Ireland

Dublin unveils bumper budget with tax cuts and higher wages as election looms<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2024//09//05//ireland-is-running-a-budget-surplus-why-has-it-been-warned-to-stop-spending/">Ireland is running a budget surplus: Why has it been warned to stop spending?<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>While this approach could boost consumer demand, it could also push up inflation, interest rates, and national debt.<\/p>\n<p>If high interest rates push up the value of the dollar, this means imported goods will be more costly for eurozone buyers.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, as the gap between the dollar and the euro could widen, this would make Irish goods cheaper for US consumers and potentially increase demand.<\/p>\n<p>Many of Ireland's exports to the US are also invoiced in dollars, meaning that Ireland could earn more euros for the same amount of dollar sales.<\/p>\n<h2>Domestic challenges to growth<\/h2><p>Despite global pressures, Ibec argued that Ireland's key growth barriers are domestic.<\/p>\n<p>The country currently faces bottlenecks when it comes to housing, electricity, water and transport infrastructure, which are all crucial for businesses to grow.<\/p>\n<p>\"The main barrier for Ireland is our capacity to deliver projects effectively\", said CEO McCoy.<\/p>\n<p>\"Rising capital costs, if coupled with uncertainty and delays, will stifle business investment.\"<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday's report also criticised Ireland\u2019s 2025 budget package, announced late last year.<\/p>\n<p>Ibec branded the budgetary measures as \"untargeted\", arguing that money was given to households not in need.<\/p>\n<p>It would be wiser for the government to funnel this money into long-term infrastructure projects, the group added.<\/p>\n<p>Ibec nonetheless stressed that Ireland has the potential to remain competitive if hurdles are addressed, 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- Brian Friel","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Brian Friel's plays to return to Irish roots in ambitious cross-border project","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Brian Friel's plays return to Irish roots in cross-border project","titleListing2":"Brian Friel's plays to return to Irish roots in ambitious cross-border project","leadin":"To mark the centenary of Brian Friel\u2019s birth in 2029, a five-year project will bring his works to the communities, landscapes and even seasons that inspired them.","summary":"To mark the centenary of Brian Friel\u2019s birth in 2029, a five-year project will bring his works to the communities, landscapes and even seasons that inspired them.","keySentence":"","url":"brian-friels-plays-to-return-to-irish-roots-in-ambitious-cross-border-project","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/culture\/2025\/01\/02\/brian-friels-plays-to-return-to-irish-roots-in-ambitious-cross-border-project","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Plays by the legendary Irish playwright Brian Friel, often hailed as an 'Irish Chekhov,' are heading back to their roots in a landmark cross-border project, The Guardian writes. \n\nThe five-year celebration, FrielDays \u2013 a Homecoming, will bring all 29 of his plays to life across the very landscapes and communities that shaped them, including County Donegal, County Derry, and County Tyrone: regions where Friel spent much of his life. The project is set to culminate in 2029, marking the centenary of Friel\u2019s birth.\n\nFriel, who died in 2015, was near-unique in the Irish literary world for having lived and written both in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, grounding his plays in the distinct cultures and histories of both. \n\nNow, under the direction of Se\u00e1n Doran and Arts Over Borders, the project will feature site-specific readings and performances in community halls, churches, and even schools \u2013 all in the locations where the stories were set. \u201cIt\u2019s using landscape in a sort of psycho-geography that helps trigger the plays in a more heightened way,\u201d said Doran. The plays will be staged in towns and villages across the counties, each chosen for its historical and emotional connection to the work.\n\nIn 2025, the project will kick off with performances of 'Dancing at Lughnasa', 'Translations', 'Faith Healer', 'The Home Place', and the lesser-known 'Volunteers', a play Friel \u201cparticularly loved\u201d despite its cold reception in London and Dublin. \u201cIrishness is the overarching theme,\u201d Doran explained, \u201cand re-evaluating the past into the present, that haunts all of us, through playwriting.\u201d One of the most powerful examples will be 'Volunteers', which features an archaeological dig that mirrors real-life excavations at Wood Quay, Dublin. The play will be staged at Ebrington Square in Derry, the site of a former British army barracks, reimagined as a live archaeological dig.\n\nIn a nod to Friel\u2019s portrayal of Ireland\u2019s rural communities, 'Faith Healer' will take audiences on a journey through the Irish countryside. The play\u2019s four acts will be staged in different locations, with the audience bussed from town to town, crossing borders along the way. Doran sees this as a way to \u201csee the border not as a divider but as a binder,\u201d underscoring Friel\u2019s exploration of identity, place, and migration. Similarly, 'Translations' will be performed in Gaeltacht areas \u2013 Irish-speaking regions \u2013 where the play\u2019s mix of English and Gaeilge will create a truly immersive experience. \u201c\u201cwill arrive in an environment, be it a pub, where Gaeilge is being spoken, but the play they will see will be in English, so they will be in the milieu of the two languages,\u201d Doran explained.\n\nEach year, more plays will be added, with the ultimate goal of staging all 29 works by the time of Friel\u2019s centenary in 2029. The performances will follow a purist approach, with readings occurring in the same season or even month that Friel originally set the plays. \u201cIn presenting them within the terroir they have come out of, you are strengthening that sense of place in time for the audience,\u201d said Doran.\n\nTo further enhance the connection to Friel\u2019s themes, the project will feature a \u201chedge school\u201d \u2013 named after the secret Catholic schools of the 18th and 19th centuries \u2013 that will run alongside the plays. Audiences will be bussed into the countryside to a secret location where themes from the plays will be distilled and explored.\n\nWith the project\u2019s ambitious scope, Doran sees it as more than just a celebration of Friel\u2019s work. \u201cWe evaluate the canon,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd it\u2019s only through the seeing and the being with and the living with that this can be done. Otherwise the play sits between the covers of a book.\u201d\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Plays by the legendary Irish playwright Brian Friel, often hailed as an 'Irish <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2024//08//22//cate-blanchett-to-return-to-the-stage-in-production-of-the-seagull/">Chekhov,' are heading back to their roots in a landmark cross-border project, The Guardian writes. <\/p>\n<p>The five-year celebration, FrielDays \u2013 a Homecoming, will bring all 29 of his plays to life across the very landscapes and communities that shaped them, including County Donegal, County Derry, and County Tyrone: regions where Friel spent much of his life. The project is set to culminate in 2029, marking the centenary of Friel\u2019s birth.<\/p>\n<p>Friel, who died in 2015, was near-unique in the Irish literary world for having lived and written both in <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2023//04//07//a-look-at-northern-irelands-iconic-murals-25-years-after-the-good-friday-agreement/">Northern Ireland<\/strong><\/a> and the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2024//03//08//international-womens-day-will-ireland-redefine-its-constitutional-language-on-women-in-the/">Republic of Ireland<\/strong><\/a>, grounding his plays in the distinct cultures and histories of both. <\/p>\n<p>Now, under the direction of Se\u00e1n Doran and Arts Over Borders, the project will feature site-specific readings and performances in community halls, churches, and even schools \u2013 all in the locations where the stories were set. \u201cIt\u2019s using landscape in a sort of psycho-geography that helps trigger the plays in a more heightened way,\u201d said Doran. The plays will be staged in towns and villages across the counties, each chosen for its historical and emotional connection to the work.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.75\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//94//50//36//808x608_cmsv2_eed0a8b1-d9a2-5b57-8910-3f8fd29349ae-8945036.jpg/" alt=\"Sculpture of Brian Friel and playwright and novelist John B. 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Keane in Dublin<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Spleodrach \/ CC licence<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>In 2025, the project will kick off with performances of 'Dancing at Lughnasa', 'Translations', 'Faith Healer', 'The Home Place', and the lesser-known 'Volunteers', a play Friel \u201cparticularly loved\u201d despite its cold reception in London and Dublin. \u201cIrishness is the overarching theme,\u201d Doran explained, \u201cand re-evaluating the past into the present, that haunts all of us, through playwriting.\u201d One of the most powerful examples will be 'Volunteers', which features an archaeological dig that mirrors real-life excavations at Wood Quay, Dublin. The play will be staged at Ebrington Square in Derry, the site of a former British army barracks, reimagined as a live archaeological dig.<\/p>\n<p>In a nod to Friel\u2019s portrayal of Ireland\u2019s rural communities, 'Faith Healer' will take audiences on a journey through the Irish countryside. The play\u2019s four acts will be staged in different locations, with the audience bussed from town to town, crossing borders along the way. Doran sees this as a way to \u201csee the border not as a divider but as a binder,\u201d underscoring Friel\u2019s exploration of identity, place, and migration. Similarly, 'Translations' will be performed in Gaeltacht areas \u2013 <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2024//12//17//kneecap-director-rich-peppiatt-the-hegemony-of-english-is-making-people-more-monolingual#:~:text=Euronews%20Culture%3A%20It's%20been%20one,for%20the%20Oscars%20next%20year.\"><strong>Irish-speaking<\/strong><\/a> regions \u2013 where the play\u2019s mix of English and Gaeilge will create a truly immersive experience. \u201c\u201cwill arrive in an environment, be it a pub, where Gaeilge is being spoken, but the play they will see will be in English, so they will be in the milieu of the two languages,\u201d Doran explained.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.7119140625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//94//50//36//808x577_cmsv2_d91ed4f3-2424-5dd6-8057-7e141a845787-8945036.jpg/" alt=\"Sign for a Gaeltacht (Gaelic-speaking area)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/94\/50\/36\/384x273_cmsv2_d91ed4f3-2424-5dd6-8057-7e141a845787-8945036.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/94\/50\/36\/640x456_cmsv2_d91ed4f3-2424-5dd6-8057-7e141a845787-8945036.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/94\/50\/36\/750x534_cmsv2_d91ed4f3-2424-5dd6-8057-7e141a845787-8945036.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/94\/50\/36\/828x589_cmsv2_d91ed4f3-2424-5dd6-8057-7e141a845787-8945036.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/94\/50\/36\/1080x769_cmsv2_d91ed4f3-2424-5dd6-8057-7e141a845787-8945036.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/94\/50\/36\/1200x854_cmsv2_d91ed4f3-2424-5dd6-8057-7e141a845787-8945036.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/94\/50\/36\/1920x1367_cmsv2_d91ed4f3-2424-5dd6-8057-7e141a845787-8945036.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Sign for a Gaeltacht (Gaelic-speaking area)<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Jay Galvin \/ CC licence<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Each year, more plays will be added, with the ultimate goal of staging all 29 works by the time of Friel\u2019s centenary in 2029. The performances will follow a purist approach, with readings occurring in the same season or even month that Friel originally set the plays. \u201cIn presenting them within the terroir they have come out of, you are strengthening that sense of place in time for the audience,\u201d said Doran.<\/p>\n<p>To further enhance the connection to Friel\u2019s themes, the project will feature a \u201chedge school\u201d \u2013 named after the secret <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2024//12//24//jubilee-2025-rome-expects-more-than-30-million-pilgrims-during-holy-year/">Catholic schools of the 18th and 19th centuries \u2013 that will run alongside the plays. Audiences will be bussed into the countryside to a secret location where themes from the plays will be distilled and explored.<\/p>\n<p>With the project\u2019s ambitious scope, Doran sees it as more than just a celebration of Friel\u2019s work. \u201cWe evaluate the canon,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd it\u2019s only through the seeing and the being with and the living with that this can be done. 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experience.","keySentence":"","url":"heal-with-bee-beds-irelands-new-wellness-experience-draws-on-an-eastern-european-tradition","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/travel\/2025\/01\/01\/heal-with-bee-beds-irelands-new-wellness-experience-draws-on-an-eastern-european-tradition","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"As Paul O\u2019Neil was tending to his new beehives one day, a family with three young children walked by.\u00a0\n\nThere was nothing unusual in this, except that this was a remote patch of Valentia Island in Ireland, that few people stumbled upon.\u00a0\u00a0\n\nThe father spotted Paul dressed up in his bee suit and immediately started waving eagerly. This was Anton Tovarnitskyi, a Ukrainian man who had just escaped the war and relocated with his family to the island, which is tucked away in one of Ireland's most westerly points in County Kerry.\n\nAs it turns out, despite having little shared language at the time, he managed to explain to Paul that he, too, had been a beekeeper.\u00a0\n\nImmediately, the pair bonded. Over time, as his English improved, Anton started telling Paul about how, in Ukraine, they used to fashion beds over beehives for therapeutic benefits.\u00a0\n\nAs they researched together, they discovered that bee beds were as ancient as beekeeping in Eastern Europe.\n\n\u201cWe said let\u2019s partner up and build the first bee beds in Ireland,\u201d explains Paul, \u201cand we managed to build our first one in just a few months.\u201d\u00a0\n\nDue to demand, they quickly built a second.\n\nThe buzz about Valentia Island on Ireland\u2019s Wild Atlantic Way\n\nValentia Island is no stranger to tourists, as it\u2019s on the Wild Atlantic Way, a breathtaking 2,500 km coastal route along the west coast of Ireland.\u00a0\n\nThe island, which is reachable by car ferry and road, or bus or train from Killarney, receives around 20,000 visitors annually.\u00a0\n\nMost tourists come to the island to see the picturesque lighthouse, which has been keeping ships safe for 180 years. But since the bee beds were launched in summer 2023, visitors have been drawn to the island for a unique \u2018hive healing\u2019 experience.\n\n\u201cWe\u2019ve created a whole experience around the bee beds,\u201d explains Paul.\u00a0\n\n\u201cYou start in a converted bus where we will give you a drink of propolis (a natural liquid collected by honey bees from buds and trees), then we will help you into your beekeeping suits, which you\u2019ll need to protect against the free-flying bees before you get inside our bee houses.\u201d\n\nEach wooden house has two beds, each with five hives underneath it. You\u2019re very close to the bees but protected by a fine mesh.\u00a0\n\nThere are also observation hives built into the wall of the house where you can observe all the bees - from walkers and drones to even the queen - in a way that \u201cyou can\u2019t even do through traditional beekeeping,\u201d says Paul.\n\n\u201cYou\u2019re then free to just lie down and experience this unique moment as you take in the microvibrations of the bees.\u201d\n\nWith a total of 15 hives, each boasting 50,000 bees in the wooden house, it feels like you are in the heart of a beehive.\n\nGuests usually linger for about half an hour, breathing in the smell of fanning bees, which releases a unique \u2018come here\u2019 pheromone.\u00a0\n\nIt\u2019s common to drift off into a deep sleep, supported by the cabin\u2019s advanced red light technology, pulsed electromagnetic field (PEMF) therapy, sound therapy, and aromatherapy. But even if you don\u2019t, you can meditate to the resonance of a soft humming sound.\u00a0\n\nThe heat of the bees naturally warms the house several degrees higher than the outside temperature. The hive similarly purifies and ionises the air, combining the benefits of propolis, honey, wax, and royal jelly, which Paul says is \u201cvery beneficial for cleansing your lungs.\u201d\n\n\u201cIf you focus enough and are sensitive to energy, then you\u2019ll feel the microvibrations,\u201d adds Paul. However, even if you don\u2019t, it doesn\u2019t matter, he says, \u201c...as these work at a human cellular level, soothing your nervous system\u201d.\n\nBee beds are an ancient European tradition\n\nBeing so intimate with honey bees is thought to have beneficial health effects.\n\nWhile claims haven\u2019t been proven, bee beds have been used for centuries for sleep disorders, respiratory issues, fatigue, tinnitus, and stress.\u00a0\n\nIt\u2019s also perhaps why history reports that beekeepers lived longer than anyone else.\u00a0\n\nThis includes the 19th-century Swiss entomologist Fran\u00e7ois Huber, who, despite being blind, studied honey bees and lived until 81, and the Polish apiarist Johann Dzierzon, who lived until 95 years old, which was very rare in the early 20th century.\n\nBee beds are a new travel experience for nature lovers\n\nThe bee houses close during the winter months as that\u2019s when the queen stops laying, meaning that there are typically less than 10,000 bees in each hive in survival mode, but they reopen in the spring when the queen is busy again.\u00a0\n\nDue to the year-round demand, Anton and Paul are now looking to winter bee experiences for County Kerry\u2019s bee-friendly visitors, who are coming from across Europe and beyond.\u00a0\n\nThere are only a few bee beds worldwide right now, most of which are in Eastern Europe, but more are emerging daily.\n\nBeekeepers, who barely cover their costs these days, can earn a second income from this unusual travel trend. That's why Paul and Anton offer a course that teaches other apiarist enthusiasts how to set up bee beds from start to finish.\n\n\u201cBee beds allow normal people to feel the goodness of bees without the risks of being a beekeeper,\u201d says Paul.\u00a0\n\nThey also guarantee a unique wellness holiday experience that you\u2019ll be buzzing about for months to come.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>As Paul O\u2019Neil was tending to his new beehives one day, a family with three young children walked by.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>There was nothing unusual in this, except that this was a remote patch of Valentia Island in Ireland, that few people stumbled upon.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The father spotted Paul dressed up in his bee suit and immediately started waving eagerly. This was Anton Tovarnitskyi, a Ukrainian man who had just escaped the war and relocated with his family to the island, which is tucked away in one of Ireland's most westerly points in County Kerry.<\/p>\n<p>As it turns out, despite having little shared language at the time, he managed to explain to Paul that he, too, had been a beekeeper.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Immediately, the pair bonded. Over time, as his English improved, Anton started telling Paul about how, in Ukraine, they used to fashion beds over beehives for therapeutic benefits.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"6352984,8869034\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2024//11//25//i-let-my-six-year-old-pick-our-holiday-the-titanic-in-northern-ireland-was-brilliant/">Exploring the Titanic in Belfast with my six-year-old was a stress-free, educational and fun trip<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2022//01//06//europe-s-greenest-city-has-free-public-transport-and-highways-for-bees/">Europe/u2019s greenest city has free public transport and highways for bees<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>As they researched together, they discovered that bee beds were as ancient as beekeeping in Eastern Europe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe said let\u2019s partner up and build the first bee beds in <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2021//03//17//ireland-travel-guide-more-than-just-guinness-and-good-times/">Ireland,/u201d explains Paul, \u201cand we managed to build our first one in just a few months.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Due to demand, they quickly built a second.<\/p>\n<h2>The buzz about Valentia Island on Ireland\u2019s Wild Atlantic Way<\/h2><p>Valentia Island is no stranger to tourists, as it\u2019s on the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//11//09//wild-atlantic-way-theres-no-better-way-to-explore-ireland-than-via-its-spectacular-coastal/">Wild Atlantic Way<\/strong><\/a>, a breathtaking 2,500 km coastal route along the west coast of Ireland.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The island, which is reachable by car ferry and road, or bus or train from Killarney, receives around 20,000 visitors annually.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Most tourists come to the island to see the picturesque <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2021//07//10//these-french-lighthouses-are-being-turned-into-holiday-accommodation-along-the-brittany-co/">lighthouse, which has been keeping ships safe for 180 years. But since the bee beds were launched in summer 2023, visitors have been drawn to the island for a unique \u2018hive healing\u2019 experience.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve created a whole <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//experiences//experiences/">experience around the bee beds,\u201d explains Paul.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou start in a converted bus where we will give you a drink of propolis (a natural liquid collected by honey bees from buds and trees), then we will help you into your beekeeping suits, which you\u2019ll need to protect against the free-flying bees before you get inside our <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//tag//bees/">bee houses.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//91//94//56//808x454_cmsv2_35c94347-ff6e-59e0-b9e5-14d944cc8d6d-8919456.jpg/" alt=\"Guests sit in the converted van in beekeeping suits before the bee bed experience\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/91\/94\/56\/384x216_cmsv2_35c94347-ff6e-59e0-b9e5-14d944cc8d6d-8919456.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/91\/94\/56\/640x360_cmsv2_35c94347-ff6e-59e0-b9e5-14d944cc8d6d-8919456.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/91\/94\/56\/750x422_cmsv2_35c94347-ff6e-59e0-b9e5-14d944cc8d6d-8919456.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/91\/94\/56\/828x466_cmsv2_35c94347-ff6e-59e0-b9e5-14d944cc8d6d-8919456.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/91\/94\/56\/1080x608_cmsv2_35c94347-ff6e-59e0-b9e5-14d944cc8d6d-8919456.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/91\/94\/56\/1200x675_cmsv2_35c94347-ff6e-59e0-b9e5-14d944cc8d6d-8919456.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/91\/94\/56\/1920x1080_cmsv2_35c94347-ff6e-59e0-b9e5-14d944cc8d6d-8919456.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Guests sit in the converted van in beekeeping suits before the bee bed experience<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Island Organix\/Valentia Bee Beds<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Each wooden house has two beds, each with five hives underneath it. You\u2019re very close to the bees but protected by a fine mesh.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"7676498,8497868\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//06//14//these-remote-irish-islands-will-pay-you-80000-to-move-there-but-theres-a-catch/">These remote Irish islands will pay you \u20ac80,000 to move there, but there\u2019s a catch<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2024//06//12//albania-cyprus-ireland-europes-best-non-schengen-countries-for-when-youve-used-up-your-90-/">Albania, Cyprus, Ireland: Europe\u2019s best non-Schengen countries for when you\u2019ve used up your 90 days<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>There are also observation hives built into the wall of the house where you can observe all the bees - from walkers and drones to even the queen - in a way that \u201cyou can\u2019t even do through <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2021//05//20//ukrainians-keep-wild-beekeeping-tradition-alive/">traditional beekeeping<\/strong><\/a>,\u201d says Paul.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re then free to just lie down and experience this unique moment as you take in the microvibrations of the bees.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With a total of 15 hives, each boasting 50,000 bees in the wooden house, it feels like you are in the heart of a beehive.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//91//94//56//808x454_cmsv2_81118d37-2e1c-5fea-b970-0564db2c1242-8919456.jpg/" alt=\"The bee bed cabins have observation windows were you can view the busy bees\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/91\/94\/56\/384x216_cmsv2_81118d37-2e1c-5fea-b970-0564db2c1242-8919456.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/91\/94\/56\/640x360_cmsv2_81118d37-2e1c-5fea-b970-0564db2c1242-8919456.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/91\/94\/56\/750x422_cmsv2_81118d37-2e1c-5fea-b970-0564db2c1242-8919456.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/91\/94\/56\/828x466_cmsv2_81118d37-2e1c-5fea-b970-0564db2c1242-8919456.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/91\/94\/56\/1080x608_cmsv2_81118d37-2e1c-5fea-b970-0564db2c1242-8919456.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/91\/94\/56\/1200x675_cmsv2_81118d37-2e1c-5fea-b970-0564db2c1242-8919456.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/91\/94\/56\/1920x1080_cmsv2_81118d37-2e1c-5fea-b970-0564db2c1242-8919456.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">The bee bed cabins have observation windows were you can view the busy bees<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Island Organix\/Valentia Bee Beds<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Guests usually linger for about half an hour, breathing in the smell of fanning bees, which releases a unique \u2018come here\u2019 pheromone.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s common to drift off into a <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2024//09//10//kiwis-sun-and-a-nappuccino-an-experts-guide-to-getting-better-sleep-while-travelling/">deep sleep<\/strong><\/a>, supported by the cabin\u2019s advanced red light technology, pulsed electromagnetic field (PEMF) therapy, sound therapy, and aromatherapy. But even if you don\u2019t, you can meditate to the resonance of a soft humming sound.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The heat of the bees naturally warms the house several degrees higher than the outside temperature. The hive similarly purifies and ionises the air, combining the benefits of propolis, honey, wax, and royal jelly, which Paul says is \u201cvery beneficial for cleansing your lungs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you focus enough and are sensitive to energy, then you\u2019ll feel the microvibrations,\u201d adds Paul. However, even if you don\u2019t, it doesn\u2019t matter, he says, \u201c...as these work at a human cellular level, soothing your nervous system\u201d.<\/p>\n<h2>Bee beds are an ancient European tradition<\/h2><p>Being so intimate with honey bees is thought to have beneficial health effects.<\/p>\n<p>While claims haven\u2019t been proven, bee beds have been used for centuries for <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2024//03//15//planning-on-some-alone-time-this-valentine-s-these-are-the-best-hotels-to-catch-up-on-some/">sleep disorders, respiratory issues, fatigue, tinnitus, and stress.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s also perhaps why history reports that beekeepers lived longer than anyone else.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This includes the 19th-century Swiss <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2022//06//22//mail-your-mozzies-canadian-scientist-wants-dead-insects-for-climate-study/">entomologist Fran\u00e7ois Huber, who, despite being blind, studied honey bees and lived until 81, and the Polish apiarist Johann Dzierzon, who lived until 95 years old, which was very rare in the early 20th century.<\/p>\n<h2>Bee beds are a new travel experience for nature lovers<\/h2><p>The bee houses close during the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2024//01//22//feeling-the-winter-blues-here-are-some-of-the-best-destinations-in-europe-to-catch-some-su/">winter months<\/strong><\/a> as that\u2019s when the queen stops laying, meaning that there are typically less than 10,000 bees in each hive in survival mode, but they reopen in the spring when the queen is busy again.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Due to the year-round demand, Anton and Paul are now looking to winter bee experiences for County Kerry\u2019s bee-friendly visitors, who are coming from across Europe and beyond.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//91//94//56//808x454_cmsv2_77cc233f-e4c1-56e6-93f5-365278858f4d-8919456.jpg/" alt=\"The novel bee beds have become a popular wellness destination on Valentia Island\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/91\/94\/56\/384x216_cmsv2_77cc233f-e4c1-56e6-93f5-365278858f4d-8919456.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/91\/94\/56\/640x360_cmsv2_77cc233f-e4c1-56e6-93f5-365278858f4d-8919456.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/91\/94\/56\/750x422_cmsv2_77cc233f-e4c1-56e6-93f5-365278858f4d-8919456.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/91\/94\/56\/828x466_cmsv2_77cc233f-e4c1-56e6-93f5-365278858f4d-8919456.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/91\/94\/56\/1080x608_cmsv2_77cc233f-e4c1-56e6-93f5-365278858f4d-8919456.