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☆ Simon Harris becomes Ireland’s youngest-ever leader
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-09 | by ( Rob Picheta | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —Simon Harris has become the youngest-ever prime minister of Ireland, officially taking office in Dublin on Tuesday after Leo Varadkar suddenly stepped down last month. Harris, 37, ran unopposed to replace Varadkar as leader of the ruling Fine Gael party, and the final formalities of his rise to power were completed in the Dáil, Ireland’s parliament. And we are seeing innocent children, women, and men being starved and slaughtered,” Harris told lawmakers in the Irish parliament. The son of a taxi driver, born in eastern Ireland, Harris studied journalism and French at a Dublin university but dropped out to instead focus on politics. As health minister, Harris was prominent when Ireland voted to legalize abortion.

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☆ Simon Harris becomes youngest-ever Irish prime minister, pledges 'reset'
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-09 | by ( Jenni Reid | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Newly-declared Fine Gael leader Simon Harris speaking at a convention in Athlone, central Ireland on March 24, 2024, after becoming de facto prime minister-in-waiting. The Irish Parliament on Tuesday confirmed Simon Harris as the country's new prime minister, making him the youngest-ever holder of the position. Harris succeeds Leo Varadkar as Taoiseach — Irish for leader — following a 88-69 vote by lawmakers. Harris, formerly an education minister, ran unopposed to succeed Varadkar as leader of the center-right Fine Gael party. At 37, Harris will be the youngest-ever Taoiseach, taking that record from Varadkar who was 38 when he assumed the post in 2017.

Persons: Simon Harris, Harris, Leo Varadkar, — Irish, —, Michael D, Higgins, Varadkar Organizations: Fine Gael, Irish, Palestinian, Hamas, European Union, Reuters Locations: Athlone, Ireland, Gaza

☆ Why Ireland is the most pro-Palestinian nation in Europe
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-29 | by ( Eoin Mcsweeney | Niamh Kennedy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +15 min

“But like Palestine, (Ireland) had direct and sustained experience of imperialism,” she said. Mousa Salem/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images Palestinians transport bags of flour on the back of trucks as humanitarian aid arrives in Gaza City on March 6. Omar Qattaa/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images Palestinians wait to receive food at a refugee camp in Rafah on January 27. AFP/Getty Images Palestinian boy Ahmed Qannan, suffering from malnutrition, receives treatment at a health-care center in Rafah on March 4. Yasser Qudih/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images People in a crowd struggle to buy bread from a bakery in Rafah on February 18.

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☆ Ireland set for youngest-ever PM after Simon Harris wins leadership of governing party
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-24 | by ( Eve Brennan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Ireland’s governing party Fine Gael has named Simon Harris as its new leader, paving the way for him to succeed former Prime Minister Leo Varadkar as the youngest Taoiseach in Irish history at age 37. “It’s the absolute honour of my life to formally be here with you today in Athlone to accept the leadership of this great party, of our great party,” said Harris in his acceptance speech at a Fine Gael party conference in the Irish county of West Meath on Sunday. Simon Harris embraces his family after being announced as the new leader of Fine Gael. Clodagh Kilcoyne/Reuters“I want to thank every single person in this room and every single community you come from across Ireland. He also served as the country’s health minister from May 2016 to June 2020, according to Fine Gael’s website.

Persons: Simon Harris, Leo Varadkar, Varadkar, ”, “, Harris, Clodagh Kilcoyne Organizations: CNN, Fine Gael, West Meath, Reuters Locations: Athlone, Irish, West, Ireland

☆ Leo Varadkar: What was behind Irish PM’s shock resignation?
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-24 | by ( Niamh Kennedy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —Prime Minister Leo Varadkar sent shockwaves through Ireland when he candidly announced last week that he was “no longer the best person” to lead his country. Irish Times political correspondent Jennifer Bray was given less than an hour’s notice of the surprise statement from the taoiseach on Wednesday. His successor, largely tipped to be Higher Education Minister Simon Harris, will need to lead the center-right political party, Fine Gael, against a fired-up opposition. The 37-year-old who rose to prominence during his spell as health minister during the pandemic is considered by many to be a “mirror image” to Varadkar, Murphy said. Mary Lou McDonald, president of opposition party Sinn Fein, which has been making steady gains since 2020.

