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Clodagh Finn: ‘Lelia and Margaretta were moving mountains long before hashtags’
Clodagh Finn: ‘Lelia and Margaretta were moving mountains long before hashtags’
“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us."

Sat, 04 Apr, 2026

JD Vance
Marion McKeone: JD Vance needs all his Machiavellian instincts to avoid becoming Trump's whipping boy
JD Vance is not a natural diplomat so he will be hard pushed to satisfy Donald Trump in the Iran negotiations and to keep on course for a 2028 nomination, writes Marion McKeone

Fri, 03 Apr, 2026

AIR Lakenheath
US F-15E jet confirmed shot down over Iran as Tehran releases wreckage images
Downing of fighter plane – the first shot down over Iran since start of war – prompts frantic US rescue effort

Fri, 03 Apr, 2026

APTOPIX Pentagon US Iran
Top US army officer steps down after Hegseth reportedly demanded removal
Pentagon announces Randy George retiring from role as US army chief of staff, ‘effective immediately’

Fri, 03 Apr, 2026

US and Israeli attacks on Iran
McEntee condemns attacks on UN troops as Irish peacekeepers remain in Lebanon
Foreign affairs minister warns attacks on UN troops undermine decades of peacekeeping work as tensions escalate in Lebanon

Fri, 03 Apr, 2026

Kuwait Iran US
Keir Starmer condemns ‘reckless’ Iranian attack on Kuwaiti oil refinery
Tehran fired drones and missiles at targets across the Middle East overnight

Fri, 03 Apr, 2026

Israel Iran War
Iran fires on targets across Middle East while Israel and US hit Tehran
Iran fires on targets across Middle East while Israel and US hit Tehran

Fri, 03 Apr, 2026

Iran vs Costa Rica - Friendlies
Paul Rouse: War will also shape the future of our sporting world
Sport pales in importance beside the loss of lives, but it allows us further insight into the impact of war.

Thu, 02 Apr, 2026

India Iran War Fuel
Drive slower, work from home and ditch the tie: the world responds to Iran war fuel crisis
Oil crisis triggered by blockade of strait of Hormuz prompts emergency measures to protect supply and halt rising prices

Thu, 02 Apr, 2026

Trump Iran US
Trump claims Iran war ‘nearing completion’ and seeks to justify conflict in prime-time address
Markets sink after president offers little detail on how he intends to wind down conflict over next two to three weeks

Thu, 02 Apr, 2026

Irish Cabinet meeting
Taoiseach cautions prolonged Iran war will drive inflation and energy costs
Taoiseach highlights risks of prolonged conflict, warning of inflation, energy disruption and pressure on key sectors like aviation and food

Thu, 02 Apr, 2026

Trump
Mixed messages and fresh calls to other countries: Six takeaways from latest Trump speech
After his TV appearance, stocks fell, the dollar strengthened and oil rose as Trump stopped short of providing a clear outline for when the war would end

Thu, 02 Apr, 2026

Trump
Irish Examiner view: Donald Trump’s uncertainty on Iran adds to anxiety
Even the US president must surely be aware that optimistic projections about when wars end are rarely accurate

Thu, 02 Apr, 2026

APTOPIX Emirates Iran US Israel
Britain to host 35 countries for strait of Hormuz talks on Thursday
Nations will explore options to reopen the critical waterway after Donald Trump told countries to ‘go get your own oil’

Wed, 01 Apr, 2026

Iran US Voices
Iranian president says in letter that Iran harbors no enmity towards ordinary Americans
Donald Trump, who will address the US later tonight, said he could walk away from the war in two to three weeks once he felt confident Iran would not be able to build a nuclear weapon

Wed, 01 Apr, 2026

Ryanair comments on Norwegian
Jet fuel supplies could be disrupted in May and June by Iran war – Ryanair chief
Government insists fuel supplies remain secure as aviation and energy concerns rise amid escalating Iran conflict

Wed, 01 Apr, 2026

American journalist Shelly Kittleson kidnapped in Baghdad
American journalist Shelly Kittleson kidnapped in Baghdad
The Iraqi interior ministry ‌confirmed the abduction of a female journalist but did not disclose her nationality

Wed, 01 Apr, 2026

Israel Iran US
Donald Trump says US operations in Middle East will end 'very soon'
Many countries in Europe have called the conflict illegal, with some blocking Israeli and US planes from moving weapons through their airspace

Wed, 01 Apr, 2026

US military deployments signal major escalation in Iran war
US military deployments signal major escalation in Iran war
It is clear US president Trump is preparing to launch ground operations in the Middle East, writes Dorcha Lee

Wed, 01 Apr, 2026

Trump
Trump says securing Strait of Hormuz is ‘not for us’
President Donald Trump said securing the Strait of Hormuz is “not for us” and estimated that the US will be done attacking Iran in two to three weeks.

Tue, 31 Mar, 2026

Italy Pope
Pope urges Easter end to US-Israel war on Iran
Pope Leo XIV has expressed hopes that the US-Israel war on Iran could be finished before Easter. The US-born pontiff made the remarks to reporters as he left the papal retreat at Castel Gandolfo outside of Rome on Tuesday.