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/91\/94\/56\/1200x675_cmsv2_77cc233f-e4c1-56e6-93f5-365278858f4d-8919456.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/91\/94\/56\/1920x1080_cmsv2_77cc233f-e4c1-56e6-93f5-365278858f4d-8919456.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">The novel bee beds have become a popular wellness destination on Valentia Island<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Island Organix\/Valentia Bee Beds<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>There are only a few bee beds worldwide right now, most of which are in Eastern Europe, but more are emerging daily.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8907414,7187512\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2024//12//15//into-the-canadian-arctic-we-brought-christmas-gifts-to-nunavut-and-wildlife-returned-the-f/">Into the Canadian Arctic: We brought Christmas gifts to Nunavut and wildlife returned the favour<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2022//11//12//from-harry-potter-to-normal-people-these-are-irelands-most-stunning-film-and-tv-locations/">From Harry Potter to Normal People, these are Ireland's most stunning film and TV locations<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Beekeepers, who barely cover their costs these days, can earn a second income from this unusual <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2024//10//29//2025s-top-travel-trends-include-visiting-detour-destinations-and-seeing-natural-phenomena/">travel trend.<\/strong><\/a> That's why Paul and Anton offer a course that teaches other apiarist enthusiasts how to set up bee beds from start to finish.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBee beds allow normal people to feel the goodness of bees without the risks of being a beekeeper,\u201d says Paul.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They also guarantee a unique <a 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Ireland is not anti-Israeli, but Ireland is absolutely anti the starvation of children, is absolutely anti the killing of civilians and is absolutely pro-peace, pro-international law and pro-human rights,\" Harris told reporters.\n\n\"And we have been consistent in relation to our foreign policy position that there needs to be an immediate ceasefire and that the hostages need to be freed and that there needs to be the flow of humanitarian aid into the Middle East.\"\n\nIsraeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar's statement on the embassy closure said that \"Ireland has crossed every red line in its relations with Israel.\"\n\n\"We are concerned that a very narrow interpretation of what constitutes genocide leads to a culture of impunity in which the protection of civilians is minimised,\" Ireland\u2019s deputy premier and foreign affairs minister, Miche\u00e1l Martin, said in a statement on Sunday.\n\nRelations between the two countries have soured since the war in Gaza erupted last October with Israel recalling its ambassador to Dublin after Ireland announced, along with Norway, Spain and Slovenia, that it would recognise a Palestinian state.\n\nThe Irish cabinet last week decided to formally support South Africa\u2019s case against Israel at the International Court of Justice, which accuses Israel of committing genocide in Gaza, claims Israel denies.\n\nStrikes on Gaza\n\nMeanwhile, Israeli forces have continued to pound Gaza\u2019s largely isolated north, as the Palestinian death toll approaches 45,000.\n\nOne airstrike hit the Khalil Aweida school in the town of Beit Hanoun and killed at least 15 people, according to nearby Kamal Adwan Hospital where casualties were taken. The dead included two parents and their daughter and a father and his son, the hospital said.\n\nIn Gaza City, at least 17 people including six women and five children were killed in three airstrikes that hit houses sheltering displaced people, according to Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital.\n\nIsrael's military in a statement said it struck a \"terrorist cell\" in Gaza City and a \"terrorist meeting point\" in the Beit Hanoun area.\n\nAnother Israeli airstrike killed a Palestinian journalist working for Al Jazeera, Ahmed al-Lawh, in central Gaza, according to the Qatari-based broadcaster.\n\nThe strike hit a point for Gaza\u2019s civil defence agency in the urban Nuseirat refugee camp, Al-Awda Hospital said. Also killed were three civil defence workers including the head of the agency in Nuseirat, according to al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital. \n\nThe civil defence is Gaza's main rescue agency and operates under the Hamas-run government.\n\nThe war in Gaza began after Hamas and other militants from Gaza stormed southern Israel on 7 October last year, killing some 1,200 people and taking around 250 people hostage.\n\nIsrael's retaliatory offensive has killed almost 45,000 Palestinians, according to Gaza's Health Ministry.\n\nThe ministry's count does not distinguish between combatants and civilians, but it says over half of the dead are women and children.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Ireland's Prime Minister Simon Harris has called Israel\u2019s decision to close its embassy in Dublin \"deeply regrettable\" but said his government would not change its position on how the war in Gaza is being fought.<\/p>\n<p>Israel announced on Sunday it would shut its mission in the Irish capital because of what Israel's Foreign Minister Gideon Saar called \"extreme anti-Israel policies.\"<\/p>\n<p>\"I will push back very strongly against any attempt by any country to misrepresent Ireland's position. Ireland is not anti-Israeli, but Ireland is absolutely anti the starvation of children, is absolutely anti the killing of civilians and is absolutely pro-peace, pro-international law and pro-human rights,\" Harris told reporters.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1868287660860530973\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\"And we have been consistent in relation to our foreign policy position that there needs to be an immediate ceasefire and that the hostages need to be freed and that there needs to be the flow of humanitarian aid into the Middle East.\"<\/p>\n<p>Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar's statement on the embassy closure said that \"Ireland has crossed every red line in its relations with Israel.\"<\/p>\n<p>\"We are concerned that a very narrow interpretation of what constitutes genocide leads to a culture of impunity in which the protection of civilians is minimised,\" Ireland\u2019s deputy premier and foreign affairs minister, Miche\u00e1l Martin, said in a statement on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Relations between the two countries have soured since the war in Gaza erupted last October with Israel recalling its ambassador to Dublin after Ireland announced, along with Norway, Spain and Slovenia, that it would recognise a Palestinian state.<\/p>\n<p>The Irish cabinet last week decided to formally support South Africa\u2019s case against Israel at the International Court of Justice, which accuses Israel of committing genocide in Gaza, claims Israel denies.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Strikes on Gaza<\/strong><\/h2><p>Meanwhile, Israeli forces have continued to pound Gaza\u2019s largely isolated north, as the Palestinian death toll approaches 45,000.<\/p>\n<p>One airstrike hit the Khalil Aweida school in the town of Beit Hanoun and killed at least 15 people, according to nearby Kamal Adwan Hospital where casualties were taken. The dead included two parents and their daughter and a father and his son, the hospital said.<\/p>\n<p>In Gaza City, at least 17 people including six women and five children were killed in three airstrikes that hit houses sheltering displaced people, according to Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Israel's military in a statement said it struck a \"terrorist cell\" in Gaza City and a \"terrorist meeting point\" in the Beit Hanoun area.<\/p>\n<p>Another Israeli airstrike killed a Palestinian journalist working for Al Jazeera, Ahmed al-Lawh, in central Gaza, according to the Qatari-based broadcaster.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6666666666666666\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//91//32//64//808x539_cmsv2_a8ced365-e7e5-53e4-b640-dd20f7b50957-8913264.jpg/" alt=\"An emergency worker searches in the rubble of a building hit by an Israeli air in Deir al-Balah, 14 December, 2024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/91\/32\/64\/384x256_cmsv2_a8ced365-e7e5-53e4-b640-dd20f7b50957-8913264.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/91\/32\/64\/640x427_cmsv2_a8ced365-e7e5-53e4-b640-dd20f7b50957-8913264.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/91\/32\/64\/750x500_cmsv2_a8ced365-e7e5-53e4-b640-dd20f7b50957-8913264.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/91\/32\/64\/828x552_cmsv2_a8ced365-e7e5-53e4-b640-dd20f7b50957-8913264.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/91\/32\/64\/1080x720_cmsv2_a8ced365-e7e5-53e4-b640-dd20f7b50957-8913264.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/91\/32\/64\/1200x800_cmsv2_a8ced365-e7e5-53e4-b640-dd20f7b50957-8913264.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/91\/32\/64\/1920x1280_cmsv2_a8ced365-e7e5-53e4-b640-dd20f7b50957-8913264.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">An emergency worker searches in the rubble of a building hit by an Israeli air in Deir al-Balah, 14 December, 2024<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Abdel Kareem Hana\/Copyright 2024 The AP. All rights reserved.<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The strike hit a point for Gaza\u2019s civil defence agency in the urban Nuseirat refugee camp, Al-Awda Hospital said. Also killed were three civil defence workers including the head of the agency in Nuseirat, according to al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital. <\/p>\n<p>The civil defence is Gaza's main rescue agency and operates under the Hamas-run government.<\/p>\n<p>The war in Gaza began after Hamas and other militants from Gaza stormed southern Israel on 7 October last year, killing some 1,200 people and taking around 250 people hostage.<\/p>\n<p>Israel's retaliatory offensive has killed almost 45,000 Palestinians, according to Gaza's Health Ministry.<\/p>\n<p>The ministry's count does not distinguish between combatants and civilians, but it says over half of the dead are women and 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CLOSES DUBLIN EMBASSY","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Israel to close its embassy in Ireland over 'anti-Israel policies'","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Israel to close its embassy in Ireland over 'anti-Israel policies'","titleListing2":"Israel to close its embassy in Ireland over 'anti-Israel policies'","leadin":"Israel will close its embassy due to the \"extreme anti-Israel policies of the Irish Government,\u201d foreign minister Gideon Saar said in a statement on Sunday.","summary":"Israel will close its embassy due to the \"extreme anti-Israel policies of the Irish Government,\u201d foreign minister Gideon Saar said in a statement on Sunday.","keySentence":"","url":"israel-to-close-its-embassy-in-ireland-over-anti-israel-policies","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2024\/12\/15\/israel-to-close-its-embassy-in-ireland-over-anti-israel-policies","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Israel said on Sunday it will close its embassy in Ireland as relations deteriorated over the war in Gaza, where Palestinian medical officials said new Israeli airstrikes killed over 30 people including several children.\n\nThe decision to close the embassy came in response to what Israel\u2019s foreign minister has described as Ireland\u2019s \u201cextreme anti-Israel policies.\u201d In May, Israel recalled its ambassador to Dublin after Ireland announced, along with Norway, Spain and Slovenia, it would recognise a Palestinian state.\n\nThe Irish cabinet last week decided to formally intervene in South Africa\u2019s case against Israel at the International Court of Justice, which accuses Israel of committing genocide in Gaza. Israel denies it.\n\n\u201cWe are concerned that a very narrow interpretation of what constitutes genocide leads to a culture of impunity in which the protection of civilians is minimised,\u201d Ireland\u2019s deputy premier and foreign affairs minister, Micheal Martin, said in a statement.\n\nIsraeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar's statement on the embassy closure said that \u201cIreland has crossed every red line in its relations with Israel.\u201d\n\nIrish Prime Minister Simon Harris called the decision to close the embassy \u201cdeeply regrettable.\u201d He added on X: \u201cI utterly reject the assertion that Ireland is anti-Israel. Ireland is pro-peace, pro-human rights and pro-international law.\u201d\n\nStrikes in Gaza kill dozens\n\nMeanwhile, Israeli forces continued on Sunday to pound largely isolated northern Gaza, as the Palestinian death toll in the war approached 45,000.\n\nOne airstrike hit the Khalil Aweida school in the town of Beit Hanoun and killed at least 15 people, according to nearby Kamal Adwan Hospital where casualties were taken. The dead included two parents and their daughter and a father and his son, the hospital said.\n\nIn Gaza City, at least 17 people including six women and five children were killed in three airstrikes that hit houses sheltering displaced people, according to Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital.\n\n\u201cWe woke up to the strike. I woke up with the rubble on top of me,\u201d said a bandaged Yahia al-Yazji, who grieved for his wife and daughter. \"I found my wife with her head and skull visible, and my daughter\u2019s intestines were gone. My wife was three months pregnant.\u201d His hand rested on a body wrapped in a blanket on the floor.\n\nIsrael's military in a statement said it struck a \u201cterrorist cell\u201d in Gaza City and a \u201cterrorist meeting point\u201d in the Beit Hanoun area.\n\nAnother Israeli airstrike killed a Palestinian journalist working for Al Jazeera, Ahmed al-Lawh, in central Gaza, a hospital and the Qatari-based TV station said.\n\nThe strike hit a point for Gaza\u2019s civil defence agency in the urban Nuseirat refugee camp, Al-Awda Hospital said. Also killed were three civil defence workers including the head of the agency in Nuseirat, according to al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital. The civil defence is Gaza's main rescue agency and operates under the Hamas-run government.\n\nThe war in Gaza began after Hamas and other militants from Gaza stormed southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, killing some 1,200 people and taking well over 200 hostage.\n\nIsrael's retaliatory offensive has killed almost 45,000 Palestinians, according to Gaza's Health Ministry. The ministry\u2019s count does not distinguish between combatants and civilians, but it says over half of the dead have been women and children.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Israel said on Sunday it will close its embassy in Ireland as relations deteriorated over the war in Gaza, where Palestinian medical officials said new Israeli airstrikes killed over 30 people including several children.<\/p>\n<p>The decision to close the embassy came in response to what Israel\u2019s foreign minister has described as Ireland\u2019s \u201cextreme anti-Israel policies.\u201d In May, Israel recalled its ambassador to Dublin after Ireland announced, along with Norway, Spain and Slovenia, it would recognise a Palestinian state.<\/p>\n<p>The Irish cabinet last week decided to formally intervene in South Africa\u2019s case against Israel at the International Court of Justice, which accuses Israel of committing genocide in Gaza. Israel denies it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are concerned that a very narrow interpretation of what constitutes genocide leads to a culture of impunity in which the protection of civilians is minimised,\u201d Ireland\u2019s deputy premier and foreign affairs minister, Micheal Martin, said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar's statement on the embassy closure said that \u201cIreland has crossed every red line in its relations with Israel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Irish Prime Minister Simon Harris called the decision to close the embassy \u201cdeeply regrettable.\u201d He added on X: \u201cI utterly reject the assertion that Ireland is anti-Israel. Ireland is pro-peace, pro-human rights and pro-international law.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Strikes in Gaza kill dozens<\/h2><p>Meanwhile, Israeli forces continued on Sunday to pound largely isolated northern Gaza, as the Palestinian death toll in the war approached 45,000.<\/p>\n<p>One airstrike hit the Khalil Aweida school in the town of Beit Hanoun and killed at least 15 people, according to nearby Kamal Adwan Hospital where casualties were taken. The dead included two parents and their daughter and a father and his son, the hospital said.<\/p>\n<p>In Gaza City, at least 17 people including six women and five children were killed in three airstrikes that hit houses sheltering displaced people, according to Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe woke up to the strike. I woke up with the rubble on top of me,\u201d said a bandaged Yahia al-Yazji, who grieved for his wife and daughter. \"I found my wife with her head and skull visible, and my daughter\u2019s intestines were gone. My wife was three months pregnant.\u201d His hand rested on a body wrapped in a blanket on the floor.<\/p>\n<p>Israel's military in a statement said it struck a \u201cterrorist cell\u201d in Gaza City and a \u201cterrorist meeting point\u201d in the Beit Hanoun area.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//91//27//68//808x539_cmsv2_cc4b6074-845c-5d18-a626-76e1bb59a6cb-8912768.jpg/" alt=\"Palestinians pray next to the bodies of their relatives killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip, at a hospital in Deir al-Balah, Sunday, Dec. 15, 2024.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/91\/27\/68\/384x256_cmsv2_cc4b6074-845c-5d18-a626-76e1bb59a6cb-8912768.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/91\/27\/68\/640x427_cmsv2_cc4b6074-845c-5d18-a626-76e1bb59a6cb-8912768.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/91\/27\/68\/750x500_cmsv2_cc4b6074-845c-5d18-a626-76e1bb59a6cb-8912768.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/91\/27\/68\/828x552_cmsv2_cc4b6074-845c-5d18-a626-76e1bb59a6cb-8912768.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/91\/27\/68\/1080x720_cmsv2_cc4b6074-845c-5d18-a626-76e1bb59a6cb-8912768.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/91\/27\/68\/1200x800_cmsv2_cc4b6074-845c-5d18-a626-76e1bb59a6cb-8912768.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/91\/27\/68\/1920x1281_cmsv2_cc4b6074-845c-5d18-a626-76e1bb59a6cb-8912768.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Palestinians pray next to the bodies of their relatives killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip, at a hospital in Deir al-Balah, Sunday, Dec. 15, 2024.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Abdel Kareem Hana\/Copyright 2024, The AP. All rights reserved<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Another Israeli airstrike killed a Palestinian journalist working for Al Jazeera, Ahmed al-Lawh, in central Gaza, a hospital and the Qatari-based TV station said.<\/p>\n<p>The strike hit a point for Gaza\u2019s civil defence agency in the urban Nuseirat refugee camp, Al-Awda Hospital said. Also killed were three civil defence workers including the head of the agency in Nuseirat, according to al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital. The civil defence is Gaza's main rescue agency and operates under the Hamas-run government.<\/p>\n<p>The war in Gaza began after Hamas and other militants from Gaza stormed southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, killing some 1,200 people and taking well over 200 hostage.<\/p>\n<p>Israel's retaliatory offensive has killed almost 45,000 Palestinians, according to Gaza's Health Ministry. The ministry\u2019s count does not distinguish between combatants and civilians, but it says over half of the dead have been women and children.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1734272112,"updatedAt":1734281391,"publishedAt":1734273121,"firstPublishedAt":1734273121,"lastPublishedAt":1734281391,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/91\/27\/74\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_e2576384-d889-5cb8-8569-e2c75748fb85-8912774.jpg","altText":"FILE - Israeli foreign minister Gideon Sa'ar, 2024","caption":"FILE - Israeli foreign minister Gideon Sa'ar, 2024","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Petr David Josek\/Copyright 2024 The AP. All rights reserved","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1024,"height":683},{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/91\/27\/68\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_cc4b6074-845c-5d18-a626-76e1bb59a6cb-8912768.jpg","altText":null,"caption":null,"captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":null,"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1024,"height":683}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"id":1074,"urlSafeValue":"bellamy","title":"Daniel Bellamy","twitter":"danbel"}],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":157,"slug":"israel","urlSafeValue":"israel","title":"Israel","titleRaw":"Israel"},{"id":156,"slug":"ireland","urlSafeValue":"ireland","title":"Ireland","titleRaw":"Ireland"},{"id":13204,"slug":"embassy","urlSafeValue":"embassy","title":"Embassy","titleRaw":"Embassy"}],"widgets":[{"slug":"image","count":1}],"related":[{"id":2704288}],"technicalTags":[],"externalPartners":[],"hasExternalVideo":0,"hasInternalOrExternalVideo":0,"video":0,"videos":[],"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":null,"additionalSources":null,"additionalReporting":null,"freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"europe-news","urlSafeValue":"europe-news","title":"Europe News","online":1,"url":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/europe-news\/europe-news"},"vertical":"my-europe","verticals":[{"id":2,"slug":"my-europe","urlSafeValue":"my-europe","title":"Europe"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":2,"slug":"my-europe","urlSafeValue":"my-europe","title":"Europe"},"themes":[{"id":"europe-news","urlSafeValue":"europe-news","title":"Europe News","url":"\/my-europe\/europe-news"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":56,"urlSafeValue":"europe-news","title":"Europe News"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":104,"urlSafeValue":"europe","title":"Europe"},"country":{"id":156,"urlSafeValue":"ireland","title":"Ireland","url":"\/news\/europe\/ireland"},"town":{"id":1813,"urlSafeValue":"dublin","title":"Dublin"},"contextualSignals":{"doubleVerify":{"ids":["80023001","84111001","84112005"],"slugs":["aggregated_all_moderate_content","law_gov_t_and_politics_legal_politics","law_government_and_politics"]}},"grapeshot":null,"versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"path":"\/my-europe\/2024\/12\/15\/israel-to-close-its-embassy-in-ireland-over-anti-israel-policies","lastModified":1734281391},{"id":2692340,"cid":8884352,"versionId":1,"archive":0,"housenumber":"241202_E3SU_57166533","owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"daletEventName":"IRELAND ELEX RESULTS","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Majority of seats called in Ireland's general election but tough coalition talks lie ahead","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Majority of D\u00e1il seats called in Ireland's close general election","titleListing2":"Majority of D\u00e1il seats called in Ireland's general election but tough coalition talks lie ahead","leadin":"The results of the election mean Ireland has partly bucked the global trend of incumbents being rejected by disgruntled voters after years of pandemic measures, international instability and cost-of-living pressures.","summary":"The results of the election mean Ireland has partly bucked the global trend of incumbents being rejected by disgruntled voters after years of pandemic measures, international instability and cost-of-living pressures.","keySentence":"","url":"majority-of-seats-called-in-irelands-general-election-but-tough-coalition-talks-lie-ahead","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2024\/12\/02\/majority-of-seats-called-in-irelands-general-election-but-tough-coalition-talks-lie-ahead","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Ireland's two dominant centre-right parties look likely to form the country\u2019s next government as the final results from a fractured national election trickle in.\n\nBut both Fine Gael and Fianna F\u00e1il, part of the incumbent governing coalition, took a reduced vote share and face complex coalition negotiations to put the new administration together.\n\nPublic broadcaster RT\u00c9 reports 153 seats in the 174-seat lower house of parliament, the D\u00e1il, have been called. Fianna F\u00e1il have taken 40 with Fine Gael winning 33.\n\n\"I think there is a very clear route back to government although it's not fully determined because a lot will depend on those final seats that I have spoken about,\" said Fianna F\u00e1il leader, Miche\u00e1l Martin.\n\nIn second place is the left-of-centre Sinn F\u00e9in with 34 seats, but it may struggle to find partners willing to form a coalition with it.\n\nBoth Fianna F\u00e1il and Fine Gael have previously said they wouldn\u2019t work with the party, citing its leftist policies and historic links with the militant Irish Republican Army (IRA).\n\n\"We understand that that vote was for change, for a change in government and I and we will do everything that we can once the voting is finished and the seats are filled to pursue that goal,\" Mary Lou McDonald, the leader of Sinn F\u00e9in said.\n\nWhat is almost certain is that no single party will have enough seats to govern on its own and the most likely outcome is a coalition between Fianna F\u00e1il, and Fine Gael under outgoing\u00a0Prime Minister Simon Harris.\n\nIn that case either Harris or Martin or possibly both, if they strike a job-sharing deal, will become Ireland's next PM, known as the Taoiseach.\n\n\"I think anybody who makes any prediction about who is going to be the largest party or the construct of the next government is a braver person than I am,\" said Fine Gael leader and incumbent Taoiseach, Simon Harris.\n\n\"But what I am very confident about is that my party will have a very significant role to play in the years ahead and I am cautiously optimistic and excited about what the weeks ahead hold.\"\n\nIreland uses a complex system of proportional representation in which each of the country\u2019s 43 constituencies elects several lawmakers and voters rank candidates in order of preference.\n\nAs a result, it can take days or even weeks for full results to be known.\n\nThe cost of living and Ireland\u2019s acute housing crisis were dominant topics in the three-week election campaign, alongside immigration, which has become a challenging issue in the country of 5.4 million people.\n\nThe results of the election mean Ireland has partly bucked the global trend of incumbents being rejected by disgruntled voters after years of pandemic, international instability and cost-of-living pressures.\n\nThe next government, like the last, will likely be led by two parties that have dominated Irish politics for the past century.\n\nFine Gael and Fianna F\u00e1il have similar policies, but are long-time rivals with origins on opposing sides of Ireland\u2019s 1920s civil war.\n\nAfter the 2020 election ended in a virtual dead heat, they\u00a0formed a coalition, propped up by the Green Party.\n\nThe Greens had a devastating result, losing all but one of their 12 seats.\n\nThis time, the winning parties may turn to left-leaning Labour or the Social Democrats, or to independent lawmakers, for support.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Ireland's two dominant centre-right parties look likely to form the country\u2019s next government as the final results from a fractured national election trickle in.<\/p>\n<p>But both Fine Gael and Fianna F\u00e1il, part of the incumbent governing coalition, took a reduced vote share and face complex coalition negotiations to put the new administration together.<\/p>\n<p><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.rte.ie//news//election-24//results//#\/national\">Public broadcaster RT\u00c9 reports 153 seats in the 174-seat lower house of parliament<\/a>, the D\u00e1il, have been called. Fianna F\u00e1il have taken 40 with Fine Gael winning 33.<\/p>\n<p>\"I think there is a very clear route back to government although it's not fully determined because a lot will depend on those final seats that I have spoken about,\" said Fianna F\u00e1il leader, Miche\u00e1l Martin.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665714285714286\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//88//43//52//808x539_cmsv2_c46e6854-0573-5ad1-ab02-828948e53b69-8884352.jpg/" alt=\"Fianna F\u00e1il leader Miche\u00e1l Martin held by his sons at the Nemo Rangers GAA Club in Cork, 30 November, 2024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/88\/43\/52\/384x256_cmsv2_c46e6854-0573-5ad1-ab02-828948e53b69-8884352.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/88\/43\/52\/640x427_cmsv2_c46e6854-0573-5ad1-ab02-828948e53b69-8884352.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/88\/43\/52\/750x500_cmsv2_c46e6854-0573-5ad1-ab02-828948e53b69-8884352.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/88\/43\/52\/828x552_cmsv2_c46e6854-0573-5ad1-ab02-828948e53b69-8884352.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/88\/43\/52\/1080x720_cmsv2_c46e6854-0573-5ad1-ab02-828948e53b69-8884352.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/88\/43\/52\/1200x800_cmsv2_c46e6854-0573-5ad1-ab02-828948e53b69-8884352.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/88\/43\/52\/1920x1280_cmsv2_c46e6854-0573-5ad1-ab02-828948e53b69-8884352.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Fianna F\u00e1il leader Miche\u00e1l Martin held by his sons at the Nemo Rangers GAA Club in Cork, 30 November, 2024<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Jacob King\/PA<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>In second place is the left-of-centre Sinn F\u00e9in with 34 seats, but it may struggle to find partners willing to form a coalition with it.<\/p>\n<p>Both Fianna F\u00e1il and Fine Gael have previously said they wouldn\u2019t work with the party, citing its leftist policies and historic links with the militant Irish Republican Army (IRA).<\/p>\n<p>\"We understand that that vote was for change, for a change in government and I and we will do everything that we can once the voting is finished and the seats are filled to pursue that goal,\" Mary Lou McDonald, the leader of Sinn F\u00e9in said.