If you’re an American should watch the Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown ep on Iran. A deeply humanizing look at a country full of people just like you and me. I watched it after Anthony died and it moved in ways that are hard to relay. I also immediately ran out to try kabob koobideh and tahdig.

Tá diúracáin láinseáilte ag an Iaráín ar bhunáiteanna míleata de chuid na Stát Aontaithe sa Chatar agus san Iaráic, dar leis na meáin stáit i dTehran agus iad ag tabhairt 'freagra cumhachtach' ar ionsaithe Mheiriceá ar ionaid núicleacha orthu. www.rte.ie/news/nuacht/...

The first trailer has been released for Saipan, a new film exploring the explosive fallout between Roy Keane and Mick McCarthy during Ireland's 2002 World Cup preparations. www.rte.ie/entertainmen...

The Department of Foreign Affairs says it has concerns about an Iranian opposition group, which a delegation of seven Fianna Fáil TDs and Senators supported at a conference in Paris last May. www.rte.ie/news/politic...

Johnny Sexton says he always expected to return to rugby, even if his acceleration to a full-time coaching role has arrived earlier than expected. www.rte.ie/sport/rugby/...

Ed Sheeran's faces backlash for 'identifying culturally' as Irish ☘️ www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrit...

The great tragedy is there’s no political pendulum to restrain Israel’s Cromwellian impulses
General Macready hated Ireland. He’d a sense of foreboding when summoned to Downing Street fearing it related to “the island I hoped never to set foot in again”…
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...

🏌️‍♂️US Open
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A mother-of-four from Co Laois is flying to Egypt to join people from over 60 countries with the goal of marching to the Rafah crossing in Gaza. www.rte.ie/news/leinste...

Rory McIlroy says he has to "get his stuff together" as he looks to shake off his Masters hangover at the US Open this week. www.rte.ie/sport/golf/2...

Tá cathlán muirshaighdiúirí curtha go Los Angeles ag Uachtarán na Stát Aontaithe Donald Trump chun dul i ngleic, a deir sé, leis na caismirtí atá ag tarlú sa chathair sin le roinnt laethanta. www.rte.ie/news/nuacht/...

The former Waterford Crystal manufacturing site is to be transformed to form part of the country's first co-located university enterprise quarter in a €130 million initiative. www.rte.ie/news/busines...

Momentum is growing! #StopFundingGenocide
Fingal CoCo unanimously demanded an end to the facilitation by the Central Bank of Ireland of the sale of Israel Bonds. We call on all TDs to support tomorrow's motion, to stand with Palestine and against apartheid Israel's genocide. #StopFundingGenocide

An independent United Nations commission has said Israeli attacks on schools, religious and cultural sites in Gaza amount to war crimes and constitute an attempt to "obliterate" Palestinian life. www.rte.ie/news/middle-...

Israel's defence minister orders Israeli military to block an aid boat headed for Gaza with 12 activists on board, including Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg. www.rte.ie/news/2025/06...

Can Fíanna Fáil and Fine Gael stop pretending that the Occupied Territories Bill is something so shocking and radical now that the Financial Times is saying that's the bare minimum response to Israel's war crimes? #Spéirgorm #Ireland

Despite the long time time & ongoing propaganda of conflating both which hurts many Jewish people, and so many Christian Xios … your weekly reminder of this:
PS Semites include Christian Muslim & Jews whose bloodline is from the Holy Land … not Europe, not the USA!

From relief to horror: Gazans met with gunfire at aid sites

Palestinian photojournalist Abdel Rahim Khudr breaks down after discovering the loss of 48 family members in an Israeli air attack that hit his home in northern Gaza on the first day of Eid al-Adha.

Is don ráta boilscthe a cheanglófar feasta an cíos atá le baint amach ar thithe nó árasáin nua-thógtha. www.rte.ie/news/nuacht/...

Just another day in the #genocideofpalestinians
45 people have been murdered by Israel in attacks on Gaza, local medics have said, as Israel said it has retrieved the body of a Thai hostage who had been held in Gaza since Hamas's 7 October 2023 attack. www.rte.ie/news/2025/06...

Under the heat of the Mediterranean sun, a small group of activists is currently making its way by water to one of the the most dangerous places on earth. www.rte.ie/news/world/2...