# Conflict

This week

22nd January 2023 - 28th January 2023

# Aleppo

13 killed in building collapse in Syrian city

Only one person had been rescued from the rubble, the interior ministry said.

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Sun 12:53 PM

Last month

December 2022

Voices

Tom Clonan: Russia cannot ‘win’ this war on Ukraine - so what can we expect in 2023?

Escalation won’t alter the fact that a Russian victory is not possible, security analyst Tom Clonan writes.

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Dec 22nd 2022, 1:41 PM

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EU parliament president: In times of crisis, we need hope - here's what we can do for Ukraine

Roberta Metsola outlines a campaign to deliver generators to Ukraine as it faces a winter of war.

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Dec 9th 2022, 1:29 PM

# Conflict

Paulo Bento proud to sing both national anthems as he faces home nation

The South Korea boss will serve a touchline ban against Portugal.

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Dec 1st 2022, 7:48 PM

Last year

2022

Voices

Life in Ukraine: 'When soldiers broke into my mother's house, she simply asked not to kill her'

Polina Bashkina speaks to older Ukrainian people left to cope on the front lines of this war.

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Nov 27th 2022, 10:30 AM

# Conflict

Ukraine frontline: 'Everybody needs to be at least this good, so you don’t hurt your friends'

Journalist Hannah McCarthy is in Ukraine documenting the training of soldiers.

15.3k

Updated Nov 17th 2022, 8:45 PM

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Tom Clonan: Losing Kherson is a huge blow for Russia that will embolden the Ukrainian army

The security analyst looks at the recent gains for Ukraine and says it must now capitalise on this and win back more territory.

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Updated Nov 15th 2022, 9:25 AM

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Opinion: The war in Ukraine is also a war on nature

Ukrainian writer and journalist Polina Bashkina is living in Ireland while war rages at home – she looks at the impact the war is having on the environment.

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Oct 16th 2022, 7:30 AM

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Donnacha Ó Beacháin: 'Fake Russia Great Again' is surely Putin's new motto

The politics professor examines the Russian leader’s attempt this week to annex parts of Ukraine in a sham referendum.

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Oct 1st 2022, 2:19 PM

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Tom Clonan: Putin has made another strategic blunder but this is a dangerous moment

The security analyst looks at the Russian president’s latest move and the level of threat he now poses.

62.0k

Sep 21st 2022, 8:34 PM

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Tom Clonan: Putin’s military miscalculations in Ukraine may prove to be his undoing

The security analyst says the stakes are high now as Ukraine troops push back and all eyes are now on Moscow.

35.8k

Sep 13th 2022, 3:26 PM

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Tom Clonan: Only Putin knows how far he is willing to go to win his futile war in Ukraine

The security analyst assesses Putin’s use of nuclear power as a weapon of war.

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Aug 16th 2022, 7:00 PM

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Tom Clonan: Time is running out for Putin in Ukraine and this makes him dangerous

The security analyst says that having seized all of Luhansk, Putin will now turn his attention to Donetsk.

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Jul 24th 2022, 8:30 AM

# search for water

'The conflict takes two forms': How worsening droughts are fuelling tensions in Kenya

In times of drought, farmers move their animals to look for water and pasture. This can create a rift with crop farmers.

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Jul 4th 2022, 9:02 PM

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Opinion: Those already starving are feeling the ripple effects of the war in Ukraine

Plan International Ireland’s Dualta Roughneen highlights the effects of food shortages on the most vulnerable in Africa.

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May 28th 2022, 7:00 AM

# Hunger

Conflict, climate crisis and Covid-19 escalate child malnutrition emergency - UNICEF

One in every five deaths around the world in children under age 5 is caused by severe acute malnutrition, according to a new report.

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May 17th 2022, 6:15 AM

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Billy Kelleher: I've seen mass graves in Bucha - I never thought such depravity would return to Europe

The Irish MEP documents a visit he and Senator Timmy Dooley made this week to Kyiv, Bucha and Irpin.

45.3k

Updated Apr 14th 2022, 1:20 PM

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Col Colm Doyle: Bucha shows that Putin's aim is the collective punishment of Ukraine's people

Retired Colonel Colm Doyle, who served with the EU in Bosnia, looks at the recent horrors in Bucha and what can be done to bring perpetrators to justice.

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Apr 4th 2022, 6:55 PM

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Bobby McDonagh: There's no need for self-righteousness or self-flagellation over our neutrality

The former ambassador says events in Ukraine bring to light the need for wider discussion around Ireland’s neutrality.

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Mar 19th 2022, 7:00 PM

# War in Ukraine

Russian court extends detention of US basketball star

Brittney Griner will stay in custody until at least 19 May, it was announced.

40.8k

Updated Mar 18th 2022, 11:00 AM

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Opinion: How to talk to your children about the war in Ukraine

Sharon Byrne of Barnardos offers some helpful advice to parents trying to navigate discussing the war with their children.

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Updated Mar 18th 2022, 10:28 AM

# Ukraine

Ukrainian city of Lviv faces a humanitarian crisis as over 200,000 seek refuge

The picturesque city has become the epicentre of Ukraine’s refugee crisis.

