Ireland defeats Israel in controversial UEFA Nations League match
Ireland's players wore black armbands in support of Palestine, bowed their heads, and refused pre-match handshakes.
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Ireland's players wore black armbands in support of Palestine, bowed their heads, and refused pre-match handshakes.
Ireland has been thrust into the global spotlight over two controversial Nations League football games against Israel.
Irelandโs national football team is facing intense pressure to boycott its UEFA Nations League games against Israel, with the first match taking place this Sunday evening in Hungary. The team has decided to go ahead with the fixture but will wear black armbands in protest. Ireland will also be without its usual goalkeeper, who has chosen to boycott the game. Antonia Kerrigan reports.
Ireland are due to play Israel in the Nations League in Hungary on Sunday, but boycott pressure mounts on and off-field.
Ireland Foreign Minister Helen McEntee sits down with Bloomberg's Tyler Kendall in the UN Rose Garden to discuss the EU's relationship with the US, saying "the US will remain one of the most important trading relationships that we have." (Source: Bloomberg)
US President Donald Trump said he would โlove to seeโ a united Ireland.
US President Donald Trump held talks Saturday in Dublin with his Irish counterpart Catherine Connolly during a weekend visit that's more about a major golf tournament hosted on a course he owns on the country's Atlantic coast. He also met with Ireland's Prime Minister Micheรกl Martin. We discuss that with Gavin Cooney, sports correspondent at the Irish Times.
US President Donald Trump landed in Ireland on Saturday for talks with Ireland's leaders and a major tournament at his oceanfront golf club in Doonbeg. The weekend visit is just the latest example of how the US leader blends his official duties with his personal interests.ย
US President Donald Trump lands in Ireland under tight security on Saturday for two days of diplomacy and golf, on a trip that again blurs the lines between his presidency and personal business interests. At least 4,000 police and other personnel, including snipers, have been mobilised for the visit, in what has been dubbed one of the biggest security operations ever mounted in Ireland. Trump spoke briefly to reporters on the tarmac ahead of his flight to Dublin saying โweโre having a lot of...
Ireland needs to be prepared for a vote on whether to reunify with the UKโs Northern Ireland region, Irish Foreign Minister Helen McEntee has said. โI do believe that there will be a border poll at some stage,โ McEntee told reporters in Wicklow, Ireland, ahead of a European Union foreign ministers meeting on Wednesday. โIt is for the people of Northern Ireland to decide this and it is only where thereโs a view that there may be a majority that we should move forward on this.โ Her comments came...