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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

☆ I moved from the US to Ireland. Here are 11 things that surprised me most.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-21 | by ( Alexis Mcsparren | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Read on for some of the things that surprised me when I first got to Ireland. I thought a lot of the phrases in Ireland would be similar to what I heard in the UK. But I knew I finally adapted to the language when I found the words "thanks a million" (or "thanks a mil") and "bye bye bye … bye bye bye bye" after any phone call slipping off my tongue. Although it's been an adjustment, unpredictability is what makes Ireland feel like things are still run by people, not by algorithms and advancement. But my alcohol consumption has definitely increased since living in Ireland because socializing here often happens exclusively at the pub.

Persons: —, it's, Alexis McSparren, I've, I, I'm, there's, Alexis McSparren Small, There's, Alexis McSparren Leprechauns, Harry Potter, Tinker Bell, King Puck, Queen Puck, King Puck's, he's Organizations: Service, Business, Guardians, RyanAir, Hollywood Locations: England, Ireland, Republic of Ireland, Indiana, Moher, County Clare, County Meath, County Kerry, Dublin, Europe, Killorglin

☆ Fact Check: No evidence Army was deployed at Dublin riot
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-27 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

There is no evidence that the Irish Army were deployed on the streets of Dublin on Nov. 23 to reinforce police when a riot broke out after a stabbing earlier that day. An article (archived) published by BNN Network, a website that describes itself as a news organisation operated by “the trailblazers, the guardians and the truth-seekers", claimed without evidence that the Irish government deployed the Army during the unrest. While the Irish government declined to comment on the claim, Reuters found no evidence of the authority making any such announcements. Reuters correspondent Conor Humphries, who reported on the ground during the riot, said he did not see any army presence and only police presence. The Irish Defence Forces said they did not deploy troops, nor were they requested to do so, on Nov. 23.

Persons: Conor Humphries, Read Organizations: Irish Army, BNN Network, Irish, Army, Reuters, Irish Defence Forces, Defence Forces, State, Aid, Civil Authority, Power, BNN, Garda, Thomson Locations: Dublin, Ireland, Dublin’s

☆ Fact Check: Armoured vehicles pictured in south Dublin unrelated to riot
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-27 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Armoured vehicles pictured in a suburb of Dublin, Ireland, on Nov. 23 have been falsely linked to policing of a riot that broke out in the city centre on the same day, according to Ireland’s Defence Forces. Reuters correspondent Conor Humphries, who reported on the ground during the riot in central Dublin, said he did not see any army vehicles and only police presence. Reuters did not find any imagery of army vehicles inside the city centre where the riot took place. The Defence Forces did not deploy any assets, and none were requested, in support of Ireland’s police in relation to the unrest, the spokesperson said. “The Defence Forces conduct routine driving and training exercises both in Dublin City and beyond very regularly,” the spokesperson said.

Persons: “, Conor Humphries, “ Terenure, Cathal Brugha, Imaal, Read Organizations: Ireland’s Defence Forces, Social, Twitter, Facebook, Police, Reuters, The Defence Forces, Dublin, Garda, police, Defence Forces, Thomson Locations: Dublin, Ireland, Terenure, Rathmines, Dublin City, Glen

☆ Anti-immigration rioters in Dublin torched vehicles and looted stores after a knife attacker injured 3 children
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-24 | by ( Caroline Haskins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

An assailant injured four people including three young children in a knife attack in central Dublin on Thursday. In the evening, rioters looted and set vehicles on fire in the area. AdvertisementAnti-immigration rioters torched vehicles and looted stores in central Dublin on Thursday night after a knife attack near a primary school earlier in the afternoon. Garda Síochána, the Irish police force, said in a press release the attacker injured an adult woman and three young children, one of whom sustained "serious injuries." "This is not about immigration, this is not about the young children who are in hospital this evening," she said .

Persons: —, Garda Síochána, Raidió Teilifís Éireann, Drew Harris, Helen McEntee, Patrick McMenamin, Garda Organizations: Service, Garda, Irish, RTE, Ireland's, BBC, Police Locations: Dublin, Irish, Garda

☆ Riots in Dublin Bring ‘Shame’ on Ireland, Prime Minister Says
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-24 | by ( Isabella Kwai | More About Isabella Kwai | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

A violent clash between rioters and police in central Dublin on Thursday injured several police officers, one seriously, and prompted the arrests of 34 people, according to the Garda Síochána, the Irish police force. Rioters set fire to police vehicles, destroyed public buses and looted or damaged more than a dozen shops, the Gardai said. A mob had gathered in the city center following a knife attack that had seriously injured a female schoolteacher and three young children. The escalating unrest appalled the authorities, who blamed a far-right faction for fueling tensions by spreading misinformation about the knife attack. Unconfirmed speculation about the nationality of the knife-wielding attacker spread online in the hours after the stabbings, with one protester telling the Agence France-Presse news service that “Irish people are being attacked by these scum.”