<\/p>\n<p>What is almost certain is that no single party will have enough seats to govern on its own and the most likely outcome is a coalition between Fianna F\u00e1il, and Fine Gael under outgoing\u00a0Prime Minister Simon Harris.<\/p>\n<p>In that case either Harris or Martin or possibly both, if they strike a job-sharing deal, will become Ireland's next PM, known as the Taoiseach.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665714285714286\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//88//43//52//808x539_cmsv2_9a7b5977-ebb0-5e71-b024-ef9c57f2d8bc-8884352.jpg/" alt=\"Taoiseach and Fine Gael leader Simon Harris speaks to the media as he arrives at an election count centre in County Wicklow, 30 November, 2024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/88\/43\/52\/384x256_cmsv2_9a7b5977-ebb0-5e71-b024-ef9c57f2d8bc-8884352.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/88\/43\/52\/640x427_cmsv2_9a7b5977-ebb0-5e71-b024-ef9c57f2d8bc-8884352.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/88\/43\/52\/750x500_cmsv2_9a7b5977-ebb0-5e71-b024-ef9c57f2d8bc-8884352.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/88\/43\/52\/828x552_cmsv2_9a7b5977-ebb0-5e71-b024-ef9c57f2d8bc-8884352.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/88\/43\/52\/1080x720_cmsv2_9a7b5977-ebb0-5e71-b024-ef9c57f2d8bc-8884352.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/88\/43\/52\/1200x800_cmsv2_9a7b5977-ebb0-5e71-b024-ef9c57f2d8bc-8884352.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/88\/43\/52\/1920x1280_cmsv2_9a7b5977-ebb0-5e71-b024-ef9c57f2d8bc-8884352.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Taoiseach and Fine Gael leader Simon Harris speaks to the media as he arrives at an election count centre in County Wicklow, 30 November, 2024<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Niall Carson\/PA<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\"I think anybody who makes any prediction about who is going to be the largest party or the construct of the next government is a braver person than I am,\" said Fine Gael leader and incumbent Taoiseach, Simon Harris.<\/p>\n<p>\"But what I am very confident about is that my party will have a very significant role to play in the years ahead and I am cautiously optimistic and excited about what the weeks ahead hold.\"<\/p>\n<p>Ireland uses a complex system of proportional representation in which each of the country\u2019s 43 constituencies elects several lawmakers and voters rank candidates in order of preference.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, it can take days or even weeks for full results to be known.<\/p>\n<p>The cost of living and Ireland\u2019s acute housing crisis were dominant topics in the three-week election campaign, alongside immigration, which has become a challenging issue in the country of 5.4 million people.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6667395104895105\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//88//43//52//808x539_cmsv2_7ba3564a-2a6d-5fa0-a932-405f3517b3ac-8884352.jpg/" alt=\"Sinn F\u00e9in president Mary Lou McDonald celebrates with supporters after arriving at the count at the Royal Dublin Society in Dublin, 30 November, 2024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/88\/43\/52\/384x256_cmsv2_7ba3564a-2a6d-5fa0-a932-405f3517b3ac-8884352.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/88\/43\/52\/640x427_cmsv2_7ba3564a-2a6d-5fa0-a932-405f3517b3ac-8884352.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/88\/43\/52\/750x500_cmsv2_7ba3564a-2a6d-5fa0-a932-405f3517b3ac-8884352.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/88\/43\/52\/828x552_cmsv2_7ba3564a-2a6d-5fa0-a932-405f3517b3ac-8884352.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/88\/43\/52\/1080x720_cmsv2_7ba3564a-2a6d-5fa0-a932-405f3517b3ac-8884352.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/88\/43\/52\/1200x800_cmsv2_7ba3564a-2a6d-5fa0-a932-405f3517b3ac-8884352.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/88\/43\/52\/1920x1280_cmsv2_7ba3564a-2a6d-5fa0-a932-405f3517b3ac-8884352.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Sinn F\u00e9in president Mary Lou McDonald celebrates with supporters after arriving at the count at the Royal Dublin Society in Dublin, 30 November, 2024<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Peter Morrison\/Copyright 2024 The AP. All rights reserved<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The results of the election mean Ireland has partly bucked the global trend of incumbents being rejected by disgruntled voters after years of pandemic, international instability and cost-of-living pressures.<\/p>\n<p>The next government, like the last, will likely be led by two parties that have dominated Irish politics for the past century.<\/p>\n<p>Fine Gael and Fianna F\u00e1il have similar policies, but are long-time rivals with origins on opposing sides of Ireland\u2019s 1920s civil war.<\/p>\n<p>After the 2020 election ended in a virtual dead heat, they\u00a0formed a coalition, propped up by the Green Party.<\/p>\n<p>The Greens had a devastating result, losing all but one of their 12 seats.<\/p>\n<p>This time, the winning parties may turn to left-leaning Labour or the Social Democrats, or to independent lawmakers, for support.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1733100088,"updatedAt":1733119750,"publishedAt":1733108614,"firstPublishedAt":1733108614,"lastPublishedAt":1733108614,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/88\/43\/52\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_84b20b97-df2d-57e1-ad18-8460eb64fadc-8884352.jpg","altText":"Counting begins for Ireland's General Election at the Royal Dublin Society in Dublin, 30 November, 2024","caption":"Counting begins for Ireland's General Election at the Royal Dublin Society in Dublin, 30 November, 2024","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Peter Morrison\/Copyright 2024 The AP. All rights 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government.","keySentence":"","url":"ireland-headed-for-coalition-government-as-election-exit-poll-shows-three-way-split","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2024\/11\/30\/ireland-headed-for-coalition-government-as-election-exit-poll-shows-three-way-split","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"The Ipsos B&A poll, which was released as voting ended on Friday night, gave the centre-right party Fine Gael 21% and its centre-right coalition partner in the current government, Fianna F\u00e1il polling at 19.5%.\n\nMeanwhile left-of-centre party Sinn F\u00e9in was given 21.1%.\n\nBut since the poll has a margin of error of 1.4%, it's clear the election is far too close to call.\n\nBallots were being counted on Saturday - and because Ireland uses a complex system of proportional representation known as the single transferrable vote, it can take between several hours and several days for full results to be known.\n\nThe result will show whether Ireland bucks the global trend of\u00a0incumbent governments being ousted by disgruntled voters after years of pandemic, international instability and a cost-of-living pressures.\n\nSinn F\u00e9in, which had urged people to vote for change, hailed the result.\n\n\"There is every chance that Sinn F\u00e9in will emerge from these elections as the largest political party,\" Sinn F\u00e9in director of elections Matt Carthy told public broadcaster RT\u00c9.\n\nThough Sinn F\u00e9in, which aims to reunite Northern Ireland with the independent Republic of Ireland, could become the largest party in the 174-seat D\u00e1il, the lower house of parliament, it may struggle to get enough coalition partners to form a government.\n\nBoth Fine Gael and Fianna F\u00e1il have refused to form alliances with it.\n\nThe outgoing government was led by the two parties who have dominated Irish politics for the past century: Fine Gael and Fianna F\u00e1il.\n\nThey have similar centre-right policies but are long-time rivals with origins on opposing sides of Ireland\u2019s 1920s civil war.\n\nAfter the 2020 election ended in a virtual dead heat they formed a coalition, agreeing to share Cabinet posts and take turns as Taoiseach, or prime minister.\u00a0\n\nFianna F\u00e1il leader Miche\u00e1l Martin served as premier for the first half of the term and was replaced by Fine Gael\u2019s Leo Varadkar in December 2022.\u00a0\n\nVaradkar unexpectedly stepped down in March, passing the job to current\u00a0Taoiseach, Simon Harris. \u00a0\n\nOpposition party Sinn F\u00e9in achieved\u00a0a stunning breakthrough in the 2020 election, topping the popular vote, but was shut out of government because Fianna F\u00e1il and Fine Gael refused to work with it, citing its leftist policies and historic ties with militant group the Irish Republican Army during three decades of violence in Northern Ireland.\n\nUnder Ireland's system of proportional representation, each of the 43 constituencies elects multiple lawmakers, with voters ranking 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That makes it relatively easy for smaller parties and independent candidates with a strong local following to gain seats.\n\nThe cost of living and access to affordable housing dominated\u00a0the campaign trail.\n\nIreland has an acute housing shortage, the legacy of failing to build enough new homes during the country's 'Celtic Tiger' boom years and the economic slump that followed the 2008 global financial crisis.\n\nThe result is soaring house prices, rising rents and growing homelessness.\n\nTangled up with the housing issue is immigration, a fairly recent challenge to a country long defined by emigration.\n\nRecent arrivals include more than 100,000 Ukrainians displaced by war and thousands of people fleeing poverty and conflict in the Middle East and Africa.\n\nThis country of 5.4 million has struggled to house all the asylum-seekers, leading to tent camps and makeshift accommodation centres that have attracted tension and protests.\n\nUnlike many European countries, Ireland does not have a significant far-right party, but far-right voices on social media seek to drum up hostility to migrants, and anti-immigrant independent candidates are hoping for election in several districts.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>The Ipsos B&amp;A poll, which was released as voting ended on Friday night, gave the centre-right party Fine Gael 21% and its centre-right coalition partner in the current government, Fianna F\u00e1il polling at 19.5%.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile left-of-centre party Sinn F\u00e9in was given 21.1%.<\/p>\n<p>But since the poll has a margin of error of 1.4%, it's clear the election is far too close to call.<\/p>\n<p>Ballots were being counted on Saturday - 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That makes it relatively easy for smaller parties and independent candidates with a strong local following to gain seats.<\/p>\n<p>The cost of living and access to affordable housing dominated\u00a0the campaign trail.<\/p>\n<p>Ireland has an acute housing shortage, the legacy of failing to build enough new homes during the country's 'Celtic Tiger' boom years and the economic slump that followed the 2008 global financial crisis.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6666666666666666\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//88//23//80//808x539_cmsv2_fe3ba1a9-9df5-5441-9921-5d00fe3099f1-8882380.jpg/" alt=\"A poster by the Electoral Commission is 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Economists warn that the state must save - but winning elections doesn't come cheap.","summary":"Unlike many of its European peers, Ireland's coffers are filled to the brim. Economists warn that the state must save - but winning elections doesn't come cheap.","keySentence":"","url":"dont-forget-the-tiger-why-irelands-economy-is-crucial-to-the-election","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/business\/2024\/11\/29\/dont-forget-the-tiger-why-irelands-economy-is-crucial-to-the-election","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"When Ireland\u2019s political leaders locked horns in a TV debate earlier this week, economic pledges emerged front and centre.\n\nToday, the country will vote in a general election, called early by incumbent Taoiseach Simon Harris.\n\nThe centre-right Fine Gael leader will be running against Mich\u00e9al Martin of Fianna F\u00e1il, as well as Mary Lou McDonald of Sinn F\u00e9in, for the top job.\u00a0\n\nUnlike its European neighbours, Ireland is going to the polls in a strong financial position. Unemployment is low, state coffers are full, and inflation is falling.\n\nReports of economic success, however, don\u2019t reflect reality for many.\n\nPrices remain high, despite falling inflation. Ireland is also dealing with deep structural issues, meaning necessities like housing and healthcare are increasingly unaffordable.\n\nA multinational magnet\n\nIreland\u2019s wealth in the face of a wider regional downturn is largely thanks to its decades-long love affair with multinationals.\n\nThe country\u2019s corporate tax rate - which has now been raised - remained for years at a meagre 12.5%.\n\nThe result of this policy was that Ireland became a magnet for big corporations, who set up camp along Dublin\u2019s river Liffey.\n\nIn 2015, corporation tax receipts amounted to \u20ac7bn in the country. This year, these are estimated between \u20ac23 and \u20ac24bn.\n\nMore recently, Ireland was given an early - if not slightly embarrassing - Christmas present from the European court of justice (ECJ).\n\nThe region\u2019s top court ruled that the country had given Apple illegal tax advantages, forcing the firm to pay Ireland \u20ac13bn in unpaid levies.\n\nSaving for a rainy day\n\nA sticking point for Ireland\u2019s politicians is that despite running a budget surplus, economists are advising fiscal caution.\n\nThe main reason for this is that the tax revenue is \u201cwindfall\u201d - meaning it\u2019s unreliable and mostly based on payments from a few major firms.\n\n\u201cIreland\u2019s underlying fiscal position is in deficit and deteriorating if the excess corporation taxes are excluded,\u201d said Ricardo Amaro, lead economist at Oxford Economics.\n\nSpeaking to Euronews in September, he noted that the government\u2019s breaches of its own spending rule undermine the credibility of this fiscal safeguard.\n\nIntroduced in 2021, the rule limits spending growth to 5% per year - unless the expenditure is financed through higher taxes.\n\nA second argument for fiscal caution is the potential inflationary effect of a big budget.\n\nBy offering tax cuts and giveaways, this could increase consumer demand for goods and services - which may then push up prices.\n\nIreland\u2019s high employment levels are also significant as citizens with jobs are more likely to spend, suggesting extra government stimulus isn\u2019t needed.\n\nIt\u2019s equally important to note that the shortage of unemployed people to fill jobs can push up wages if companies are competing for talent.\n\nThe October budget\n\nAccording to the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (IFAC), the state\u2019s recent budget failed the frugality test.\n\nFinancial plans for 2025, announced by Ireland\u2019s coalition government in October, amount to \u20ac9.1 billion.\n\nThe generous budget \u201crepeats Ireland\u2019s past mistakes of pumping billions into the economy when it is at full employment,\u201d said the IFAC.\n\nHanging over economists\u2019 shoulders is the shadow of the Celtic Tiger, Ireland\u2019s growth era of the nineties and noughties, as well as the subsequent crash.\n\nThe country managed to revolutionise its GDP growth during the space of about a decade, largely down to foreign direct investment.\n\nIn 2008, when the global financial crisis came along, the Tiger nonetheless received a death blow.\n\nForeign money dried up, trade slowed, and Ireland\u2019s overstimulated housing market came crashing down.\n\nBanks that had made risky loans found themselves in hot water, requiring state aid to avoid collapse.\n\nAre we heeding history?\n\nThe bailout program is \u201cnot something of the past\u201d, said Simon Harris in the leaders\u2019 debate on Tuesday, a message echoed by Martin and McDonald.\n\n\u201cThere are people sitting at home tonight\u2026 still living with the scars of the financial crash. Now we have to learn from that as a country,\u201d argued Harris.\n\nSinn F\u00e9in was notably accused by the two centrist leaders of fiscal recklessness.\u00a0\n\nMcDonald disagreed, instead highlighting Martin\u2019s presence in government during the Tiger years.\n\n\u201cI\u2019ve learned from the experience,\u201d said Martin.\n\nThe coalition currently in power, which includes Harris and Martin, has funnelled a certain amount of state revenue into sovereign wealth funds.\n\nThe IFAC has noted, however, that this amounts to less than half of excess corporation tax receipts.\n\n\u201cEach of the three major parties - Fine Gael, Fianna F\u00e1il and Sinn F\u00e9in, are banking on the glut of corporation tax receipts from a handful of US multinationals continuing indefinitely,\u201d Barra Roantree, assistant professor of economics at Trinity College Dublin, told Euronews.\n\nRoantree added that the re-election of Trump increases the risk for the Irish economy, meaning politicians should be preparing for reduced revenue.\n\nIf the US introduces tax breaks for major corporations, this could tempt firms away from Ireland. Another risk is Trump\u2019s proposed raft of tariffs - which could hit Irish exports.\n\nSpending can win votes\n\nDespite calls for thriftiness, politicians are under pressure to deliver giveaways said Professor John McHale, head of economics at Galway University.\n\nHe told Euronews that \u201csignificant needs in areas such as housing and infrastructure\u201d, as well as cost of living pressures, have made frugality politically complicated.\n\nWhen asked about the spending manifestos of Ireland\u2019s three major parties, he noted that they are all \u201cproposing a significant rundown in the projected cumulative surplus\u201d.\n\nSinn F\u00e9in, however, has outlined \u201cthe most ambitious spending plans and the largest reduction in the surplus by some margin\u201d, he added.\n\nWhile talk of spending is making economists wince, it\u2019s clear that infrastructure investments must be prioritised over short-term giveaways.\n\nWho the Irish people trust to do that still hangs in the balance.\n\nAt the time of writing, polls show Fianna F\u00e1il narrowly ahead of Fine Gael, trailed by Sinn F\u00e9in.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>When Ireland\u2019s political leaders locked horns in a TV debate earlier this week, economic pledges emerged front and centre.<\/p>\n<p>Today, the country will vote in a general election, called early by incumbent Taoiseach Simon Harris.<\/p>\n<p>The centre-right Fine Gael leader will be running against Mich\u00e9al Martin of Fianna F\u00e1il, as well as Mary Lou McDonald of Sinn F\u00e9in, for the top job.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Unlike its European neighbours, Ireland is going to the polls in a strong financial position. Unemployment is low, state coffers are full, and inflation is falling.<\/p>\n<p>Reports of economic success, however, don\u2019t reflect reality for many.<\/p>\n<p>Prices remain high, despite falling inflation. Ireland is also dealing with deep structural issues, meaning necessities like housing and healthcare are increasingly unaffordable.<\/p>\n<h2>A multinational magnet<\/h2><p>Ireland\u2019s wealth in the face of a wider regional downturn is largely thanks to its decades-long<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2024//03//15//rewarding-tax-havens-why-ireland-may-cash-in-on-oecd-reforms/"> <strong>love affair with multinationals.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The country\u2019s corporate tax rate - which has now been raised - remained for years at a meagre 12.5%.<\/p>\n<p>The result of this policy was that Ireland became a magnet for big corporations, who set up camp along Dublin\u2019s river Liffey.<\/p>\n<p>In 2015, corporation tax receipts amounted to \u20ac7bn in the country. This year, these are estimated between \u20ac23 and \u20ac24bn.<\/p>\n<p>More recently, Ireland was given an early - if not slightly embarrassing - Christmas present from the European court of justice (ECJ).<\/p>\n<p>The region\u2019s top court ruled that the country had given Apple illegal tax advantages, forcing the firm to pay Ireland \u20ac13bn in unpaid levies.<\/p>\n<h2>Saving for a rainy day<\/h2><p>A sticking point for Ireland\u2019s politicians is that despite running a budget surplus, economists are <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2024//09//05//ireland-is-running-a-budget-surplus-why-has-it-been-warned-to-stop-spending/">advising fiscal caution<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The main reason for this is that the tax revenue is \u201cwindfall\u201d - meaning it\u2019s unreliable and mostly based on payments from a few major firms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIreland\u2019s underlying fiscal position is in deficit and deteriorating if the excess corporation taxes are excluded,\u201d said Ricardo Amaro, lead economist at Oxford Economics.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Euronews in September, he noted that the government\u2019s breaches of its own spending rule undermine the credibility of this fiscal safeguard.<\/p>\n<p>Introduced in 2021, the rule limits spending growth to 5% per year - unless the expenditure is financed through higher taxes.<\/p>\n<p>A second argument for fiscal caution is the potential inflationary effect of a big budget.<\/p>\n<p>By offering tax cuts and giveaways, this could increase consumer demand for goods and services - which may then push up prices.<\/p>\n<p>Ireland\u2019s high employment levels are also significant as citizens with jobs are more likely to spend, suggesting extra government stimulus isn\u2019t needed.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s equally important to note that the shortage of unemployed people to fill jobs can push up wages if companies are competing for talent.<\/p>\n<h2>The October budget<\/h2><p>According to the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (IFAC), the state\u2019s recent budget failed the frugality test.<\/p>\n<p><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2024//10//01//dublin-unveils-bumper-budget-with-tax-cuts-and-higher-wages-as-election-looms/">Financial plans for 2025<\/strong><\/a>, announced by Ireland\u2019s coalition government in October, amount to \u20ac9.1 billion.<\/p>\n<p>The generous budget \u201crepeats Ireland\u2019s past mistakes of pumping billions into the economy when it is at full employment,\u201d said the IFAC.<\/p>\n<p>Hanging over economists\u2019 shoulders is the shadow of the Celtic Tiger, Ireland\u2019s growth era of the nineties and noughties, as well as the subsequent crash.<\/p>\n<p>The country managed to revolutionise its GDP growth during the space of about a decade, largely down to foreign direct investment.<\/p>\n<p>In 2008, when the global financial crisis came along, the Tiger nonetheless received a death blow.<\/p>\n<p>Foreign money dried up, trade slowed, and Ireland\u2019s overstimulated housing market came crashing down.<\/p>\n<p>Banks that had made risky loans found themselves in hot water, requiring state aid to avoid collapse.<\/p>\n<h2>Are we heeding history?<\/h2><p>The bailout program is \u201cnot something of the past\u201d, said Simon Harris in the leaders\u2019 debate on Tuesday, a message echoed by Martin and McDonald.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are people sitting at home tonight\u2026 still living with the scars of the financial crash. Now we have to learn from that as a country,\u201d argued Harris.<\/p>\n<p>Sinn F\u00e9in was notably accused by the two centrist leaders of fiscal recklessness.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>McDonald disagreed, instead highlighting Martin\u2019s presence in government during the Tiger years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve learned from the experience,\u201d said Martin.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8865622,8840918\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2024//11//08//irish-prime-minister-announces-general-election-at-the-end-of-november/">Irish Prime Minister announces general election at the end of November<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//11//27//whats-at-stake-in-irelands-general-election/">What's at stake in Ireland's general election?<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The coalition currently in power, which includes Harris and Martin, has funnelled a certain amount of state revenue into sovereign wealth funds.<\/p>\n<p>The IFAC has noted, however, that this amounts to less than half of excess corporation tax receipts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEach of the three major parties - Fine Gael, Fianna F\u00e1il and Sinn F\u00e9in, are banking on the glut of corporation tax receipts from a handful of US multinationals continuing indefinitely,\u201d Barra Roantree, assistant professor of economics at Trinity College Dublin, told Euronews.<\/p>\n<p>Roantree added that the re-election of Trump increases the risk for the Irish economy, meaning politicians should be preparing for reduced revenue.<\/p>\n<p>If the US introduces tax breaks for major corporations, this could tempt firms away from Ireland. Another risk is Trump\u2019s proposed raft of tariffs - which could hit Irish exports.<\/p>\n<h2>Spending can win votes<\/h2><p>Despite calls for thriftiness, politicians are under pressure to deliver giveaways said Professor John McHale, head of economics at Galway University.<\/p>\n<p>He told Euronews that \u201csignificant needs in areas such as housing and infrastructure\u201d, as well as cost of living pressures, have made frugality politically complicated.<\/p>\n<p>When asked about the spending manifestos of Ireland\u2019s three major parties, he noted that they are all \u201cproposing a significant rundown in the projected cumulative surplus\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Sinn F\u00e9in, however, has outlined \u201cthe most ambitious spending plans and the largest reduction in the surplus by some margin\u201d, he added.<\/p>\n<p>While talk of spending is making economists wince, it\u2019s clear that <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2024//05//31//irelands-refugee-crisis-is-paralysing-services-what-can-dublin-do/">infrastructure investments<\/strong><\/a> must be prioritised over short-term giveaways.<\/p>\n<p>Who the Irish people trust to do that still hangs in the balance.<\/p>\n<p>At the time of writing, polls show Fianna F\u00e1il narrowly ahead of Fine Gael, trailed by Sinn F\u00e9in.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1732826106,"updatedAt":1732872869,"publishedAt":1732869746,"firstPublishedAt":1732869746,"lastPublishedAt":1732872869,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/88\/00\/20\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_dacc38fd-a291-5968-9981-84c72d2c7612-8880020.jpg","altText":"Irish election posters hang from lampposts in Dublin City centre. 26 November 2024.","caption":"Irish election posters hang from lampposts in Dublin City centre. 26 November 2024.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Peter 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election explainer","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"What's at stake in Ireland's general election?","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"What's at stake in Ireland's general election?","titleListing2":"What's at stake in Ireland's general election?","leadin":"The establishment parties are taking the chance to sweep up votes while Sinn Fein struggles to regain its footing.","summary":"The establishment parties are taking the chance to sweep up votes while Sinn Fein struggles to regain its footing.","keySentence":"","url":"whats-at-stake-in-irelands-general-election","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2024\/11\/27\/whats-at-stake-in-irelands-general-election","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"As recently as a year ago, Ireland was preparing for what once seemed unthinkable: a government led by Sinn Fein, the nationalist party that served as the political wing of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) during the conflict known as the Troubles.\n\nBut while Sinn Fein has made great strides in Northern Ireland, where it is now the largest party in the Assembly in Belfast, its image as a government-in-waiting in the Republic has collapsed.\n\nAnd now, there are signs that the country's traditional establishment parties may be about to buck a global trend of elections going against incumbents and instead maintain their grip on power.\n\nSo who's in the running, what are the key issues, what's expected to happen?\n\nCoalition arithmetic\n\nIreland is coming off four years under a mostly centrist coalition government led by longtime rival parties Fine Gael and Fianna F\u00e1il, the first time the two have governed together. Supported by the Greens and several independents, the coalition has a majority of just one in the Irish parliament, or D\u00e1il. \n\nAfter the last election, Fianna F\u00e1il's Miche\u00e1l Martin and Fine Gael's Leo Varadkar negotiated a deal under which they would alternate their terms as prime minister, or Taoiseach, reflecting the fact that Fianna F\u00e1il had won only two more seats than Fine Gael.\n\nVaradkar resigned from office without warning this summer and was succeeded by his Fine Gael colleague Simon Harris, who has since become known as the \"TikTok Taoiseach\" for his exuberant social media presence.\n\nBoth Fine Gael and Fianna F\u00e1il are now hoping that they may keep enough seats to keep the arithmetic of the centrist-plus-Greens coalition roughly the same \u2014 and perhaps make enough gains that they will no longer have to rely on each other.\n\nThere are also a number of parties on the left or centre-left whom either side might try and entice to put together a coalition with a different complexion, notably Labour and the Social Democrats.\n\nHow to spend it\n\nThe election was called shortly after Ireland and Apple lost a court case brought by the European Commission, after which the EU Court of Justice ordered the tech giant to pay \u20ac13 billion to the Irish treasury to compensate for years of ultra-low taxes. \n\nThe court determined that the rock-bottom rates charged by the Irish government constitute an unlawful subsidy.\n\nEmbarrassing though the fine may be, it also sends billions of euros to the treasury at a time when Ireland has numerous expensive problems to address.\n\nAmong these are the prospect of serious transatlantic economic instability following Donald Trump's re-election as US president, something that would compound the knock-on effects of economic problems in Eurozone powerhouses and commodity price shocks driven by conflicts in Ukraine and elsewhere.