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☆ Biden and Irish Leader Use St. Patrick’s Day Visit to Address Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-17 | by ( Zolan Kanno-Youngs | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

President Biden on Sunday used what is normally a festive St. Patrick’s Day celebration at the White House to acknowledge the growing international concern, including among the Irish, over the humanitarian situation of Palestinians amid Israel’s military action in Gaza. “The taoiseach and I agree about the urgent need to increase humanitarian aid in Gaza and get the cease-fire deal,” Mr. Biden said alongside Leo Varadkar, Ireland’s prime minister, or taoiseach, an outspoken critic of Israel’s war against Hamas in response to the Oct. 7 terrorist attack. But during his trip to the United States, Mr. Varadkar made clear that he would raise his concerns over the war in the Middle East with the American president. The prime minister in a way was speaking to a domestic audience back in Ireland, which, given its own history of resistance to British rule, is one of the more supportive European nations to Palestinians. Ireland was the first European Union nation to call for a Palestinian state and the last to permit the opening of a residential Israeli embassy.

Persons: Biden, “, ” Mr, Leo Varadkar, Varadkar Organizations: White, Irish American, shamrocks, Guinness, European Union Locations: Gaza, Israel, United States, Ireland, Palestinian

☆ Tensions over Israel-Hamas war loom over Irish Taoiseach’s usually jovial annual visit to White House
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-15 | by ( Kevin Liptak | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

There will still be shamrocks this year, but Israel’s war in Gaza is lending a darker backdrop to the occasion. While he rebuffed calls by some Irish politicians to boycott the annual White House stop, he has made plain the Gaza war lends fresh urgency to this year’s talks. “I’ll use that opportunity to put across Ireland’s perspective on this and tell them how Irish people feel. Last year, Varadkar declared Biden “unmistakably a son of Ireland” and announced the president’s forthcoming visit to the island. Barry’s opposition to Biden’s foreign policy predated the war in Gaza; he boycotted Biden’s address to the Dáil in April.

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☆ As Irish Leader Visits U.S., Shamrock Camaraderie Is Strained by Gaza War
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-14 | by ( Peter Baker | Zolan Kanno-Youngs | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The Irish prime minister’s annual St. Patrick’s Day visit to the White House is typically a cheerful break in any American president’s schedule of stressful meetings and trips, especially for President Biden, who never misses a chance to celebrate his Irish heritage. But the traditional shamrock camaraderie of this year’s get-together will be tempered by an undercurrent of tension stemming from the war in the Middle East. “I will ask America to get involved once again in the drive for peace,” Mr. Varadkar told reporters in Boston earlier this week. In Washington on Thursday, he said he anticipated that there would be a difference of opinion over the war when he reaches the Oval Office on Friday. “I have to say, I believe President Biden’s heart is in the right place there,” he said.

Persons: Patrick’s, Biden, Leo Varadkar, “, ” Mr, Varadkar, that’s, ”, Biden’s Organizations: America, Israel Locations: St, Ireland, Boston, Washington, U.S, Egypt, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Israel

☆ Irish government loses public votes to update ‘sexist’ constitution
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-09 | by ( Lauren Kent | Rob Picheta | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —The Irish government conceded on Saturday that it had lost two referenda to change what it called “sexist” language in the constitution in an embarrassing defeat. Ireland went to the polls on Friday in votes deliberately timed to coincide with International Women’s Day to replace two constitutional references. Varadkar had championed the vote as a chance to change “very old-fashioned, very sexist language about women”, according to Reuters. Ireland has held referendums on a number of social issues in recent years, with voters repeatedly supporting progressive changes to the country’s constitution. Three years later, they cast ballots to end an abortion ban, and in 2019, divorce laws were liberalized after another referendum.