Organizations: Garda, Irish, Agence France, Presse Locations: Dublin

☆ Rioters Clash With Police in Dublin After Children Hurt in Knife Attack
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-23 | by ( Emma Bubola | More About Emma Bubola | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Three young children and a woman in her 30s were injured near a school in Dublin on Thursday, the police said, an attack that was followed by destructive riots that they blamed on the far right weaponizing “misinformation” about the episode. An adult woman in her 30s and a 5-year-old girl sustained serious wounds in the attack, in which a knife was used, the police said, while a 5-year-old boy and a 6-year-old girl were being treated for less serious injuries. The boy was later released from hospital. A suspect in the case was in custody, according to the Garda Síochána, the Irish police force. Drew Harris, the Garda police commissioner, said that the motive for the attack remained “entirely unclear.”The attack, which the police described as “a serious public order incident,” took place at Parnell Square East, in central Dublin, shortly after 1:30 p.m. on Thursday.

Persons: Drew Harris, ” Organizations: Garda, Irish, Parnell, East Locations: Dublin

☆ Ireland recovers largest ever drugs seizure worth over $165M
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( Amy Croffey | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —The biggest-ever drug seizure in the history of Ireland was intercepted off the coast of Cork in the southeast of the country on Tuesday, Irish police said. “It is the largest drug seizure in the history of the State,” Justin Kelly, Assistant Commissioner of An Garda Síochána, Ireland’s police force, said at the same conference. Three men, aged 31, 50 and 60, have been arrested on suspicion of organized crime and are currently being questioned at Garda stations in County Wexford, according to a Garda press release. Officers said the drugs originated from South America and were bound for crime groups in Ireland, the United Kingdom, and Europe. Assistant Commissioner Justin Kelly said the drug seizure was the largest in Ireland's history.

Persons: Matthew ”, Gerry Harrahill, ” Justin Kelly, ” Kelly, Justin Kelly, Garda Síochána, ” Tony Geraghty Organizations: CNN, Revenue, Dublin, State, Garda, Irish Air Corps, Irish Revenue Customs Service, Irish Defence Forces, Irish Naval Service, Maritime Analysis, Narcotics, European Union Locations: Ireland, Cork, South America, County Wexford, United Kingdom, Europe, Dublin, Lisbon, France, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, Portugal

☆ Katie Taylor faces Chantelle Cameron in 'huge boxing event for Ireland'
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-20 | by ( Ben Morse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

The undisputed lightweight world champion, Taylor holds 18 gold medals – including an Olympic gold – and sits second in the Ring’s women’s pound-for-pound rankings. On May 20, national hero Taylor will face Chantelle Cameron – the undisputed super-lightweight world champion – at the 3Arena in Dublin in front of a partisan home crowd as she attempts to become a two-weight undisputed world champion. Cameron, the 32-year-old from Northampton, United Kingdom, was previously signed to MTK Global but is now signed to Matchroom Boxing alongside Taylor. Four international boxing promotions have been held across Ireland over the last six months, according to Mel Christle, chairman of the Boxing Union of Ireland. The presence of Katie Taylor headlining the bill, in her hometown, is making it a huge sporting event for Ireland,” added Christie.

☆ Fact Check-Fabricated Irish Centre for Diversity poster telling girls to ‘stay indoors after 6pm’ is shared online
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-14 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

A fabricated poster that purports to have been created by the Irish Centre for Diversity in coordination with the Irish government and tells girls to stay indoors after 6pm has been circulating online. A spokesperson for the Irish Centre for Diversity told Reuters that no such poster was published by the organisation. The Irish Centre for Diversity’s logo includes the ‘v’ in diversity replaced with a greater than sign. The Irish Centre for Diversity and Irish government said it published no such poster. No official Irish government logo can be seen printed on the poster, and ‘Irish government’ is misspelled in Irish.

☆ Fact Check-Video of people fighting on street in Wicklow, Ireland, involves two groups of local youths, not refugees or asylum seekers
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-12 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Social media users are sharing a video of a brawl on a street in Wicklow, Ireland, that took place in the early hours of Dec. 4, 2022. They claim it shows “local men” fighting “migrants” or “refugees” who they say harassed “local women”. However, Irish police confirmed to Reuters that neither migrants nor asylum seekers were involved in the fracas and that several locals have been identified. However, Irish police confirmed to Reuters that the footage shows “two groups of local youths” fighting “over a local matter” and does not involve migrants or refugees. Police say the video shows local youths fighting over a local matter, not local residents fighting migrants or refugees for harassing local women.

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