\n\nHarris has proposed setting aside \u20ac50 billion a year as a fund to bolster the public finances against the impact of sudden problems. There is also pressure on the government to spend more on public services.\n\nBut top of the list for many voters is the single most pressing domestic issue Ireland has faced in years: a nationwide housing crisis.\n\nAfter overexuberant construction and mortgage lending helped crash the Irish economy as part of the 2007-2008 financial crisis, house-building slowed dramatically. Coming after the reversal of Ireland's decades-long net emigration trend, the upshot has been that there are simply too few homes to house the country's growing population and people moving there.\n\nIt has become one of the defining issues of Irish public debate \u2014 but as Sinn Fein have found out, it has also made coalition-building on the left much harder.\n\nCaught in the middle\n\nUnusually for a European country, Ireland does not have a strong right-wing populist party with any chance of holding the balance of power. However, far-right influencers have made a concerted effort to stir up a grassroots movement against immigrants and asylum seekers \u2014 particularly those from Muslim countries.\n\nMany asylum seekers are housed in temporary accommodation, including previously shuttered hotels and retrofitted buildings, sometimes in small towns where their presence is highly conspicuous. A significant number have ended up sleeping in tents on the streets of central Dublin.\n\nThis has coincided with the intensification of the long-running housing crisis, and online far-right agitators \u2014 some domestic and some foreign \u2014 have spotted a chance to exploit it, spreading false claims that refugees and foreigners are being prioritised over Irish citizens.\n\nHaving started by exploiting anger against housing inequality, this has developed into an explicitly racist discourse about the supposed \"replacement\" of the white, gaelic Irish population, with hashtags like #IrelandfortheIrish spreading on moderation-light platforms like X and Telegram.\n\nYet in a turn that cuts against the European trend, it is Sinn Fein and not the incumbent government that this political tectonic shift has hit the hardest.\n\nThe party's vote was long concentrated in working-class communities, but in recent years, it has grown its coalition by appealing more and more to educated urban graduates and professionals. This latter group finds appeal in Sinn Fein's left-wing internationalist politics \u2014 including its explicit support for refugees.\n\nBut after a poorer-than-expected performance in this summer's European elections, the party has tried to sharpen its immigration pitch while still hewing close to its left-wing principles.\n\n\"Sinn F\u00e9in is clear that our migration policies must be decided by an Irish government, not by the European Union,\" the party proclaimed in a policy document published this summer. \"Our perspective on migration is informed by our Republican values and principles \u2014 equality, economic and social justice, sovereignty, anti-racism and anti-colonialism.\"\n\nAnd in a recent interview with the Irish Independent, leader Mary Lou McDonald specifically pushed back on what she said was government condemnation of working-class communities that had seen protests against the setup of asylum seeker housing centres.\n\n\u201cI think the government kind of used this \u2018people want to veto\u2019 line, to kind of hide behind it because they hadn\u2019t gone in and they hadn\u2019t done the work to actually go and talk to people in communities,\" she said.\n\n\"We need to be careful not to slip into an analysis that we all went to bed one night grand, and we woke up the following day and the entire country was racist. That didn\u2019t happen.\"\n\nCaught on camera\n\nBut Sinn Fein is far from the only party with problems as the campaign reaches an end. Harris has spent days trying to recover from a major gaffe that appears to have affected his party's polling at the final hurdle.\n\nDuring a campaign stop at a supermarket in County Cork, Harris was confronted by a disability care worker who asked him why his government was not offering people in her position more support.\n\nHis dismissive response to her was caught on video and drew a storm of criticism, turning into a multi-day news cycle that forced Harris to apologise \u2014 and now, he is having to insist he is not aware of anyone on his team contacting national broadcaster RTE to demand that it stop showing the clip of the incident.\n\nThe supermarket episode shows that potential for a surprise is always there, and it appears to have helped damage Fine Gael's polling; the party now sits neck-and-neck with Sinn Fein, with Fianna F\u00e1il slightly ahead. Yet it does not change some of the fundamentals of the post-election arithmetic.\n\nWere Sinn Fein to somehow become the largest party in the D\u00e1il or even pull ahead of one of the largest two, its sometimes hardline politics and long history with the IRA would make it an unacceptable coalition partner for many senior figures in the mainstream parties. (Varadkar has previously said that were his party to go into government with Sinn Fein, he would resign his membership.)\n\nHowever, with Harris' gaffe leaving his party effectively tied with Sinn Fein, the other two main parties could yet find themselves losing just enough seats that they have to widen their coalition even further. \n\nWhatever happens, it may be some time before the full picture becomes clear. The Irish electoral system includes multi-member constituencies and transferable voting. While the polls will close at 10pm local time on Friday, the counting will not begin until the following morning \u2014 and in some seats, it may go on through the weekend.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>As recently as a year ago, Ireland was preparing for what once seemed unthinkable: a government led by Sinn Fein, the nationalist party that served as the political wing of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) during the conflict known as the Troubles.<\/p>\n<p>But while Sinn Fein has made great strides in Northern Ireland, where it is now the largest party in the Assembly in Belfast, its image as a government-in-waiting in the Republic has collapsed.<\/p>\n<p>And now, there are signs that the country's traditional establishment parties may be about to buck a global trend of elections going against incumbents and instead maintain their grip on power.<\/p>\n<p>So who's in the running, what are the key issues, what's expected to happen?<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Coalition arithmetic<\/strong><\/h2><p>Ireland is coming off four years under a mostly centrist coalition government led by longtime rival parties Fine Gael and Fianna F\u00e1il, the first time the two have governed together. Supported by the Greens and several independents, the coalition has a majority of just one in the Irish parliament, or D\u00e1il. <\/p>\n<p>After the last election, Fianna F\u00e1il's Miche\u00e1l Martin and Fine Gael's Leo Varadkar negotiated a deal under which they would alternate their terms as prime minister, or Taoiseach, reflecting the fact that Fianna F\u00e1il had won only two more seats than Fine Gael.<\/p>\n<p>Varadkar resigned from office without warning this summer and was succeeded by his Fine Gael colleague Simon Harris, who has since become known as the \"TikTok Taoiseach\" for his exuberant social media presence.<\/p>\n<p>Both Fine Gael and Fianna F\u00e1il are now hoping that they may keep enough seats to keep the arithmetic of the centrist-plus-Greens coalition roughly the same \u2014 and perhaps make enough gains that they will no longer have to rely on each other.<\/p>\n<p>There are also a number of parties on the left or centre-left whom either side might try and entice to put together a coalition with a different complexion, notably Labour and the Social Democrats.<\/p>\n<h2>How to spend it<\/h2><p>The election was called shortly after Ireland and Apple lost a court case brought by the European Commission, after which the EU Court of Justice ordered the tech giant to pay \u20ac13 billion to the Irish treasury to compensate for years of ultra-low taxes. <\/p>\n<p>The court determined that the rock-bottom rates charged by the Irish government constitute an unlawful subsidy.<\/p>\n<p>Embarrassing though the fine may be, it also sends billions of euros to the treasury at a time when Ireland has numerous expensive problems to address.<\/p>\n<p>Among these are the prospect of serious transatlantic economic instability following Donald Trump's re-election as US president, something that would compound the knock-on effects of economic problems in Eurozone powerhouses and commodity price shocks driven by conflicts in Ukraine and elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p>Harris has proposed setting aside \u20ac50 billion a year as a fund to bolster the public finances against the impact of sudden problems. There is also pressure on the government to spend more on public services.<\/p>\n<p>But top of the list for many voters is the single most pressing domestic issue Ireland has faced in years: a nationwide housing crisis.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8836294,8718042\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2024//11//06//how-trumps-presidency-poses-the-biggest-near-term-risk-to-the-irish-economy/">How Trump's Presidency poses the 'biggest near-term risk' to the Irish economy <\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2024//09//10//apple-ireland-lose-13bn-sweetheart-tax-deal-case-in-victory-for-eus-tax-lady/">Apple, Ireland lose \u20ac13bn sweetheart tax deal case in victory for EU's 'tax lady'<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>After overexuberant construction and mortgage lending helped crash the Irish economy as part of the 2007-2008 financial crisis, house-building slowed dramatically. Coming after the reversal of Ireland's decades-long net emigration trend, the upshot has been that there are simply too few homes to house the country's growing population and people moving there.<\/p>\n<p>It has become one of the defining issues of Irish public debate \u2014 but as Sinn Fein have found out, it has also made coalition-building on the left much harder.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Caught in the middle<\/strong><\/h2><p>Unusually for a European country, Ireland does not have a strong right-wing populist party with any chance of holding the balance of power. However, far-right influencers have made a concerted effort to stir up a grassroots movement against immigrants and asylum seekers \u2014 particularly those from Muslim countries.<\/p>\n<p>Many asylum seekers are housed in temporary accommodation, including previously shuttered hotels and retrofitted buildings, sometimes in small towns where their presence is highly conspicuous. A significant number have ended up sleeping in tents on the streets of central Dublin.<\/p>\n<p>This has coincided with the intensification of the long-running housing crisis, and online far-right agitators \u2014 some domestic and some foreign \u2014 have spotted a chance to exploit it, spreading false claims that refugees and foreigners are being prioritised over Irish citizens.<\/p>\n<p>Having started by exploiting anger against housing inequality, this has developed into an explicitly racist discourse about the supposed \"replacement\" of the white, gaelic Irish population, with hashtags like #IrelandfortheIrish spreading on moderation-light platforms like X and Telegram.<\/p>\n<p>Yet in a turn that cuts against the European trend, it is Sinn Fein and not the incumbent government that this political tectonic shift has hit the hardest.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8603264,8058198\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//11//22//press-freedom-campaigners-urge-irelands-sinn-fein-to-stop-suing-critical-journalists/">Press freedom campaigners urge Ireland's Sinn Fein to stop suing critical journalists<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//08//02//irelands-sinn-fein-struggles-to-claw-back-voters-as-anti-immigrant-anger-surges/">Ireland's Sinn Fein struggles to claw back voters as anti-immigrant anger surges<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The party's vote was long concentrated in working-class communities, but in recent years, it has grown its coalition by appealing more and more to educated urban graduates and professionals. This latter group finds appeal in Sinn Fein's left-wing internationalist politics \u2014 including its explicit support for refugees.<\/p>\n<p>But after a poorer-than-expected performance in this summer's European elections, the party has tried to sharpen its immigration pitch while still hewing close to its left-wing principles.<\/p>\n<p>\"Sinn F\u00e9in is clear that our migration policies must be decided by an Irish government, not by the European Union,\" the party proclaimed in a policy document published this summer. \"Our perspective on migration is informed by our Republican values and principles \u2014 equality, economic and social justice, sovereignty, anti-racism and anti-colonialism.\"<\/p>\n<p>And in a recent interview with the Irish Independent, leader Mary Lou McDonald specifically pushed back on what she said was government condemnation of working-class communities that had seen protests against the setup of asylum seeker housing centres.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the government kind of used this \u2018people want to veto\u2019 line, to kind of hide behind it because they hadn\u2019t gone in and they hadn\u2019t done the work to actually go and talk to people in communities,\" she said.<\/p>\n<p>\"We need to be careful not to slip into an analysis that we all went to bed one night grand, and we woke up the following day and the entire country was racist. That didn\u2019t happen.\"<\/p>\n<h2>Caught on camera<\/h2><p>But Sinn Fein is far from the only party with problems as the campaign reaches an end. Harris has spent days trying to recover from a major gaffe that appears to have affected his party's polling at the final hurdle.<\/p>\n<p>During a campaign stop at a supermarket in County Cork, Harris was confronted by a disability care worker who asked him why his government was not offering people in her position more support.<\/p>\n<p>His dismissive response to her was caught on video and drew a storm of criticism, turning into a multi-day news cycle that forced Harris to apologise \u2014 and now, he is having to insist he is not aware of anyone on his team contacting national broadcaster RTE to demand that it stop showing the clip of the incident.<\/p>\n<p>The supermarket episode shows that potential for a surprise is always there, and it appears to have helped damage Fine Gael's polling; the party now sits neck-and-neck with Sinn Fein, with Fianna F\u00e1il slightly ahead. Yet it does not change some of the fundamentals of the post-election arithmetic.<\/p>\n<p>Were Sinn Fein to somehow become the largest party in the D\u00e1il or even pull ahead of one of the largest two, its sometimes hardline politics and long history with the IRA would make it an unacceptable coalition partner for many senior figures in the mainstream parties. (Varadkar has previously said that were his party to go into government with Sinn Fein, he would resign his membership.)<\/p>\n<p>However, with Harris' gaffe leaving his party effectively tied with Sinn Fein, the other two main parties could yet find themselves losing just enough seats that they have to widen their coalition even further. <\/p>\n<p>Whatever happens, it may be some time before the full picture becomes clear. The Irish electoral system includes multi-member constituencies and transferable voting. While the polls will close at 10pm local time on Friday, the counting will not begin until the following morning \u2014 and in some seats, it may go on through the weekend.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1732187111,"updatedAt":1732883050,"publishedAt":1732726602,"firstPublishedAt":1732726602,"lastPublishedAt":1732882688,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/86\/56\/22\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_c170b902-9acf-5072-9b1f-8288b8ecab61-8865622.jpg","altText":"A General Election leaders' debate at RTE studios in Dublin.","caption":"A General Election leaders' debate at RTE studios in Dublin.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Niall Carson\/PA via AP","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":3000,"height":1688}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"id":2886,"urlSafeValue":"naughtie","title":"Andrew Naughtie","twitter":null}],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":10535,"slug":"irish-politics","urlSafeValue":"irish-politics","title":"Irish politics","titleRaw":"Irish politics"},{"id":8085,"slug":"sinn-fein","urlSafeValue":"sinn-fein","title":"Sinn Fein","titleRaw":"Sinn Fein"},{"id":22808,"slug":"fianna-fail","urlSafeValue":"fianna-fail","title":"Fianna Fail","titleRaw":"Fianna Fail"},{"id":23186,"slug":"fine-gael","urlSafeValue":"fine-gael","title":"Fine Gael","titleRaw":"Fine Gael"},{"id":156,"slug":"ireland","urlSafeValue":"ireland","title":"Ireland","titleRaw":"Ireland"},{"id":11939,"slug":"elections","urlSafeValue":"elections","title":"Elections","titleRaw":"Elections"}],"widgets":[{"slug":"related","count":2}],"related":[{"id":2690330},{"id":2691124}],"technicalTags":[{"path":"euronews.byenglishwebteam"},{"path":"euronews"}],"externalPartners":{"youtubeId":"s0mF8zhKdkg"},"hasExternalVideo":1,"hasInternalOrExternalVideo":1,"video":1,"videos":[{"format":"mp4","quality":"md","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/med\/EN\/E3\/SU\/24\/11\/29\/en\/241129_E3SU_57147711_57150391_90200_122642_en.mp4","editor":"","duration":20000,"filesizeBytes":0,"expiresAt":0},{"format":"mp4","quality":"hd","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/EN\/E3\/SU\/24\/11\/29\/en\/241129_E3SU_57147711_57150391_90200_122642_en.mp4","editor":"","duration":20000,"filesizeBytes":0,"expiresAt":0}],"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":null,"additionalSources":null,"additionalReporting":null,"freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"world","urlSafeValue":"world","title":"World News","online":1,"url":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/programs\/world"},"vertical":"news","verticals":[{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"themes":[{"id":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World","url":"\/news\/international"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":1,"urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":104,"urlSafeValue":"europe","title":"Europe"},"country":{"id":156,"urlSafeValue":"ireland","title":"Ireland","url":"\/news\/europe\/ireland"},"town":[],"contextualSignals":{"doubleVerify":{"ids":["80023001","84051001","84052001","84111001","84112005","84211001","84212001","84241001","84242017"],"slugs":["aggregated_all_moderate_content","education","education_general","law_gov_t_and_politics_legal_politics","law_government_and_politics","society","society_general","tech_and_computing_email","technology_and_computing"]}},"grapeshot":null,"versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"path":"\/2024\/11\/27\/whats-at-stake-in-irelands-general-election","lastModified":1732882688},{"id":2686740,"cid":8871188,"versionId":1,"archive":0,"housenumber":"241125_HLSU_57107512","owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"daletEventName":"Health Celtic Curse","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"What is the 'Celtic curse,' the genetic blood condition that affects the Irish diaspora?","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"The 'Celtic curse,' the blood condition affecting the Irish diaspora","titleListing2":"The 'Celtic curse,' the blood condition affecting the Irish diaspora","leadin":"Awareness about haemochromatosis - a genetic condition that also affects people from Scotland, Wales, England, and Brittany - is still relatively low.","summary":"Awareness about haemochromatosis - a genetic condition that also affects people from Scotland, Wales, England, and Brittany - is still relatively low.","keySentence":"","url":"what-is-the-celtic-curse-the-genetic-blood-condition-that-affects-the-irish-diaspora","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/health\/2024\/11\/25\/what-is-the-celtic-curse-the-genetic-blood-condition-that-affects-the-irish-diaspora","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Iron plays an essential role in the human body, making a protein found in our red blood cells called haemoglobin.\u00a0\n\nThis protein allows our bodies to pick up oxygen from our lungs and transport it all around the body.\u00a0\n\nFor those of Irish heritage, however, a disease known as haemochromatosis, a condition which sees the body store too much iron, can over time lead to a build-up of iron deposits on the organs.\u00a0\n\nThis can result in health complications later in life, including cirrhosis or liver cancer and heart issues. And yet despite its prevalence, the condition continues to be little known.\n\nSymptoms of haemochromatosis can include fatigue and joint pain. These signs can appear anytime from the age of 30, occasionally earlier, but they are more common in men around the age of 50 and women ten years later due to the menstrual cycle.\n\nFor 39-year-old Matt Skinner, fatigue was one of the main precursors to his haemochromatosis diagnosis.\u00a0\n\n\"I had a lot of brain fog and had difficulty retaining information at work,\" he told Euronews Health.\u00a0\n\n\"I got a new job and there was a new software and I just couldn\u2019t work out how to use it even though it was a similar job. I went to the GP back and forward and they just said I was depressed\".\n\nThe condition is mostly hereditary and passed on if both parents have faulty copies of the HFE gene, which regulates the circulating iron uptake in the body.\u00a0\n\nIf a person only has one faulty copy of the gene, then it is a lot less likely they will develop haemochromatosis, but they are known as a \"carrier\".\u00a0\n\nWhether or not a person has two mutated copies of the gene from each of their parents and therefore more likely to have haemochromatosis is determined through a blood test.\n\nWhy is it known as the 'Celtic Curse'?\n\nWhile haemochromatosis can affect anyone, it has earned itself the sinister nickname the \"Celtic Curse\".\u00a0\n\nThis is because it disproportionately affects people from Ireland, and to a lesser extent those from Scotland, Wales and some other parts of Europe with Celtic ancestry such as Brittany in France.\u00a0\n\nStudies by the charity Haemochromatosis UK in 2023 estimated that as many as one in 10 people in Northern Ireland were at risk of genetic hemochromatosis. In Scotland, it was one in 113 and one in 150 in England and Wales.\n\nAside from higher rates in these populations, the genes were found in human remains as far back as the Neolithic period.\u00a0\n\nA 5,200-year-old female farmer from the Neolithic period unearthed in Northern Ireland was found to be a carrier of a variant of the gene.\u00a0\u00a0\n\nIn addition, two 4000-year-old males from the Bronze Age, who were also discovered in Northern Ireland, were found to have carried the haemochromatosis mutation of a different variant.\n\nThere are no clear explanations yet as to why haemochromatosis disproportionately affects people of Celtic origin.\u00a0\n\nWhat can be done about haemochromatosis?\n\nWhile the bad news is that there is no cure for haemochromatosis, the good news is that it\u2019s a condition that can be managed through testing and treatments.\u00a0\n\nIf it\u2019s caught early, there is less of a chance that the high iron levels will damage any major organs.\n\nIn recent years, there have been more health drives - particularly in parts of Scotland and throughout Northern Ireland - to boost people\u2019s awareness of getting tested and ultimately identified as a sufferer earlier.\u00a0\n\nOne study published by Haemochromatosis UK in 2022 estimated that the total excess cost attributable to the condition across all the mutations of genetic haemochromatosis was over \u20ac400 million, including treatments for osteoarthritis and liver disease.\n\nIn terms of treatment options, there are two main options: the first is called a venesection or phlebotomy, which reduces the number of red blood cells in your blood and therefore reduces the level of iron.\u00a0\n\nIt is a very similar procedure to blood donation and involves removing some of your blood at various intervals sometimes weekly or perhaps a couple of times a year. Depending on your iron levels, it can be a lifelong process.\n\nThe other option for people with haemochromatosis is chelation therapy, which is a medication usually given intravenously to remove heavy metals from the blood.\n\nHow does it affect people?\n\nWhen he got tested and found he had the double gene mutation, Skinner started his venesections in January 2021, a treatment he initially received for 11 months.\u00a0\n\nThis of course came with its setbacks, as can be the case with having blood drawn regularly, but combined with B12 injections, Skinner said it was \"lifesaving\".\n\nEdward Holland, 66, who is from the Midlands in England, also experienced similar symptoms and has now had 38 venesections since his diagnosis in April 2023.\u00a0\n\nWhile his joint pain has yet to ease, Holland says he has noticed an improvement since receiving treatment. \"My level of fatigue has begun to lift a little bit. I feel as if I do have more energy,\" he said.\n\nSpeaking to Euronews Health, Holland said he is lucky to have escaped any major organ damage even though he was only diagnosed at 65.\n\nBoth men want to raise the profile of this condition.\u00a0\n\n\"If I\u2019d had this identified earlier, my levels might have been much lower and I could be in maintenance by now. So it\u2019s important to raise awareness,\" he said.\n\n\"I have never met anyone else in person with haemochromatosis,\" Skinner, who comes from Cardiff in Wales, added.\u00a0\n\n\"I would love to see some advertising of the condition in Wales as I had never heard about it before being diagnosed\".\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Iron plays an essential role in the human body, making a protein found in our red blood cells called haemoglobin.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This protein allows our bodies to pick up oxygen from our lungs and transport it all around the body.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For those of Irish heritage, however, a disease known as haemochromatosis, a condition which sees the body store too much iron, can over time lead to a build-up of iron deposits on the organs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This can result in health complications later in life, including cirrhosis or liver cancer and heart issues. And yet despite its prevalence, the condition continues to be little known.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8441006\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//health//2024//05//17//europes-silent-killer-which-country-has-the-highest-blood-pressure-and-how-can-we-prevent-/">Europe's 'silent killer': Which country has the highest blood pressure and how can we prevent it?<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Symptoms of haemochromatosis can include fatigue and joint pain. These signs can appear anytime from the age of 30, occasionally earlier, but they are more common in men around the age of 50 and women ten years later due to the menstrual cycle.<\/p>\n<p>For 39-year-old Matt Skinner, fatigue was one of the main precursors to his haemochromatosis diagnosis.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"I had a lot of brain fog and had difficulty retaining information at work,\" he told Euronews Health.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"I got a new job and there was a new software and I just couldn\u2019t work out how to use it even though it was a similar job. I went to the GP back and forward and they just said I was depressed\".<\/p>\n<p>The condition is mostly hereditary and passed on if both parents have faulty copies of the HFE gene, which regulates the circulating iron uptake in the body.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-quotation\n widget--size-fullwidth\n widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__content\">\n <blockquote class=\"widget__quote\">\n <span class=\"widget__quoteText\">I got a new job and there was a new software and I just couldn\u2019t work out how to use it even though it was a similar job. I went to the GP back and forward and they just said I was depressed.<\/span>\n <\/blockquote>\n <cite class=\"widget__author\">\n <div class=\"widget__authorText\">\n Matt Skinner\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"widget__author_descriptionText\">\n Haemochromatosis sufferer\n <\/div>\n <\/cite>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>If a person only has one faulty copy of the gene, then it is a lot less likely they will develop haemochromatosis, but they are known as a \"carrier\".\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Whether or not a person has two mutated copies of the gene from each of their parents and therefore more likely to have haemochromatosis is determined through a blood test.<\/p>\n<h2>Why is it known as the 'Celtic Curse'?<\/h2><p>While haemochromatosis can affect anyone, it has earned itself the sinister nickname the \"Celtic Curse\".\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This is because it disproportionately affects people from Ireland, and to a lesser extent those from Scotland, Wales and some other parts of Europe with Celtic ancestry such as Brittany in France.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Studies by the charity Haemochromatosis UK in 2023 estimated that as many as one in 10 people in Northern Ireland were at risk of genetic hemochromatosis. In Scotland, it was one in 113 and one in 150 in England and Wales.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from higher rates in these populations, the genes were found in human remains as far back as the Neolithic period.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8533682\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//health//2024//06//27//scientists-confirm-toxic-forever-chemicals-enter-our-blood-by-being-absorbed-by-the-skin/">Scientists confirm toxic 'forever chemicals' enter our blood by being absorbed by the skin<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>A 5,200-year-old female farmer from the Neolithic period unearthed in Northern Ireland was found to be a carrier of a variant of the gene.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In addition, two 4000-year-old males from the Bronze Age, who were also discovered in Northern Ireland, were found to have carried the haemochromatosis mutation of a different variant.<\/p>\n<p>There are no clear explanations yet as to why haemochromatosis disproportionately affects people of Celtic origin.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>What can be done about haemochromatosis?