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News Ireland: Ireland, Spain, Slovenia and the Netherlands to boycott Eurovision over Israel's participation

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/ireland-spain-slovenia-and-netherlands-to-boycott-eurovision-over-israels-participation/ar-AA1RJpYb
Published on: Thursday 04 December 2025

Austria, the host of next year's contest, supported Israel's continued participation, while Germany had threatened to withdraw if Israel was excluded.

News Ireland: Ireland among countries boycotting Eurovision after Israel allowed to compete

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/netherlands-and-spain-boycott-eurovision-after-israel-allowed-to-compete/ar-AA1RJ0vT
Published on: Thursday 04 December 2025

Israel will be allowed to compete in next year's Eurovision Song Contest, a meeting of the participating broadcasters has decided. Several countries had called for Israel to be excluded over the ...

News Ireland: Netherlands, Spain, Ireland and Slovenia boycott Eurovision after Israel allowed to compete

News channel or source: https://www.bbc.com/news/live/ce3xrywzpn6t?page=2
Published on: Thursday 04 December 2025

They, and other members of the European Broadcasting Union, had called for Israel to be excluded over the humanitarian toll of the war in Gaza.

News Ireland: Spain, Ireland and the Netherlands to boycott Eurovision as Israel retained

News channel or source: https://www.ft.com/content/65c4bc22-9cd0-4bca-8d3b-5f1e25ad85df
Published on: Thursday 04 December 2025

Israel has been allowed to compete in the Eurovision Song Contest after a showdown in Geneva that prompted major European nations to announce boycotts of next year’s competition. Dutch national ...

News Ireland: Jewish entertainment group says Ireland, Spain's Eurovision boycott over Israel's admittance would only punish their own

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/jewish-entertainment-group-says-ireland-spain-s-eurovision-boycott-over-israel-s-admittance-would-only-punish-their-own/ar-AA1RJK61
Published on: Thursday 04 December 2025

Jewish entertainment nonprofit Creative Community for Peace denounced Thursday boycotts against the Eurovision Song Contest from a number of countries, including Ireland and Spain, after Israel was ...

News Ireland: Former AP photographer’s vintage images of Ireland capture a world before it disappeared

News channel or source: https://apnews.com/article/ireland-vintage-photographs-diether-endlicher-ap-75b6caff01fa39b17b8d97faad97c59a
Published on: Friday 28 November 2025

BERLIN (AP) — Rare photographs of Ireland from 1963 show a world about to disappear, a country before it took its first steps toward modernity.

News Ireland: Scientists amazed after right whale swims here from Ireland

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/scientists-amazed-after-right-whale-swims-here-from-ireland/ar-AA1RITiI
Published on: Thursday 04 December 2025

This is the first time that a North Atlantic right whale initially spotted in European waters has been documented near North America.

News Ireland: Critically Endangered Whale Amazes Experts by Traveling 3,000 Miles from Ireland to Boston

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/critically-endangered-whale-amazes-experts-by-traveling-3000-miles-from-ireland-to-boston/ar-AA1RJyuK
Published on: Thursday 04 December 2025

Researchers say the 3,000-mile journey taken by the North Atlantic right whale is the first documented case of its kind, offering new insights into the species' habitat and movement.

News Ireland: Ireland’s Corporate Tax Revenue Jumps 37% From Year Earlier

News channel or source: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-03/ireland-s-corporate-tax-revenue-jumps-37-from-year-earlier
Published on: Wednesday 03 December 2025

Ireland’s corporate tax proceeds rose by over a third in November from a year earlier as US companies operating there continued to underpin the government’s finances.

News Ireland: HBO Max Sets March 2026 Launch in U.K., Ireland

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/hbo-max-sets-march-2026-launch-in-uk-ireland/ar-AA1REh9T
Published on: Wednesday 03 December 2025

HBO Max has confirmed it is set to roll-out in the U.K. and Ireland in March next year. Earlier on Wednesday the streamer confirmed it is coming to Italy, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Luxembourg and ...

News Ireland: Endangered whale makes ‘extraordinary’ 3,000-mile journey from the waters of Ireland to Boston

News channel or source: https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/03/metro/boston-ireland-right-whale/
Published on: Wednesday 03 December 2025

Seeing a whale photographed in Ireland reappear off Boston is extraordinary,” said Daniel Palacios, director of the Right Whale Ecology Program at the Center for Coastal Studies.

News Ireland: Spain, Ireland, Slovenia and Netherlands boycott Eurovision over Israel’s participation

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/spain-ireland-slovenia-and-netherlands-boycott-eurovision-over-israel-s-participation/ar-AA1RIHzv
Published on: Thursday 04 December 2025

Spain, Ireland, Slovenia and the Netherlands announced their withdrawals Thursday from next year’s Eurovision Song Contest after organizers decided that Israel will be allowed to compete.