In December 2022, the UN General Assembly asked the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to examine the legal implications of Israel’s decades-long occupation of Palestinian territories. It could not have known that, by the time the court got around to considering the matter, a full-scale war would be raging in …

The group representing families of residents at Cherry Orchard Hospital has called for an independent examination into a HSE decision to move those living in two units on the campus to other accommodation. In November last year 68 residents and their families were told they would be moved temporarily to …

The Higher Education Authority (HEA) has told the country’s second largest university that it has “serious concerns” about how it is managing a financial deficit of €8.6 million. The HEA has called on its governing authority to conduct a formal review of its performance in managing and controlling the situation. …

Two distant bangs greeted us shortly after our arrival at the UN base UNP 2-45, better known as Camp Shamrock. The bangs were air strikes carried out by Israel, after earlier rocket attacks by the Iran backed militant group Hezbollah, which operates in this region. Since 7 October, these kinds …

“It is really, really stressful”. Milo Watson is speaking about catching a bus using a wheelchair. “A lot of the time you’re panicking on whether you have enough space to go, if you’re going to get hit, and it’s the whole thing of having to actually plan your route around …

An Australian photographer said he was punched by Taylor Swift’s father on a wharf on Sydney Harbour early this morning after her final Sydney concert, prompting a police investigation. Police said they were investigating an alleged assault involving a 71-year-old man and another man on Neutral Bay wharf at about …

The US President Joe Biden has said he hopes to have a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas conflict in Gaza start by next Monday. His remarks came as the warring parties appeared to close in on a deal during negotiations in Qatar that also aim to broker the release of hostages. …

The controversial EU Nature Restoration Law will face its final hurdle later today, when it goes before a vote in the European Parliament. Under the draft text, countries will be mandated to restore 20% of the EU’s land and sea areas by 2030 and all ecosystems by 2050. According to …

Minister for Education Norma Foley will this morning update Government on a review of the school transport scheme, which carries 160,000 students. The new study recommends that school transport should be made available to more students. Difficulties in finding more buses and drivers mean that the rules of the scheme …

The Department of Justice will complete a review of legislation which criminalises payment for sexual activity with a prostitute or a trafficked person in the absence of an independent expert. In 2021, solicitor Maura Butler SC was asked to review part 4 of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) 2017, however, …