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News Articles: Ireland

Eddie Jordan, former Formula One driver and team owner, listens during a press conference in July 2013 in Moscow.

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  • Sports

Ex-F1 team owner and media personality Eddie Jordan has died at 76

Jordan ran his own team in the 1990s and 2000s in Formula 1. He became a popular pundit on TV after selling the team in 2005.

March 20, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Mary Robinson (center) participates in a fireside chat with Carter Center CEP Paige Alexander (right) and Carter Center Chief Development Officer Nicole Kruse at the Carter Center in Atlanta on March 3, 2025.

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  • News

'Hope is action': Former Irish president Mary Robinson screens new documentary at Carter Center

Ahead of International Women's Day, Mrs. Robinson explores leadership on the global stage and the importance of maintaining hope in the push for human rights and environmental initiatives.

March 07, 2025
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By:
  • Kristi York Wooten
Israelis protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government and call for the release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip by the Hamas militant group, in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Dec. 14, 2024.

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  • Europe

Israel will close its Ireland embassy over Gaza tensions

Israel said Sunday it will close its embassy in Ireland as relations deteriorated over the war in Gaza, where Palestinian medical officials said new Israeli airstrikes killed over 46 people including several children.

December 16, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
A North Atlantic right whale swims near a federal research vessel.

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  • Animals

North Atlantic right whale identified along Irish coast for first time in over 100 years

Climate change is shifting the critically endangered species' migratory patterns farther north.

July 22, 2024
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By:
  • Benjamin Payne
Ireland's Prime Minister Simon Harris (left), flanked by Ireland's Minister of Foreign Affairs Micheál Martin, speaks Wednesday in Dublin to announce Ireland's recognition of a Palestinian state.

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  • World

Spain, Norway and Ireland say they will recognize a Palestinian state

Israel recalls ambassadors, as Spain, Ireland and Norway announce they will formally recognize the Palestinian state this month.

May 22, 2024
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By:
  • Miguel Macias and
  • Willem Marx
Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store speaks during a news conference in Oslo, Norway, Wednesday. Israel's Foreign Minister Israel Katz has ordered Israel's ambassadors from Ireland and Norway to immediately return to Israel, as Norway said it would recognize a Palestinian state and Ireland was expected to do the same.

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  • Europe

Norway, Ireland and Spain say they will recognize a Palestinian state

Norway, Ireland and Spain recognized a Palestinian state on Wednesday in a historic move that drew immediate condemnation from Israel and jubilation from the Palestinians.

May 22, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Children from Cork, Ireland sing "The Spark," in a music video.

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  • Music

This wholesome banger from a group of Irish kids is the spark you need

A shot of pure joy to start off the weekend: a charming video of kids from Cork, Ireland, rapping about finding and following their creative voice.

May 17, 2024
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By:
  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
Frederick Douglass visited Ireland in 1845 to drum up support for abolition. That launched generations of solidarity between Black civil rights and Irish republican activists.

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  • Race

The long, storied history of solidarity between Black and Irish activists

What's a portrait of Frederick Douglass doing hanging in an Irish-themed pub in Washington, D.C.? To get to the answer, Parker and Gene dive deep into the long history of solidarity and exchange between Black civil rights leaders and Irish republican activists, starting with Frederick Douglass' visit to Ireland in 1845.

April 10, 2024
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  • B.A. Parker,
  • Gene Demby,
  • and 7 more
Prime Minister of Ireland Leo Varadkar arrives to attend a European Union summit on Feb. 1 in Brussels, Belgium.

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  • Europe

Ireland's prime minister, Leo Varadkar, has resigned

Leo Varadkar announced he will step down as taoiseach, or prime minister, within weeks as soon as his Fine Gael party chooses a successor.

March 20, 2024
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By:
  • Lauren Frayer
A large sign calling for a cease-fire in Gaza hangs from a building in Dublin on Feb. 12.

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  • News

Why Ireland is one of the most pro-Palestinian nations in the world

One of the most pro-Palestinian nations in the world is not an Arab or Muslim country. It's not even in the Middle East. Polls show Ireland has some of the highest support for the Palestinians.

March 14, 2024
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By:
  • Lauren Frayer and
  • Fatima Al-Kassab
Emmalene Blake poses for a portrait in front of her mural showing Samia al-Atrash holding her niece Masa Khader, who was killed by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza in October.

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  • News

A grieving Palestinian, an Irish artist and the mural that brought them together

Artist Emmalene Blake's mural on the wall of a Dublin pub became an iconic image of Gaza's grief. Then one day, she got an Instagram message from the Palestinian woman in the image.

February 21, 2024
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By:
  • Lauren Frayer and
  • Fatima Al-Kassab
A car burns as Irish policemen stand at the scene of an attack in Dublin city centre, Thursday Nov. 23, 2023.

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  • Europe

Violent clashes break out in Dublin after knife attack

Violent clashes broke out in Dublin on Thursday evening after a 5-year-old girl was seriously injured in a knife attack earlier in the day that also saw a woman and two other children hospitalized.

November 23, 2023
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Sinéad O'Connor sings in concert in 2003 at The Point Theatre in Dublin, Ireland. O'Connor has died at 56.

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  • Arts & Life

Irish singer Sinead O'Connor has died at 56

O'Connor, who had one of the biggest hits of the early 1990s with her version of "Nothing Compares 2 U," became as well known for her political convictions and the tumult in her life as for her songs.

July 26, 2023
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By:
  • Neda Ulaby and
  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
Divers begin to open the hatch of Pisces III as she breaks water under the John Cabot after being hauled from the Atlantic seabed off the coast of Cork, Ireland.

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  • National

Deep sea rescues have a mixed track record. The Pisces III is one that succeeded

An international mission rescued both occupants of a sunken submersible off the coast of Ireland in 1973 with just 12 minutes to spare. The men had spent three days in darkness and silence.

June 20, 2023
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
A freshly poured pint of Guinness is pictured in Dublin, on June 7, 2021.

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  • Health

Ireland will require cancer warnings and calorie counts on alcoholic beverage labels

Under the new rules taking effect in three years, labels will also have to warn drinkers of the risks to pregnancy, the beverage's calorie content and the number of grams of alcohol it contains.

May 22, 2023
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By:
  • Joe Hernandez
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