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Middle East

March
March 2026
Ali Larijani
Israel says it has killed Iran's national security chief
17 Mar
7.8k
Middle East
Iranian players head for Oman as five squad members drop plans to seek asylum in Australia
16 Mar
8.7k
West Bank
Children who survived Israeli gunfire recount troops killing their parents and brothers
16 Mar
10.0k
Iran
Trump appeals to other countries to send warships to keep Strait of Hormuz 'open and safe'
16 Mar
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Middle East
Iran vows to 'target and kill' Netanyahu as Trump threatens more strikes 'just for fun'
The Israeli air force said yesterday that more than 200 Iranian targets were struck in a 24-hour period.
Updated 15 Mar
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87
Middle East
Oil exports from Iran's Kharg island continuing as normal after US bombs, Iranian official says
Updated 14 Mar
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Zelenskyy says lifting Russia sanctions will 'not help peace' as US sends more forces to Middle East
Oil prices have stayed above $100 a barrel since the US lifted sanctions on Russia.
Updated 13 Mar
26.7k
117
Middle East
All six US crew dead after refuelling aircraft crashes in Iraq
Updated 13 Mar
21.6k
Pay and Conditions
A self-inflicted wound: Low cadet pay is damaging the Defence Forces
Lt Col Conor King
12 Mar
11.1k
23
Mojtaba Khamenei
Iran's new supreme leader urges Gulf states to close US bases in first statement of the war
Donald Trump dismissed concerns over fuel prices today, saying the destruction of Iranian nuclear capacity was more important.
Updated 12 Mar
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RELATED
British tourist in Dubai among 21 people charged in the UAE for sharing missile footage
12 Mar
‘This didn’t just happen last week’: Rising fuel prices push motorists to fill up in the North
12 Mar
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British tourist in Dubai among 21 people charged in the UAE for sharing missile footage
12 Mar
24.0k
The Morning Lead
‘This didn’t just happen last week’: Rising fuel prices push motorists to fill up in the North
‘People are highly motivated to find the cheapest fuel – and that means going north of the border’.
Diarmuid Pepper
12 Mar
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Middle East
Israeli attacks displace over 800,000 in Lebanon as Iran targets more ships in Persian Gulf
The economic impacts of the war continued to be felt today as the price of oil rose again.
Updated 11 Mar
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RELATED
Second government-chartered flight lands in Dublin
11 Mar
Italian PM condemns 'massacre' at Iranian school, Harris says focus should be on 'de-escalation'
11 Mar
Israeli tanks and soldiers have entered Lebanese territory near Irish peacekeeping outpost
11 Mar
IRAN LATEST
Hegseth promises 'most intense' day of strikes as Pentagon says about 140 US personnel wounded so far
Hegseth referred to the Iranian government today as “barbaric savages”.
Updated 10 Mar
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126
RELATED
Tánaiste says an EU return to buying Russian oil would be ‘utterly despicable’
10 Mar
Oil and gas prices plunge after Trump claims that Iran war 'pretty much' over
10 Mar
Opinion: Be careful who you aim your anger at when it comes to diesel prices
10 Mar
United States
World Cup ‘too big’ to postpone despite Iran war, Fifa official says
10 Mar
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FIFA
World Cup ‘too big’ to postpone despite Iran war, FIFA official says
10 Mar
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Tomahawk missile
Mounting evidence that US missile struck Iran school, but Trump says he’ll 'live with' findings
Analysis of missile fragments and video footage points to a US strike on the Minab school.
Andrew Walsh
10 Mar
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101
price surge
Irish hauliers call off planned protest after last minute call with Transport Minister
Updated 9 Mar
27.5k
131
Middle East
Nato defence systems intercept Iranian ballistic missile over Turkey as US-Israeli war on Iran rages
Updated 9 Mar
16.5k
44
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Mojtaba Khamenei chosen to succeed his father as supreme leader of Iran
8 Mar
22.3k
95
Middle East
Trump says new Iran leader won't last long without his approval
Overnight Israeli strikes hit Tehran fuel depots and a Beirut hotel.
Updated 8 Mar
31.4k
133
Special Relationship
Keir Starmer speaks to Donald Trump after latest rebuke over Iran
Updated 8 Mar
22.1k
Iran
'Shocking and numbing': President Connolly condemns 'horror of war' in the Middle East
8 Mar
13.9k
87
Lebanon
Irish troops safe after Ghanaian UN peacekeepers come under fire in south Lebanon
Taoiseach Micheál Martin condemned the “reckless strike” and paid tribute to the “courage” of Irish personnel who came to the aid of their colleagues.
6 Mar
7.6k
RELATED
Irish troops in Lebanon have proper 'training and experience' to stay safe
6 Mar
Irish peacekeepers safe as Israeli forces launch incursion in south Lebanon
3 Mar
IRAN WAR
Israel hits over 400 'targets' across Iran as Trump demands 'unconditional surrender'
Israel has also threatened to introduce ‘additional surprises’ as part of its military operations
Updated 6 Mar
18.6k
130
RELATED
Iranian woman in Ireland: We would rather risk US intervention than be forgotten by the world
6 Mar
'I have to be involved': Trump demands a say in picking Iran's next leader as regional war intensifies
5 Mar
Starmer tries to pivot from Trump's 'no Churchill' jibe as he sends four more RAF jets to Gulf
5 Mar
Middle East
Government-chartered flight for Irish citizens from Oman delayed until tomorrow
6 Mar
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23
Middle East
Oxfam warns of risk of 'catastrophe' in Lebanon after fresh Israeli bombardment
Updated 6 Mar
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PodcastThe Candidate
Ireland can't say two words: illegal war
19m
white house visit
New government jet bound for US for Patrick’s Day as ministers reroute other trips due to war
6 Mar
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Middle East
'I have to be involved': Trump demands a say in picking Iran's next leader as regional war intensifies
5 Mar
13.6k
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Brussels
EU ministers discuss potential for Iran war to bring refugees to Europe
Valerie Flynn
reports from Brussels
5 Mar
12.2k
Dublin Airport
'I'm so happy to be home': Second plane carrying Irish people from Dubai arrives in Dublin
5 Mar
15.0k
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IRAN WAR LATEST
Israel orders people to flee Beirut as Sri Lanka evacuates crew of second Iranian navy ship
Azerbaijan has accused Iran of ‘terrorism’ and threatened retaliation for a drone attack which Iran has denied responsibility for.
Updated 5 Mar
16.3k
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Special Relationship
Starmer tries to pivot from Trump's 'no Churchill' jibe as he sends four more RAF jets to Gulf
5 Mar
8.2k
30
Middle East
Iran claims to have struck US oil tanker, hours after Israel launched a fresh attack on Tehran
Updated 5 Mar
13.3k
74
Dublin Airport
'It's nice to be home': Irish people stuck in Dubai arrive back on first flight to Dublin
Last night’s flight of almost 400 people is the first commercial flight from Dubai to Ireland since the war in Iran began on Saturday.
5 Mar
31.0k
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trump disses starmer
UK-US Special Relationship: Starmer may be no Churchill, but Trump is no Roosevelt
Sydney Nash
4 Mar
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34
Middle East
Iran says Israeli embassies worldwide are 'legitimate targets' if IDF attacks Beirut mission
4 Mar
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13
chokepoint
Iran claims 'complete control' of vital oil and gas route Strait of Hormuz
4 Mar
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epic fury
Tom Clonan: Trump’s war on Iran is a death blow to the rules-based order
Tom Clonan
Updated 3 Mar
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