The picturesque West Ukrainian city has found itself suddenly at the epicentre of Ukraine’s refugee crisis.

Many children arriving in the city have been evacuated from cities that have witnessed heavy Russian bombardments.

500 theatres, educational institutions and sporting centres are now hosting people displaced from across Ukraine.

15.9k

Mar 17th 2022, 12:05 AM

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Barry Andrews: The EU's response to Ukraine must not repeat the mistakes it made around Syria

The Irish MEP says Putin had a hand in atrocities in Syria too but the EU’s response there was muted at best.

28.7k

Updated Mar 13th 2022, 6:37 PM

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Debate Room: Charlie Flanagan and Richard Boyd Barrett debate Ireland's neutrality

As war rages in Ukraine, the question of Ireland’s place in the world as a neutral voice for peace is under the spotlight.

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Mar 12th 2022, 11:00 AM

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Tom Clonan: Russia will now target more innocent civilians to achieve 'victory' in this war

The security analyst says based on the trajectory of this invasion, it’s now clear that the civilian population in Ukraine is a de facto target.

23.3k

Mar 11th 2022, 5:57 PM

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'We saw things no family should ever see': Irish aid worker meets refugees at the border

Concern’s Kieran McConville meets the refugees telling their stories of heartbreak and survival.

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Updated Mar 9th 2022, 11:44 AM

# Lviv

'I owe it to my homeland': Ukrainians at the Polish border explain why they're going back home

Thousands of Ukrainians displaced by Russian attacks have been arriving in Lviv and waiting days to board trains and buses travelling to Przemyśl.

27.8k

Mar 8th 2022, 6:00 AM

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Timmy Dooley: 'We cannot be shy about how many Ukrainian refugees we can accommodate'

The Fianna Fáil senator visited Ukraine at the weekend with colleague Billy Kelleher and saw first-hand the suffering there.

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Mar 7th 2022, 6:58 PM

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Opinion: Imagining better days in hopeless times - tips for managing the stress of the world

Clinical Psychologist Dr Trudy Meehan has some practical ways to help us cling to hope in dark times.

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Mar 5th 2022, 7:00 AM

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Opinion: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has the Kremlin battling for hearts and minds at home

The Kremlin has exerted tight control over news and social media in an effort to control the information Russians receive about Ukraine.

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Mar 2nd 2022, 3:24 PM

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Opinion: Russia’s invasion is a response to Ukraine’s pro-democratic and pro-western ambitions

Ukraine today is a country attempting to forge its own political destiny in the shadow of a larger force, write Professor Hana Cervinkova and Dr John Paul Newman.

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Mar 1st 2022, 6:00 PM

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Tom Clonan: Putin is waging a 1942 war in 2022, causing untold suffering and destruction

The security expert says the Russian leader has employed similar tactics in Grozny in Chechnya.

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Mar 1st 2022, 12:05 AM

# Conflict

Second Africa Cup of Nations row for Watford as club accused of refusing to release Senegal winger

Nigeria previously suggested Watford were ‘baring fangs’ when the club objected to Emmanuel Dennis being named in their squad.

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Jan 2nd 2022, 7:33 PM

All time

# Ethiopia

UN chief calls for 'unconditional and immediate' Ethiopian ceasefire

Ethiopia has expelled four Irish diplomats due to Ireland’s stance on the ongoing conflict in the country.

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Nov 25th 2021, 8:13 AM

# Tigray Conflict

Eritrea condemns 'illicit and immoral' US sanctions over conflict in Ethiopia

Eritrea claimed the new sanctions reflected a “misguided and hostile policy” by the US and were based on false allegations.

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Nov 13th 2021, 11:45 AM

# Poverty

Ireland pledges €1 million to help 'poorest and most vulnerable' Lebanon households

Lebanon is facing “enormous challenges”, Minister Simon Coveney said.

10.9k

Jul 6th 2021, 6:05 PM

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A Syrian refugee in Turkey: 'I sometimes regret that I was born'

GOAL’s Yusuf Nural tells the stories of Syrian Refugees in Turkey ahead of the release of a moving new documentary and photo exhibition.

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Updated Jun 16th 2021, 9:09 AM

# Peace

'Solutions are possible, but we are lacking political will': Is there any hope that Israel and Palestine could reach a peace agreement?

Violence has escalated between the two sides in recent weeks.

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May 15th 2021, 9:30 AM

# Conflict

Explainer: What sparked the latest escalation in Israeli-Palestinian clashes?

Israeli air strikes today wounded 125 people and killed 25, including nine children.

25 people, including nine children, were killed in an Israeli air strike this morning.

The UN rights office is "deeply concerned" about the escalation of violence.

International leaders have called for a de-escalation on both sides.

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Updated May 12th 2021, 8:56 AM

# Conflict

Dozens hurt as Palestinians and Israeli police clash at Al-Aqsa Mosque

The Palestinian Red Crescent emergency service said 53 people were wounded.

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May 7th 2021, 9:35 PM