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Irish Times
08-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Times
Irish Lions: Maro Itoje will captain
Ronan McGreevy takes a closer look at the history of how VE Day was reported in Ireland. Patsy McGarry reports from Rome as the Catholic Church's most senior leaders meet in conclave today, to elect a successor to Pope Francis. India attacked Pakistan and Pakistani Kashmir on Wednesday with several deaths reported. Pakistan is calling the assault a 'blatant act of war'. Dublin City Council have opened a Mobility School in Eamonn Ceannt Park, Crumlin, a fun and safe environment to learn and practise cycling. Video: Bryan O'Brien Just outside of Kinsale, Co Cork, a community group have banded together in an effort to buy a local pub, the Harbour Bar. Video: Enda O'Dowd Pat Doherty of the Doagh Famine Village shows us the damage inflicted by a fire over the weekend on the family owned museum in County Donegal. Video: Joe Dunne US President Donald Trump has ordered a new 100% tariff on all movies made outside of the US, claiming Hollywood is dying a 'very fast death'. Still producing work in his Dublin studio, the artist Michael Kane celebrates his 90th birthday this year. Video: Bryan O'Brien Political Editor of The Irish Times, Pat Leahy, reviews the beginning of Micheál Martin's second term as Taoiseach. Video: Dan Dennison
Irish Times
08-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Times
VE Day: Irish censorship and the news
Ronan McGreevy takes a closer look at the history of how VE Day was reported in Ireland. Patsy McGarry reports from Rome as the Catholic Church's most senior leaders meet in conclave today, to elect a successor to Pope Francis. India attacked Pakistan and Pakistani Kashmir on Wednesday with several deaths reported. Pakistan is calling the assault a 'blatant act of war'. Dublin City Council have opened a Mobility School in Eamonn Ceannt Park, Crumlin, a fun and safe environment to learn and practise cycling. Video: Bryan O'Brien Just outside of Kinsale, Co Cork, a community group have banded together in an effort to buy a local pub, the Harbour Bar. Video: Enda O'Dowd Pat Doherty of the Doagh Famine Village shows us the damage inflicted by a fire over the weekend on the family owned museum in County Donegal. Video: Joe Dunne US President Donald Trump has ordered a new 100% tariff on all movies made outside of the US, claiming Hollywood is dying a 'very fast death'. Political Editor of The Irish Times, Pat Leahy, reviews the beginning of Micheál Martin's second term as Taoiseach. Video: Dan Dennison Still producing work in his Dublin studio, the artist Michael Kane celebrates his 90th birthday this year. Video: Bryan O'Brien
Irish Times
08-05-2025
- Politics
- Irish Times
Government remains extremely nervous about Occupied Territories Bill
Good morning. Day two of the conclave and non habemus papam yet anyway. Keep an eye on during the day and we'll let you know as soon as there is white smoke. It goes without saying that Conor Pope is running the live story for us. Our long-time religious affairs correspondent Patsy McGarry is at the Vatican to make sense of it all for you . (Or you could switch to RTÉ which is somehow managing to cover the conclave with a mere 47 staff on location). READ MORE Here's Patsy's guide to the runners and riders. Back at home, the Government is likely to come under pressure from pro-Palestinian activists and Opposition politicians on the Occupied Territories Bill , which would ban trade with the occupied Palestinian territories. Yesterday Simon Harris said that he wanted to 'progress' the Bill but as we report this morning, the need to write an entirely new piece of legislation means that the Dáil will not debate the Bill until the autumn, at the earliest. To some, this will look like foot-dragging. But there remains extreme nervousness about the Bill in Government and about the possible diplomatic and economic fallout from it. But opposition to Israel's military campaign in Gaza – which has cost over 50,000 Palestinian lives and now threatens famine in the enclave, campaigners say – is growing among European countries. Yesterday Simon Harris was one of six foreign ministers to sign a letter expressing concern about Israel's latest plans to intensify its assault. The Middle East is likely to feature in discussions between the Taoiseach Micheál Martin and the president of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen in Brussels today. Elsewhere in Europe, the new German chancellor Frederick Merz is settling into the job. On his first full day, he flew to Paris and Warsaw to emphasise ties with his eastern and western neighbours and to kickstart what he hopes will be a new energy (to coin a phrase) in the EU. Derek Scally reports . Between Donald Trump's tariffs and Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine, Europe faces defining challenges on all sides. Merz wants to be a leading part of a strong response to these threats, economically and militarily. But can a fractious EU agree on anything? On VE Day, Jack Power has some thoughts. Still with the geopolitics, and as Mary Hannigan reports on our front page , the rebellion against skorts in camogie in gathering pace. The issue was the talk of Leinster House yesterday; surely all that is required now is