The politics of renaming streets, roads and public spaces
Row over Herzog Park in Dublin is only one of many in Irish history about the naming of places
Palestine
Councillors vote to raise Palestinian flag over Belfast City Hall
Sinn Féin motion passed by 32 votes to 28 at council meeting
Harris says suspension of civilian Garda member over alleged threats against him ‘very concerning’
Tánaiste he does not view ‘such matters as HR matters, I view them as criminal matters’
Palestinian state ‘only’ solution to Israeli conflict, says Pope Leo
Head of Catholic Church visits Lebanon after leaving Turkey on first overseas trip
‘No plans’ to drop Occupied Territories Bill but legislation ‘not straightforward’, says McEntee
Government criticised for ‘delays and delays and delays’ on legislation banning trade with illegal settlements
Dublin’s Herzog Park set to be ‘denamed’ by city councillors over Israel connections
Chief Rabbi says Jewish story deserves not to be ‘whitewashed or erased’
Israeli police open inquiry after two Palestinians shot and killed in West Bank
Video footages appears to show both men exiting a building in city of Jenin and lying on ground in apparent surrender
From Gaza to Dublin: ‘When I saw bananas for the first time in two years, I almost screamed’
Gazan student says new life in Dublin is ‘a miracle’
Israeli forces kill two Palestinians in West Bank who appeared to be surrendering
Video footage and eyewitness accounts suggest the men were unarmed when shot
Sally Rooney says she will be unable to publish books in UK while Palestine Action banned
Irish author Rooney says her books could disappear from UK stores altogether
Occupied Territories Bill: ‘considerable uncertainty’ over including services
McEntee tells Dáil ‘legal clarity’ is needed and that Government is awaiting Attorney General’s advice
Ciarán Murphy: GAA should not be cowards and must cut ties with Allianz over Gaza
The GAA is being pushed by its own members - not outside forces - to cut ties with sponsors Allianz over Gaza
Body of Israeli hostage returned from Gaza as vow to recover all dead hostages intensifies
Dror Or’s body is identified following forensic tests; attention now fixed on Thai national and one Israeli police officer still unaccounted for
Israel receives remains of hostage held in Gaza from Red Cross
Palestinian enclave’s health ministry reports 345 killed and 588 bodies recovered since fragile ceasefire began in October
Army personnel draw weapons as pro-Palestinian activists spray-paint US plane at Shannon
Three people in court in Ennis charged with criminal damage of US military aircraft at Shannon on Saturday
A McCarthyite fervour has overtaken Ireland where Israel is concerned
The issue I have is not that Ireland is pro-Palestinian - its people’s rights and future must be protected - but that it is so aggressively anti-Israel
Twenty years in an Israeli prison: ‘We will never accept being sent away. We’re not terrorists’
A Palestinian man released from Israel’s prison system is happy to be getting married, but ex-prisoners and their families tell of harsh conditions, inside and out
Journalist and cartoonist Joe Sacco: ‘Ireland is my favourite place in Europe. It’s sane’
The Maltese-born American on his fact-based comic books about Palestine and India, Ireland’s colonial past, and the global rise of authoritarian manipulators
Israeli air strikes on Gaza Strip kill 33 people and injure 88 in 24 hours
Israel and Hamas continue to trade blame for ceasefire violations with 12 children among those most recently killed
Israeli air strikes kill 25 Palestinians in Gaza, testing fragile ceasefire
Hamas and Israel have traded blame for what both call violations of the US-brokered truce
Israel steps up strikes on southern Lebanon aimed at blocking Hizbullah revival
Attacks on villages kill 14 people in past 24 hours, including 13 in Palestinian refugee camp
Protest outside Dáil calls for inclusion of services in Occupied Territories Bill
Activists and Opposition concerned legislation would only include trade of goods from illegal Israeli settlements
Occupied Territories Bill: Three EU countries have passed Bills sanctioning Israel, Dáil told
Labour TD asks why Government is ‘dancing to tune’ of 5% of US Congress when no multinational says it is pulling out of Ireland
Trump’s shocking response to reporter’s question part of a trend
Oval Office meeting with Mohammed bin Salman was a triumph for the Saudi crown prince
Left’s unity from Catherine Connolly campaign faces its first big tests
Many quote Brendan Behan and suggest the first item on the agenda for a left alliance will be the split. They said the same about the Catherine Connolly campaign
Israeli attack kills 13 people in Lebanese city of Sidon
Israel’s military claims it struck Hamas militants who it said were operating in crowded Palestinian refugee camp
UN vote to approve Gaza peace plan angers Israeli right-wingers
Netanyahu reiterates ‘opposition to a Palestinian state on any territory has not changed’ in response to far-right ministers
After hundreds of Gazans arrive on mystery flights, South Africa asks how
A little-known group sold passage to desperate Palestinians who didn’t know their destination, catching the South African government by surprise
A precarious path to peace in Gaza
Indonesia, Azerbaijan and others could contribute troops to 20,000-strong international stabilisation force
UN Security Council votes to adopt US resolution on Trump’s Gaza peace plan
Text authorises an international stabilisation force which would ensure process of demilitarising Palestinian enclave
Government will not oppose joint Opposition motion on Occupied Territories Bill
Still unclear if services will be included in legislation as urged by other parties and pro-Palestinian campaigners
The militias fighting Israel’s shadow war from inside Gaza’s ‘Yellow Zone’
Israel has tried to nurture and arm rivals to fight Hamas in a combustible, decades-old strategy
Mark O’Connell: You’re not on the right side of history – there is no right side
‘History’ has become final arbiter of rights and wrongs, a secular ‘you better get right with Jesus’
Thousands hit streets of Belém to call for action during crucial Cop30 summit
‘Great People’s March’ follows two Indigenous-led protests earlier in the week
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