facilities and targets across Middle East form strategy devised to sow chaos in retaliation for US and Israeli attack
Markets hit by Middle East unrest and how to get a sports scholarship
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Donald Trump’s epic gamble in Iran threatens global economy
Economic fallout predicated on how long the violence lasts
As Israel pounds Hizbullah in Lebanon, refugees flee back into Syria
‘When we fled the war at home, they tried to stop us coming. Now there is war here, they’re not letting us leave’
Merz abandons Germany’s moral certainties as he aligns with Trump on Iran
Berlin’s traditional caution gives way to realpolitik as chancellor seeks influence with Trump and navigates an unstable world
US and Israel continue assault on Iran as war spreads across the Gulf
Hundreds reportedly killed across region as Donald Trump says military operations could last ‘four to five weeks’
Irish citizens in UAE could be bussed to Oman if Dubai and Abu Dhabi flights remain restricted
Senior officials and Ministers met in Dublin earlier to discuss the escalating crisis in Middle East and Gulf region
US and Israel attacks on Iran necessary to stop ‘intolerable threat’ of nuclear weapons, says Trump
Gas prices soar amid Middle East conflict; ‘limited resumption’ of flights from Dubai airports
The Irish Times view on war in the Middle East: the conflict widens
Efforts at political decapitation are rarely as clean or as swift as those who undertake them hope
As war edges closer, Europe scrambles for relevance in the Middle East
Continued drone attacks on Cyprus could see EU common defence clause triggered
US‑Israel war with Iran spills into Lebanon, killing at least 52 and injuring more than 150
Hizbullah fires on Israel after Khamenei’s killing, prompting Israeli strikes as conflict spreads across region
Murphy’s law: A US Navy Seal, Iran and the Irish connection
Lieut Michael P Murphy came under intense fire and was mortally wounded in Afghanistan in 2005
How will household bills be affected by unrest in the Middle East and when?
Closure of Strait of Hormuz, a key transit route from the Gulf region, leaves few options to secure deliveries
Starmer’s cautious Iran policy sparks Tory fury and Trump disappointment
MPs wary of ‘lessons from Iraq’ as parliament discusses UK’s response to conflict in Middle East
In maps: How war on Iran is spreading across Middle East
Iran and Iranian-backed militias have fired missiles at Israel and Arab states, and Israel has struck Lebanon
US and Israel are seeking a regime change in Iran but the outcome of conflict is uncertain
Trump, having previously claimed Tehran’s atomic facilities were ‘obliterated’, has repeatedly claimed it is developing nuclear weapons
Gas prices soar as Iranian attacks force shutdown of Qatari production
Saudi Arabia also closes an oil refinery after strike
Why have the US and Israel attacked Iran? Why has Dubai been hit? Could the conflict spread?
Your questions answered as fighting in the region continues
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This is a serious blow to the Iranian regime – but it is unlikely to be immediately fatal
Trump and Netanyahu have both said they want to see the removal of the Islamic regime in Tehran. But that is far from certain
Iran conflict sharpens debate about Ireland’s role in global security
Inside Politics: The tumult in the Middle East will again drive discussion about the ‘triple lock’ and moving closer to Nato
The economic outlook for 2026 is now on a knife-edge, reliant on an unpredictable war
The duration of the conflict will be essential in determining its impact on consumer energy costs
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