The South Dublin criminal from a wealthy family who became a close associate of the Kinahan gang
O'Sullivan was known as a skilled drug trafficker before specialising in EncroChat phones, which allow criminals to communicate under the radar
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Nato summit: Two-tier spending solution a major victory for Rutte
Agreement on new defence target of 5 per cent of GDP is a win for the former Dutch prime minister
EU may be finally approaching ‘point of departure’ on Gaza war
Iran war threatens to stall growing support within EU for action against Israel, as foreign ministers meet in Brussels
‘Amsterdam is a whole lot easier to get around than Dublin ... You get a much better quality of life here’
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Ratko Mladic: ‘Terminally ill’ Bosnian Serb general serving life for genocide seeks release
‘Butcher of Bosnia’ convicted in 2017 of extermination and murder over 1995 massacre of 8,000 Muslim men and boys in Srebrenica
Scientists develop new way to detect deepfake videos
Technique utilises image analysis to identify variations in skin tone created by human pulse that are absent in bogus footage
Dutch voters welcome collapse of right-wing coalition, according to poll
Country facing autumn elections after Geert Wilders pulled his Freedom Party out of government
Geert Wilders gambles on election at the risk of losing political allies
Far-right leader, who brought down the Dutch government on Tuesday, may struggle to get another taste of power
EU cannot ignore what’s happening in Poland and The Netherlands
Fundamental change is not merely possible or probable; it is becoming an existential necessity
The Irish Times view on the Dutch government’s collapse: not unexpected
The Netherlands, like much of Europe, faces a fracturing political landscape
Geert Wilders pulls party from Netherlands government
Freedom Party leader says coalition partners are not willing to embrace his ideas on halting asylum migration
Geert Wilders threatens to pull party out of Dutch government over immigration reforms
Freedom Party minister wants to enact plan to cut €3.5 billion from the immigration and asylum budget
Ryanair quietly drops carbon offset option for passengers on its flights
Carbon calculator for flight emissions also withdrawn as airline says ‘there was very little interest or uptake from passengers’
Bodies of Dutch children taken by father recovered from submerged car
Police in the Netherlands had issued amber alert for the family, with fears they had crossed German border
Netherlands will undertake huge security operation during Nato summit
Largest logistical operation ever mounted by the country during peacetime will have significant input from Germany, the UK, France, Italy and Spain
Netherlands backs calls for review of EU-Israel agreement
Israel aid blockage worsening ‘dire humanitarian situation’ in Gaza, Dutch minister tells EU foreign chief
Irish voters want to support Ukraine but not get involved militarily
Ipsos B&A survey in 29 countries finds that voters worry doing nothing in Ukraine will encourage Russia to take further military action in Europe and Asia
Dutch government summons Iranian ambassador after claims Tehran behind attempted murders
Netherlands’ intelligence agency points finger at Iran for attempts to kill activist and Spanish former MEP
Two prized ‘Rembrandts’ were painted by someone else, reveals Dutch museum
Art ‘detectives’ suspect works were painted by students
The liberation of Bergen-Belsen: ‘Hello, hello. You are free’
Concentration camp where Anne Frank, her sister Margot and some 70,000 others died stands as a warning for the future
Irish young people are second-biggest users of ecstasy in the EU
Study found 6.5 per cent of people aged 15 to 34 in Ireland had taken the drug in the previous year
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Rodrigo Duterte appears before International Criminal Court in The Hague
Lawyer for former Philippines president describes his arrest as ‘pure and simple kidnapping’
The science and psychology of tech bubbles
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Support for Geert Wilders’s far-right party falls in the Netherlands amid rising inflation
Dutch government to talk to France about nuclear deterrent as fears spread about Russia
Irish women have real medal-winning potential at European Indoor Championships this weekend
Sarah Healy and Kate O’Connor among those in contention in the Netherlands amid strong competition
Israeli soldiers flee Netherlands following accusations of Gaza war crimes
Similar incidents are reported to have happened in 12 countries
The company of wolves: should large predators be reintroduced to Ireland?
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Police believe Mexican cartel was behind killing of Dutch criminal
Police say cartel bosses appear to have discovered that Marco Ebben (32) was under surveillance and decided to silence him before he was arrested
Kidnapped by the IRA: ‘My abductors say they will not give the government the satisfaction of getting me back alive’
Dutch businessman Tiede Herrema was kidnapped by the IRA 50 years ago and his archive donated to University of Limerick in 2005
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