<\/h2><p>While the bad news is that there is no cure for haemochromatosis, the good news is that it\u2019s a condition that can be managed through testing and treatments.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If it\u2019s caught early, there is less of a chance that the high iron levels will damage any major organs.<\/p>\n<p>In recent years, there have been more health drives - particularly in parts of Scotland and throughout Northern Ireland - to boost people\u2019s awareness of getting tested and ultimately identified as a sufferer earlier.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One study published by Haemochromatosis UK in 2022 estimated that the total excess cost attributable to the condition across all the mutations of genetic haemochromatosis was over \u20ac400 million, including treatments for osteoarthritis and liver disease.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8514464\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//health//2024//06//19//blood-test-using-ai-could-help-predict-parkinsons-disease-early/">Blood test using AI could help predict Parkinson's disease early<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>In terms of treatment options, there are two main options: the first is called a venesection or phlebotomy, which reduces the number of red blood cells in your blood and therefore reduces the level of iron.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It is a very similar procedure to blood donation and involves removing some of your blood at various intervals sometimes weekly or perhaps a couple of times a year. Depending on your iron levels, it can be a lifelong process.<\/p>\n<p>The other option for people with haemochromatosis is chelation therapy, which is a medication usually given intravenously to remove heavy metals from the blood.<\/p>\n<h2>How does it affect people?<\/h2><p>When he got tested and found he had the double gene mutation, Skinner started his venesections in January 2021, a treatment he initially received for 11 months.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This of course came with its setbacks, as can be the case with having blood drawn regularly, but combined with B12 injections, Skinner said it was \"lifesaving\".<\/p>\n<p>Edward Holland, 66, who is from the Midlands in England, also experienced similar symptoms and has now had 38 venesections since his diagnosis in April 2023.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While his joint pain has yet to ease, Holland says he has noticed an improvement since receiving treatment. \"My level of fatigue has begun to lift a little bit. I feel as if I do have more energy,\" he said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8286984\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//health//2024//03//06//scientists-create-mini-organs-for-the-first-time-from-human-stem-cells-taken-from-wombs/">Scientists create 'mini-organs' for the first time from human stem cells taken from wombs<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Speaking to Euronews Health, Holland said he is lucky to have escaped any major organ damage even though he was only diagnosed at 65.<\/p>\n<p>Both men want to raise the profile of this condition.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"If I\u2019d had this identified earlier, my levels might have been much lower and I could be in maintenance by now. So it\u2019s important to raise awareness,\" he said.<\/p>\n<p>\"I have never met anyone else in person with haemochromatosis,\" Skinner, who comes from Cardiff in Wales, added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"I would love to see some advertising of the condition in Wales as I had never heard about it before being diagnosed\".<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1732499608,"updatedAt":1732524926,"publishedAt":1732517146,"firstPublishedAt":1732517146,"lastPublishedAt":1732517152,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/87\/11\/88\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_628a95fd-08dd-5ba8-92fe-68d104127cd3-8871188.jpg","altText":"One of the defining characteristics of people with Celtic ancestry include dark or red hair.","caption":"One of the defining characteristics of people with Celtic ancestry include dark or red 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IRELAND HOMELESS","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Fact check: Are claims of discrimination against Irish citizens true?","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Fact check: Are claims of discrimination against Irish citizens true?","titleListing2":"Fact check: Are claims of discrimination against Irish citizens true?","leadin":"Ahead of the Irish general election, a manipulated video has been shared thousands of times on X, supposedly showing a migrant mocking a white woman over having obtained social housing.","summary":"Ahead of the Irish general election, a manipulated video has been shared thousands of times on X, supposedly showing a migrant mocking a white woman over having obtained social housing.","keySentence":"","url":"fact-check-are-claims-of-discrimination-against-irish-citizens-true","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2024\/11\/15\/fact-check-are-claims-of-discrimination-against-irish-citizens-true","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"As Ireland heads to the polls on 29 November, a manipulated video has been circulating on X, supposedly showing a Black woman, presented as an African migrant, mocking a white woman over having obtained social housing.\u00a0\n\nThe edited video tries to incite anti-minority sentiments by reversing the two women\u2019s testimonies, so it looks like the woman who was granted housing is not showing compassion for the homeless woman. \u00a0\u00a0\n\nThe misleading clip has attracted comments from people who were angered by her \u201cgleeful\u201d expression for being awarded a house at the expense of a white woman.\u00a0\n\nThe far-right party Irish Freedom Party has also promoted this misleading clip. In a tweet showing a picture of the two women, the party stated: \"Irish people are being discriminated against in their own country. We are being treated like second-class citizens by this Government.\"\n\nHowever, this is not true.\u00a0\u00a0\n\nThe clip was taken from a debate on housing aired on Upfront With Katie Hannon by the Irish state broadcaster RTE, featuring single women with children who are or have been homeless.\u00a0\n\nOne of the two women, Shauna, was awarded co-operative housing which was suitable for her circumstances, while the other, Chloe, was yet to be granted accommodation due to her four-year-old son facing long-term illness, which meant she needed a specific, alternative type of housing.\u00a0\n\nWhat is co-operative housing?\n\nMore than 10,000 adults and 4,000 children are living in emergency homeless accommodation, according to the latest figures from Ireland's Department of Housing.\n\nIrish citizens from the majority of people with access to this type of accommodation, with Dublin being the hardest-hit region.\n\nHigh rent is one of the issues pushing these people to homelessness. \n\nAs the nation struggles to meet its housing needs, co-operative housing can be seen as a way to tackle the lack of social and affordable homes. \u00a0\n\nAccording to Co-operative Housing Ireland, the minimum rent can be as low as \u20ac30. \u00a0\n\n\"It has been a year and it has been amazing. We have that security,\" said Shauna after living in this housing for a year. \"This is our home and you're not at the mercy of a landlord that can take back the property.\"\n\nDespite claims of Housing Minister Darragh O\u2019Brien that social housing in the country is at its highest level in half a century, official figures show that in 2023, the government built over 8,000 units of social housing. This number is 990 units short of the government\u2019s housing policy target.\u00a0\n\nIn September, the Irish Central Bank stated that Ireland needs to build around 20,000 extra properties each year if it is to improve the country's national housing crisis.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>As Ireland heads to the polls on 29 November, a manipulated video has been circulating on X, supposedly showing a Black woman, presented as an African migrant, mocking a white woman over having obtained social housing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The edited video tries to incite anti-minority sentiments by reversing the two women\u2019s testimonies, so it looks like the woman who was granted housing is not showing compassion for the homeless woman. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The misleading clip has attracted comments from people who were angered by her \u201cgleeful\u201d expression for being awarded a house at the expense of a white woman.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//84//96//02//808x454_cmsv2_0dce6f71-014f-51bf-8379-d895ac105fe2-8849602.jpg/" alt=\"Some of the comments around the edited and misleading clip.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/84\/96\/02\/384x216_cmsv2_0dce6f71-014f-51bf-8379-d895ac105fe2-8849602.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/84\/96\/02\/640x360_cmsv2_0dce6f71-014f-51bf-8379-d895ac105fe2-8849602.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/84\/96\/02\/750x422_cmsv2_0dce6f71-014f-51bf-8379-d895ac105fe2-8849602.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/84\/96\/02\/828x466_cmsv2_0dce6f71-014f-51bf-8379-d895ac105fe2-8849602.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/84\/96\/02\/1080x608_cmsv2_0dce6f71-014f-51bf-8379-d895ac105fe2-8849602.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/84\/96\/02\/1200x675_cmsv2_0dce6f71-014f-51bf-8379-d895ac105fe2-8849602.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/84\/96\/02\/1920x1080_cmsv2_0dce6f71-014f-51bf-8379-d895ac105fe2-8849602.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Some of the comments around the edited and misleading clip.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Euronews<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The far-right party Irish Freedom Party has also promoted this misleading clip. In a tweet showing a picture of the two women, the party stated: \"Irish people are being discriminated against in their own country. We are being treated like second-class citizens by this Government.\"<\/p>\n<p>However, this is not true.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The clip was taken from a debate on housing aired on <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.rte.ie//player//series//upfront-with-katie-hannon//10001371-00-0000?epguid=IH10003116-24-0023\%22>Upfront With Katie Hannon<\/strong><\/a> by the Irish state broadcaster RTE, featuring single women with children who are or have been homeless.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One of the two women, Shauna, was awarded co-operative housing which was suitable for her circumstances, while the other, Chloe, was yet to be granted accommodation due to her four-year-old son facing long-term illness, which meant she needed a specific, alternative type of housing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8840918,8742010\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2024//11//08//irish-prime-minister-announces-general-election-at-the-end-of-november/">Irish Prime Minister announces general election at the end of November<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2024//09//19//ireland-needs-tens-of-thousands-more-homes-annually-to-keep-up-with-demand/">Ireland needs 'tens of thousands' more homes annually to keep up with demand<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2><strong>What is co-operative housing?<\/strong><\/h2><p>More than 10,000 adults and 4,000 children are living in emergency homeless accommodation, according to the latest figures from <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.gov.ie//pdf//?file=https:\/\/assets.gov.ie\/310027\/bd9d7a92-31e8-436c-866d-1a6bda832e31.pdf#page=null\"><strong>Ireland's Department of Housing<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Irish citizens from the majority of people with access to this type of accommodation, with Dublin being the hardest-hit region.<\/p>\n<p>High rent is one of the issues pushing these people to homelessness. <\/p>\n<p>As the nation struggles to meet its housing needs, co-operative housing can be seen as a way to tackle the lack of social and affordable homes. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.cooperativehousing.ie//pay-rent/">Co-operative Housing Ireland<\/strong><\/a>, the minimum rent can be as low as \u20ac30. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"It has been a year and it has been amazing. We have that security,\" said Shauna after living in this housing for a year. \"This is our home and you're not at the mercy of a landlord that can take back the property.\"<\/p>\n<p>Despite claims of Housing Minister Darragh O\u2019Brien that social housing in the country is at its highest level in half a century, official figures show that in 2023, the government built over 8,000 units of social housing. This number is 990 units short of the government\u2019s housing policy target.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In September, the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2024//09//19//ireland-needs-tens-of-thousands-more-homes-annually-to-keep-up-with-demand#:~:text=Ireland%20needs%20to%20build%20around,has%20eye%2Dwatering%20housing%20costs.\"><strong>Irish Central Bank<\/strong><\/a> stated that Ireland needs to build around 20,000 extra properties each year if it is to improve the country's national housing crisis.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1731509980,"updatedAt":1731683165,"publishedAt":1731682829,"firstPublishedAt":1731672569,"lastPublishedAt":1731682855,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/84\/96\/02\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_e88da624-109b-5883-8a59-469cebe60fb5-8849602.jpg","altText":"A man begs for the money in Dublin, Ireland, Thursday, Nov. 4 2010.","caption":"A man begs for the money in Dublin, Ireland, 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Ireland economy likely to lag in 2024 as multinational sector declines","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Ireland\u2019s economy likely to lag in 2024 as multinational sector declines","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":" Irish economy likely to lag in 2024 as multinational sector declines","titleListing2":"Ireland\u2019s economy likely to lag in 2024 as multinational sector declines","leadin":"The European Commission expects the Irish economy to decline in 2024. However, growth is expected to pick up pace again in 2025, before stabilising in 2026.","summary":"The European Commission expects the Irish economy to decline in 2024. However, growth is expected to pick up pace again in 2025, before stabilising in 2026.","keySentence":"","url":"irelands-economy-likely-to-lag-in-2024-as-multinational-sector-declines","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/business\/2024\/11\/15\/irelands-economy-likely-to-lag-in-2024-as-multinational-sector-declines","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Ireland\u2019s gross domestic product (GDP) is estimated to fall by 0.5% this year, according to the recently released Autumn 2024 Economic Forecast report by the European Commission. This is primarily because of the multinational sector dwindling in the first half of 2024.\u00a0\n\nHowever, economic growth is likely to pick up in 2025, with GDP expected to rise to 4% next year, as well as 3.6% the following year.\u00a0\n\nThe Irish inflation rate is expected to be 1.4% in 2024 and 1.9% in 2025, while dipping back again to 1.8% the following year.\u00a0\n\nThe country\u2019s unemployment rate is estimated to touch 4.4% this year, before plunging to 1.4% in 2025, and decreasing further to 1.3% in 2026.\u00a0\n\nGross public debt, represented as a percentage of GDP, is likely to be 41.6% this year, before falling to 38.3% in 2025. In 2026, this number is expected to be 36.8%.\u00a0\n\nThe rise in economic growth in 2025 is expected to be because of a better external environment, as well as a stronger labour market overall.\u00a0\n\nEU growth expected to pick up pace in 2025\n\nRegarding the EU economy as a whole, the Commission believes that it is now growing modestly again, mainly because of the continuing disinflation process. This is after a significant period of stagnation.\u00a0\n\nThe Autumn Forecast expects EU GDP growth to be 0.9% this year, before increasing to 1.5% next year and further to 1.8% the following year. The EU inflation rate is expected to average about 2.4% in 2024, before declining to 2.1% next year. In 2026, the EU inflation rate is likely to be 1.8%.\u00a0\n\nValdis Dombrovskis, the executive vice-president of the European Commission for An Economy That Works For People, said in the Autumn 2024 Economic Forecast report: \u201cWith the EU economy steadily recovering, growth should pick up more speed next year with rising consumption, thanks to increased purchasing power and still record-low unemployment, and an expected improvement in investment levels.\u00a0\n\n\u201cStill, given today\u2019s high geopolitical uncertainty and many risks, we cannot afford to be complacent. We need to deal with longstanding structural challenges, raise productivity and make sure that the wider EU economy stays globally competitive. It is vital for Member States to carry out all reforms and investments in their Recovery and Resilience Plans and reduce public debt levels in line with the new fiscal rules.\u201d\n\nPaolo Gentiloni, the European commissioner for Economy, also said in the report: \u201cThe European economy is slowly recovering. As inflation continues to ease and private consumption and investment growth pick up, with unemployment at record lows, growth is set to gradually accelerate over the next two years. However, structural challenges and geopolitical uncertainty weigh on our future prospects.\u00a0\n\n\u201cMember States will have to walk a narrow path of bringing down debt levels while supporting growth, aided by the new economic governance framework and the continued implementation of NextGenerationEU. Looking ahead, strengthening our competitiveness through investments and structural reforms is crucial to lift potential growth and navigate rising geopolitical risks.\u201d\u00a0\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Ireland\u2019s gross domestic product (GDP) is estimated to fall by 0.5% this year, according to the recently released Autumn 2024 Economic Forecast report by the European Commission. This is primarily because of the multinational sector dwindling in the first half of 2024.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, economic growth is likely to pick up in 2025, with GDP expected to rise to 4% next year, as well as 3.6% the following year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Irish inflation rate is expected to be 1.4% in 2024 and 1.9% in 2025, while dipping back again to 1.8% the following year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8853424\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2024//11//15//eu-inflation-forecast-to-tumble-as-brussels-commission-looming-trade-war-economic-forecast/">EU inflation forecast to tumble as Brussels warns of looming trade war<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The country\u2019s unemployment rate is estimated to touch 4.4% this year, before plunging to 1.4% in 2025, and decreasing further to 1.3% in 2026.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Gross public debt, represented as a percentage of GDP, is likely to be 41.6% this year, before falling to 38.3% in 2025. In 2026, this number is expected to be 36.8%.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The rise in economic growth in 2025 is expected to be because of a better external environment, as well as a stronger labour market overall.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>EU growth expected to pick up pace in 2025<\/h2><p>Regarding the EU economy as a whole, the Commission believes that it is now growing modestly again, mainly because of the continuing disinflation process. This is after a significant period of stagnation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Autumn Forecast expects EU GDP growth to be 0.9% this year, before increasing to 1.5% next year and further to 1.8% the following year. The EU inflation rate is expected to average about 2.4% in 2024, before declining to 2.1% next year. In 2026, the EU inflation rate is likely to be 1.8%.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Valdis Dombrovskis, the executive vice-president of the European Commission for An Economy That Works For People, said in the Autumn 2024 Economic Forecast report: \u201cWith the EU economy steadily recovering, growth should pick up more speed next year with rising consumption, thanks to increased purchasing power and still record-low unemployment, and an expected improvement in investment levels.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStill, given today\u2019s high geopolitical uncertainty and many risks, we cannot afford to be complacent. We need to deal with longstanding structural challenges, raise productivity and make sure that the wider EU economy stays globally competitive. It is vital for Member States to carry out all reforms and investments in their Recovery and Resilience Plans and reduce public debt levels in line with the new fiscal rules.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8853156\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2024//11//15//uk-economic-growth-slows-down-sharply-in-the-third-quarter-in-blow-to-labour/">UK economic growth slows down sharply in the third quarter in blow to Labour<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Paolo Gentiloni, the European commissioner for Economy, also said in the report: \u201cThe European economy is slowly recovering. As inflation continues to ease and private consumption and investment growth pick up, with unemployment at record lows, growth is set to gradually accelerate over the next two years. However, structural challenges and geopolitical uncertainty weigh on our future prospects.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMember States will have to walk a narrow path of bringing down debt levels while supporting growth, aided by the new economic governance framework and the continued implementation of NextGenerationEU. Looking ahead, strengthening our competitiveness through investments and structural reforms is crucial to lift potential growth and navigate rising geopolitical risks.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1731671208,"updatedAt":1731683339,"publishedAt":1731674779,"firstPublishedAt":1731674779,"lastPublishedAt":1731674779,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/85\/38\/64\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_d01b7dfe-6c48-5d62-a33a-532812f4c34f-8853864.jpg","altText":"Aerial view of Dublin, Ireland, at night.","caption":"Aerial view of Dublin, Ireland, at night.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Canva","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1920,"height":1080}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"id":2872,"urlSafeValue":"lahiri","title":"Indrabati Lahiri","twitter":null}],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":7966,"slug":"economic-growth","urlSafeValue":"economic-growth","title":"Economic 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GENERAL ELECTIONS","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Irish Prime Minister announces general election at the end of November","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Irish Prime Minister announces general election at the end of November","titleListing2":"Irish Prime Minister announces general election at the end of November","leadin":"Taoiseach Simon Harris said \"the time is now right to ask the Irish people to give a new mandate,\" as he confirmed that a general election would be held in Ireland on Friday, 29 November.","summary":"Taoiseach Simon Harris said \"the time is now right to ask the Irish people to give a new mandate,\" as he confirmed that a general election would be held in Ireland on Friday, 29 November.","keySentence":"","url":"irish-prime-minister-announces-general-election-at-the-end-of-november","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2024\/11\/08\/irish-prime-minister-announces-general-election-at-the-end-of-november","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Ireland\u2019s Prime Minister, or Taoiseach, Simon Harris triggered the start of the 2024 general election after he confirmed on Friday that he requested a dissolution of the current Irish parliament, or D\u00e1il.\u00a0\n\nIn a short address in Dublin, Harris thanked his colleague in the centre-right Fine Gael party as well as coalition partners Fianna F\u00e1il and the Greens, but acknowledged they \u201cdid not agree on every issue.\u201d \u00a0\n\nWishing all candidates good luck, he called for a safe and respectful campaign and urged all Irish citizens to vote on 29 November.\u00a0\n\n\u201cUse your voice. That\u2019s how this country works, how we listen. It\u2019s how we act on your behalf,\u201d he said.\u00a0\n\nIreland\u2019s president must now approve Harris\u2019 request to dissolve the D\u00e1il, though this is only a formality.\u00a0\n\nThe country had been on election footing for weeks, with local media reporting rumours of a planned general election announcement since October. \u00a0\n\nHarris, 37, took over as head of Ireland\u2019s three-party coalition government in April, a month after his longstanding predecessor Leo Varadkar\u2019s surprise resignation.\u00a0\n\nHe had previously served as higher education minister in Varadkar\u2019s government and was the only candidate to replace him as head of Fine Gael.\u00a0\n\nIreland is in the middle of a housing and cost-of-living crisis \u2013 two topics that are guaranteed to be major concerns for voters as campaigning begins in earnest. \u00a0\n\nAnother key topic expected to come up in the forthcoming weeks will be the impact of Donald Trump\u2019s recent re-election to US presidency and its impact on the Irish economy, a country which is heavily reliant on US tech companies for employment.\u00a0\n\nThe Taoiseach had until the end of the government\u2019s five-year term in March to call an election, but Harris elected to appeal to the Irish public at the end of the month in the face of opposition party Sinn F\u00e9in\u2019s dramatic decline in popularity.\u00a0\n\nAn integral part of Sinn F\u00e9in\u2019s political identity has been the pursuit of a united Ireland. \u00a0\n\nMany speculated that a referendum on a united Ireland was inevitable in the next five years after they became the biggest political party in Northern Ireland and came within touching distance of forming a government south of the border. \u00a0\n\nAs anti-immigrant anger surges in the country, the leftist nationalist party has struggled to claw back voters as they find themselves out of step with a core constituency. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Ireland\u2019s Prime Minister, or Taoiseach, Simon Harris triggered the start of the 2024 general election after he confirmed on Friday that he requested a dissolution of the current Irish parliament, or D\u00e1il.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In a short address in Dublin, Harris thanked his colleague in the centre-right Fine Gael party as well as coalition partners Fianna F\u00e1il and the Greens, but acknowledged they \u201cdid not agree on every issue.\u201d \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Wishing all candidates good luck, he called for a safe and respectful campaign and urged all Irish citizens to vote on 29 November.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUse your voice. That\u2019s how this country works, how we listen. It\u2019s how we act on your behalf,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ireland\u2019s president must now approve Harris\u2019 request to dissolve the D\u00e1il, though this is only a formality.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The country had been on election footing for weeks, with local media reporting rumours of a planned general election announcement since October. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2024//10//16//ireland-will-not-wait-for-eu-to-unilaterally-suspend-trade-with-israel-pm-harris/">Harris, 37, took over as head of Ireland\u2019s three-party coalition government in April, a month after his longstanding predecessor <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//03//20//irelands-leo-varadkar-resigns-as-taoiseach/">Leo Varadkar\u2019s surprise resignation.<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He had previously served as higher education minister in Varadkar\u2019s government and was the only candidate to replace him as head of Fine Gael.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.7509765625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//84//09//18//808x608_cmsv2_c9deb5cf-5619-5f3d-baa0-bf8773312dfb-8840918.jpg/" alt=\"Taoiseach&#39;s Simon Harris speaks to the press at Curragh Racecourse, commenting on the striking of a military camp in southern Lebanon Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024. 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(Cate McCurry\/<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Cate McCurry\/AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Ireland is in the middle of a <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2024//09//19//ireland-needs-tens-of-thousands-more-homes-annually-to-keep-up-with-demand#:~:text=The%20country%2C%20one%20of%20the,to%20rent%20to%20their%20employees.\"><strong>housing and cost-of-living crisis<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 two topics that are guaranteed to be major concerns for voters as campaigning begins in earnest. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Another key topic expected to come up in the forthcoming weeks will be the impact of Donald Trump\u2019s recent re-election to US presidency and its impact on the Irish economy, a country which is heavily reliant on US tech companies for employment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Taoiseach had until the end of the government\u2019s five-year term in March to call an election, but 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-Trump\u2019s economic agenda: Why is the Irish economy in danger?","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"How Trump's Presidency poses the 'biggest near-term risk' to the Irish economy ","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Trump's economic agenda: Why is the Irish economy in danger? ","titleListing2":"How Trump's Presidency poses the 'biggest near-term risk' to the Irish economy ","leadin":"US trade tariffs are \"one of the biggest near-term risks to the Irish and European economies\", according to experts.","summary":"US trade tariffs are \"one of the biggest near-term risks to the Irish and European economies\", according to experts.","keySentence":"","url":"how-trumps-presidency-poses-the-biggest-near-term-risk-to-the-irish-economy","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/business\/2024\/11\/06\/how-trumps-presidency-poses-the-biggest-near-term-risk-to-the-irish-economy","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"As soon as Donald Trump was declared the winner of the 2024 US Presidential election, immediate concerns took the place of future speculations about how the President Elect's promises were going to shape the economy in Europe and especially in Ireland.