Ireland

Ireland's new €53m. jet may struggle in fog as government rejects Israeli-made landing system

Ireland’s new government jet was purchased without FalconEye, an Elbit co-developed system that helps aircraft land in fog, despite officials denying any operational limits.

Ireland's new government jet, which lacks the Elbit-manufactured FalconEye technology that allows it to land in fog.
PROTESTERS CALL on the Irish government to impose sanctions on Israel, in Dublin, last month. Over the years, Ireland has taken a more anti-Israel position than most European or Western nations, states the writer.

UKLFI, Ireland Israel Alliance challenge proposed Irish bill on importing goods from West Bank

A banner flies at Rewild Festival, Ireland, July 10, 2026.

Irish music festival bans IDF veteran from attending in name of 'safe, welcoming, inclusive space'

View of the European Parliament during a plenary session in Brussels, Belgium, March 2, 2017.

The hypocrisy of Ireland’s EU presidency commitments - opinion


Kneecap banned from Hungary ahead of festival over antisemitic, pro-Hamas sentiment

Government spokesperson Zoltan Kovacs said authorities banned the band for three years, claiming that their entry would "seriously threaten national security."

 Mo Chara (Naoise O Caireallain), Moglai Bap (Liam Og O Hannaidh), Rich Peppiatt and DJ Provai of Kneecap attend the 2025 British Academy of Film and Television Awards (BAFTA) at the Royal Festival Hall in the Southbank Centre, London, Britain, February 16, 2025.

Jewish man slapped on Dublin bus, accused of being a ‘genocidal Jew’

An Garda Síochána told The Jerusalem Post on Sunday that the man was arrested and released without charge.

PROTESTERS CALL on the Irish government to impose sanctions on Israel, in Dublin, last month. Over the years, Ireland has taken a more anti-Israel position than most European or Western nations, states the writer.

'Selective outrage': Jewish orgs. slam Irish law criminalizing West Bank imports

Jewish organizations criticized the proposed Irish law criminalizing imports from the West Bank during a hearing in the Irish Parliament.

PROTESTERS CALL on the Irish government to impose sanctions on Israel, in Dublin, last month. Over the years, Ireland has taken a more anti-Israel position than most European or Western nations, states the writer.

Ireland refuses visas for Ramallah children planning to attend Gaelic Games summer camp

Claire Liddy, International spokesperson for GAA Palestine, told RTÉ Radio One on Tuesday that an appeal had been lodged.

 The Gaelic Games in Palestine (GAA-P) organization

Scandal rocks Ireland after professional hurler admits to faking cancer to defraud people

The 54-year-old was one of Ireland’s most accomplished hurlers, winning the All-Ireland five times and All-Star multiple times.

 DJ Carey with a phone wire taped up his nose.

Thieves mistakenly take historic Masonic banner believing it was a Jewish Star, owners claim

The banner is believed to have been taken during the Festival of Writing and Ideas on June 6, the weekend 5,000 festivalgoers were present. 

 Borris, County Carlow, near to Borris, Milltown Cross Roads and Ullard, Carlow, Ireland. The main gates of Borris House.

Ireland experts to begin identification of 800 dead children in home for unmarried mothers

Irish forensic and archeological experts will begin the excavation of a church-run home for unmarried mothers where it's believed almost 800 children died.

 Heavy machinery is used for excavation work at the site of the Tuam graveyard, where the bodies of 796 babies were uncovered at the site of a former Catholic Church-run Bon Secours Mother and Baby Home, in Tuam, Ireland, July 7, 2025.

Ireland burns political capital to block just €214k in settlement dates and olives

Should the measure pass, Ireland would become the first EU member to impose a unilateral boycott of settlement goods – a move with almost no economic bite but plenty of diplomatic sting.

 The Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) calls for a demonstration at Ha'penny Bridge under the banner 'Shamrocks for Palestine' to protest Israeli attacks on Gaza in Dublin, Ireland on March 15, 2025.

Irish lawmakers begin vetting West Bank-goods ban, intensifying rift with Jerusalem

Although trade in settlement goods is tiny, Dublin’s move is widely seen as a test case that other EU capitals hostile to Israel’s war in Gaza may emulate.

People hold a banner with images of Ireland’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade and Minister for Defence Simon Harris and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a protest in support of Palestinians in Gaza, in Dublin, Ireland, May 17, 2025.

Iceland to call for EBU to ban Israel at London meeting in July

The EBU will discuss a call from Iceland’s public broadcaster to ban Israel from Eurovision in its upcoming meeting of the EBU General Assembly in London.

 A person holds a flag during the Grand Final of the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest, in Malmo, Sweden, May 12, 2024.