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Tánaiste Simon Coveney, Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas and Taoiseach Leo Varadkar pictured today. Julien Behal Photography
Julien Behal Photography
PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT MAHMOUD Abbas met President Michael D Higgins, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, and Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney today.
Coveney had invited Abbas to come to Ireland at their meeting in Ramallah in January.
To coincide with the visit, the Tánaiste announced that additional funding of €1 million will be given from Ireland to the UN Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA). This brings Ireland’s total funding to the UNRWA this year to €7 million, our highest ever contribution.
“Ireland is a longstanding supporter of UNRWA’s vital work in delivering healthcare, education and food to 5.3 million Palestine refugees. The ongoing conflict in the Middle East region has meant an increased demand for UNRWA’s services but funding has not kept pace with requirements.,” Coveney said.
He added that the recent US decision to cease all funding to UNRWA has “made the agency’s situation even more precarious”.
I believe that the US decision will impact negatively on the Middle East region. I have made my views on this clear in my contacts with the US administration.
“The services that UNRWA provides are necessary, and will remain necessary, until a durable solution to the Israeli/Palestinian conflict can be negotiated that meets the needs of both parties and resolves all final status issues.,” he stated.
The Trump administration has cut more than $500 million (about €425 million) in aid to the Palestinians this year in a bid to force Abbas to end the boycott he ordered in December when the US president recognised the disputed city of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.
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The stopover in Ireland comes on Abbas’s journey to the annual United Nations General Assembly in New York, where he’s to give a speech that is feared could trigger an upsurge in violence in the occupied West Bank as well as the Gaza Strip.
Abbas paid a courtesy call to Áras an Uachtarán before holding a formal meeting and working dinner with the Tánaiste at Farmleigh.
President Higgins received President Mahmoud Abbas at Áras an Uachtaráin today. pic.twitter.com/pPJJ8ukrTO
Members of the Ireland Israel Alliance protested outside the Áras earlier today. In a statement, the group said it respect that Higgins and Coveney “value dialogue and seek a peaceful resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but Mahmoud Abbas consistently refuses to come to the negotiating table, using any and every excuse to do so”.
The organisation stated that the US and other countries have “pulled millions of dollars of funding from the Palestinian Authority because of their continued incitement to hatred and violence”.
The Ireland Israel Alliance staged a demonstration outside Áras an Uachtaráin today. Ireland Israel Alliance
Ireland Israel Alliance
Among the topics expected to be discussed at Farmleigh are the humanitarian and security situation in Gaza and the West Bank; the funding crisis for UNRWA, the UN agency providing food, education and health services in Gaza; and the future of the Middle East Peace Process.
Israel’s right-wing coalition government has expressed strong support for US policy, although there have been repeated reports in the Israeli media of disquiet in the military about its implications for security in the Palestinian territories.
At least 176 Palestinians in Gaza and one Israeli have been killed since protests and clashes erupted on 30 March.
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My hair started leaving the building in my mid 20s. Initially it was dreadful. I was all about tactical hair manoeuvres. Eventually I decided to zero blade the lot. Best decision I made.
see the ad where the guy drives a sports car into what looks like a hotel lobby, and he’s delighted with his wind-swept hair afterwards.. utter madness
People fear uncertainty.
Men worry more about going bald because they fear it’s a real possibility they’ll end up having less sex.
Whereas finding a wife means less sex is pretty much guaranteed..
I read the article again. I don’t accept many of its findings … Such as, lack of confidence … Thats bulshit too. The most severe side effect that I’ve experienced is … You get cold very quickly when outside without a hat in winter, and severe sunburn if you go out without a hat in summer.
Those are the only side effects ive ever had
You go bald because you have too much Dihydrotestosterone… this affects the hair follicles on the top of your head but not the follicles on the back and sides. There is a drug called finasteride that when taken daily lowers the amount of Dihydrotestosterone the body produces slowing down and stopping hair loss. Then just get a hair transplant for the thinning parts of your head. Check out dhi in Blackrock…
Martin I know a guy that got a hair transplant years ago.now he’s gone bald everywhere else but the top of his head where he got the transplant.what would you do then
I started losing mine in my early 20′s and it was a genuinely traumatic experience. I went from looking 20 to 35 in 12 months, I got the constant piss pulled out of me and I couldn’t get within 5 feet of a girl my age in a nightclub without being looked at like an old creep. It killed my confidence and had a huge effect on my life.
Strange that we have to grin and bear it when we get ripped to pieces for something that we can’t control, yet taking the piss out of a girl for gaining weight because she eats too much chocolate and is too lazy to go to the gym is socially unacceptable…..
Martin, is there a way to put hair on my chest? I’m 32 and I haven’t got a single hair on my chest and I’ve moobs. :-)
I know how to get rid of my moobs – exercise n loose weight.
Bald since my 20s but shaved it before that anyway. Never bothered my confidence. Nice to see regaine taking such a vested interest in a survey like this though.
Bald since my 20s but shaved it before that anyway. Never bothered my confidence. Nice to see regaine taking such a vested interest in a survey like this though. Detect the sarcasm…
The advice I heard over the years to keep your hair relatively strong and to ward off baldness is to wash hair in warm water, not hot water and not to use shampoo at all. However conditioner is ok to use apparently.
Some men are ok with it some are not! As a young guy who knows these are your only options that work. 1) Minoxdil – always buy online years supply is €50 2) nirozal shampoo – during clinical trials they found the side effects causes hair loss to slow down. It can be bought anywhere for dandruff
3) propecia – a tablet that blocks the hormone responsible for hairloss. Most effective but kills the sex drive.
4) hair transplant – take the hair from the back and put it up on top but very expensive. 5) and finally live with it. If you don’t care and you can pull off the Jason statham look then go for it. Don’t buy anything for hairloss in shops as its all online for 10% the price
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