The Government faces pressure to release details of the now nine-month investigation. The transport department says it has yet to share the “work in progress” report and has no timeframe for completion.
Asset-stripping and then war stopped the sale of one of Ukraine's best known shopping centres Univermag Ukrainia by liquidators acting for the Irish state. Now a deal is finally almost done.
Last week, The Ditch revealed that Powell Electronics has shipped components from its Kildare factory to Elbit Systems, a leading IDF supplier, in recent months. Powell says all parts have an end use in the US and not in Israel.
Visiting Ireland last month, UN Special Rapporteur on Palestine Francesca Albanese held a mirror up to the Irish State but also the media to reflect if it is reporting accurately on Gaza. The clear answer is no.
The case of Barry McCaffrey and Trevor Birney is the first known instance of the controversial technology being used against journalists in the UK and Ireland.
New data shows over half of all approved licences during this period were for items going to sectors that the State’s own guidance documents warn present a higher risk of misuse or diversion for military purposes.
Israel’s decision to shutter its embassy in Dublin is a retrograde step, and, as Dan Mulhall, a 40-year veteran of diplomacy, put it when I spoke with him last week, “an overreaction” and a “bad day for diplomacy”.
Dan Mulhall served as Ireland’s Ambassador to the UK during the Brexit referendum, and to the US during Trump’s first term. He talks about his career, the importance of diplomacy, and the decision by Israel to shutter its embassy in Dublin.
The move by Israel to shut its Dublin embassy comes in reaction to what Israel's foreign minister described as the Irish government's "extreme anti-Israel policies". The pro-Palestinian movement here, however, still expects tougher domestic action on economic ties to Israel.
The newly elected TD Eoin Hayes courted controversy over shares he held in the US company whose intelligence software is used by the Israeli military. The NTMA held €300,000 worth of shares in the company at the end of 2023.
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