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Last weekend in Dublin, a distressing scene unfolded as numerous asylum seekers were obliged to sleep outside the government's International Protection Office in tents. They had no access to basic necessities – no electricity, no running water, no sanitation. The result could be described as a localised humanitarian disaster. According to Jed, an asylum seeker from Jordan, the recent conditions were deplorable. He described a lack of essential services, including toilets and showers, leaving people without proper hygiene facilities for weeks, enduring harsh weather conditions. Yet as we conduc...
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Ireland's Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, has announced he is leaving office, sending a shockwave through Irish politics with just months to go before European elections. Irish media first reported that a "political earthquake" was on the way just an hour before a noon press conference, following an early morning cabinet meeting. Backed by members of his cabinet, Varadkar described his career in public service as the most fulfilling time of his life. "I'm proud that we've made the country a more equal and modern place," he said, also celebrating measures to combat a cost of living crisis while increa...
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Washington (AFP) - Palestinians "need the bombs to stop," Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said Sunday as he made an impassioned plea for a ceasefire in Gaza, speaking during a St Patrick's Day reception at the White House. US President Joe Biden has been hosting Varadkar in Washington for an annual visit celebrating the close ties between the United States and Ireland, as 10 percent of Americans claim ancestral roots there. "The people of Gaza desperately need food, medicine and shelter, and most especially they need the bombs to stop," Varadkar said as Biden, who has come under pressure bo...
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Washington (AFP) - President Joe Biden praised Friday a speech by the US Senate leader urging new elections in Israel, saying many Americans shared concerns about Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's handling of the Gaza war. The call by Democratic Senate majority chief Chuck Schumer, the highest-ranking elected Jewish American in history, was the most strident rebuke of Israel yet by a senior US official since Hamas's October 7 attacks. "He made a good speech, and I think he expressed serious concern shared not only by him, but by many Americans," Biden said when asked about the speech after a...
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Washington (AFP) - The Irish premier's annual Saint Patrick's Day visit to the White House is normally a joyful affair -- but this year the war in Gaza cast a shadow darker than a rainy Dublin sky. Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar and President Joe Biden -- who loves to celebrate his Irish ancestry -- found themselves having to paper over a deep split over Israel's handling of the conflict. Varadkar has been one of Europe's most critical leaders over the situation in Gaza, calling for an immediate and permanent ceasefire. Biden meanwhile continues to send key US ally Israel weapons, while pu...
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Stretched out along Dublin’s river Liffey is an expanse of glass office buildings. Sometimes referred to as the ‘Silicon Docklands’, the nickname points to the neighbourhood’s status as a corporate magnet. Major firms - famously Big Tech - have long flocked to Ireland, enticed by the country’s low level of corporation tax. Since 1997, the official rate has been held at 12.5%, although this changed in January with the arrival of a long-awaited reform. Along with around 140 other nations, Ireland introduced a 15% minimum tax rate on the profits of multinationals, a policy spearheaded by the Orga...
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Dublin today (14 March) said it was ready to defend its position on peat bogs in reaction to a referral from the European Commission to the EU Court of Justice on Wednesday (March 13). The EU executive has sued Ireland for failure to comply with the Habitats Directive, on grounds that machine turf cutting of peat bogs fails to protect the swamps which act as ‘carbon sinks’. The Irish state has invested significantly in peat bogs since 2011, after the EU executive issued a formal notice to the country calling for action in the conservation and restoration of peatlands, an Irish government spoke...
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The National Bank of Ukraine announced its March interest rate decision on Thursday, slashing key policy rates by 50 basis points, to 14.5%. According to the central bank, steady foreign exchange rates, reducing inflation and falling risks of decreased foreign aid were behind this decision. Price growth in Ukraine slowed more than expected to 4.3% in February 2024. However, the National Bank of Ukraine said: "The course of the full-scale war continues to be the key risk to inflation dynamics and economic development." The country has recently been approved for the Ukraine Facility programme by...
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Conditions for asylum-seekers sleeping on the streets in Ireland have worsened, amid an outbreak of disease. People seeking international protection are camped out in Dublin city centre, with several men suffering from scabies, while others battle respiratory illnesses. Social Rights Ireland, a volunteer group helping asylum-seekers, has said it is overwhelmed and urged the government to intervene. Tents line the sidewalks outside the International Protection Office on Mount Street in the Irish capital, which some observers say highlights the severity of the escalating humanitarian crisis. Aro...
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Charlie Bird, one of Ireland's most respected journalists, passed away on Monday after a long battle with motor neurone disease. During his 40-year career at national broadcaster RTÉ, Bird covered pivotal stories in Ireland and abroad including the 9/11 terror attacks and the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. Bird, who joined RTÉ in 1972, was at the fore of the service's coverage of the Northern Ireland peace process when he was selected by the Irish paramilitary group, the Provisional Irish Republican Army, as its sole media contact. In a tribute, the President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins, descri...
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