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A private kindergarten in the Kholodnohirskyi district that was hit by three Russian Shahed drones in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on October 22, 2025.
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What We’re Watching: Russia bombs Ukraine after Trump cancels Putin meeting, US and Qatar object to EU climate law, Ireland expected to elect socialist president

Citizens’ assemblies helped Ireland move from conflict to consensus
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Citizens’ assemblies helped Ireland move from conflict to consensus

Citizens’ assemblies helped Northern Ireland transform a violent past into today’s deliberative politics. Ambassador Fergal Mythen traces the arc from the New Ireland Forum (1983–84) through national roadshows and town halls to today’s independent citizens’ assemblies, processes that fed into parliament, broadened public understanding, and built “losers’ consent.”

​A woman walks past the Belfast peace wall on September 30, 2019.
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Twenty years since the IRA put down its guns: What’s changed in Northern Ireland?

Twenty years ago, the Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA) agreed to lay down their weapons and end its armed campaign to achieve a united Ireland free of British rule.

Taoiseach Micheal Martin visits President Donald Trump at the White House on March 12, 2025.
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Trade war update: Canada and EU hit back at Trump

The tits and tats are getting bigger as the US’s various trade wars escalate.

President-elect Donald Trump attends the America First Policy Institute gala at Mar-A-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, on Nov. 14, 2024.
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Hard Numbers: Trump talks tough tariffs, Opposition wins in Uruguay, DHL plane crashes in Lithuania, Israeli drone targeted journalists, Ireland asylum claims spike

Ukraine.- In the photos taken on January 31, 2024, Ukrainian soldiers are deployed in the middle of the conflict with Russia. Ukrainian Intelligence has stated that Russian forces "have already made use" of some missiles delivered to the country by North Korea as part of the invasion and has stressed that there is "cooperation between the two regimes" at a military and weapons.
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Hard Numbers: North Koreans killed in Russia, Ireland approaches crucial vote, Pakistan locks down over Khan, Bitcoin to the moon!

​File Photo: Irish Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Simon Harris speaks to reporters after meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden at the White House in Washington, U.S., October 9, 2024.
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Ireland preps for an election sprint

Thankfully, not every election campaign lasts for two years.

A laptop keyboard and Google logo displayed on a phone screen are seen in this illustration photo taken in Krakow, Poland on September 9, 2024.
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Ireland sniffs around Google’s AI models

Ireland’s data privacy authority has opened an inquiry into Google’s artificial intelligence practices.

UK Prime Minister Sunak's push for early election will hardly boost his chances
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UK Prime Minister Sunak's push for early election will hardly boost his chances

Does the decision by Norway, Ireland, and Spain to recognize Palestine as an independent state further increase the isolation of Israel? Does the decision by the UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to call an early election increase his possibility to retain his position at Downing Street? Carl Bildt, former prime minister of Sweden and co-chair of the European Council on Foreign Relations, shares his perspective on European politics from Halmstad, Sweden.

​Newly elected Prime Minister Simon Harris leaves the Dail, in Dublin, following the vote by Irish parliamentarians to elect him, making him the youngest taoiseach in Ireland's history.
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Who is Ireland’s new prime minister, Simon Harris?

Harris faces challenges ranging from a housing crisis to beleaguered health services. He pledged to prioritize housing in a speech on Tuesday.