Ed Sheeran controversy: How his tour has ended up in crisis
Were Sheeran to cancel the tour, the total economic loss is estimated to be anywhere from $60-$100 million
Palestine
Children among at least 21 killed as damaged building collapses in Gaza
Nearly 100 people believed to be trapped under rubble
Airbnb and the Palestinian people
Company is a target for BDS campaign and a huge driver of Ireland’s housing crisis
Disputed lands of West Bank have a long history
Co-existence through negotiation and dialogue is the only way forward
Irish acts Aaron Rowe and Beoga quit Ed Sheeran’s US tour in protest over Palestine
Macklemore was previously removed from the tour after saying ‘Free Palestine’ at a concert in New Jersey
Fiction in translation: Hafni Says by Danish writer Helle Helle is close to perfection
Plus new works by Pirkko Saisio, Felix Hartlaub, Karim Kattan and Angélica Gorodischer
We need leaders with the courage of a Kennedy or a de Gaulle
Contrast their bravery with the behaviour of the Irish Government, which has refused visas to 97 Palestinian students, makes excuses about Aughinish and will today welcome a convicted felon
There is still time for Government to re-evaluate stance on Gaza students
Both inhumane and retrogressive to refuse these visas
EU should treat Israeli settlements like Russian-occupied Crimea, says bloc’s top diplomat
Kaja Kallas tells The Irish Times an EU-wide Occupied Territories trade ban would be ‘principled’ stand
Kaja Kallas: EU ban on Israeli settlement trade would be ‘principled stance’
Bloc’s most senior foreign policy official said move does not require unanimous support of all 27 member states
What now for the Israel flags flying across the North?
Some of the complaints heard from Israel this week have been of British colonial arrogance. This tired cliche misses the point
Kenny Cunningham’s comments are at odds with public sentiment
Irish football supporters would not support pundit’s stance on Israel game
Why is Israel’s E1 settlement plan in West Bank so controversial?
Project is designed to ‘bury the idea of a Palestinian state’, far-right Israeli minister Bezalel Smotrich has said
Israel closes UK consulate over West Bank sanctions row
British foreign secretary says ‘settler terrorists’ have carried out ‘ethnic cleansing’ in Palestinian territories
Why Andy Burnham is taking on Israel over the West Bank
Britain’s planned trade ban risks a diplomatic and economic backlash, but Labour sees an opportunity to rebuild support on its left flank
Israelis shoot dead two Palestinian teens after settlers encircle village in West Bank
Khalil Abu Alia (16), who was shot by sniper, and Omar al-Nassan (19) killed after settlers entered Palestinian village of Hebron
Israeli athletes will not take part in Derry triathlon after concerns raised, organisers say
North West Triathlon Club says it had ‘no involvement whatsoever in accepting or approving these international entries’
Kneecap get special visa exemption for New Zealand gigs after ban from Hungary
New Zealand immigration say ‘political views’ not a valid cause for exclusion
Ireland should not greet Donald Trump’s theatre of the absurd with deference
Nothing to admire in US president’s bullying and provocation
Denying Palestinian students academic opportunities in Ireland is indefensible
Justifying objections by referencing challenges faced by Irish students is contemptible
Daisy Johnson: ‘I like writing about the entanglements of family’
The youngest ever Booker Prize shortlisted author on her new novel, Long Wave
Opposing views on Palestinian student visas
Green Party councillor calls on Jim O’Callaghan to intervene; UCC academic says universities showing contempt for native Irish students
Latest Gaza flotilla sets sail from Kinsale with ‘trepidation’
Freedom Flotilla Coalition is likely to be intercepted by Israeli forces
Visa refusals dismay Gazan students and undermine our academic institutions
These students from a genocide zone have demonstrated academic excellence despite the enormous obstacles in their way
Inside the Doonbeg bubble where the locals and Trump have reached a deal of mutual benefit
With the Irish Open coming to town, Doonbeg prepares for the visit of President Trump and a chorus of condemnation
Future of the Gaza Strip is a matter for the Palestinian people
Patently grotesque that the future of Gaza is contingent on talks between a US envoy and Netanyahu
Cruel visa refusals don’t reflect pro-Palestine Ireland
How can anyone post an original bank statement from a country with no functioning banking system?