\n\nAmong offering a raft of protectionist economic policies, two of Trump's key promises about the US economy mean particularly stark times for Ireland and the wider EU. One of them is a blanket 10-20% tariff on imports and a lowering of corporation tax (currently 21%). The rate would be 15% for companies that produce domestically in the US.\u00a0\n\nWith around 1,000 US companies contributing to the Irish GDP, there are fears that the more favourable tax conditions and harsh trade tariffs could turn some of the foreign direct investment away and even put jobs on the line.\u00a0\n\nChief economist at the Institute of European Affairs Dan O'Brien went as far as calling recently the potential tariff on all goods shipped to the US the \"biggest near-term risk\" to the Irish (and European) economy, in a LinkedIn post before the elections.\u00a0\n\nA looming trade war comes at a time when the eurozone is already battling sluggish economic growth that could turn into recession, with Germany particularly exposed to being hit hard by tariffs on European cars.\u00a0\n\nWhy the Irish economy is so exposed to the US economic agenda?\u00a0\n\nUS companies are heavily involved in Ireland's economic performance, operating in sectors such as chemicals, IT and financial services.\u00a0\n\nIn 2024, there were 970 US companies in the country, employing about 210,000 people and spending more than \u20ac41bn in the local economy annually, according to the American Chamber of Commerce Ireland.\u00a0\n\nMost of the top 10 US tech companies, including Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, Google (Alphabet) and Apple, are present in Ireland, having swelled the country's digital economy to $50bn (\u20ac46.66bn), accounting for 13% of GDP.\u00a0\n\nAfter Brexit, Dublin stepped up to be the most popular place for US companies to set up EU headquarters, due to its favourable corporation tax environment (the rate is currently 12.5% or 15% for businesses with revenues of more than \u20ac750m), English-speaking workforce and access to a market of 500 million people in the EU.\u00a0\u00a0\n\nThe Information and Communications Technology sector, in particular, generated a tremendous growth of Ireland's economy, new job opportunities, investment and innovation.\n\nNow economists say that Trump's planned trade tariffs and corporation tax cuts could change the tide.\n\nDonald Trump had hinted that he would lower corporation taxes, in some cases to 15%, if he gained office, once the the Trump Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, a result of his previous presidency, expired in 2025.\u00a0\n\nThe President-Elect promises the most favourable corporation tax rates for the companies that keep or relocate their production to the US.\n\nTrump's plans to cut taxes may face some obstacles if Congress is not entirely ruled by the Republicans. Even though those plans to cut taxes are far from being certain, fears are already mounting in Ireland the they could potentially erode the competitive edge of the country's tax system for US companies.\n\nAnother looming threat is if Trump imposes trade tariffs, which can be done by a presidential order.\u00a0\n\nThe President-Elect talked about trade tariffs, up to 20% on goods from other countries and 60% on Chinese ones. (He also mentioned a 200% tax on imported cars that would potentially drag down the already struggling European car industry.)\n\nTrade tariffs on US imports would make those goods more expensive for Americans, necessarily leading to customers favouring local alternatives, therefore foreign products could lose market share. \n\nChief economist O'Brien highlighted that blanket tariffs on imported goods would particularly hit Ireland hard, as he talked about a transatlantic trade shock being \"now likely\", in a social media post on X.\u00a0\n\n\"The promised tariffs will have a trade destruction effect, with a knock-on on impact for jobs and profit tax revenues,\" said O'Brien.\n\nIrish goods exports to the US last year were worth \u20ac54bn, accounting for one-eighth of the EU's total exports to America.\n\nHowever, there is no expected exodus of US companies in Ireland for now, but there is a fear of high uncertainty and a period of turbulence, which could be further complicated by potential retaliatory measures by the European Commission, should Trump carry out his promises of across-the-board tariffs on imported goods.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>As soon as Donald Trump was declared the winner of the 2024 US Presidential election, immediate concerns took the place of future speculations about how the President Elect's promises were going to shape the economy in Europe and especially in Ireland.<\/p>\n<p>Among offering a raft of protectionist economic policies, two of Trump's key promises about the US economy mean particularly stark times for Ireland and the wider EU. One of them is a blanket 10-20% tariff on imports and a lowering of corporation tax (currently 21%). The rate would be 15% for companies that produce domestically in the US.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>With around 1,000 US companies contributing to the Irish GDP, there are fears that the more favourable tax conditions and harsh trade tariffs could turn some of the foreign direct investment away and even put jobs on the line.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Chief economist at the Institute of European Affairs Dan O'Brien went as far as calling recently the potential tariff on all goods shipped to the US the \"biggest near-term risk\" to the Irish (and European) economy, in a LinkedIn post before the elections.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A looming trade war comes at a time when the eurozone is already battling sluggish economic growth that could turn into recession, with Germany particularly exposed to being hit hard by tariffs on European cars.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8825414\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2024//11//04//how-much-could-trumps-tariffs-damage-europes-economy/">Why Trump's plans for tariffs could be bad for Europe's economy<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2><strong>Why the Irish economy is so exposed to the US economic agenda?<\/strong><\/h2><p>US companies are heavily involved in Ireland's economic performance, operating in sectors such as chemicals, IT and financial services.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In 2024, there were 970 US companies in the country, employing about 210,000 people and spending more than \u20ac41bn in the local economy annually, according to the American Chamber of Commerce Ireland.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Most of the top 10 US tech companies, including Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, Google (Alphabet) and Apple, are present in Ireland, having swelled the country's digital economy to $50bn (\u20ac46.66bn), accounting for 13% of GDP.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After Brexit, Dublin stepped up to be the most popular place for US companies to set up EU headquarters, due to its favourable corporation tax environment (the rate is currently 12.5% or 15% for businesses with revenues of more than \u20ac750m), English-speaking workforce and access to a market of 500 million people in the EU.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Information and Communications Technology sector, in particular, generated a tremendous growth of Ireland's economy, new job opportunities, investment and innovation.<\/p>\n<p>Now economists say that Trump's planned trade tariffs and corporation tax cuts could change the tide.<\/p>\n<p>Donald Trump had hinted that he would lower corporation taxes, in some cases to 15%, if he gained office, once the the Trump Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, a result of his previous presidency, expired in 2025.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The President-Elect promises the most favourable corporation tax rates for the companies that keep or relocate their production to the US.<\/p>\n<p>Trump's plans to cut taxes may face some obstacles if Congress is not entirely ruled by the Republicans. Even though those plans to cut taxes are far from being certain, fears are already mounting in Ireland the they could potentially erode the competitive edge of the country's tax system for US companies.<\/p>\n<p>Another looming threat is if Trump imposes trade tariffs, which can be done by a presidential order.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The President-Elect talked about trade tariffs, up to 20% on goods from other countries and 60% on Chinese ones. (He also mentioned a 200% tax on imported cars that would potentially drag down the already struggling European car industry.)<\/p>\n<p>Trade tariffs on US imports would make those goods more expensive for Americans, necessarily leading to customers favouring local alternatives, therefore foreign products could lose market share. <\/p>\n<p>Chief economist O'Brien highlighted that blanket tariffs on imported goods would particularly hit Ireland hard, as he talked about a transatlantic trade shock being \"now likely\", in a social media post on X.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1854106895490936842\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\"The promised tariffs will have a trade destruction effect, with a knock-on on impact for jobs and profit tax revenues,\" said O'Brien.<\/p>\n<p>Irish goods exports to the US last year were worth \u20ac54bn, accounting for one-eighth of the EU's total exports to America.<\/p>\n<p>However, there is no expected exodus of US companies in Ireland for now, but there is a fear of high uncertainty and a period of turbulence, which could be further complicated by potential retaliatory measures by the European Commission, should Trump carry out his promises of across-the-board tariffs on imported goods.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1730902820,"updatedAt":1730986116,"publishedAt":1730907217,"firstPublishedAt":1730907217,"lastPublishedAt":1730986108,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/83\/62\/94\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_2c44d693-444f-5c25-b50a-638b9d0f11d5-8836294.jpg","altText":"Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump is pictured at an election night watch party, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Fla.","caption":"Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump is pictured at an election night watch party, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Fla.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Alex Brandon\/Copyright 2024 The AP. 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The only problem? No parade had been organised.","summary":"Irish revellers flooded the streets of Dublin expecting a Halloween parade last night. The only problem? No parade had been organised.","keySentence":"","url":"thousands-go-to-fake-ai-invented-dublin-halloween-parade","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/culture\/2024\/11\/01\/thousands-go-to-fake-ai-invented-dublin-halloween-parade","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"The parade was announced by My Spirit Halloween and attracted thousands of Dublin locals to gather along a route from Parnell Square to Temple Bar for an event supposedly organised by Galway arts ensemble Macnas. It was only after the Halloween fans arrived that it became clear that the website had made the entire parade up. \n\nMy Spirit Halloween is a Pakistan-hosted website that creates AI-generated news. When the website churned out the fictional parade, it made its way through Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) onto multiple news and social media sites, spreading the fake news. \n\nMany people came dressed up to enjoy the non-event and the Garda\u00ed, Ireland\u2019s police force, had to disperse the gathering. \n\n\u201cPlease be advised that contrary to information being circulated online, no Halloween parade is scheduled to take place in Dublin City Centre this evening or tonight,\u201d the official social media account of the Garda\u00ed posted last night.\n\n\u201cAll those gathered on O\u2019Connell Street in expectation of such a parade are asked to disperse safely. Thank you.\u201d\n\nCrowds were so huge that the Luas tram network that runs through Dublin\u2019s city centre faced disruption across two lines, putting the Red and Green lines out of service for half an hour. \n\nWhile this has been largely received as a funny incident for the many Irish Halloween fans duped into believing in the fictitious parade, it\u2019s an alarming display for how powerful misinformation can be. \n\nThere\u2019s been no public suggestions that the My Spirit Halloween site was acting with malicious intent. Nonetheless, the ability for an AI-generated fiction to be placed online as fact and then touted across the internet to influence the public is concerning. \n\nThe My Spirit Halloween website, hosted in Pakistan but claiming to be based in Illinois, posted the information early in the morning on 31 October claiming the parade would start at 7pm. At no point did the website imply that it was compiling AI-based information, nor that the event was not real. \n\nIt would have largely gone unnoticed if not for the parade\u2019s \u201cnews\u201d being picked up by TikTok users who posted about the fake event and spread awareness of it. \n\nPrompting a gathering of thousands of people in a major city centre with a few hours\u2019 notice is evidence of the huge influence that social media can have on the public. For it to come from an entirely automated fake source of news should ring alarm bells for authorities at the potential for malicious actors to take advantage of the power of online misinformation. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>The parade was announced by My Spirit Halloween and attracted thousands of Dublin locals to gather along a route from Parnell Square to Temple Bar for an event supposedly organised by Galway arts ensemble Macnas. It was only after the Halloween fans arrived that it became clear that the website had made the entire parade up. <\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8826970,8823560\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2024//10//30//halloween-the-spinechilling-books-to-get-you-into-the-moooood/">Halloween: The spinechilling books to get you in the moooood<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2024//11//01//movember-turns-21-how-a-viral-moustache-trend-got-old-enough-to-drink/">Movember turns 21: How a viral moustache trend got old enough to drink<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>My Spirit Halloween is a Pakistan-hosted website that creates AI-generated news. When the website churned out the fictional parade, it made its way through Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) onto multiple news and social media sites, spreading the fake news. <\/p>\n<p>Many people came dressed up to enjoy the non-event and the Garda\u00ed, Ireland\u2019s police force, had to disperse the gathering. <\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1852076220466515988\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cPlease be advised that contrary to information being circulated online, no Halloween parade is scheduled to take place in Dublin City Centre this evening or tonight,\u201d the official social media account of the Garda\u00ed posted last night.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll those gathered on O\u2019Connell Street in expectation of such a parade are asked to disperse safely. Thank you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Crowds were so huge that the Luas tram network that runs through Dublin\u2019s city centre faced disruption across two lines, putting the Red and Green lines out of service for half an hour. <\/p>\n<p>While this has been largely received as a funny incident for the many Irish Halloween fans duped into believing in the fictitious parade, it\u2019s an alarming display for how powerful misinformation can be. <\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1852095730002874478\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>There\u2019s been no public suggestions that the My Spirit Halloween site was acting with malicious intent. Nonetheless, the ability for an AI-generated fiction to be placed online as fact and then touted across the internet to influence the public is concerning. <\/p>\n<p>The My Spirit Halloween website, hosted in Pakistan but claiming to be based in Illinois, posted the information early in the morning on 31 October claiming the parade would start at 7pm. At no point did the website imply that it was compiling AI-based information, nor that the event was not real. <\/p>\n<p>It would have largely gone unnoticed if not for the parade\u2019s \u201cnews\u201d being picked up by TikTok users who posted about the fake event and spread awareness of it. <\/p>\n<p>Prompting a gathering of thousands of people in a major city centre with a few hours\u2019 notice is evidence of the huge influence that social media can have on the public. For it to come from an entirely automated fake source of news should ring alarm bells for authorities at the potential for malicious actors to take advantage of the power of online misinformation. <\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1730468692,"updatedAt":1730471833,"publishedAt":1730470538,"firstPublishedAt":1730470538,"lastPublishedAt":1730470583,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/82\/74\/28\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_7cc3f8ff-03b1-580c-995e-83117eec2ab1-8827428.jpg","altText":"Thousands gather in Dublin town centre for the fictional event","caption":"Thousands gather in Dublin town centre for the fictional event","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Artur Martens Ronan via X","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":2048,"height":1153}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"id":2272,"urlSafeValue":"walfisz","title":"Jonny 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Microsoft to create 550 new engineering and R&D jobs in Dublin","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Microsoft to create hundreds of new engineering jobs in Dublin","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Microsoft to create hundreds of new engineering jobs in Dublin","titleListing2":"Microsoft to create 550 new engineering and R&D jobs in Ireland","leadin":"Microsoft said that the new roles at its Dublin office will focus on cybersecurity and artificial intelligence (AI).","summary":"Microsoft said that the new roles at its Dublin office will focus on cybersecurity and artificial intelligence (AI).","keySentence":"","url":"microsoft-to-create-hundreds-of-new-engineering-jobs-in-dublin","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/business\/2024\/11\/01\/microsoft-to-create-hundreds-of-new-engineering-jobs-in-dublin","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Microsoft is to create 550 new roles within engineering and research and development at its Dublin office over the next three to four years. \n\nThe new posts will focus on cybersecurity and artificial intelligence services which will then be offered to both the private and public sector organisations globally.\n\nThe specific roles are likely to be in software engineering, product management, design, programme management, analytics, data science, security research, applied sciences and technical writing, the company revealed.\n\nOut of the 550, 120 roles are already open for applications. \u00a0\n\nMicrosoft investment could boost Ireland's AI development\u00a0\n\nWith an increasing focus on artificial intelligence in the last few years, Microsoft's investment in building its AI capacities in Ireland has been much welcomed by the Irish government. Ireland's foreign direct investment (FDI) body, IDA Ireland, has also voiced its support for this move.\u00a0\n\nCommenting on the announcement, the Prime Minister, Simon Harris said in statement on Microsoft's website: \"Not only does this highlight Ireland's attractiveness as an investment destination, it also promises a significant boost for the AI ecosystem in Ireland.\n\n\"Fostering AI skills and advancing capabilities in the field are core to the Government's National Artificial Intelligence Strategy and this project will help develop new specialist skills and expertise, thereby positioning Ireland for further investment in this critical area.\"\n\nThe Microsoft Ireland site leader, James O'Connor, said in a statement: \"AI is one of the most transformative technologies of our time \u2013 it will unlock profound possibilities for people, industry, and society.\u00a0\n\n\"Through this investment, we are building on our almost 40-year presence in Ireland, which has been characterised by continuous investment, transformation and the diversification of our operations from a manufacturing site to a significant international hub for Microsoft providing software development, engineering, data centres, finance, operations, and sales and marketing for EMEA.\u00a0\n\n\"Ireland is undoubtedly an established hotbed of engineering and cyber security talent and leadership, with Irish universities producing some of the very best graduates, and this is a significant contributing factor to both our success and continued investment here.\"\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Microsoft is to create 550 new roles within engineering and research and development at its Dublin office over the next three to four years. <\/p>\n<p>The new posts will focus on cybersecurity and artificial intelligence services which will then be offered to both the private and public sector organisations globally.<\/p>\n<p>The specific roles are likely to be in software engineering, product management, design, programme management, analytics, data science, security research, applied sciences and technical writing, the company revealed.<\/p>\n<p>Out of the 550, 120 roles are already open for applications. \u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8825470,8825076\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2024//10//31//totalenergies-profits-hit-by-lower-refining-margins-in-europe/">TotalEnergies' profits hit by lower refining margins in Europe<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2024//10//31//european-commission-fines-ms-drug-maker-teva-over-improper-patent-use/">European Commission fines MS drug maker Teva over improper patent use<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Microsoft investment could boost Ireland's AI development<\/h2><p>With an increasing focus on artificial intelligence in the last few years, Microsoft's investment in building its AI capacities in Ireland has been much welcomed by the Irish government. Ireland's foreign direct investment (FDI) body, IDA Ireland, has also voiced its support for this move.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Commenting on the announcement, the Prime Minister, Simon Harris said in statement on Microsoft's website: \"Not only does this highlight Ireland's attractiveness as an investment destination, it also promises a significant boost for the AI ecosystem in Ireland.<\/p>\n<p>\"Fostering AI skills and advancing capabilities in the field are core to the Government's National Artificial Intelligence Strategy and this project will help develop new specialist skills and expertise, thereby positioning Ireland for further investment in this critical area.\"<\/p>\n<p>The Microsoft Ireland site leader, James O'Connor, said in a statement: \"AI is one of the most transformative technologies of our time \u2013 it will unlock profound possibilities for people, industry, and society.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"Through this investment, we are building on our almost 40-year presence in Ireland, which has been characterised by continuous investment, transformation and the diversification of our operations from a manufacturing site to a significant international hub for Microsoft providing software development, engineering, data centres, finance, operations, and sales and marketing for EMEA.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"Ireland is undoubtedly an established hotbed of engineering and cyber security talent and leadership, with Irish universities producing some of the very best graduates, and this is a significant contributing factor to both our success and continued investment here.\"<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1730452538,"updatedAt":1730460114,"publishedAt":1730460082,"firstPublishedAt":1730460082,"lastPublishedAt":1730460082,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/58\/77\/82\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_28a4f76a-3e9b-555d-a2b4-683db0680d38-8587782.jpg","altText":"The logo of Microsoft is seen outside it's French headquarters in 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ONLINE SAFETY CODE","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Ireland announces new online safety rules for video-sharing platforms like TikTok","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Ireland announces new online safety rules for video-sharing platforms","titleListing2":"Ireland announces new online safety rules for video-sharing platforms like TikTok","leadin":"A new online safety code restricts certain harmful content, like pornography, child sex abuse, and cyberbullying.","summary":"A new online safety code restricts certain harmful content, like pornography, child sex abuse, and cyberbullying.","keySentence":"","url":"ireland-announces-new-online-safety-rules-for-video-sharing-platforms-like-tiktok","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/next\/2024\/10\/22\/ireland-announces-new-online-safety-rules-for-video-sharing-platforms-like-tiktok","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Ireland has adopted a new online safety code for video-sharing platforms such as TikTok and Facebook to protect people from harmful internet content.\n\nThe code sets binding rules on platforms with their European headquarters in Ireland and will apply from next month.\n\nThe new rules include prohibiting content that promotes cyberbullying, self-harm or suicide, eating disorders, terrorism, child sex abuse material, and racism or xenophobia.\n\nThe code also requires video-sharing platforms to prevent children from seeing \u201cpornography or gratuitous violence\u201d and to provide parents controls for certain content.\n\nThe new code applies to Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Reddit, TikTok, Tumblr, Udemy, X, and YouTube, according to a list published in January by Ireland\u2019s media regulator, Coimisi\u00fan na Me\u00e1n.\n\nThe regulator said the new rules are backed by \u201cstrong sanctioning powers\u201d with fines of up to \u20ac20 million or 10 per cent of a platform\u2019s annual turnover.\n\nPlatforms will have an \u201cimplementation period\u201d of up to nine months for provisions that need more IT work to comply.\n\n\u201cThe adoption of the Online Safety Code is an important milestone and ensures that there is now a comprehensive regulatory framework in place,\u201d Online Safety Commissioner Niamh Hodnett said in a forward to the code.\n\n\u201cWe will remain vigilant in our efforts so that we can continue to enjoy the many positive aspects of the Internet which benefit society\u201d.\u00a0\n\nThe code is part of Ireland\u2019s Online Safety Framework, which also includes the EU Digital Services Act (DSA), which covers a wider group of tech companies.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Ireland has adopted a new online safety code for video-sharing platforms such as TikTok and Facebook to protect people from harmful internet content.<\/p>\n<p>The code sets binding rules on platforms with their European headquarters in Ireland and will apply from next month.<\/p>\n<p>The new rules include prohibiting content that promotes cyberbullying, self-harm or suicide, eating disorders, terrorism, child sex abuse material, and racism or xenophobia.<\/p>\n<p>The code also requires video-sharing platforms to prevent children from seeing \u201cpornography or gratuitous violence\u201d and to provide parents controls for certain content.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8784422\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2024//10//11//temu-asked-by-the-eu-commission-to-clarify-measures-taken-against-illegal-products/">Temu asked by the EU Commission to clarify measures taken against illegal products<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The new code applies to Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Reddit, TikTok, Tumblr, Udemy, X, and YouTube, according to a list published in January by Ireland\u2019s media regulator, Coimisi\u00fan na Me\u00e1n.<\/p>\n<p>The regulator said the new rules are backed by \u201cstrong sanctioning powers\u201d with fines of up to \u20ac20 million or 10 per cent of a platform\u2019s annual turnover.<\/p>\n<p>Platforms will have an \u201cimplementation period\u201d of up to nine months for provisions that need more IT work to comply.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8766706\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2024//10//02//tiktok-youtube-snapchats-video-recommendations-probed-by-eu-commission/">TikTok, YouTube and Snapchat\u2019s video recommendations probed by European Commission <\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe adoption of the Online Safety Code is an important milestone and ensures that there is now a comprehensive regulatory framework in place,\u201d Online Safety Commissioner Niamh Hodnett said in a forward to the code.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will remain vigilant in our efforts so that we can continue to enjoy the many positive aspects of the Internet which benefit society\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The code is part of Ireland\u2019s Online Safety Framework, which also includes the EU Digital Services Act (DSA), which covers a wider group of tech 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russian spy reports","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Irish politicians deny Kremlin ties after 'Cobalt' espionage claims","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Irish politicians deny Kremlin ties after 'Cobalt' espionage claims","titleListing2":"Irish politicians deny Kremlin ties after 'Cobalt' espionage claims","leadin":"Multiple members of both houses of parliament have spoken up to deny they are in any way involved in Russian espionage.","summary":"Multiple members of both houses of parliament have spoken up to deny they are in any way involved in Russian espionage.","keySentence":"","url":"irish-deputy-pm-denies-being-briefed-on-reported-russian-spy-in-parliament","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2024\/10\/11\/irish-deputy-pm-denies-being-briefed-on-reported-russian-spy-in-parliament","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Members of the Irish parliament are denying having any connections with the Kremlin after reports of a Russian asset among politicians in Dublin.