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2nd March 2025 - 8th March 2025
triple lock
Simon Harris wants to remove the 'Triple Lock' - but what is it and what could replace it?
3 Mar
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United Nations
Proposal to remove UN approval from 'Triple Lock' to be brought to Cabinet this week
Updated 2 Mar
24.0k
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Last month
February 2025
Debt
Opinion: Rich countries need to pay their fair share if Africa is to become debt-free
Karol Balfe
20 Feb
6.2k
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Lebanon
High ranking UN peacekeeper injured in attack on convoy in Beirut - no Irish involved in incident
Videos circulating online show a burning UN liveried vehicle – a UNIFIL spokeswoman has confirmed it was part of a convoy of the deputy force commander.
Niall O'Connor
Updated 14 Feb
9.9k
Paris Agreement
Ireland among list of almost all nations to miss UN deadline for new climate targets
10 Feb
6.3k
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Washington DC
Trump says ‘Gaza thing has never worked’ as he meets Benjamin Netanyahu at White House
The US President renewed his call to Arab nations to relocate displaced Palestinians.
Egypt and Jordan have flatly rejected calls by Trump to relocate 2.3 million Palestinians during post-war rebuilding of the territory.
Trump also signed an executive order withdrawing the US from a number of UN bodies, including the main UN relief agency for Palestine.
4 Feb
18.9k
RELATED
Palestinian leaders criticise Trump plans to 'clean out' Gaza
26 Jan
Last year
2024
Analysis
How are we doing? Why the world’s most important economic statistic is almost useless in Ireland
Paul O'Donoghue
29 Dec 2024
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UN official for Yemen refutes Israel's claim that strike on airport hit 'military infrastructure'
27 Dec 2024
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Palestine
UN General Assembly calls for 'unconditional' Gaza ceasefire
12 Dec 2024
3.5k
ceasefire talks
Conflict rages in Lebanon even as UN calls on all parties to accept ceasefire deal
25 Nov 2024
3.0k
Busan
Plastic pollution treaty talks begin in South Korea
25 Nov 2024
3.6k
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Peacekeepers
French and Finnish peacekeepers attacked in South Lebanon, UNIFIL says
17 Nov 2024
10.7k
Lebanon
Israel bombs south Beirut as over 20 killed in Gaza airstrikes
17 Nov 2024
2.7k
UNRWA
Israel formally notifies UN that it is cutting ties with agency for Palestinian refugees
4 Nov 2024
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2 Nov 2024
What does UNRWA do and why is it seen as a lifeline for Palestinians?
30 Oct 2024
FactCheck
What does UNRWA do and why is it seen as a lifeline for Palestinians?
30 Oct 2024
5.0k
Lebanon
Irish peacekeepers safe as UNIFIL HQ hit by rocket 'likely fired by Hezbollah'
Updated 29 Oct 2024
15.0k
Jabalia
Tánaiste condemns continued Israeli attacks on northern Gaza as UN warns of famine
21 Oct 2024
3.9k
Explainer
Under what circumstances can Irish soldiers in Lebanon use force to defend themselves?
We take a look at the rules governing how Irish soldiers use force while deployed on UN peacekeeping missions.
Niall O'Connor
15 Oct 2024
25.1k
UNIFIL
UN Security Council voices ‘strong concern’ over Israel attacks on peacekeepers in south Lebanon
15 Oct 2024
4.2k
EU discusses Lebanon
Tánaiste says Israel 'undermining' UNIFIL, Spanish PM says there'll be 'no withdrawal'
Muiris O'Cearbhaill
Updated 14 Oct 2024
15.4k
United Nations
Second round of campaign to vaccinate children in Gaza against polio will be 'more complicated'
11 Oct 2024
4.2k
south lebanon
Irish Defence Forces chief: Israeli attack on UN peacekeeping tower in Lebanon 'not an accidental act'
Updated 11 Oct 2024
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Irish soldiers unharmed as two Sri Lankan peacekeepers injured in IDF fire on UNIFIL main base
11 Oct 2024
At least 22 killed and 117 injured in Israeli strikes on central Beirut
10 Oct 2024
Peacekeepers
Irish soldiers unharmed as two Sri Lankan peacekeepers injured in IDF fire on UNIFIL main base
Reports from South Lebanon have said two people have been injured at least one of them seriously injured – it is the second such attack in the last 24 hours.
Niall O'Connor
Updated 11 Oct 2024
21.6k
Lebanon
Family of Private Seán Rooney 'frustrated' over lack of help from UN, inquest hears
11 Oct 2024
5.4k
minister for foreign affairs
'We meet at a dangerous moment': Tánaiste addresses the UN Security Council
25 Sep 2024
8.5k
UNIFIL
Irish citizens urged to leave Lebanon as Israeli army chief warns of possible ground operation
Updated 25 Sep 2024
11.7k
the second coming
'The centre has held': Joe Biden quotes WB Yeats in his final UN General Assembly speech
24 Sep 2024
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As it happened
Israel condemned at the UN as Biden urges diplomatic solutions in the Middle East
The bombs continued to fall across Lebanon as world leaders gave speeches at the UN General Assembly in New York.
Updated 24 Sep 2024
15.9k
Environment
Opinion: The UN's summit this month is a cause for hope in the battle against climate change
Hans Zomer
14 Sep 2024
4.5k
34
Gaza
At least 34 people killed following Israeli air strikes on UN school and homes in Gaza
11 Sep 2024
4.3k
UNRWA
UN fires nine aid workers who 'may have been involved' in 7 October Hamas attack on Israel
5 Aug 2024
15.1k
Palestine
A quarter million people affected by Israeli evacuation order as airstrikes pummel Gaza
2 Jul 2024
6.2k
UN adds Israel to blacklist for waging war that harms children
8 Jun 2024
6.6k
UNRWA
'Why bomb us?': At least 40 people killed in Israeli airstrike on UN school in Gaza
Osama Hamdan, a Hamas official based in Beirut, said: “There is no (ceasefire) proposal – they are just words said by Biden in a speech.”
Updated 6 Jun 2024
14.8k
UNHCR
UN refugee agency 'concerned' by Government plans to cut payments to Ukrainians in Ireland
17 May 2024
9.6k
Bahrain
Arab League calls for UN peacekeeping force in Palestine as Abbas throws barb at Hamas
16 May 2024
12.1k
Palestine
UN General Assembly votes overwhelmingly in favour of Palestine membership
This comes after another UN vote on Palestine’s membership last month failed due to a veto from the United States.
Updated 10 May 2024
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More than 100,000 people have fled Rafah ahead of threatened invasion
10 May 2024
Israel bombards Rafah as military says ground troops have carried out 'targeted raids'
8 May 2024
Closed
Israeli cabinet vote to shut down Al Jazeera in the country as UN urges govt to reconsider
5 May 2024
13.9k
Gaza
UN says rebuilding Gaza could cost $40 billion as Hamas examining truce deal in 'positive spirit'
UN Assistant Secretary-General Abdullah al-Dardari said 72% of all residential buildings in the region “have been completely or partially destroyed”.
2 May 2024
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Nasser Hospital
Mass graves at Gaza hospitals must be investigated, says EU as Israel calls reports 'baseless'
Updated 24 Apr 2024
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