Department of Foreign Affairs

Use of DNA evidence for Irish passport applications is under review

Passport Service does not routinely accept DNA evidence as proof of entitlement to Irish citizenship

Trade, human rights, Ukraine war raised at meeting with China’s foreign minister

Wang Yi is in Dublin for meetings with Taoiseach Micheál Martin and Tánaiste Simon Harris

Panic in Africa and concern in Dublin after Trump takes aim at US aid agency

Accounts for Irish aid agency Goal show it received €103 million in funding from USAID in 2023

Trump creates instability but he is fond of Ireland and there is a ‘way forward’ - Simon Harris

Tánaiste says he believes Taoiseach will receive invitation to the White House for St Patrick’s Day

The Irish musical slammed by the White House as an ‘insane’ waste of $70,000

‘As an American taxpayer I don’t want my dollars going towards this crap,’ Donald Trump’s press secretary told reporters

Irishman (40s) questioned by police in Hungary over death of former wife

Department of Foreign Affairs aware of case and will provide consular assistance if requested

Documents on Irish Foreign Policy (Vol 14) 1969-73: The North, above all else, required the Department of Foreign Affairs to up its game

Gleanings from departmental archives are pieces of jigsaw puzzles which illuminate decision- and policymaking, and the relationships of key figures

Irish civil servants pore over a US right-wing roadmap so radical even Trump seems wary

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Ireland’s plan to ban certain Israeli goods would be ‘very difficult to enforce’

Occupied Territories Bill ‘might pose problems’ for multinationals and other businesses in Ireland, Department of Enterprise briefing note states

Ireland’s planned ban on certain Israeli goods complicated by recent events

Ceasefire in Gaza and election of pro-Israel US president Donald Trump likely to feed into deliberations on Occupied Territories Bill

Irish man (29) dies following fall at ski resort in Bulgaria

A helicopter was dispatched but suffered technical difficulties and had to return to base before it could reach the man

Man hospitalised following shooting in Rennes, France

Man (50s) shot several times in Villejean neighbourhood on Saturday, says local mayor

Move to expand Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition internationally welcomed by Tánaiste

Agreement signed between Department of Foreign Affairs and BTYSTE to support science in developing countries, especially Africa

Ireland cannot rely on a soft and woolly international reputation anymore

Greatest task facing the new government is restoring Ireland’s standing in Europe and the world

Irish passport holder (77) held in UK prison over Christmas as electronic tag too large for wrist

Former teacher and environmental campaigner Gaie Delap was jailed for her part in Just Stop Oil protest

Irish influence inside the EU: ‘The conveyor belt is slowing down’

Senior Irish officials warn of declining influence in Europe as interest in careers in EU institutions drops off

New Orleans: FBI identifies truck attack suspect as US citizen Shamsud-Din Jabbar

Texas man crashed truck into crowd and then opened fire on police, killing 10 people

Swimming pool problems for Ireland’s Vatican ambassador sparked sharp criticism

Embassy official issued rebuke after technical issues left pool out of action one week out of every four

John Bruton believed nationalists were not properly represented by Sinn Féin or SDLP

New taoiseach caused concern as IRA grappled with ceasefire and decommissioning decisions, papers show

Joint British/Irish courts in Northern Ireland were backed by top Conservatives

State records show controversial plan for paramilitary trials had backing in UK cabinet before Thatcher turned it down

DFA helped Irish people find family in Australia in days before online communication

Emigrants sometimes lost touch with relatives who had no way to contact them

Binyamin Netanyahu lobbied for embassy during visit to Ireland as a rising star politician in 1990

Future Israeli prime minister defended opposition to Palestinian statehood and downplayed settlements and occupations

Attempts to build Irish arms industry failed due to concerns over neutrality and misuse by rogue regimes

Dutch company Eurometaal NV planned shell factory in Ireland, but Brian Lenihan was ‘extremely dubious’

Cost of reopening Irish Embassy in Iran tops €1.6m

Government going ahead with plan despite concerns over Iran’s human rights record

NI Policing Authority report nothing more than RUC ‘propaganda’, Irish official believed

Eamonn McKee complained the report’s ‘studied neutrality’ was not intended to reflect Catholic attitudes accurately

From Blair and Clinton to civil servants in the shadows, archive papers reveal scale of peace push

IRA Army Council management by Gerry Adams, Bertie Ahern’s referendum worries and unionists’ mistrust are revealed in documents

How much does the Government spend supporting Irish emigrants in the US?

The Emigrant Support Programme spends the money on ‘long-established’ immigration centres in New York, Boston, Seattle, San Diego and San Francisco

Interpol issues yellow notice for two Irish boys kept in Egypt by their father for almost three years

Mandy Kelly, from Dundalk, said her estranged husband, the children’s father, refused to let the boys return from a family holiday in Cairo in 2022

‘We used to say the government can see your dreams’: Syrians in Ireland feel they now have ‘two homes’

Osama Abou Hajar, who moved here in 2015, is ‘inspired’ by Irish history and hopes Syria can rebuild in a ‘similar way’

Cheaper J1 visas to be offered to students

International education exchange body hopes to boost student travel with direct sponsorships

Sherin’s mother prays she won’t be left lying in the street to be eaten by scavenging dogs

In all the Mercs-and-perks talk about who will get which Cabinet portfolios, there has been scant appetite to face down the warmongers in Jerusalem and Washington

Irish model encouraged to travel to Lebanon for work before being refused permission to leave

Fionnuala Watts paid nearly €2,000 before getting visa stamped in Beirut so that she could leave

Rose of Tralee festival beset by financial problems and legal actions

Plus: Brian Ormond’s shoe business missteps, Peadar Tóibín’s distaste for government funding of media, and effing drama in the Dáil

Irish veterans ‘shocked and saddened’ by destruction of Lebanon orphanage with ties to Defence Forces

Soldiers serving in Tibnin with UN mission had supported facility with donations, education and maintenance projects since 1970s

Top cops use Dublin Marathon as a dry run for Garda commissioner job

Plus: Love/Hate duo making a fact-based Dublin crime film; secrecy around Micheál Martin’s meeting with Apple; and Robert Troy’s support for Michael O’Leary’s slurry

Irish woman (20s) in serious condition in hospital in Sicily after being struck by car

Woman was jogging when the incident occurred

David Lammy becomes first British foreign secretary to visit Dublin for seven years

Sparse detail of talks emerges after meeting with Micheál Martin but countries vow to deepen ‘key strategic links’

Irishwoman seriously injured after dress catches fire at friend’s wedding in Spain

Department of Foreign Affairs providing consular assistance to 29-year-old who suffered serious burns

Irish woman dies after being swept out to sea off coast of Sardinia

Death is the second involving an Irish citizen on the Italian island in a week

‘I felt that life has no value and it’s better to die’: Yazidi woman on experience of being sexually enslaved by Isis

Shireen Khero, a Yazidi from Iraq, was abducted by Isis in 2014 but luckily escaped three years later. She is in Ireland to mark the 10th anniversary of Isis atrocities against the Yazidi community

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