Persons: “, Leo Varadkar, ” Varadkar, Varadkar, ”, Maria Steen, Micheál Martin Organizations: CNN, Irish, Ireland, ”, Reuters, PA Media, RTE Locations: Dublin, Ireland

☆ Ireland Rejects Constitution Changes, Keeping ‘Women in the Home’ Language
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-09 | by ( Megan Specia | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Voters in Ireland have rejected two proposed changes to the country’s Constitution that would have removed language about women’s duties being in the home and broadened the definition of family beyond marriage. The results, announced on Saturday, were an unexpected defeat for equality campaigners and for Leo Varadkar, the taoiseach, or prime minister. Mr. Varadkar, speaking late Saturday afternoon after most of the votes had been counted, said that it was clear that the proposals had been defeated, and that the government respected the results. “As head of government and on behalf of the government, we accept responsibility for the result,” he said. “It was our responsibility to convince the majority of people to vote ‘Yes,’ and we clearly failed to do so.”

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☆ Israeli strikes deepen panic in Rafah as UN aid chief warns a ground offensive could result in ‘slaughter’
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-14 | by ( Helen Regan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

It remains unclear how or when a ground offensive would unfold, and that uncertainty is adding to anxiety among Palestinians in Rafah about where to go and what to do. Israeli military action in Rafah “has already led to and will result in further large scale killing, harm and destruction,” the government said in its request to the World Court. “We cannot afford an Israeli attack on Rafah… We cannot stand by and let this continue,” he said. Palestinians inspect damaged buildings after Israeli airstrikes on Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, on February 12, 2024. They told us this area was safe… they told us Rafah was safe.

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☆ Ireland Seeking Review of EU-Israel Agreement Over Rights Concerns
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-01 | by ( Feb. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

(Reuters) - Ireland is in talks with other EU members who want a review of the EU-Israel Association Agreement on the basis that Israel may be breaching the agreement's human rights clause, Prime Minister Leo Varadkar told reporters in Brussels on Thursday. A number of EU states are also talking about a possible joint recognition of a Palestinian state after the current conflict, he said. "EU-Israeli relations are founded on an agreement which has a human rights clause, and a lot of us believe that Israel may be in breach of it," Varadkar told reporters following an EU summit. Ireland has long been a champion of Palestinian rights, and ministers have repeatedly said the government is considering recognising a Palestinian state. Speaking at the end of the EU summit, Varadkar said there were a lot of "very like-minded countries" around the EU table.

Persons: Leo Varadkar, Varadkar, Conor Humphries, Padraic Halpin, Hugh Lawson Organizations: Reuters, EU, Israel Locations: Ireland, Israel, Brussels, Palestinian, Gaza, Palestine, Dublin

☆ On Visit to Ireland, Chinese Premier Eyes Deeper Economic Ties
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-17 | by ( Jan. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

DUBLIN (Reuters) - China would like to deepen economic and trade cooperation with Ireland, particularly in areas of "huge potential" such as green technologies and the digital economy, Premier Li Qiang said on Wednesday during a trip to Dublin. "Looking ahead, we would like to work more closely with Ireland to build on what we already achieved," Li said in a speech through an interpreter. "There's huge potential in our cooperation in green technologies, in bio manufacturing, in the digital economy. Li, who is finishing his European trip in Ireland, highlighted China's potential for foreign investment in a keynote speech to business leaders at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos on Tuesday. Before exchanging toasts with Li, Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said Ireland was also committed to pursuing deeper economic ties and assisting Irish and Chinese companies, on the basis of transparency and fair competition.

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☆ Shane MacGowan, lead singer of The Pogues, dead at 65
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( Jack Guy | Niamh Kennedy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

London CNN —Shane MacGowan, the lead singer of Anglo-Irish band The Pogues, has died, according to a statement from his wife, Victoria Mary Clarke. The singer had been discharged from Dublin’s St. Vincent’s Hospital on November 22 after receiving treatment there for an infection, Clarke said. And MacGowan received a full set of dental implants in 2015 after losing several teeth as a result of his heavy drug and alcohol use. Born in Kent, England in 1957 to Irish parents, MacGowan spent his summers in a farmhouse in southern Ireland, surrounded by traditional Irish music. He formed his band, The Pogues, in London in 1982 with Peter “Spider” Stacy, Jem Finer and James Fearnley, blending traditional Irish folk music with punk sounds.

