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8000 thermal blankets donated by Irish Aid have arrived in Lebanon and will be distributed to families who have been displaced by airstrikes and evacuation orders.

Caught two games in Portugal at the weekend. 60,000 at Benfica, 3,000 at Estoril. The latter infinitely more fun. Against modern football and all that.

Anderlecht in the snow. You love to see a red ball.

Seven ‘very sick’ Palestinian children arrive in Ireland for ‘urgent’ treatment Children and carers taken from Gaza to Jordan with help from World Health Organisation and flown to Dublin

Seven ‘very sick’ Palestinian children arrive in Ireland for ‘urgent’ treatment

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This guy is going to be huge. Hope Sligo end up getting what they deserve for him.

Helen McEntee: Ireland has a duty to improve Holocaust education for a generation at risk of forgetting Eighty-one years ago today, Auschwitz-Birkenau was liberated. In that death camp, more than one million Jewish people were murdered – just one part of Nazi Germany’s genocidal killing machine.

New funding announced to make Holocaust education available to every secondary school in Ireland.

So important given the really worrying survey results around Holocaust knowledge among young people.

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Millions of euro worth of international aid meant for people starving in Gaza is expiring in warehouses in Jordan.

At the Al-Ghabawi facility, aid workers have described the situation as “death by bureaucracy”, with lifesaving supplies sitting unused.

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Holocaust survivor, jeweller and table tennis maestro: Ireland’s oldest man dies aged 107 Josef ‘Joe’ Veselsky, who fled Czechoslovakia in 1948 after surviving the war, was Trinity’s oldest student in his 90s

Holocaust survivor, jeweller and table tennis maestro: Ireland’s oldest man dies aged 107

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Neale Richmond: How Ireland will make its place on world stage count in 2026 The year 2025 will not come across well in the history books.

Neale Richmond: How Ireland will make its place on world stage count in 2026

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You obviously taught him well.

Letter of the day.

This weekend, most of the G20 will gather in South Africa, with Ireland making its debut appearance at the summit.

Our reporter Eoghan Dalton is in Johannesburg bringing you all the latest updates from the event.

Get the latest updates at The Journal.

Ireland (and Micheál Martin) will be making a debut at the G20 this weekend - here's why This year’s invite is viewed as an immense honour and due to Ireland’s relationship with South Africa.

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Ireland to attend Africa's first G20, as US boycotts Ireland will attend the G20 Summit in Johannesburg next weekend amid a US boycott. The US President Donald Trump condemned South Africa's hosting of the summit of the world's top economies as a "total...

Next weekend, the South African city of Johannesburg will host the Group of 20 summit of the world’s top economies.

Cop30: Minister commits to supporting poor nations but concerns over climate funding remain Campaigners say Loss and Damage Fund, agreed at Cop27 in 2022, is under-funded, too restrictive and too slow to respond

Cop30: Minister commits to supporting poor nations but concerns over climate funding remain

Neale Richmond: Ireland still leading the way in efforts to help Palestinians as aid trickles in After two years of horror in Gaza, recent days saw a glimpse of ­something positive: trucks bearing the Irish Tricolour delivering much-needed food.

Ireland still leading the way in efforts to help Palestinians as aid trickles in

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Neale Richmond: The government takes climate action seriously, but we recognise we need to do more Minister of State Neale Richmond is in Brazil today at the UN’s annual climate summit.

"What Ireland is doing is progressive, but we recognise, like every country, that more needs to be done."

Minister of State Neale Richmond, who is in Brazil at the UN's annual climate summit, writes about Ireland's progress on climate action and the workings of COP30.

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This is a fantastic story: A Dubliner going to the World Cup with Cape Verde. And it couldn't have happened to a nicer guy. Looking forward to cheering Pico and Cape Verde on next summer.

Ireland to provide additional €6m in aid for Gaza Ireland is to provide an additional €6 million in humanitarian aid for Gaza, where a ceasefire has been in effect since Friday and where aid agencies are ramping up supplies to the war torn Palestinia...

Ireland is to provide an additional €6 million in humanitarian aid for Gaza, where a ceasefire has been in effect since Friday and where aid agencies are ramping up supplies to the war torn Palestinian territory.

Great morning at the Global Solidarity Run in Dublin's Herbert Park. Runs are happening today in over 100 countries. #GlobalRun2025

Israel committing genocide in Gaza - UN commission An independent UN commission has concluded that Israel has committed and continues to commit genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.

An independent UN commission has concluded that Israel has committed and continues to commit genocide against Palestinians in Gaza

The downpour in Dublin is so torrential that the Luas driver just came over the intercom to say "Jaysus folks"

Hi, I’m Rieke, a physio from Ireland. I just finished a 6-week deployment to Gaza with the @icrc.org. For the next 3 days, I'll post about my experiences at the Red Cross Field Hospital.

📸 Me & my youngest patient: Malek, a 6-month-old baby who was injured in an explosion.

The Simon Cumbers Media Fund, which funds journalists in Ireland to travel to report on development and humanitarian matters around the world, is open for applications.

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Irish NGOs say aid cuts putting millions of lives at risk Leaders in Ireland's humanitarian sector have said that millions of lives are at risk after Western countries drastically cut foreign aid budgets this year.

Aid systems have been "completely dismantled" as a result of funding gaps, as more than 300 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance and protection, and 120 million people displaced, according to NGOs
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Government pledges 'full support' to doctor working to get mobile children's hospital into Gaza Yesterday, Dr Mo spoke to Oireachtas members about the horrors he saw while working as an emergency medical doctor in Gaza.

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Martin: EU's divided stance on Gaza war 'a stain' on bloc Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said the inability of member states to come to a unified position on Israel's assault on Gaza has become a "stain" on the EU.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said the inability of member states to come to a unified position on Israel's assault on Gaza has become a "stain" on the EU

If I was an entrepreneur- which clearly I am not - I would be focusing my energies on Africa with its 1.5bn people, 60% of whom are under 30.

At the Africa Ireland Trade Horizons conference today the message for Irish businesses was simple: look south.

Three Irish citizens evacuated from Iran Three Irish citizens and their dependents have been evacuated from Iran, Tánaiste Simon Harris has confirmed.

Three Irish citizens and their dependents have been evacuated from Iran.