\n\nThe story began with an report in the UK's Sunday Times that detailed a Russian influence operation had captured an unnamed \"agent of influence inside the Irish political establishment\", whom the paper nicknamed \"Cobalt\" and identified as male.\n\nThe story has left members of the Irish parliament, or Oireachtas, to deny that they are the alleged asset, whom the Sunday Times claimed may have been pressured via the gathering of compromising personal information, or \"kompromat\", or via a honeypot operation.\n\nThe paper reported that Cobalt has been extensively investigated by Irish security services.\n\nHowever, addressing the lower house on Thursday, Minister of Defence and Deputy Prime Minister Miche\u00e1l Martin denied having been alerted to any active Russian espionage operation in Irish politics during his time as Taoiseach between June 2020 and December 2022.\n\n\"I received security briefings, but I was never told, and never briefed, that there was a spy in the Oireachtas,\" he said.\n\n\"There's a more fundamental question to be asked which I'm going to ask as minister of defence, because as minister of defence, I've never received a security briefing saying there's a spy in the Oireachtas. There may be, there may not be, but I've never been briefed.\"\n\nSeveral parliamentarians have taken the unusual step of ruling themselves out as the real Cobalt. One senator from Martin's party, Timmy Dooley, told his colleagues in the chamber this week that they needed to do so for the sake of parliament's reputation.\n\n\u201cI think its important in order to avoid any potential stain on this house, that members would voluntarily make a statement that they are not the subject of any investigation or that they have never been in the clutches of Russia. And before I sit down, I can declare that I am not such person.\u201d\n\nNeutral, but vulnerable\n\nAside from Cobalt's identity, the question raised by the original report is why Russia would be targeting Ireland with espionage in the first place.\n\nThe two countries have long had less than cordial relations, and there is a history of Russian spies using Ireland as a base for operating within the EU. Plans to expand the Russian embassy in Dublin in 2018 were thrown out by the Irish government when it emerged they contained suspicious elements that could have housed spying facilities.\n\nSince Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Ireland has accepted tens of thousands of Ukrainian refugees. The Irish government has strongly supported the Ukrainian war effort, and it has sent nearly \u20ac400 million in humanitarian aid in the last two-and-a-half years.\n\nHowever, Ireland is not a part of NATO and has long maintained a policy of military neutrality, maintaining only a relatively small army whose principal role is to participate in multilateral peacekeeping missions.\n\nUnder domestic law, for the army to deploy more than 12 soldiers to a combat zone, it must seek a mandatory resolution from the United Nations Security Council, a formal decision from the Irish government, and the approval of the lower house of parliament.\n\nPolling shows that the neutrality policy remains popular among the Irish electorate. However, domestic critics of the so-called \"triple lock\" argue that it essentially gives adversaries on the UN Security Council a veto over Irish military action \u2014 and that Ireland is essentially working on the assumption that its Western allies would come to its defence if necessary. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Members of the Irish parliament are denying having any connections with the Kremlin after reports of a Russian asset among politicians in Dublin.<\/p>\n<p>The story began with an report in the UK's Sunday Times that detailed a Russian influence operation had captured an unnamed \"agent of influence inside the Irish political establishment\", whom the paper nicknamed \"Cobalt\" and identified as male.<\/p>\n<p>The story has left members of the Irish parliament, or Oireachtas, to deny that they are the alleged asset, whom the Sunday Times claimed may have been pressured via the gathering of compromising personal information, or \"kompromat\", or via a honeypot operation.<\/p>\n<p>The paper reported that Cobalt has been extensively investigated by Irish security services.<\/p>\n<p>However, addressing the lower house on Thursday, Minister of Defence and Deputy Prime Minister Miche\u00e1l Martin denied having been alerted to any active Russian espionage operation in Irish politics during his time as Taoiseach between June 2020 and December 2022.<\/p>\n<p>\"I received security briefings, but I was never told, and never briefed, that there was a spy in the Oireachtas,\" he said.<\/p>\n<p>\"There's a more fundamental question to be asked which I'm going to ask as minister of defence, because as minister of defence, I've never received a security briefing saying there's a spy in the Oireachtas. There may be, there may not be, but I've never been briefed.\"<\/p>\n<p>Several parliamentarians have taken the unusual step of ruling themselves out as the real Cobalt. One senator from Martin's party, Timmy Dooley, told his colleagues in the chamber this week that they needed to do so for the sake of parliament's reputation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think its important in order to avoid any potential stain on this house, that members would voluntarily make a statement that they are not the subject of any investigation or that they have never been in the clutches of Russia. And before I sit down, I can declare that I am not such person.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Neutral, but vulnerable<\/strong><\/h2><p>Aside from Cobalt's identity, the question raised by the original report is why Russia would be targeting Ireland with espionage in the first place.<\/p>\n<p>The two countries have long had less than cordial relations, and there is a history of Russian spies using Ireland as a base for operating within the EU. Plans to expand the Russian embassy in Dublin in 2018 were thrown out by the Irish government when it emerged they contained suspicious elements that could have housed spying facilities.<\/p>\n<p>Since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Ireland has accepted tens of thousands of Ukrainian refugees. The Irish government has strongly supported the Ukrainian war effort, and it has sent nearly \u20ac400 million in humanitarian aid in the last two-and-a-half years.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"7690646,7635518\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//05//29//can-the-irish-defence-forces-end-their-culture-of-sexual-abuse/">Can the Irish Defence Forces end their culture of sexual abuse?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//06//22//irelands-government-rules-out-dropping-neutrality-policy-amid-claims-its-playing-with-fire/">Ireland's government rules out dropping neutrality policy amid claims it's 'playing with fire'<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>However, Ireland is not a part of NATO and has long maintained a policy of military neutrality, maintaining only a relatively small army whose principal role is to participate in multilateral peacekeeping missions.<\/p>\n<p>Under domestic law, for the army to deploy more than 12 soldiers to a combat zone, it must seek a mandatory resolution from the United Nations Security Council, a formal decision from the Irish government, and the approval of the lower house of parliament.<\/p>\n<p>Polling shows that the neutrality policy remains popular among the Irish electorate. However, domestic critics of the so-called \"triple lock\" argue that it essentially gives adversaries on the UN Security Council a veto over Irish military action \u2014 and that Ireland is essentially working on the assumption that its Western allies would come to its defence if necessary. <\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1728635065,"updatedAt":1728653055,"publishedAt":1728651384,"firstPublishedAt":1728651384,"lastPublishedAt":1728651384,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/78\/43\/68\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_8b30bf34-343a-59ab-bbff-481d4f55fa49-8784368.jpg","altText":"Leinster House, home of the Irish parliament in Dublin.","caption":"Leinster House, home of the Irish parliament in Dublin.","captionUrl":"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/151050450@N02\/36123401941","captionCredit":"Kent McConnell via 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Tax cuts and higher wages: Ireland announces round of pre-election goodies","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Dublin unveils bumper budget with tax cuts and higher wages as election looms","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Dublin unveils bumper budget with tax cuts and higher wages ","titleListing2":"Tax cuts and higher wages: Ireland announces round of pre-election sweeteners","leadin":"Irish politicians have presented a generous new budget this afternoon, despite concerns about inflation risks and fiscal security.","summary":"Irish politicians have presented a generous new budget this afternoon, despite concerns about inflation risks and fiscal security.","keySentence":"","url":"dublin-unveils-bumper-budget-with-tax-cuts-and-higher-wages-as-election-looms","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/business\/2024\/10\/01\/dublin-unveils-bumper-budget-with-tax-cuts-and-higher-wages-as-election-looms","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Ireland's Minister for Finance and Minister for Public Expenditure outlined the national budget for 2025 on Tuesday afternoon, presenting financial plans for the year ahead.\n\n\"Progressivity, fairness and catalysing real opportunity for the future \u2026 have been central to how Budget 2025 has been designed,\" said Finance Minister Jack Chambers.\n\nWith an election on the cards before March next year, the government sought to appeal to voters with a raft of giveaways.\n\nReductions in income tax have been promised, while the state will increase the minimum wage by 80 cents from 1 January.\n\nIn another crowd-pleasing move, the minimum inheritance tax threshold will be raised, meaning larger bequests can be given tax-free.\n\nA reduced rate of VAT for gas and electricity will also be extended.\n\n\"As expected, the Budget brought a considerable package of spending increases and tax cuts, in an attempt to please a large proportion of the electorate as Ireland heads to polls soon,\" said Ricardo Amaro, lead economist at Oxford Economics.\n\n\"The economy is in good health and a tight labour market suggests that this level of stimulus is excessive,\" he continued.\n\n\"Domestic-generated inflation has proven stickier [compared to imported inflation] and needs to be closely-watched, with today\u2019s Budget reinforcing upside risks in this area.\"\n\nCalls for fiscal restraint\n\nAhead of Tuesday's announcement, economists had warned politicians not to be overly lax with the nation's purse strings.\n\nThe Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (IFAC) notably argued that although Ireland seems to have a healthy spending margin, inflationary risks could resurge above the 2% target.\n\nIf more money is injected into the economy, increased demand for goods and services could push up prices.\n\nAccording to projections given by Minister Chambers, Ireland is set to see a budget surplus of 7.5% of national income in 2024 - equating to \u20ac23.7bn.\n\nThat's up from an earlier 2.8% forecast, mainly thanks to a windfall tax due from Apple.\n\nLast month, a ruling from the European Court of Justice demanded that the Irish government collect \u20ac13bn in taxes back from the tech giant, stating that Apple had benefited from illegally low levies.\n\nAlthough this will provide a boost for the state coffers, the revenue is one-off and therefore not a stable source of income.\n\nThis fact, alongside inflationary risks, provides an argument for restrained spending.\n\n\"We know that our public finances are heavily reliant on corporation tax, much of which is 'windfall' in nature and not linked to our domestic economy,\" said Chambers on Tuesday - arguing that economic restraint had been factored into government decisions.\n\n\"Much of our income tax receipts are linked with this highly concentrated revenue stream. As I have said many times before, we must not use these potentially transient receipts to fund permanent expenditure measures.\"\n\nThis message was reiterated by Minister for Public Expenditure Paschal Donohoe, who spoke after Chambers.\n\nAccording to the budget plans, a chunk of Ireland\u2019s increased tax revenue will contribute to resilience cushions, specifically the Future Ireland Fund and the Infrastructure, Climate, and Nature Fund.\n\n\u201c[A budget surplus] allows for flexibility and gives us a far better chance of being able to deal with the risks that we do not see coming,\u201d said Donohoe.\n\nOther priorities for investment\n\nThe ministers on Tuesday also outlined the importance of investing in public infrastructure to tackle long-standing structural flaws in Ireland.\n\nEnergy, water, and housing were identified as areas for improvement, along with health care.\n\nAn additional sum of \u20ac2.7bn will be given to the health sector over two years, and 495 new beds will be introduced in hospital and community services.\n\nMore money will equally be put towards supplying new homes in Ireland, and supporting affordable housing schemes.\n\nMany in Ireland are struggling to afford accommodation as complex planning regulations and a lack of supply have sent prices soaring.\n\n\"Measures providing more funding for selected households to buy houses will just bid up house prices,\" warned John D. FitzGerald, professor in economics at Trinity College Dublin.\n\n\"What is needed is a medium term strategy, developing the investment capacity of the economy so that the necessary major investment in infrastructure can be undertaken over the period to 2030,\" he told Euronews Business.\n\n\"It is not possible to ramp up such investment rapidly. It would have been much more effective if the budget was combined with other measures to facilitate investment, in particular a rapid change in the planning system.\"\n\nIn many ways, the task of devising next year's budget has been made easier for the Irish government because of the country\u2019s robust economic health.\n\nOn the flip side, ministers are somewhat stuck between a rock and a hard place, balancing expectations of generosity while economists call for caution.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Ireland's Minister for Finance and Minister for Public Expenditure outlined the national budget for 2025 on Tuesday afternoon, presenting financial plans for the year ahead.<\/p>\n<p>\"Progressivity, fairness and catalysing real opportunity for the future \u2026 have been central to how Budget 2025 has been designed,\" said Finance Minister Jack Chambers.<\/p>\n<p>With an election on the cards before March next year, the government sought to appeal to voters with a raft of giveaways.<\/p>\n<p>Reductions in income tax have been promised, while the state will increase the minimum wage by 80 cents from 1 January.<\/p>\n<p>In another crowd-pleasing move, the minimum inheritance tax threshold will be raised, meaning larger bequests can be given tax-free.<\/p>\n<p>A reduced rate of VAT for gas and electricity will also be extended.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8307538,8467524\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2024//05//31//irelands-refugee-crisis-is-paralysing-services-what-can-dublin-do/">Ireland's asylum seeker crisis: Services at breaking point<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2024//03//15//rewarding-tax-havens-why-ireland-may-cash-in-on-oecd-reforms/">Rewarding tax havens? Why Ireland may cash in on OECD reforms<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\"As expected, the Budget brought a considerable package of spending increases and tax cuts, in an attempt to please a large proportion of the electorate as Ireland heads to polls soon,\" said Ricardo Amaro, lead economist at Oxford Economics.<\/p>\n<p>\"The economy is in good health and a tight labour market suggests that this level of stimulus is excessive,\" he continued.<\/p>\n<p>\"Domestic-generated inflation has proven stickier [compared to imported inflation] and needs to be closely-watched, with today\u2019s Budget reinforcing upside risks in this area.\"<\/p>\n<h2>Calls for fiscal restraint<\/h2><p>Ahead of Tuesday's announcement, economists had warned politicians not to be overly lax with the nation's purse strings.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2024//09//05//ireland-is-running-a-budget-surplus-why-has-it-been-warned-to-stop-spending/">Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (IFAC)<\/strong><\/a> notably argued that although Ireland seems to have a healthy spending margin, inflationary risks could resurge above the 2% target.<\/p>\n<p>If more money is injected into the economy, increased demand for goods and services could push up prices.<\/p>\n<p>According to projections given by Minister Chambers, Ireland is set to see a budget surplus of 7.5% of national income in 2024 - equating to \u20ac23.7bn.<\/p>\n<p>That's up from an earlier 2.8% forecast, mainly thanks to a windfall tax due from Apple.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, a ruling from the European Court of Justice demanded that the Irish government collect \u20ac13bn in taxes back from the tech giant, stating that Apple had benefited from illegally low levies.<\/p>\n<p>Although this will provide a boost for the state coffers, the revenue is one-off and therefore not a stable source of income.<\/p>\n<p>This fact, alongside inflationary risks, provides an argument for restrained spending.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1841001698812104764\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\"We know that our public finances are heavily reliant on corporation tax, much of which is 'windfall' in nature and not linked to our domestic economy,\" said Chambers on Tuesday - arguing that economic restraint had been factored into government decisions.<\/p>\n<p>\"Much of our income tax receipts are linked with this highly concentrated revenue stream. As I have said many times before, we must not use these potentially transient receipts to fund permanent expenditure measures.\"<\/p>\n<p>This message was reiterated by Minister for Public Expenditure Paschal Donohoe, who spoke after Chambers.<\/p>\n<p>According to the budget plans, a chunk of Ireland\u2019s increased tax revenue will contribute to resilience cushions, specifically the Future Ireland Fund and the Infrastructure, Climate, and Nature Fund.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[A budget surplus] allows for flexibility and gives us a far better chance of being able to deal with the risks that we do not see coming,\u201d said Donohoe.<\/p>\n<h2>Other priorities for investment<\/h2><p>The ministers on Tuesday also outlined the importance of investing in public infrastructure to tackle long-standing structural flaws in Ireland.<\/p>\n<p>Energy, water, and housing were identified as areas for improvement, along with health care.<\/p>\n<p>An additional sum of \u20ac2.7bn will be given to the health sector over two years, and 495 new beds will be introduced in hospital and community services.<\/p>\n<p>More money will equally be put towards supplying new homes in Ireland, and supporting affordable housing schemes.<\/p>\n<p>Many in Ireland are struggling to afford accommodation as complex planning regulations and a lack of supply have sent prices soaring.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8742010,8718042\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2024//09//19//ireland-needs-tens-of-thousands-more-homes-annually-to-keep-up-with-demand/">Ireland needs 'tens of thousands' more homes annually to keep up with demand<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2024//09//10//apple-ireland-lose-13bn-sweetheart-tax-deal-case-in-victory-for-eus-tax-lady/">Apple, Ireland lose \u20ac13bn sweetheart tax deal case in victory for EU's 'tax lady'<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\"Measures providing more funding for selected households to buy houses will just bid up house prices,\" warned John D. FitzGerald, professor in economics at Trinity College Dublin.<\/p>\n<p>\"What is needed is a medium term strategy, developing the investment capacity of the economy so that the necessary major investment in infrastructure can be undertaken over the period to 2030,\" he told Euronews Business.<\/p>\n<p>\"It is not possible to ramp up such investment rapidly. It would have been much more effective if the budget was combined with other measures to facilitate investment, in particular a rapid change in the planning system.\"<\/p>\n<p>In many ways, the task of devising next year's budget has been made easier for the Irish government because of the country\u2019s robust economic health.<\/p>\n<p>On the flip side, ministers are somewhat stuck between a rock and a hard place, balancing expectations of generosity while economists call for caution.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1727792688,"updatedAt":1728236938,"publishedAt":1727804719,"firstPublishedAt":1727804719,"lastPublishedAt":1728236938,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/69\/57\/82\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_ef46791e-1756-5a7e-aa80-77d8e374ba3e-6695782.jpg","altText":"The broadest boulevard of the Irish capital, O'Connell Street, is packed with buses and commuters at evening rush hour in Dublin on April 30, 2012. ","caption":"The broadest boulevard of the Irish capital, O'Connell Street, is packed with buses and commuters at evening rush hour in Dublin on April 30, 2012. 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Ireland\u2019s Green Party and DAA weigh in on passenger cap","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Economic self-sabotage? Dublin airport passenger cap row heats up","titleListing2":"Economic self-sabotage? Ireland's Green Party and DAA weigh in on passenger cap","leadin":"The aviation industry cannot fully rely on technological solutions to tackle the climate crisis, Green councillor says amid dispute over passenger limits at Dublin airport.","summary":"The aviation industry cannot fully rely on technological solutions to tackle the climate crisis, Green councillor says amid dispute over passenger limits at Dublin airport.","keySentence":"","url":"economic-self-sabotage-irelands-green-party-and-daa-weigh-in-on-airport-passenger-cap","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/business\/2024\/09\/27\/economic-self-sabotage-irelands-green-party-and-daa-weigh-in-on-airport-passenger-cap","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"A spokesperson for Ireland's Green Party has said that the DAA group, which runs Dublin airport, isn't taking a realistic path towards sustainability.\n\n\"The rest of the economic sectors are addressing them [climate concerns], and aviation seems to \u2026want to keep growing as fast as it can without any real constraints,\" said David Healy, Green councillor on Fingal County Council.\n\n\"Projections for passenger numbers are not consistent with a future of reduced aviation emissions,\" he told Euronews.\n\nHealy's comments come in response to dialogue from the DAA earlier this week, regarding a restriction on passenger numbers at Dublin airport.\n\nThe DAA is currently fighting an annual cap of 32 million passengers, also opposed by airlines.\n\nIntroduced in 2007, the limit was introduced to manage traffic congestion.\n\n\"By capping Dublin all you're doing is immediately costing jobs to the Irish economy,\u2026and you're giving Irish aviation and Irish tourism a bad look because it's creating this cloud of uncertainty,\" said Kenny Jacobs, CEO of the DAA.\n\nHe was speaking at an Irish Tourism Industry Confederation (ITIC) event on Wednesday.\n\nGrowing to invest in sustainability\n\nAsked about sustainability, Jacobs noted that the DAA is \"fully committed\" to climate progress but added that \"you have to economically grow to be able to invest\".\n\nGreen technology, he explained, cannot be integrated into aviation processes without the funds that passengers bring.\n\nReferring to the DAA and airlines, councillor Healy nonetheless argued that the redeeming effects of technology are being overstated.\n\n\"There are some technological options. But nobody is really predicting that the technological options are going to allow us to keep growing aviation at the rate that we have been to date.\"\n\nIn the DAA's carbon reduction report, the group states that Dublin Airport will be able to accommodate up to 40 million passengers annually thanks to upgrades made between 2022 to 2026.\n\nThis is now being challenged by the current cap.\n\nWhen questioned on passenger limits, Healy stated that Ireland's Green Party wasn't opposed to a modification of the 32 million threshold.\n\nEven so, he added that climate concerns must be taken more seriously when drawing up projections.\n\nHe said the Green Party couldn't recommend a specific number for a revised cap.\n\nIn response to Healy's comments, a spokesperson for the DAA told Euronews: \"Dublin Airport is committed to reducing its direct emissions (Scope 1 and 2) by 51% by 2030, which aligns with the public sector targets set as part of the National Climate Action Plan, and ultimately towards achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050 at the latest.\"\n\nThe group added: \"Dublin Airport\u2019s capital investment plan, together with the Infrastructure Application submitted to Fingal County Council in December 2023, identify a suite of projects that will provide sustainability benefits with investments totalling \u20ac400 million.\"\n\nIs technology the way forward?\n\nTechnological improvements that could make flying more sustainable often target the type of fuel used in aircrafts.\n\nHydrogen-powered planes are one suggestion, although there are concerns about their suitability for long-distance routes.\n\nSourcing hydrogen in an environmentally-friendly way is also an issue, as some procedures used to create this gas emit a lot of CO2.\n\nSustainable aviation fuels (SAF), made from plant or animal materials, have similarly been floated as a means of making flying greener.\n\nThe Irish government noted this year that the SAF industry is \"still an an early stage of development, with limited production capacity\".\n\nThe future of the cap\n\nDublin airport is actively engaged in discussions to lift the passenger cap, although it's highly likely this won't be resolved before next year.\n\nEarlier this week, Ireland's Minister for Tourism said that the restriction wasn't an issue for politicians - but rather progress must be made through official planning routes.\n\nMinister Catherine Martin added that there could be benefits of the cap, notably that it could bring a boost to airports outside of Dublin.\n\nKenny Jacobs contested this, stating: \"the whole notion that cap Dublin can prompt a move to the regions is simplistic, naive, and it doesn't reflect how the airlines work.\"\n\n","htmlText":"<p>A spokesperson for Ireland's Green Party has said that the DAA group, which runs Dublin airport, isn't taking a realistic path towards sustainability.<\/p>\n<p>\"The rest of the economic sectors are addressing them [climate concerns], and aviation seems to \u2026want to keep growing as fast as it can without any real constraints,\" said David Healy, Green councillor on Fingal County Council.<\/p>\n<p>\"Projections for passenger numbers are not consistent with a future of reduced aviation emissions,\" he told Euronews.<\/p>\n<p>Healy's comments come in response to dialogue from the DAA earlier this week, regarding a restriction on passenger numbers at Dublin airport.<\/p>\n<p>The DAA is currently fighting an annual cap of 32 million passengers, also opposed by airlines.<\/p>\n<p>Introduced in 2007, the limit was introduced to manage traffic congestion.<\/p>\n<p>\"By capping Dublin all you're doing is immediately costing jobs to the Irish economy,\u2026and you're giving Irish aviation and Irish tourism a bad look because it's creating this cloud of uncertainty,\" said Kenny Jacobs, CEO of the DAA.<\/p>\n<p>He was speaking at an Irish Tourism Industry Confederation (ITIC) event on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<h2>Growing to invest in sustainability<\/h2><p>Asked about sustainability, Jacobs noted that the DAA is \"fully committed\" to climate progress but added that \"you have to economically grow to be able to invest\".<\/p>\n<p>Green technology, he explained, cannot be integrated into aviation processes without the funds that passengers bring.<\/p>\n<p>Referring to the DAA and airlines, councillor Healy nonetheless argued that the redeeming effects of technology are being overstated.<\/p>\n<p>\"There are some technological options. But nobody is really predicting that the technological options are going to allow us to keep growing aviation at the rate that we have been to date.\"<\/p>\n<p>In the DAA's carbon reduction report, the group states that Dublin Airport will be able to accommodate up to 40 million passengers annually thanks to upgrades made between 2022 to 2026.<\/p>\n<p>This is now being challenged by the current cap.<\/p>\n<p>When questioned on passenger limits, Healy stated that Ireland's Green Party wasn't opposed to a modification of the 32 million threshold.<\/p>\n<p>Even so, he added that climate concerns must be taken more seriously when drawing up projections.<\/p>\n<p>He said the Green Party couldn't recommend a specific number for a revised cap.<\/p>\n<p>In response to Healy's comments, a spokesperson for the DAA told Euronews: \"Dublin Airport is committed to reducing its direct emissions (Scope 1 and 2) by 51% by 2030, which aligns with the public sector targets set as part of the National Climate Action Plan, and ultimately towards achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050 at the latest.\"<\/p>\n<p>The group added: \"Dublin Airport\u2019s capital investment plan, together with the Infrastructure Application submitted to Fingal County Council in December 2023, identify a suite of projects that will provide sustainability benefits with investments totalling \u20ac400 million.\"<\/p>\n<h2>Is technology the way forward?<\/h2><p>Technological improvements that could make flying more sustainable often target the type of fuel used in aircrafts.