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☆ Elon Musk's newest phase is cosplaying as a savior-statesman
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-28 | by ( Hasan Chowdhury | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Elon Musk is cosplaying statesmanship. Elon Musk (L) meets with Israeli President Isaac Herzog (R) on November 27, 2023 in Jerusalem, Israel. Ironically, the Irish PM hates the Irish people — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 24, 2023As an approach to business development, none of this looks particularly sure-footed. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 19, 2023Esther Solomon, editor-in-chief of Israeli newspaper Haaretz, labelled Musk a "blatant antisemite" and slammed Netanyahu for entertaining the tycoon. Blatant antisemite & publisher of antisemitism Elon Musk should be persona non grata in Israel.

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☆ Live updates: Israel-Hamas war, Gaza truce, hostages and prisoners released
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-26 | by ( Chris Lau | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

"This is a day of enormous joy and relief for Emily Hand and her family. An innocent child who was lost has now been found and returned, and we breathe a massive sigh of relief. Hand had been at a friend's house in the kibbutz of Be’eri when Hamas militants attacked on October 7. On Sunday, the Israeli military released video of Emily being reunited with her father, Thomas Hand, after she was freed with other Israeli hostages on Saturday. In an emotional reunion, Emily can be seen dashing toward her father and the two hug each other tightly.

Persons: Emily Hand, Thomas Hand, Leo Varadkar, Varadkar, Emily Organizations: Israel Defense Forces, Reuters Irish Locations: Israel, Irish, Be’eri, Gaza

☆ Elon Musk takes aim at Ireland's prime minister following the Dublin riots: He 'hates the Irish people'
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-26 | by ( Polly Thompson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Elon Musk hit back at the PM, saying he "hates the Irish people." AdvertisementElon Musk said that Ireland's Prime Minister Leo Varadkar "hates the Irish people" after he called for incitement to hatred legislation to be updated as violence erupted across Dublin city center this week. Brian Lawless - PA Images / GettyIn response to the riots, Varadkar called for laws on incitement to hatred to be modernized. Elon Musk has since weighed in on Varadkar's comments, saying in a post on X, formerly Twitter, that the prime minister "hates the Irish people." AdvertisementIronically, the Irish PM hates the Irish people — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 24, 2023"The current Irish government clearly cares more about praise from woke media than their own people," Musk added in another post.

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Earlier Sunday, the Irish prime minister lauded the release of Emily Hand, an Israeli-Irish girl whose story has captivated both nations. Our prayers have been answered,” Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar posted on the X platform, formerly known as Twitter. The girl was initially believed to have been killed in the Oct. 7 assault on southern Israel by Hamas and other militants. Emily Hand was not ‘lost,’ she was kidnapped by a terror organization worse than ISIS,” Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen tweeted. He alleged that Varadkar was “trying to legitimize and normalize terror,” and summoned the Irish ambassador to Israel for a reprimand.

Persons: —, Emily Hand, Leo Varadkar, Emily, Varadkar's, Mr, Eli Cohen, Varadkar, ”, Paschal Donohoe, Israel, ___ Sylvia Hui Organizations: JERUSALEM, Twitter, ISIS, Israeli Foreign Ministry, Union Locations: Irish, Israeli, Israel, Gaza, Belgium, Spain, Palestinian, London

☆ Israeli president talks hostages, truces and criticizes Irish PM’s tweet in CNN interview
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-26 | by ( Sophie Tanno | Elise Garofalo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Israeli President Isaac Herzog discussed the release of hostages, the likelihood of a longer truce and had some sharp words for the Irish PM in an interview with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer on Sunday. So far 41 hostages have been released in the first two days of the truce, with a third group expected on Sunday. Herzog was speaking ahead of a third release of hostages on Sunday, which saw 17 more people released. Speaking about his post-war vision for Gaza, Herzog described “some sort of a formation that is effective enough, but also represents the various interests.”“This is the vision. Irish prime ministerAmong those freed Saturday was a nine-year-old girl with joint Irish and Israeli citizenship, Emily Hand.

