17+ hour, 2+ min ago  (540+ words) Ongoing tension in the Middle East depressed European shares on Thursday while renewed hopes of a deal later in the day boosted Wall Street. Wind farm investor Greencoat Renewables slipped 4. 06 per cent to 73. 2 cent. Greencoat became the first Irish company…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (441+ words) House building slowed sharply in the Republic last month as uncertainty triggered by the Middle East conflict hit orders across the construction industry, new figures show. The AIB Ireland Construction Purchasing Managers" Index shows building activity fell in April, the…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (559+ words) Uncertainty surrounds efforts to renew talks to end the Middle East war after Washington announced that vice-president JD Vance, along with envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, would be arriving in Pakistan on Monday for a second round of negotiations....

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (588+ words) Global shares rallied, and oil prices slipped as optimism about the possibility of another round of peace talks between the US and Iran boosted risk appetite. The Iseq index rose by almost 1. 7 per cent, as Ryanair and two of the…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (613+ words) The Middle East is again on the brink after Iran on Monday rejected a ceasefire plan aimed at preventing a dangerous escalation threatened by US president Donald Trump to force Tehran to open the Strait of Hormuz. In response, Iran…...

3+ mon, 12+ hour ago  (679+ words) President Catherine Connolly has said "all possible steps must be taken to avoid a further escalation" in the Middle East following military strikes. It follows US and Israeli forces" missile strikes on Iran on Saturday morning in what the two…...

4+ mon, 6+ day ago  (724+ words) Donald Trump has said a US "armada" is heading towards the Middle East and that the United States is monitoring Iran closely, as activists put the death toll from Tehran's bloody crackdown on protesters at 5, 002. The aircraft carrier USS Abraham…...

6+ mon, 5+ day ago  (789+ words) The Professionals is a series of articles in which three people from one field share their views of Ireland today. Keep an eye out for other articles: the psychologists, the teachers, the tech workers. It sounds cliche or corny, but…...

7+ mon, 1+ week ago  (928+ words) Israeli football club Maccabi Tel Aviv's decision this week to decline its ticket allocation for a match next month in Birmingham eases pressure on West Midlands Police, which had defied the UK government by supporting a ban on Maccabi fans....

9+ mon, 2+ week ago  (691+ words) Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Tel Aviv in Israel on Saturday night to oppose prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu's plan to escalate the nearly two-year Gaza war, demanding an immediate end to the campaign and for the release…...