Tag Archives: Ireland

Record Number Of Americans Seek Irish Passports

Ireland’s public broadcaster RTE reports: The number of people in the United States seeking to become Irish citizens has significantly increased. The Foreign Births Register allows the descendants of Irish people who have moved abroad to claim Irish citizenship. Last November, saw the highest number of passport applications from the US in a calendar month in the ten years worth …

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“Homesick” Rioter Arrested Upon Return From Ireland

The Associated Press reports: A Wisconsin man fled to Ireland and sought asylum to avoid a prison sentence for joining a mob’s attack on the U.S. Capitol over three years ago, federal authorities allege in a court filing Tuesday. The filing charges Paul Kovacik with defying a court order to surrender and serve three months behind bars for participating in …

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Ireland, Spain, Norway To Recognize Palestinian State

Politico Europe reports: Ireland, Spain and Norway on Wednesday said they would officially recognize Palestine as a state from next week, in a diplomatic move that triggered fury in Israel. In Dublin, Irish Prime Minister Simon Harris [photo] said Palestine deserved the same right to be recognized as a sovereign state that Ireland received after fighting a war of independence …

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Experts Say X Posts Fueled Far-Right Riots In Dublin

CBS News reports: Elon Musk’s social media platform X has fueled far-right disinformation in Ireland and played a key role in riots last month in the country’s capital Dublin, experts tell CBS News. The violent clashes erupted on Nov. 23 between about 200 civilians and riot police in central Dublin as demonstrators vented rage after a stabbing incident that left …

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Far-Right Mob Riots And Loots In Downtown Dublin

The Washington Post reports: Right-wing protesters angered by a stabbing attack they believed had involved someone of immigrant background rampaged through central Dublin on Thursday night, leaving behind a trail of burning destruction. Ireland’s police chief on Friday described the unrest, in which double-decker buses, trams and police cars were torched, as “scenes that we have not seen in decades.” …

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Mourners Pack Street In Tribute To Sinead O’Connor

The New York Times reports: Sinéad O’Connor lived her life poised between tradition and rebellion. Ireland’s farewell to her embraced both. In keeping with an old custom, her coffin was first carried past her last family home in Ireland, in Bray, County Wicklow. But many of those who gathered, or who left her tributes, brought a spirit more in keeping …

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Irish Pop Singer Sinead O’Connor Dies At Age 56

The Daily Mail reports: Sinead O’Connor has died at the age of 56, it was reported last night. The Irish singer shot to stardom across the world in 1990 by her heartrending cover of Prince’s Nothing Compares 2 U.  It comes a year after the mother-of-four’s son Shane, 17, took his own life in January 2022 after escaping hospital while …

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Flight Canceled After Jet Bridge Rips Off Cabin Door

The Insider reports: An American Airlines flight heading to Philadephia was canceled Sunday after its door fell off while preparing to depart from Dublin Airport. Images shared on Twitter appear to show the Boeing 787 with a hole where the door should be — and the door on the tarmac below. In a statement shared with Insider, an American Airlines …

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Irish Extremist Sued For Publishing Photo Of Teenage Suicide Victim, Claiming He Was Killed By COVID Vax

The Irish Times reports: A woman whose son died by suicide is suing former journalist Gemma O’Doherty over the use of his photograph and linking his death to the Covid-19 vaccine. Diego Gilsenan, of Kingscourt, Co Cavan, was 18-years-old when he died in August 2021. His mother, Edel Campbell, has now initiated High Court proceedings against Ms O’Doherty as publisher …

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Ireland To See Bill On Banning Ex-Gay Torture

The Irish Mirror reports: Integration Minister Roderic O’Gorman has committed to bringing forward plans this year to ban the use of conversion therapy for gay people. Mr O’Gorman, who is gay, previously branded conversion therapy “a cruel process rooted in the promotion of shame”. He said Ireland should join other European countries in banning the practice. “Obviously, legislation takes time …