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☆ Donors Give Over €300,000 for Immigrant Who Intervened in Dublin Stabbing
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-25 | by ( Christopher F. Schuetze | More About Christopher F. Schuetze | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

“It was everything by instinct — I remember I took off my helmet, to protect myself and use it as a weapon,” he said. And he fell down.”Image Caio Benicio in Dublin on Saturday. Credit... Peter Murphy/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesThe police confirmed on Saturday that a 5-year-old girl and a woman in her 30s were being treated for serious injuries and were still in the hospital; two other children were treated for less serious injuries, the police said. Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said that those behind the violence had brought shame to Ireland. It was not lost on many of those who rushed to buy Mr. Benicio a proverbial beer that an immigrant had intervened in an attack that then inflamed anti-immigrant sentiment.

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☆ Fact Check: Ireland’s McDonald did not expel Israeli ambassador
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-24 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The X user made the same claim, though misidentified McDonald as Ireland’s president. McDonald said (archived) the attacks on Gaza amounted to war crimes and called on the Irish government to refer Israel to the International Criminal Court (ICC), as well as to “send the Israeli ambassador home”. McDonald is the president of Sinn Fein, Ireland’s main opposition party. “The Ambassador of Israel to Ireland has not been expelled,” a spokesperson for the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs told Reuters in an email on Nov. 21. Israel’s ambassador to Ireland has not been expelled as of Nov. 23, 2023.

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DUBLIN, Nov 23 (Reuters) - Irish police said five people, including three young children, had been taken to hospital on Thursday following what local media said was a stabbing in Dublin city centre on Thursday. He added that he saw a man lying on his side but did not see the events before. One girl has sustained serious injuries and the other two children are being treated for less serious injuries, police said. An adult female is also being treated for serious injuries and an adult male has less serious injuries, police added. Local media reported that the people were stabbed on Dublin's Parnell Square, which is next to Dublin city's main thoroughfare of O'Connell Street.

Persons: Leo Varadkar, Anthony Boyle, Dublin's, Varadkar, Padraic Halpin, Conor Humphries, William James, Alexandra Hudson Organizations: DUBLIN, National, RTE, Reuters, Local, Irish Times, Alexandra Hudson Our, Thomson Locations: Dublin, O'Connell, Parnell

Israel has accused Hamas of using civilians and civilian structures including hospitals as shields; Hamas and several hospitals in the enclave have denied that. Since Saturday, Israel has opened up a humanitarian corridor for four hours each day, allowing Gazans in the north to leave for the south. Eyewitnesses described multiple explosions in central and southern Gaza on Tuesday morning that they said were caused by Israeli airstrikes. Yet Netanyahu insists he will not permit a ceasefire until Hamas releases the hundreds of hostages it still holds in Gaza. It’s not good for Israel; not good for the Israeli people,” National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told CNN.

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Gaza City - traditionally a Hamas stronghold - was surrounded, military spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said. The Israeli military said its troops and tanks were encountering mines and booby traps as they advanced in Gaza. Those who live in Gaza City and the north will have to find shelter elsewhere as the Israeli forces have cut off roads. Israeli spokesperson Hagari said Israeli was also "highly prepared" on its northern border with Lebanon, where he said Iranian-backed militants were carrying out actions with the aim of diverting it from the war in Gaza. Palestinians trapped in Gaza City hoped that a truce could be reached soon.

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☆ Irish PM says Israel actions in Gaza resemble 'something approaching revenge'
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Juan Medina/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsDUBLIN, Nov 3 (Reuters) - Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar on Friday described Israel's actions in Gaza as "something approaching revenge", in some of the strongest criticism of Israel by a leader of a European Union member state. Gaza health authorities say at least 9,061 people have been killed in Gaza since Israel launched its assault on the enclave of 2.3 million people in retaliation for deadly attacks by Hamas militants on southern Israel. And I don't think that's how Israel will guarantee future freedom and future security," he said. Asked by a journalist whether Israel's actions were war crimes, Varadkar said "that's not for me to determine." The Gaza war has highlighted foreign policy divisions within the EU.

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