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PALESTINIAN-ISRAEL-CONFLICT

Elaine Loughlin: EU cannot put action against Israel on the long finger

While Israel unleashed a brutal attack against a people who had already been living in an open air prison, a war of attrition to change minds has been ongoing at EU level

Wed, 21 May, 2025

Elaine Loughlin: Independent Ireland not too keen on speed limit changes

Elaine Loughlin: Independent Ireland not too keen on speed limit changes

Just days after the tragic death of Garda Kevin Flatley, the party has come out calling for increases to speed limits

Tue, 13 May, 2025

Elaine Loughlin: Do you wonder why you're not seeing reports from Gaza?

Elaine Loughlin: Do you wonder why you're not seeing reports from Gaza?

After more than 18 months, genocide has become normalised in Gaza, writes Elaine Loughlin

Sat, 10 May, 2025

Elaine Loughlin: Kathleen Funchion's case shows what coercive control really looks like — and why we need to listen

Elaine Loughlin: Kathleen Funchion's case shows what coercive control really looks like — and why we need to listen

MEP Kathleen Funchion’s emotional courtroom statement sheds light on how coercive control can affect even Ireland’s most public figures

Sat, 03 May, 2025

Elaine Loughlin: Economic growth vs public services — Ireland’s hidden crisis behind the boom

S Elaine Loughlin: Economic growth vs public services — Ireland’s hidden crisis behind the boom

A decade after Ireland’s recovery, soaring growth has failed to fix housing, healthcare, education and essential infrastructure

Sat, 26 Apr, 2025

Marco Rubio

S Elaine Loughlin: America is not China – but it’s starting to feel that way

Trump’s America is sending a chilling message: speak out at your own risk — no matter who you are

Sun, 20 Apr, 2025

General Election Ireland 2024

Elaine Loughlin: Richard Boyd Barrett starts what’s likely to be his most gruelling campaign yet

Richard Boyd Barrett’s cancer diagnosis is a powerful reminder of the human cost of missed HPV vaccinations in Ireland

Sat, 12 Apr, 2025

Elaine Loughlin: Ireland is dangerously exposed to sabotage beneath the sea — and we’re not ready

S Elaine Loughlin: Ireland is dangerously exposed to sabotage beneath the sea — and we’re not ready

Ireland’s seabed carries our data, power and gas — but political inaction leaves us dangerously open to attack

Sat, 05 Apr, 2025

Dail confidence motion

Elaine Loughlin: Verona Murphy clings on but further trouble lies ahead

Her perceived ineptitude was perhaps part of the reason why the coalition leaders shied away from providing a full-throated support of the Ceann Comhairle

Tue, 01 Apr, 2025

Donald Trump

S Government ‘terrified’ as Trump’s tariff plans threaten Irish exports and foreign investment

As Trump prepares to announce new tariffs, Ireland faces economic uncertainty, trade risks, and a Government scrambling for solutions

Sat, 29 Mar, 2025