Israeli forces have said they arrested 100 suspects at Gaza’s largest functioning hospital as airstrikes hit across the enclave. Israeli forces raided the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis on Thursday as they pressed their war on Hamas, the Palestinian Islamist group that rules the enclave. “Occupation forces detained a large …

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has taken issue with an assertion Ireland is reliant on the UK’s armed forces for the protection of its seas and under sea cables. Mr Varadkar was speaking at the Munich Security Council 2024 during a side panel event on neutrality. Mr Varadkar was challenged that Ireland …

A man has been arrested after Cannabis and cocaine with an estimated street value of almost €6.5m have been seized at Rosslare Europort. The drugs seized include around 288.6kg of herbal cannabis, 72.8kg of cannabis resin and 3.3kg of cocaine, with an estimated value of €6,443,640. The man, aged in …

Two people are still being questioned following the seizure of a loaded gun in west Dublin yesterday. Armed Gardai from Blanchardstown and the Emergency Response Unit stopped a car on the old Navan road at around 3.30pm and seized a loaded handgun. Gardaí suspect it was being moved in preparation …

Analysis: Kyiv needs a fundamental rethink of its strategy, not just a reshuffle of military leadership By Stefan Wolff, University of Birmingham and Tetyana Malyarenko, National University Odesa Law Academy The recent replacement of Valeriy Zaluzhnyi as commander-in-chief of Ukraine’s armed forces may have put a temporary end to the …

Alexei Navalny’s spokeswoman has confirmed that the Russian opposition leader has died, citing an official notice given to Navalny’s mother, Lydumila. Navalny, a 47-year-old former lawyer, fell unconscious and died yesterday after a walk at the “Polar Wolf” Arctic penal colony in Kharp, about 1,900km northeast of Moscow, where he …

Europe must strengthen its ability to defend itself to deter would-be aggressors regardless of who wins the upcoming US elections or how the war in Ukraine turns out, the German Chancellor has said. Olaf Scholz was speaking at the Munich Security Conference, dubbed the “Davos of Defence”. “We Europeans must …

In less than three weeks, Irish citizens will be asked to vote in two referendums. One is on care in the home, the other is on the definition of family. The Electoral Commission has described the referendums as ‘complex‘. It is urging voters to ‘learn as much as you can …

Ahead of their National Conference in UCD in Dublin kicking off today, Tommy Meskill examines the Social Democrats as it nears ten years in existence and what the future holds for leader Holly Cairns’ party. Where it started, where it is now It is approaching ten years since the Social …

A 27-year-old from Co Sligo has become the youngest Irish person to complete the Seven Summits challenge, which involves climbing the highest peak on every continent. Ryan O’Sullivan began the challenge by climbing Kilimanjaro in Tanzania when he was 16 after being inspired by Irish mountaineer Ian McKeever when he …