Defence Forces concerned about sensitive information being revealed at inquest of Private Seán Rooney
Pte Rooney (24) was killed in attack on peacekeeper convoy in Lebanon in 2022
Pte Rooney (24) was killed in attack on peacekeeper convoy in Lebanon in 2022
Security vacuum after Assad downfall has led to plundering for Greek, Roman and Byzantine artefacts
A Syrian, a Palestinian, an Iranian and an Israeli give their views on how better times might be reached where they live
A map-based guide to understand wars and conflict in the Middle East
It remains to be seen whether the Iranian nuclear programme was obliterated or merely set back
Unifil mission requires UN Security Council vote amid fears US will act to end or scale it back
Saudi Arabia leads calls for political solution to end Middle East crisis
There have been more than 900 mine-related injuries or fatalities in Syria since the fall of the Assad regime
With almost 2,000km between Tel Aviv and Tehran, this is Israel’s first long-distance war
Self-preservation and national interest mean regional allies can do little more than express support
Tánaiste warns against travel to either country as Irish embassy staff work with citizens actively seeking to leave them
Ireland fell behind on commitments made in 2020-2023 to bring in 2,900 refugees
IDF says Thursday’s wave of bombings, more than six months after truce agreement, was targeting Hizbullah drone-making facilities
Legal action over his death during peacekeeping patrol is about ‘truth and accountability’, says Natasha Rooney
Démarche says Thursday incident as ‘completely unacceptable’
Irish troops uninjured and Unifil patrols resumed as normal on Friday
Military chief says €5-a-shot technological breakthrough heralds new era in warfare, ‘the laser era’
Israel Defense Forces responsible for incident, said Tánaiste Simon Harris in statement
Just as Trump folded his tent in the Doha discussions on Afghanistan and gave up threats to forcibly end North Korea’s missile programme, his boasts about doing deals look empty
Push to demilitarise Palestinian factions seen as precursor to far tougher bid to disarm Hizbullah
Six-month Unifil deployment in Lebanon completed by 170 troops
All Irish personnel are ‘safe and well’, Defence Forces say
Tánaiste also to provide update on case of Pte Seán Rooney, who was killed in Lebanon in 2022
Beirut Letter: I am unused to the sudden contrast between joy and violence, and feel a deep disquiet
Fr Paul Murphy says ‘everything was blessed’ on the night in question
Escalation indicates Israel’s preparedness to ramp up military action in name of Syria’s Druze minority
Missiles, used by Ireland’s Defence Forces since 2006, are made by Raytheon and Lockheed Martin and have been deployed in Ukraine
The scope is perhaps too broad, and the prose a little dry, for this book to appeal to the general reader
Call for anniversary to be ‘a turning point, and not just a moment of remembrance’
TDs protest at Garda treatment, Taoiseach did not understand ‘necessity for any strip-searching’
Attack tests unsteady ceasefire between Israel and Hizbullah
Simon Harris says €16.5m contract in place to invest in protection of Defence Forces personnel
Attack on Lebanese capital ‘unjustified’, says French president Emmanuel Macron
With a fragile ceasefire in place, medics look to repair hospitals and care centres to get services running again
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How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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