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Irish TV channel ordered to apologize after Vincent Browne calls Israel a ‘cancer’ (IrishCentral)

Sat, 02 Mar 2013 05:21:11 PST

By: IRISHCENTRAL STAFF WRITERS

An Irish TV station has been ordered to apologize after one its anchors described Israel as a "cancer in foreign affairs" on a weeknight program.

Justice Minister confirms Irish government will continue to buy weapons from Israel (IrishCentral)

Mon, 17 Dec 2012 04:33:19 PST

By: PATRICK COUNIHAN

Ireland will continue to buy weapons from Israel, according to Minister for Justice Alan Shatter.

Irish deputy PM calls on Israel to halt expansion of West Bank settlements (IrishCentral)

Tue, 04 Dec 2012 04:54:36 PST

By: ANTOINETTE KELLY

Irish Deputy Prime Minister Eamon Gilmore called on the Israeli government to withdraw its plans to expand Jewish settlements in the West Bank yesterday.

Israel has a right to exist and defend itself Dublin rally told (IrishCentral)

Mon, 26 Nov 2012 05:01:05 PST

By: PATRICK COUNIHAN

Israel has a fundamental right to exist and defend itself, a speaker at a pro-Israeli demonstration in Dublin has proclaimed.

‘Irish hatred for Israel is embodied by Gerry Adams’ claims journalist (IrishCentral)

Sat, 06 Oct 2012 05:06:59 PDT

By: PATRICK COUNIHAN

Ireland has been described as the most anti-Semitic country in Europe in an Israeli newspaper Arutz Sheva op-ed. The paper and media company Channel 7 is a religious Zionist publication.

Romney the statesman calls Mideast policy a disaster, as Obama the politician does fundraisers. (IrishCentral)

Thu, 13 Sep 2012 05:47:15 PDT

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Democrats threw God and Israel under the Obama campaign bus, then got second thoughts (IrishCentral)

Wed, 05 Sep 2012 04:02:06 PDT

Israel will be energy independent, can America follow their example? (IrishCentral)

Sat, 01 Sep 2012 07:17:06 PDT

Israel’s Danny Danon says Irelands Freedom Flotilla was funded by terrorists (IrishCentral)

Thu, 30 Aug 2012 02:46:53 PDT

Israel’s Danny Danon says Washington’s lack of leadership is speeding Iran towards the bomb (IrishCentral)

Wed, 29 Aug 2012 07:01:54 PDT

Mitt Romney campaign ranks Bill Clinton more pro-Israel than Barack Obama and Ronald Reagan (IrishCentral)

Tue, 07 Aug 2012 02:23:55 PDT

By: ANTOINETTE KELLY

Only Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter qualify among the last six presidents as leaders who 'recognize the cherished relationship the U.S. has with Israel and stands with our allies,' according to a new ad released by the Romney campaign.

U2’s Bono leaves poetry in Israel hotel room - “A Dog called Hope” (IrishCentral)

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 06:30:15 PDT

Bono (REUTERS/Andina Agency/Handout)Bono spent some time in Israel earlier this month and was obviously moved by his visit – so much so that he wrote a poem and sketched a drawing for the staff at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem where he stayedThe U2 frontman, equally known for his advocacy on behalf of the African poor, sketched a picture of a dog he called Hope He characterized Jerusalem as a place where “hope springs eternal”Here’s what he wrote: "Hope is like a faithful dog, sometimes she runs ahead of me to check the future, to sniff it out and then I call to her: Hope, Hope, come here, and she comes to me READ MORE

Detained Gaza activists return to Ireland from Israel (IrishCentral)

Fri, 11 Nov 2011 07:49:52 PST

By: CATHY HAYES

The remaining nine Irish members of the Gaza flotilla, detained by Israel authorities for attempting to break the naval blockade, are due to arrive in Dublin Airport today. Five of the 14 activists arrived into Dublin on Thursday night.

Irish citizens to be deported from Israel after latest attempt to break Gaza blockade (IrishCentral)

Sun, 06 Nov 2011 06:03:27 PST

By: CATHAL DERVAN

Israel is to deport 14 Irish citizens after the latest attempt to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza.

Israel gets no love from Ireland (IrishCentral)

Tue, 04 Oct 2011 04:00:13 PDT

Irish Presidential candidate David Norris can count himself lucky that letters he wrote seeking clemency for his lover, who was convicted of statutory rape, were to an Israeli court and members of the Israeli government If he'd written such letters to just about any other country the Irish media would be full of worry about electing a President who had attempted to meddle in the legal system of a 'friendly nation'Fortunately for Norris, very few people in Ireland consider Israel a 'friendly nation' In fact, Israel may well be the least loved nation among people here, and that includes the "auld enemy READ MORE

Top news: Israel denies attempt to derail Norris presidential campaign (IrishCentral)

Mon, 01 Aug 2011 09:32:19 PDT

By: KATE HICKEY

Catch up with what the Irish have been reading about so far today.

Irish campaigner to be deported from Israel for part in ‘flytilla’ (IrishCentral)

Tue, 12 Jul 2011 04:57:43 PDT

By: ANTOINETTE KELLY

Dee Murphy, 56, an Irish woman who travelled to Israel as part of the so-called 'flotilla' protest has been detained along with several other activists after disembarking from a plane at Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion airport.

Israel did not sabotage Irish ship, says Foreign Ministry (IrishCentral)

Sat, 02 Jul 2011 08:41:23 PDT

By: CATHY HAYES

Foreign Ministry officials have said that Israel did not damage the engine of the Irish ship Saoirse, one of ten ships participating in the mass movement to break the Gaza sea blockade.

Gas question: why give Ireland's enormous wealth away? the Norweigan alternative (IrishCentral)

Fri, 26 Nov 2010 11:25:14 PST

The head of Ireland's energy department, John Mullins, warned in September that Irish people were being forced to decide between paying their mortgages or their heating bills He lamented having to shut off gas connections all across the country in the middle of winter, but expected to do so anyway Ireland is set to experience another record cold winter this year, as it did last December when temperatures dove to their lowest level in 65 years Ironically, Ireland has plenty of natural gas to heat its population, and bring enormous wealth to the state READ MORE

Rachel Corrie honors Irish history, while Israel forgets its own (IrishCentral)

Fri, 04 Jun 2010 06:00:28 PDT

My friends,When I think of an Irish ship on the sea filled with supplies for the needy, one image that does NOT come to mind is the picture of hundreds of ships from Ireland — then in the grip of The Great Hunger — sailing to England, the author of her agony, brimming with fresh cattle, sheep and dairy products meant for the fattened animals known as the EnglishSince I do not believe our Loving Father deals in chance or coincidence, I think it no coincidence that the Irish flag ship Rachel Corrie is trying to deliver emergency aid to the impoverished residents of the Gaza Strip at precisely the moment we Irish recall the anniversary of An Gorta MorCecil Woodham-Smith, an authority on the Irish Famine, wrote in "The Great Hunger; Ireland 1845–1849," that no issue has provoked so much anger and embittered relations between England and Ireland as "the indisputable fact that huge quantities of food were exported from Ireland to England throughout the period when the people of Ireland were dying of starvation" Ireland remained a leading exporter of food to England throughout most of the five-year Famine READ MORE