Trump’s Israel envoy tells settlers not to take land owned by Palestinian Americans
Mike Huckabee says militant Israeli settlers taking part in a siege of homes in the occupied West Bank could face US sanctions
Why does Ireland support Palestine and does anti-Semitism play a role?
Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan
Palestine: For how long can UN, EU and Irish Government remain bystanders?
Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank continue to endure Israeli persecution
Trinity College Dublin suggests students petition Government Ministers over Palestinian visa issue
Widespread rejection of Palestinian scholars’ visa applications ‘deeply concerning’, administrators say
If universities have accepted applications from Gazan students, why not grant them visas?
O’Callaghan needs to sort this out as soon as possible before the academic year begins
Who is Fergie Chambers? The Dublin-based millionaire wanted by US authorities
In the News podcast: US authorities allege Chambers has funded terrorism. His wife says he’s being persecuted for supporting pro-Palestinian activists
‘Every day we wait is a gamble for us’: Palestinian students continue to face visa rejections
UCD offered computer science student full scholarship but Department of Justice rejected visa for ‘financial’ reasons
Fiction in translation: How trauma interrupts the flow of a life, to devastating effect
Sara Baume reviews novels by Marie Darrieussecq; Joanna Elmy; Clyo Mendoza; Ana Paula Maia; and Ibtisam Azem
Blanket with square for each child killed in Gaza brings silence to bustling Dublin street
Irish healthcare workers raise the plight of their Palestinian colleagues killed and jailed since October 2023
Gazan paracyclists take part in Dublin-Belfast solidarity cycle
Ireland ‘a really important country in many ways’ for Palestinian Paralympics hopefuls
Fergie Chambers: The Dublin-based communist millionaire in the Trump administration’s crosshairs
Heir turned ‘professional revolutionary’ left his home in Ireland for a holiday in Spain but was arrested after US extradition order on terror funding charges
Siege by settlers highlights increasingly chaotic situation in West Bank
Hundreds of settlers have been terrorising Palestinians in the West Bank with near-impunity all year
The Irish Times view on the Gaza peace plan: Netanyahu says no
The rejection highlights the inability of the US to exercise leverage over its ally
Trump says he will demand compensation from Iran
Trump says he will demand Tehran pay compensation for ‘all of the people that they have killed and gravely wounded’
How Israel’s elections are impacting latest Gaza peace plans
Washington’s reaction to Netanyahu’s comments has been muted as plans proceed to implement next stages of ceasefire
Iran says Strait of Hormuz deal is ‘very close’ but will not free up waterway by itself
Tehran-Oman arrangement over control of shipping lane seen as crucial to wider agreement to end conflict begun by US
Aid charity being investigated over links to Hamas
The Al-Khair Foundation said it is ‘co-operating fully’ and had already filed a serious incident report with the watchdog before it was launched
Allianz rejects allegation that it is complicit in genocide
Allianz Ireland responds to ‘inaccuracies and mischaracterisations’ regarding it role
Trump’s Gaza Board of Peace issues first building contract for military base
Deal with Louisiana-based firm Arkel International, which previously worked for US government in Iraq, yet to be finalised
GAA’s denial of basic facts concerning relationship of Allianz Ireland with parent company is a stain on the organisation
The Allianz group is the biggest non-Israeli institutional holder of Israeli sovereign debt
Palestinian students and visas: Time for Taoiseach or Tánaiste to step in
Department of Justice's Kafkaesque decision embarrasses and humiliates most Irish people
Jerusalem’s al-Asqa mosque facing ‘imminent’ threat of Israeli takeover, says Jordan
Country convening emergency meeting of Arab and Islamic foreign ministers around al-Aqsa mosque and Dome of the Rock
Mass burial for 112 Gazans killed in 2023 Israeli air strike
Recovery team spent days combing wreckage to recover remains identified as belonging to missing victims
Israeli air strikes kill at least nine in Gaza despite Trump announcing breakthrough
One child among those killed in two separate strikes
Protesters gather in solidarity with Gazan students denied visas to Ireland
Letter read from Palestinian student with scholarship to Irish university who was refused a visa
Trump says Israel is ‘very happy’ with Gaza disarmament agreement
US president’s Board of Peace hails ‘critical step’, but responses of Israeli and Hamas officials suggest disagreements remain
‘Reassurance’ on Aughinish Alumina is no such thing
Alumina from Aughinish is a strategically important input – directly or indirectly – into Russia’s war machine, and potentially into Israel’s genocide in Palestine
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Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
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