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Eoghan Rice
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Communications Deputy Director, Ireland's Department of Foreign Affairs. Partial to Shamrock Rovers.
This guy is going to be huge. Hope Sligo end up getting what they deserve for him.
January 29, 2026 at 2:55 PM
New funding announced to make Holocaust education available to every secondary school in Ireland.

So important given the really worrying survey results around Holocaust knowledge among young people.

www.independent.ie/opinion/comm...
Helen McEntee: Ireland has a duty to improve Holocaust education for a generation at risk of forgetting
Eighty-one years ago today, Auschwitz-Birkenau was liberated. In that death camp, more than one million Jewish people were murdered – just one part of Nazi Germany’s genocidal killing machine.
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January 27, 2026 at 10:48 AM
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Millions of euro worth of international aid meant for people starving in Gaza is expiring in warehouses in Jordan.

At the Al-Ghabawi facility, aid workers have described the situation as “death by bureaucracy”, with lifesaving supplies sitting unused.

jrnl.ie/6927034
January 15, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Holocaust survivor, jeweller and table tennis maestro: Ireland’s oldest man dies aged 107

www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...
Holocaust survivor, jeweller and table tennis maestro: Ireland’s oldest man dies aged 107
Josef ‘Joe’ Veselsky, who fled Czechoslovakia in 1948 after surviving the war, was Trinity’s oldest student in his 90s
www.irishtimes.com
January 4, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Neale Richmond: How Ireland will make its place on world stage count in 2026

www.independent.ie/opinion/comm...
Neale Richmond: How Ireland will make its place on world stage count in 2026
The year 2025 will not come across well in the history books.
www.independent.ie
December 30, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Letter of the day.
November 22, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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This weekend, most of the G20 will gather in South Africa, with Ireland making its debut appearance at the summit.

Our reporter Eoghan Dalton is in Johannesburg bringing you all the latest updates from the event.

Get the latest updates at The Journal.
November 22, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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Ireland (and Micheál Martin) will be making a debut at the G20 this weekend - here's why jrnl.ie/6879234
Ireland (and Micheál Martin) will be making a debut at the G20 this weekend - here's why
This year’s invite is viewed as an immense honour and due to Ireland’s relationship with South Africa.
jrnl.ie
November 21, 2025 at 7:18 AM
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Next weekend, the South African city of Johannesburg will host the Group of 20 summit of the world’s top economies.
Ireland to attend Africa's first G20, as US boycotts
Ireland will attend the G20 Summit in Johannesburg next weekend amid a US boycott. The US President Donald Trump condemned South Africa's hosting of the summit of the world's top economies as a "total...
www.rte.ie
November 15, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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Cop30: Minister commits to supporting poor nations but concerns over climate funding remain
Cop30: Minister commits to supporting poor nations but concerns over climate funding remain
Campaigners say Loss and Damage Fund, agreed at Cop27 in 2022, is under-funded, too restrictive and too slow to respond
www.irishtimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Ireland still leading the way in efforts to help Palestinians as aid trickles in

www.independent.ie/opinion/neal...
Neale Richmond: Ireland still leading the way in efforts to help Palestinians as aid trickles in
After two years of horror in Gaza, recent days saw a glimpse of ­something positive: trucks bearing the Irish Tricolour delivering much-needed food.
www.independent.ie
November 12, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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"What Ireland is doing is progressive, but we recognise, like every country, that more needs to be done."

Minister of State Neale Richmond, who is in Brazil at the UN's annual climate summit, writes about Ireland's progress on climate action and the workings of COP30.

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Neale Richmond: The government takes climate action seriously, but we recognise we need to do more
Minister of State Neale Richmond is in Brazil today at the UN’s annual climate summit.
jrnl.ie
November 12, 2025 at 7:00 AM
This is a fantastic story: A Dubliner going to the World Cup with Cape Verde. And it couldn't have happened to a nicer guy. Looking forward to cheering Pico and Cape Verde on next summer.
October 13, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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Ireland is to provide an additional €6 million in humanitarian aid for Gaza, where a ceasefire has been in effect since Friday and where aid agencies are ramping up supplies to the war torn Palestinian territory.
Ireland to provide additional €6m in aid for Gaza
Ireland is to provide an additional €6 million in humanitarian aid for Gaza, where a ceasefire has been in effect since Friday and where aid agencies are ramping up supplies to the war torn Palestinia...
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October 13, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Great morning at the Global Solidarity Run in Dublin's Herbert Park. Runs are happening today in over 100 countries. #GlobalRun2025
October 11, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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An independent UN commission has concluded that Israel has committed and continues to commit genocide against Palestinians in Gaza
Israel committing genocide in Gaza - UN commission
An independent UN commission has concluded that Israel has committed and continues to commit genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.
www.rte.ie
September 16, 2025 at 7:07 AM
The downpour in Dublin is so torrential that the Luas driver just came over the intercom to say "Jaysus folks"
July 15, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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Hi, I’m Rieke, a physio from Ireland. I just finished a 6-week deployment to Gaza with the @icrc.org. For the next 3 days, I'll post about my experiences at the Red Cross Field Hospital.

📸 Me & my youngest patient: Malek, a 6-month-old baby who was injured in an explosion.
July 2, 2025 at 10:47 AM
The Simon Cumbers Media Fund, which funds journalists in Ireland to travel to report on development and humanitarian matters around the world, is open for applications.

Interested in applying? Visit here: www.ireland.ie/en/irish-aid...
July 1, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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Aid systems have been "completely dismantled" as a result of funding gaps, as more than 300 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance and protection, and 120 million people displaced, according to NGOs
www.rte.ie/news/2025/06...
Irish NGOs say aid cuts putting millions of lives at risk
Leaders in Ireland's humanitarian sector have said that millions of lives are at risk after Western countries drastically cut foreign aid budgets this year.
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June 26, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Government pledges 'full support' to doctor working to get mobile children's hospital into Gaza jrnl.ie/6743811
Government pledges 'full support' to doctor working to get mobile children's hospital into Gaza
Yesterday, Dr Mo spoke to Oireachtas members about the horrors he saw while working as an emergency medical doctor in Gaza.
jrnl.ie
June 25, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said the inability of member states to come to a unified position on Israel's assault on Gaza has become a "stain" on the EU
Martin: EU's divided stance on Gaza war 'a stain' on bloc
Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said the inability of member states to come to a unified position on Israel's assault on Gaza has become a "stain" on the EU.
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June 25, 2025 at 5:17 PM
If I was an entrepreneur- which clearly I am not - I would be focusing my energies on Africa with its 1.5bn people, 60% of whom are under 30.

At the Africa Ireland Trade Horizons conference today the message for Irish businesses was simple: look south.
June 24, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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Three Irish citizens and their dependents have been evacuated from Iran.
Three Irish citizens evacuated from Iran
Three Irish citizens and their dependents have been evacuated from Iran, Tánaiste Simon Harris has confirmed.
www.rte.ie
June 23, 2025 at 8:10 AM
That was a very enjoyable evening.
May 20, 2025 at 9:26 AM