Tue, 31 Mar, 2026

The Deirdre O’Shaughnessy Podcast: Trump’s war on Iran is more complicated than we think
The Deirdre O’Shaughnessy Podcast: Trump’s war on Iran is more complicated than we think
Mahya Ostovar is an Iranian political activist who has researched opposition movements in the country

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Oil Tanker Dubai UAE
Middle East latest: Trump tells allies to go to strait of Hormuz and ‘just take fuel’
The US president made the remarks on social media and said other countries, ‘like the UK’, need to learn how to fight for themselves

Tue, 31 Mar, 2026

APTOPIX Lebanon Israel Iran War
US attacks Iranian nuclear site as Tehran hits oil tanker off Dubai coast
Isfahan is home to one of three sites earlier attacked by the US military in June and some of Iran’s highly enriched uranium is likely stored or buried or there

Tue, 31 Mar, 2026

EU tells members to prepare for 'prolonged disruption' to fuel prices from Iran war
EU tells members to prepare for 'prolonged disruption' to fuel prices from Iran war
Europe's heavy reliance on imported fuel means the continent is very exposed to the Middle East conflict's impact on ​global energy prices

Tue, 31 Mar, 2026

Diesel fuel sales
Ireland set for months of high fuel prices even if war in Middle East ended today
"For every attack there will be pipes and machinery that will have to be rebuilt, all of which takes a long time"

Tue, 31 Mar, 2026

Trump
Middle East latest: Trump threatens to 'blow up' power plants if Iran deal isn't agreed soon
Iran attacked and set ablaze a fully loaded crude oil tanker off Dubai

Tue, 31 Mar, 2026

Benjamin Netanyahu
Fergus Finlay: Given our 'innocent bystander' history, Ireland is ready to overcome hardship from Iran war
Trump and Netanyahu just automatically assumed, because the regime in Iran is despotic and odious, that the rest of the world would applaud loudly while they wreaked untold havoc

Tue, 31 Mar, 2026

Iran Spain
Spain says it has closed its airspace to US planes involved in Iran war
Spain had already said the US could not use jointly operated military bases in the Iran conflict, which Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has described as illegal, reckless and unjust

Mon, 30 Mar, 2026

Simon Harris says fuel crisis is 'worsening by the day'
Simon Harris says fuel crisis is 'worsening by the day'
Government's excise cuts being negated by higher prices caused by strikes on energy infrastructure

Mon, 30 Mar, 2026

Britain US Iran Israel
Spain closes airspace to US planes involved in attacks on Iran
'We don't authorise either the use of military bases ​or the use of airspace for actions related ​to the war in Iran'

Mon, 30 Mar, 2026

Lebanon Israel Iran War
David McNamara: Markets at odds on outlook for Middle East conflict
With evidence of some market complacency regarding the potential economic impact from the current conflict, interest rate markets tell a very different story

Mon, 30 Mar, 2026

Iran Islands Explainer
What is Kharg Island? Iran’s strategic islands become US targets
Here’s what to know about Iran’s islands in the Persian Gulf up to the Strait of Hormuz

Mon, 30 Mar, 2026

Iran US
Trump considers seizing Iranian island even as diplomatic talks move ahead
Donald Trump has openly considered seizing Iran’s Kharg Island oil terminal in the Persian Gulf

Mon, 30 Mar, 2026

Meet the man tasked with getting to grips with Ireland’s maritime security
Meet the man tasked with getting to grips with Ireland’s maritime security
Robert McCabe, who is leading the new maritime security research project at the NMCI, says events in the Middle East and closer to home underline the international importance of that work

Mon, 30 Mar, 2026

Middle East latest: Iran accuses US of plotting ground assault while publicly seeking talks as UN peacekeeper killed
Middle East latest: Iran accuses US of plotting ground assault while publicly seeking talks as UN peacekeeper killed
Tehran says it will confront any land attack, as Trump says regime’s export hub on Kharg island could be taken ‘very easily’

Mon, 30 Mar, 2026

Iran War
Pakistan to ‘host war talks’ as Iran says US ground troops would be set on fire
It was also unclear in the announcement on Sunday whether the talks would be direct or indirect

Sun, 29 Mar, 2026

Iran US
Iran warns US ground troops would be ‘set on fire’ as diplomats meet on war
It comes as regional diplomats met in Pakistan on Sunday in the hopes of opening direct US-Iran talks and ending the month-long war

Sun, 29 Mar, 2026

APTOPIX Iran War
Houthi forces enter Iran war with missile attacks on Israeli military sites
The entry of the Houthis, who control Yemen’s most populous areas, poses a direct threat to the Bab al-Mandab strait

Sun, 29 Mar, 2026

Lebanon Israel Iran War
Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon kills three journalists covering the war
Hezbollah’s al-Manar TV said its longtime correspondent Ali Shoeib was killed in southern Lebanon

Sat, 28 Mar, 2026

Israel Iran War
Yemen’s Houthis launch first attack on Israel since outbreak of conflict
While Israel was again hitting targets across Iran’s capital on Saturday, it identified what it said was a missile launched from Yemen. 

Sat, 28 Mar, 2026

GERMANY-IRAN-US-POLITICS-DEMO
'Anti-war' groups drown out voices of Iranians opposed to Islamic Republic regime 
Mahya Ostovar says protests in Ireland echo a global phenomenon — Iranians protesting against the repressive regime are being swamped by the dominant political narrative

Sat, 28 Mar, 2026

Friedrich Merz,Emmanuel Macron
Shona Murray: European leaders lack backbone when dealing with Israel
Failing to put pressure on Israel following their continued assault on Gaza set the stage for the country's attack on Iran

Sat, 28 Mar, 2026

Accelerating Infrastructure launch
Simon Harris warns global energy crisis has reached ‘historic proportion’
TĂĄnaiste among European finance ministers who gathered in Brussels on Friday for a Eurogroup meeting to discuss the impact of the war in Iran

Fri, 27 Mar, 2026

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