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Ireland Mocks Russia’s New Travel Ban On Their Leaders

Politico Europe reports: The Kremlin has banned most, if not all, of Ireland’s leaders from visiting Russia — a punishment being met with official indifference and unofficial mockery in Dublin. The Foreign Ministry in Moscow defended Wednesday’s action as necessary to counteract what it called Ireland’s “aggressive anti-Russian propaganda campaign” and “Russophobic hysteria in Irish society.” Outside the chamber, politicians …

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Ireland To Criminalize Anti-Transgender Hate Speech

The Irish Times reports: New laws will criminalise incitement to hatred against transgender people and those with a disability, the Cabinet agreed on Tuesday when approving a Bill intended to make prosecutions for hate speech and hate crimes easier. The Bill will add gender, including gender expression and identity, as well as disability to a list of “protected characteristics” which …

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Sinn Fein Party Wins Control In Northern Ireland

The Associated Press reports: The Irish nationalist party Sinn Fein, which seeks unification with Ireland, hailed a “new era” Saturday for Northern Ireland as it captured the largest number of seats in the Northern Ireland Assembly for the first time in a historic win. With almost all votes counted from Thursday’s local U.K. election, Sinn Fein secured 27 of the …

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Irish Foreign Minister Evacuated In Terrorism Threat

Reuters reports: Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney was taken off stage by officials during a speech in Belfast on Friday after the event organiser said a suspicious device had been discovered in a hijacked van in the car park of the venue. The van driver was ordered at gunpoint to drive to the venue in north Belfast, one of the …

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Irish PM Leaves Biden Event After Testing COVID+

CNN reports: Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin, known as the Taoiseach, tested positive for Covid-19 Wednesday while attending a gala in Washington, DC, that had just been addressed by President Joe Biden. Martin left the gathering for The Ireland Funds after his positive result was confirmed, according to PA Media, a UK-based news agency. Irish Ambassador to the US Daniel …

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Ireland Sees Real Life “Weekend At Bernie’s” Scam

The Irish Independent reports: A dead man was brought to a post office this morning in an attempt to collect his pension in one of the most bizarre incidents that gardaí have ever seen. The shocking incident in which the deceased male was propped up by two other men happened at the post office on Staplestown Road in Carlow town. …

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European Nations Impose Tougher COVID Restrictions

The Associated Press reports: Nations across Europe are moving to reimpose tougher measures to stem a new wave of COVID-19 infections spurred by the highly transmissible omicron variant, triggering calls for protests from Paris to Barcelona. As case numbers escalated, alarmed ministers in France, and Austria tightened travel restrictions. Paris cancelled its New Year’s Eve fireworks. Denmark closed theaters, concert …

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Man Arrested At Dulles Airport In “Air Rage” Incident

The Irish Mirror reports: A passenger on a flight from Dublin Airport to the US was allegedly involved in an ‘air rage’ incident last week. The man was travelling on an Ethiopian Airlines flight from Ireland to Dulles International Airport in Washington DC on December 2. As the plane began descending towards the US airport, the man is said to …

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Anti-Vaxxer May Face Charges In Death Of Irish Patient

Ireland’s Independent reports: Gardaí are recommending criminal charges be brought against anti-vax extremist Antonio Mureddu in connection with Covid patient Joe McCarron’s departure from hospital in Donegal while gravely ill. The 67-year-old Covid patient returned to hospital two days later, but subsequently died. In a video [below] that later went viral, Italian anti-vaccination extremist Mr Mureddu is seen encouraging the …

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Britain And Ireland Bicker On Twitter Over Brexit Deal

Reuters reports: Britain and Ireland traded barbs on Twitter on Sunday after British Brexit negotiator David Frost restated his view that the EU must agree “significant change” to the Northern Ireland protocol that governs trade and border rules in the province. The protocol was part of the Brexit settlement Prime Minister Boris Johnson negotiated with the EU, but London has …

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