European Court of Justice ruling raises questions about Government’s system of water charges

Pub chain JD Wetherspoon is using Ireland to skirt around Brexit red tape as it launches an expansion into Europe.

European Court of Justice ruling raises questions about Government’s system of water charges

An investigation by Physicians for Human Rights-Israel found that at least 98 Palestinians have died in detention since the start of the war in Gaza. The organization said it had 'little doubt' that m...

‘The world thinks Palestinians don’t need help any more,’ aid organiser says, despite desperate need as winter nears Fundraisers collecting for Palestinian civilians in Gaza are seeing a “catastrophic” drop-off in donations since the ceasefire was announced in October. Donations collected by volunteers and funnelled to needy families living in temporary shelters and struggling with illness, hunger and malnutrition have been harder to raise since then, according to organisers, many of whom have been running volunteer initiatives for Palestinians in Gaza on third-party crowdfunding platforms over the past two years. Continue reading...

Restriction zones have been put in place around a commercial turkey farm in Co Carlow, after an outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of avian influenza, or bird flu was detected there.

Colum Eastwood has described the cost as “sick” and “an insult to victims who are left to fight for truth and justice alone”.

In its crackdown on pro-Palestine speech, Germany has normalized racism and state violence in a way that goes beyond any conflict abroad, reminding us this really is the country of the 1920s, again.

<article data-history-node-id="429869" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-forces-arrest-least-nine-palestinians-occupied-west-bank" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-forces-arrest-least-nine-palestinians-occupied-west-bank" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli forces arrest at least nine Palestinians in occupied West Bank</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>The Israeli military arrested at least nine people during raids across the occupied West Bank on Thursday, according to the Wafa news agency.</p> <p>The report said men were arrested in several locations: two in the city of Nablus, three in the nearby Balata refugee camp, one each in Hebron governorate’s al-Sura village and Beit Ummar town, one in the city of Bethlehem, another in the nearby village of Hindazah, and one in Tulkarem governorate’s Attil town, north of Tulkarem city.</p> </div> </div> </article>