an intervention in the form of a strong statement by Simon Harris. Female Sinn Féin TDs and Senators wore shorts to Leinster House on Wednesday in a show of support. As far as the Irish Times could see, none brought their hurleys. Miriam Lord also gives the skorts issue the once over. Best Reads In our lead story, Education Editor Carl O'Brien reports that schools are putting up barriers to children with autism in their entry policies. Newton Emerson has identified an unlikely source of hope for united Irelanders: the possibility of Nigel Farage as British prime minister. Even more unlikely, Finn McRedmond feels sorry (sort of) for Prince Harry. Denis Staunton on the potential for conflict between India and Pakistan . Playbook Thursday means it's Tánaiste Simon Harris for leaders' questions at noon in the Dail, and Harris will also answer defence questions shortly afterwards. The Social Democrats have a private members motion about parental choice in education (they are likely to be for it) at half-four and the Dáil adjourns at the civilised hour of 7.30pm. A half-day in the Seanad with only a couple of Government motions to consider. The committees are mostly not up and running yet but the powerful Public Accounts Committee (PAC), holds its first meeting since the general election today. New PAC chairman, Sinn Féin TD John Brady, has previously outlined how he hopes to examine recent controversies like the €6.7 million spent by the Arts Council on a new IT system that was eventually abandoned and the €125,000 x-ray scanner bought by the National Gallery that lay idle for eight years. No heads of government departments or State agencies will be grilled by TDs this morning but members of the Dáil's spending watchdog are likely to raise issues they want to look at as they plan their work for the coming weeks and months. Proceedings begin at 11am. The Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage is due to meet at 3.30pm. You'll get the full Oireachtas schedule here. It's also Lions selection day , goys. Like everything else you need to know, you can follow it on . Conclave: why this papal election is the hardest to call in decades Listen | 37:16 Sign up for Politics push alerts and have the best news, analysis and comment delivered directly to your phone Was this email forwarded to you? Sign up for the Inside Politics newsletter to get our politics team's take direct to your inbox.
Irish Times
28-04-2025
- Politics
- Irish Times
Garda video shows weapons used by organised crime group 'The Gucci Gang'
Donald Trump has said he was disappointed that Russia continues to attack Ukraine and that his meeting with Volodymyr Zelenskiy at the Vatican went well. Elizabeth Potskin was sharing a cigarette with friends at the Lapu Lapu Block Party in Vancouver when a deafening crash shattered the festival's joyful energy. A number of people were killed and many others were injured in Vancouver, after a driver drove into a crowd attending a Filipino street festival. Thousands of people took part in an anti immigration rally with a counter demonstration also happening in Dublin city centre. Video: Sarah Burns Hundred of thousands of mourners attended, including President Michael D Higgins, Taoiseach Micheál Martin and US president Donald Trump. Video: Reuters In the homily of his funeral mass the congregation hears how Pope Francis incessantly called for peace. Pope Francis' coffin was carried into St. Peter's Square at the start of a funeral mass attended by a multitude of mourners, including world leaders. Leaders from across the world have gathered in Rome for the funeral of Pope Francis. President Higgins paid his respects to Pope Francis in Rome and acknowledged the "extraordinary contribution" of the late pontiff. Video: Patsy McGarry Patsy McGarry reports from St. Peters Square where there is a brisk trade in Pope Francis memorabilia. Video: Patsy McGarry
Irish Times
28-04-2025
- Politics
- Irish Times
Trump -'The meeting with Zelenskiy went well'
Donald Trump has said he was disappointed that Russia continues to attack Ukraine and that his meeting with Volodymyr Zelenskiy at the Vatican went well. Elizabeth Potskin was sharing a cigarette with friends at the Lapu Lapu Block Party in Vancouver when a deafening crash shattered the festival's joyful energy. A number of people were killed and many others were injured in Vancouver, after a driver drove into a crowd attending a Filipino street festival. Thousands of people took part in an anti immigration rally with a counter demonstration also happening in Dublin city centre. Video: Sarah Burns Hundred of thousands of mourners attended, including President Michael D Higgins, Taoiseach Micheál Martin and US president Donald Trump. Video: Reuters In the homily of his funeral mass the congregation hears how Pope Francis incessantly called for peace. Pope Francis' coffin was carried into St. Peter's Square at the start of a funeral mass attended by a multitude of mourners, including world leaders. Leaders from across the world have gathered in Rome for the funeral of Pope Francis. President Higgins paid his respects to Pope Francis in Rome and acknowledged the "extraordinary contribution" of the late pontiff. Video: Patsy McGarry Patsy McGarry reports from St. Peters Square where there is a brisk trade in Pope Francis memorabilia. Video: Patsy McGarry
