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News Ireland » Government: Ireland's president-elect is a left-wing, anti-establishment figure who is outspoken on Gaza

News channel or source: https://www.npr.org/2025/10/27/g-s1-95210/ireland-catherine-connolly-president-gaza
Published on: Monday 27 October 2025

Ireland's president for the next seven years is an independent lawmaker who has long spoken in support of Palestinians and has been vocal about her distrust of European Union policies.

News Ireland » Government: Ireland elects left-wing politician with record of anti-Israel rhetoric as president

News channel or source: https://www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/10/27/ireland-elects-left-wing-politician-with-record-of-anti-israel-rhetoric-as-president/
Published on: Monday 27 October 2025

The election of Catherine Connolly, a member of the Irish parliament since 2016, marks the elevation of a vocally anti-Israel voice at a time when Ireland has stood out internationally for its ...

News Ireland » Government: Spoiled votes and celebrity campaigns: Ireland’s presidential election reveals exhausted state of its democracy

News channel or source: https://www.americamagazine.org/dispatches/2025/10/28/ireland-president-election-democracy-populism/
Published on: Tuesday 28 October 2025

Catherine Connolly won the most votes of any candidate in the history of the Republic, but the election was marked by low turnout and a campaign to spoil votes, raising questions about whether Ireland ...

News Ireland » Government: Ireland's left-wing independent Catherine Connolly wins presidential election

News channel or source: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ireland-catherine-connolly-set-to-be-president-after-rival-concedes-election/
Published on: Saturday 25 October 2025

Official results showed strong voter support for Catherine Connolly as president, a largely ceremonial role in Ireland.

News Ireland » Government: Irish government has put up 'artificial barrier' to united Ireland poll

News channel or source: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp3vkg3ed7jo
Published on: Tuesday 07 October 2025

The former Taoiseach (Irish Prime Minister) Leo Varadkar has accused the Irish government of putting up an "artificial barrier" to a referendum on a united Ireland. Varadkar said Dublin needed to ...

News Ireland » Government: Medtech in Ireland continues to evolve as leaders talk tariffs, innovation

News channel or source: https://www.massdevice.com/medtech-in-ireland-continues-to-evolve-as-leaders-talk-tariffs-innovation/
Published on: Friday 31 October 2025

The medtech ecosystem is an ever-evolving one around the world, and Ireland serves as one of the more interesting pieces of the puzzle.

News Ireland » Government: What to know about Ireland’s election as the country votes for a new president

News channel or source: https://www.bostonherald.com/2025/10/24/ireland-election-what-to-know/
Published on: Friday 24 October 2025

Voters in Ireland went to the polls Friday to elect one of two women as their new president for the next seven years.

News Ireland » Government: Government spends half a million euro on campaign to attract workers back to Ireland

News channel or source: https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/government-spends-half-a-million-euro-on-campaign-to-attract-workers-back-to-ireland-1824551.html
Published on: Thursday 30 October 2025

The campaign has used massive billboards with slogans such as “You’ve built Sydney, now come and build back home” to try to recruit some of the 70,000 construction workers needed here by 2030 ...

News Ireland » Government: Ireland plans to make a $1,500 a month basic income for artists permanent

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/ireland-plans-to-make-a-1500-a-month-basic-income-for-artists-permanent/ar-AA1OJzpW
Published on: Saturday 18 October 2025

Ireland's Basic Income for the Arts experiment has given creatives a weekly payment for three years. Now, a permanent program could be on the way.

News Ireland » Government: Enet: Powering Ireland’s Digital Future

News channel or source: https://www.businesspost.ie/commercial-reports/enet-powering-irelands-digital-future/
Published on: Friday 31 October 2025

From cloud to AI, from connected healthcare to smart cities, Ireland’s digital future depends on robust, resilient infrastructure. For 25 years, Enet has built that foundation – and continues to ...

News Ireland » Government: Palestinian children arrive in Ireland for medical treatment

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-us/public-safety-and-emergencies/health-and-safety-alerts/palestinian-children-arrive-in-ireland-for-medical-treatment/ar-AA1Pktik
Published on: Monday 27 October 2025

A group of sick and injured Palestinian children have been evacuated from Gaza and taken to Ireland to receive medical treatment. Seven children, along with 29 accompanying family members, arrived in ...

News Ireland » Government: Northern Ireland court finds soldier not guilty of murder over Bloody Sunday killings

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/northern-ireland-court-finds-soldier-not-guilty-of-murder-over-bloody-sunday-killings/ar-AA1P2XXb
Published on: Thursday 23 October 2025

A Belfast court on Thursday found a British soldier not guilty of murder in the only trial of a member of the British armed forces over the 1972 “Bloody Sunday” killings of 13 unarmed Catholic civil ...