<\/p>\n<p>Hydrogen-powered planes are one suggestion, although there are concerns about their suitability for long-distance routes.<\/p>\n<p>Sourcing hydrogen in an environmentally-friendly way is also an issue, as some procedures used to create this gas emit a lot of CO2.<\/p>\n<p>Sustainable aviation fuels (SAF), made from plant or animal materials, have similarly been floated as a means of making flying greener.<\/p>\n<p>The Irish government noted this year that the SAF industry is \"still an an early stage of development, with limited production capacity\".<\/p>\n<h2>The future of the cap<\/h2><p>Dublin airport is actively engaged in discussions to lift the passenger cap, although it's highly likely this won't be resolved before next year.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, Ireland's Minister for Tourism said that the restriction wasn't an issue for politicians - but rather progress must be made through official planning routes.<\/p>\n<p>Minister Catherine Martin added that there could be benefits of the cap, notably that it could bring a boost to airports outside of Dublin.<\/p>\n<p>Kenny Jacobs contested this, stating: \"the whole notion that cap Dublin can prompt a move to the regions is simplistic, naive, and it doesn't reflect how the airlines work.\"<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1727432505,"updatedAt":1728058109,"publishedAt":1727446931,"firstPublishedAt":1727446931,"lastPublishedAt":1728058109,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/75\/84\/48\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_af2a0503-a8b2-5cf9-98da-72420f46085f-8758448.jpg","altText":"Aer Lingus Airbus A320 plane lands at Dublin airport, Ireland. 17 Jan. 2015.","caption":"Aer Lingus Airbus A320 plane lands at Dublin airport, Ireland. 17 Jan. 2015.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Peter Morrison\/AP","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":2886,"height":1622}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"id":2734,"urlSafeValue":"butler","title":"Eleanor Butler","twitter":"@eleanorfbutler"}],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":13028,"slug":"flight","urlSafeValue":"flight","title":"flight","titleRaw":"flight"},{"id":4755,"slug":"aer-lingus","urlSafeValue":"aer-lingus","title":"Aer 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needs to build 52,000 homes a year until 2050","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Ireland needs 'tens of thousands' more homes annually to keep up with demand","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Ireland needs 'tens of thousands' more homes to keep up with demand ","titleListing2":"Ireland urged to build tens of thousands more homes 'to meet demand' ","leadin":"Ireland's central bank says the housing market is struggling from a decade of under-supply and needs tens of thousands more homes to be built annually.","summary":"Ireland's central bank says the housing market is struggling from a decade of under-supply and needs tens of thousands more homes to be built annually.","keySentence":"","url":"ireland-needs-tens-of-thousands-more-homes-annually-to-keep-up-with-demand","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/business\/2024\/09\/19\/ireland-needs-tens-of-thousands-more-homes-annually-to-keep-up-with-demand","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Ireland needs to build around 20,000 extra properties each year if it is to improve the country's national housing crisis, according to the Irish Central Bank's latest report.\n\nThe country, one of the countries within the EU with the most severe housing crisis, has eye-watering housing costs. In 2022, it was double the EU average.\u00a0\n\nThe situation is so grave that employers, including Ryanair, have started to take matters into their own hands by buying up property to rent to their employees.\n\nThe Irish housing market has been struggling with more than a decade of under-supply, according to the Irish Central Bank.\u00a0\n\nDuring the past 10 years, the population of Ireland has risen so much that three in four people cannot find available property to rent or buy. In many cases, the cost of property has made it unaffordable to the average worker. \n\nHome building spending rises but more is needed\n\nThe Irish government has raised spending on housing from an estimated \u20ac1bn to \u20ac6.5bn per year, so that its housing expenditure is now one of the highest in the European Union. \n\nThe government's plan, entitled \"Housing for All', promises to provide affordable housing for every citizen. So far, more than 30,000 dwellings have been built in 2022 and 2023, with the target being 33,000 for each year. \n\nThe target was met last year and the central bank recognises that the \"housing supply has increased meaningfully in recent years\".\n\nHowever, fuelled by high demand, house prices keep rising. The latest residential property price index showed a 9.6% jump in the 12 months to the end of July 2024, according to the Irish Central Statistics Office.\n\nWhat can be done? \u00a0\n\nThe central bank is calling for a rise in the annual target, explaining that the \"population growth has exceeded previous expectations in recent years\".\n\nIt finds that a \"pent-up\" demand has accumulated over the past decade and the population is expected to grow steadily over the next few decades. The bank suggests building 52,000 homes every year until the middle of the century if supply is to meet demand. \n\nThe central bank points out that meeting demand is not just about increasing the number of homes. It says the building sector's productivity needs to be improved, as \"the financial crisis has left long-lasting scars on it\". It says the sector is relying too much on small enterprises, and companies need to invest in equipment and adopt modern technologies. \n\nAccording to the analysis, the sector needs between \u20ac6.5bn and \u20ac7bn a year above and beyond current spending if it is to catch up with present and future housing requirements. \n\nThe bank accepts the cost is high but warns that a delay will be more costly to the economy in the long run.\n\nThe lack of housing and increased cost of living will end up costing more to business in Ireland and ultimately damage competitiveness and sustainable growth over the medium-term, the bank's report believes. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Ireland needs to build around 20,000 extra properties each year if it is to improve the country's national housing crisis, according to the Irish Central Bank's latest report.<\/p>\n<p>The country, one of the countries within the EU with the most severe housing crisis, has eye-watering housing costs. In 2022, it was double the EU average.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The situation is so grave that employers, including Ryanair, have started to take matters into their own hands by buying up property to rent to their employees.<\/p>\n<p>The Irish housing market has been struggling with more than a decade of under-supply, according to the Irish Central Bank.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>During the past 10 years, the population of Ireland has risen so much that three in four people cannot find available property to rent or buy. In many cases, the cost of property has made it unaffordable to the average worker. <\/p>\n<h2>Home building spending rises but more is needed<\/h2><p>The Irish government has raised spending on housing from an estimated \u20ac1bn to \u20ac6.5bn per year, so that its housing expenditure is now one of the highest in the European Union. <\/p>\n<p>The government's plan, entitled \"Housing for All', promises to provide affordable housing for every citizen. So far, more than 30,000 dwellings have been built in 2022 and 2023, with the target being 33,000 for each year. <\/p>\n<p>The target was met last year and the central bank recognises that the \"housing supply has increased meaningfully in recent years\".<\/p>\n<p>However, fuelled by high demand, house prices keep rising. The latest residential property price index showed a 9.6% jump in the 12 months to the end of July 2024, according to the Irish Central Statistics Office.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8734798,8657404\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2024//09//16//budapest-district-joins-other-cities-in-airbnb-style-rental-rebellion/">Budapest district joins other cities in Airbnb-style rental rebellion<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2024//08//20//eu-cost-of-living-surges-where-are-people-paying-the-most/">Housing expenditures surge in the EU: Which countries saw the largest increase?<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2><strong>What can be done?<\/strong><\/h2><p>The central bank is calling for a rise in the annual target, explaining that the \"population growth has exceeded previous expectations in recent years\".<\/p>\n<p>It finds that a \"pent-up\" demand has accumulated over the past decade and the population is expected to grow steadily over the next few decades. The bank suggests building 52,000 homes every year until the middle of the century if supply is to meet demand. <\/p>\n<p>The central bank points out that meeting demand is not just about increasing the number of homes. It says the building sector's productivity needs to be improved, as \"the financial crisis has left long-lasting scars on it\". It says the sector is relying too much on small enterprises, and companies need to invest in equipment and adopt modern technologies. <\/p>\n<p>According to the analysis, the sector needs between \u20ac6.5bn and \u20ac7bn a year above and beyond current spending if it is to catch up with present and future housing requirements. <\/p>\n<p>The bank accepts the cost is high but warns that a delay will be more costly to the economy in the long run.<\/p>\n<p>The lack of housing and increased cost of living will end up costing more to business in Ireland and ultimately damage competitiveness and sustainable growth over the medium-term, the bank's report believes. <\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1726659590,"updatedAt":1726727003,"publishedAt":1726721427,"firstPublishedAt":1726721427,"lastPublishedAt":1726721467,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/74\/20\/10\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_36a4988b-7b4f-598a-9d27-a483e2726c5f-8742010.jpg","altText":"Galway city, Ireland","caption":"Galway city, Ireland","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Canva","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1920,"height":1080}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"id":582,"urlSafeValue":"katanich","title":"Doloresz Katanich","twitter":"@doloreskatanich"}],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":29262,"slug":"housing-crisis","urlSafeValue":"housing-crisis","title":"housing crisis","titleRaw":"housing crisis"},{"id":7921,"slug":"housing-market","urlSafeValue":"housing-market","title":"Housing market","titleRaw":"Housing 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youth activist and toddler sue Irish government for breaching rights over climate inaction","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Grandad, youth activist and toddler sue Irish government for breaching rights over climate inaction","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Why are a grandad, activist and toddler suing the Irish government?","titleListing2":"Grandad, youth activist and toddler sue Irish government for breaching rights over climate inaction","leadin":"This is the first climate lawsuit in Ireland that tackles fundamental rights, following a landmark European Court of Human Rights ruling.","summary":"This is the first climate lawsuit in Ireland that tackles fundamental rights, following a landmark European Court of Human Rights ruling.","keySentence":"","url":"grandad-youth-activist-and-toddler-sue-irish-government-for-breaching-rights-over-climate-","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/green\/2024\/09\/18\/grandad-youth-activist-and-toddler-sue-irish-government-for-breaching-rights-over-climate-","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"A grandfather, a youth activist and a toddler are challenging the Irish government in court over inaction on the climate crisis.\n\nIn an intergenerational lawsuit filed last week, Irish community law centre Community Law & Mediation and three individual claimants say the government is breaking the law by failing to cut national emissions fast enough.\n\nThey want a declaration from the court that the Irish government is not complying with climate legislation and that its actions breach rights protected in the Irish constitution, the European Convention on Human Rights and the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights.\n\nIt is one of the first domestic cases to use a landmark judgment by the European Court of Human Rights earlier this year which determined that government inaction on climate change violates fundamental human rights.\n\nTaking action on behalf of vulnerable and marginalised communities\u00a0\n\nRose Wall, chief executive of Community Law & Mediation, says the lawsuit is being brought on behalf of communities that will be most affected by climate change but have the least opportunity to protect their rights.\u00a0\n\n\u201cWe know climate change poses a grave threat to human rights - that's been well documented - and its impacts are going to be felt more by vulnerable and marginalised groups,\u201d says Wall. \u201cCommunity Law & Mediation seeks to serve as a vehicle for collective recourse for these communities and future generations.\u201d\n\nThe group argues that Ireland\u2019s Climate Action Plan 2024 is not strong enough to comply with the national climate law and its carbon budgets. The latest figures from Ireland\u2019s Environmental Protection Agency show national greenhouse gas emissions at the lowest level in three decades, but still well short of national and EU climate goals for 2030.\n\nThe group also argues that the plan violates the fundamental rights of the three individual applicants, including their rights to life, dignity, health, equality and property as well as children\u2019s rights.\u00a0\n\n\u2018The situation is still there and still urgent\u2019\n\n21-year-old Saoi O\u2019Connor welcomed Community Law & Mediation\u2019s invitation to get involved in the case. \u201cI've been working on climate action since I was 16, mostly in Ireland, and banging my head against the wall,\u201d they say.\n\nInspired by Greta Thunberg, O\u2019Connor began a Fridays for Future strike in 2018, standing outside Cork City Hall each week for over a year. They have since spent a lot of time as an activist at international climate negotiations, addressing last year\u2019s COP28 talks in Dubai on behalf of young people.\n\n\u201cThe situation is still there and still urgent,\u201d they say. \u201cIn 2019, we were at the forefront of the public consciousness, and now we're not. I am open to literally anything to try and get them to do something, and this is something we haven\u2019t tried before.\u201d\n\nThe other two individual claimants are retired psychotherapist, climate activist and grandfather Philip Kearney and a toddler aged 20 months, who is represented by its mother and cannot be named.\n\nThis is the first climate lawsuit in Ireland that tackles fundamental rights, but not the only case that the Irish government is currently embroiled in.\n\nIn July 2020, the Irish Supreme Court issued a landmark judgment that Ireland\u2019s emission-cutting plans fell \u201cwell short\u201d of what was required to meet its climate commitments and must be replaced with a more ambitious strategy.\n\nBut although this decision resulted in the revision of Ireland\u2019s climate law, campaigners were unsatisfied and launched a second lawsuit last year, also represented by Community Law & Mediation.\n\nThe Irish government said it would be inappropriate to comment on a matter that is currently before the courts.\n\nAre climate issues best tackled by national or European courts?\n\nIreland also took a strong position in its responses to the first climate lawsuits at the European Court of Human Rights last year.\u00a0\n\nDuring public hearings in Strasbourg, it was adamant that questions raised in the case, brought by a group of older women against Switzerland, were matters for national policymakers and judiciaries. It warned the court not to not overstep its bounds.\n\nIreland also submitted a detailed addition to a joint state statement in another climate case brought by a group of Portuguese young people. It claimed that the risks of climate change are \"negligible in comparison to the environmental hazards of a modern city\", an attitude lawyers bringing the case described as \"bordering on climate denial\".\u00a0\n\n\u201cWe've been very good at talking the talk,\u201d says Wall, citing as an example the Irish parliament\u2019s declaration of a climate emergency in 2019. \u201cBut we are the second worst per capita in Europe in terms of emissions. Our actual track record is pretty poor and we\u2019re not heading in the right direction.\u201d\n\nShe says a declaration from the court that the government was not doing enough and that it was breaching its citizens\u2019 human rights would be a really powerful step \u201cnot just in terms of themselves, but in relation to all future climate policy\u201d.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>A grandfather, a youth activist and a toddler are challenging the Irish government in court over inaction on the climate crisis.<\/p>\n<p>In an intergenerational lawsuit filed last week, Irish community law centre Community Law &amp; Mediation and three individual claimants say the government is breaking the law by failing to cut national emissions fast enough.<\/p>\n<p>They want a declaration from the court that the Irish government is not complying with climate legislation and that its actions breach rights protected in the Irish constitution, the European Convention on Human Rights and the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights.<\/p>\n<p>It is one of the first domestic cases to use a <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//04//09//top-european-human-rights-court-could-rule-that-governments-have-to-protect-people-from-cl/">landmark judgment<\/strong><\/a> by the European Court of Human Rights earlier this year which determined that government inaction on climate change violates fundamental human rights.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8710032\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//09//07//an-embarrassment-experts-explain-what-could-happen-as-switzerland-rejects-landmark-climate/">An \u2018embarrassment\u2019: Experts explain what could happen as Switzerland rejects landmark climate ruling<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Taking action on behalf of vulnerable and marginalised communities<\/h2><p>Rose Wall, chief executive of Community Law &amp; Mediation, says the lawsuit is being brought on behalf of <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//12//19//extreme-weather-is-turning-many-into-climate-migrants-how-does-it-feel-to-face-leaving-hom/">communities that will be most affected by climate change but have the least opportunity to protect their rights.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know climate change poses a grave threat to <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//05//06//in-the-european-court-of-human-rights-we-won-a-victory-for-generations/">human rights<\/strong><\/a> - that's been well documented - and its impacts are going to be felt more by vulnerable and marginalised groups,\u201d says Wall. \u201cCommunity Law &amp; Mediation seeks to serve as a vehicle for collective recourse for these communities and future generations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The group argues that Ireland\u2019s<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////assets.gov.ie//296415//0e12782b-50bd-4cf1-bbcb-7ee7a488cdec.pdf/"> <\/a>Climate Action Plan 2024 is not strong enough to comply with the national climate law and its carbon budgets. The latest figures from Ireland\u2019s Environmental Protection Agency show national greenhouse gas emissions at the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.epa.ie//news-releases//news-releases-2024//irelands-greenhouse-gas-emissions-in-2023-lowest-in-three-decades-.php/">lowest level<\/strong><\/a> in three decades, but still well short of national and EU climate goals for 2030.<\/p>\n<p>The group also argues that the plan violates the fundamental rights of the three individual applicants, including their rights to life, dignity, health, equality and property as well as children\u2019s rights.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8686634\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//08//29//victory-for-south-korean-climate-activists-as-government-ordered-to-improve-carbon-cutting/">Victory for South Korean climate activists as government ordered to improve carbon cutting plans<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>\u2018The situation is still there and still urgent\u2019<\/h2><p>21-year-old Saoi O\u2019Connor welcomed Community Law &amp; Mediation\u2019s invitation to get involved in the case. \u201cI've been working on climate action since I was 16, mostly in Ireland, and banging my head against the wall,\u201d they say.<\/p>\n<p>Inspired by <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//08//21//from-solo-protest-to-global-movement-five-years-of-fridays-for-future-in-pictures/">Greta Thunberg<\/strong><\/a>, O\u2019Connor began a Fridays for Future strike in 2018, standing outside Cork City Hall each week for over a year. They have since spent a lot of time as an activist at international climate negotiations, addressing last year\u2019s COP28 talks in Dubai on behalf of young people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe situation is still there and still urgent,\u201d they say. \u201cIn 2019, we were at the forefront of the public consciousness, and now we're not. I am open to literally anything to try and get them to do something, and this is something we haven\u2019t tried before.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The other two individual claimants are retired psychotherapist, climate activist and grandfather Philip Kearney and a toddler aged 20 months, who is represented by its mother and cannot be named.<\/p>\n<p>This is the first climate lawsuit in <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//03//13//commission-sues-ireland-for-failure-to-protect-habitats/">Ireland that tackles fundamental rights, but not the only case that the Irish government is currently embroiled in.<\/p>\n<p>In July 2020, the Irish Supreme Court issued a landmark <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2020//07//31//irish-citizens-win-case-to-force-government-action-on-climate-change/">judgment that Ireland\u2019s emission-cutting plans fell \u201cwell short\u201d of what was required to meet its climate commitments and must be replaced with a more ambitious strategy.<\/p>\n<p>But although this decision resulted in the revision of Ireland\u2019s climate law, campaigners were unsatisfied and<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.thejournal.ie//irish-climate-case-6160380-Sep2023//?ref=the-wave.net\%22> <\/a>launched a second lawsuit last year, also represented by Community Law &amp; Mediation.<\/p>\n<p>The Irish government said it would be inappropriate to comment on a matter that is currently before the courts.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8171602,8370124\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//04//14//climate-activists-reflect-on-eu-climate-action-amid-green-backlash/">/u2018We were hopeful\u2019: Climate activists reflect on EU climate action amid a green backlash<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//12//30//positive-environmental-stories-from-2024/">Electric wallpaper and carbon-sequestering cows: Positive environmental stories from 2024<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Are climate issues best tackled by national or European courts?<\/h2><p>Ireland also took a strong position in its responses to the first climate lawsuits at the European Court of Human Rights last year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>During public hearings in Strasbourg, it was adamant that questions raised in the case,<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//03//28//swiss-pensioners-vs-the-government-top-european-human-rights-court-to-hear-historic-climat/"> <\/a>brought by a group of older women <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//03//28//swiss-pensioners-vs-the-government-top-european-human-rights-court-to-hear-historic-climat/">against Switzerland<\/strong><\/a>, were matters for national policymakers and judiciaries. It warned the court not to not overstep its bounds.<\/p>\n<p>Ireland also submitted a detailed addition to a <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////youth4climatejustice.org//case-documents//?ref=the-wave.net\%22>joint state statement<\/strong><\/a> in<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2023//09//27//court-case-over-climate-inaction-against-32-countries-opens-at-the-european-court-of-human/"> <\/a>another climate case brought by a group of <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2023//09//27//court-case-over-climate-inaction-against-32-countries-opens-at-the-european-court-of-human/">Portuguese young people<\/strong><\/a>. It claimed that the risks of climate change are \"negligible in comparison to the environmental hazards of a modern city\", an attitude lawyers bringing the case described as \"bordering on climate denial\".\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe've been very good at talking the talk,\u201d says Wall, citing as an example the Irish parliament\u2019s declaration of a climate emergency in 2019. \u201cBut we are the second worst per capita in Europe in terms of emissions. Our actual track record is pretty poor and we\u2019re not heading in the right direction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She says a declaration from the court that the government was not doing enough and that it was breaching its citizens\u2019 human rights would be a really powerful step \u201cnot just in terms of themselves, but in relation to all future climate policy\u201d.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1726650554,"updatedAt":1726659457,"publishedAt":1726635871,"firstPublishedAt":1726635871,"lastPublishedAt":1726655782,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/74\/15\/92\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_defdb072-7070-52d3-93b0-46b2aa32bd01-8741592.jpg","altText":"Government buildings in Dublin, Ireland.","caption":"Government buildings in Dublin, 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studio in Iceland is proposing the use of lava as a building material.\u00a0\n\nArnhildur P\u00e1lmad\u00f3ttir of s.ap architects is presenting her project Lavaforming at the Venice Architecture Biennale next year.\u00a0\n\nHer team, which specialises in sustainability and circularity in construction, is exploring how to turn the volcanic substance into a sustainable structural material.\u00a0\n\nP\u00e1lmad\u00f3ttir sees the process as a way to turn a \u201clocal threat\u201d into a \u201cvaluable resource\u201d.\n\nLava can become \u2018a resource that addresses a global emergency\u2019\n\nLavaforming will feature in Iceland\u2019s national pavilion at the 19th International Architecture Exhibition in Venice next year.\u00a0\n\nThe project is a \u201cproposal on how the brutal force of lava can be turned into a valuable resource, capable of lowering atmospheric emissions through its future use as a sustainable building material,\u201d P\u00e1lmad\u00f3ttir says.\u00a0\n\nThe architect observed how Iceland\u2019s exceptional geological location on a rift between two tectonic plates causes frequent seismic activity including the creation of extensive lava fields.\u00a0\n\nThroughout history, the island\u2019s volcanic activity has been perceived as a local disturbance and a threat to communities.\n\nInstead, P\u00e1lmad\u00f3ttir, who is nominated for the 2024 Nordic Council's Environmental Award for interdisciplinary collaboration in architecture and her focus on recyclable building materials, wants to transform lava into \u201ca resource that addresses a global emergency\u201d.\n\n\u201cIn our story, placed in 2150, we have harnessed the lava flow, just as we did with geothermal energy 200 years earlier in Iceland,\u201d says P\u00e1lmad\u00f3ttir.\u00a0\n\n\"The main goal of Lavaforming is to show that architecture can be the force that rethinks and shapes a new future with sustainability, innovation and creative thinking.\u201d\u00a0\n\n\u2018A lava flow can create the foundation for an entire city\u2019\n\nThe project presented at the Biennale is still a theoretical proposal, but P\u00e1lmad\u00f3ttir has an ambitious vision for the volcanic resource.\n\n\u201cA lava flow can contain enough building material for the foundations of an entire city to rise in a matter of weeks without harmful mining and non-renewable energy generation,\u201d the architect says.\u00a0\n\n\u201cThe theme is both a proposal and a metaphor - architecture is in a paradigm shift, and many of our current methods have been deemed obsolete or harmful in the long term.\u00a0\n\n\u201cIn our current predicament we need to be bold, think in new ways, look at challenges, and find the right resources.\u201d\n\n","htmlText":"<p>An architecture studio in Iceland is proposing the use of lava as a building material.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Arnhildur P\u00e1lmad\u00f3ttir of s.ap architects is presenting her project Lavaforming at the Venice Architecture Biennale next year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Her team, which specialises in sustainability and circularity in construction, is exploring how to turn the volcanic substance into a sustainable structural material.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>P\u00e1lmad\u00f3ttir sees the process as a way to turn a \u201clocal threat\u201d into a \u201cvaluable resource\u201d.<\/p>\n<h2>Lava can become \u2018a resource that addresses a global emergency\u2019<\/h2><p>Lavaforming will feature in Iceland\u2019s national pavilion at the 19th International Architecture Exhibition in Venice next year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The project is a \u201cproposal on how the brutal force of lava can be turned into a valuable resource, capable of lowering atmospheric emissions through its future use as a sustainable building material,\u201d P\u00e1lmad\u00f3ttir says.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div 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<b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//11//22//lava-hotlines-and-captivating-infernos-inside-the-volatile-world-of-volcano-tourism-in-ice/">Lava hotlines and captivating infernos: Inside the volatile world of volcano tourism in Iceland<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//03//04//volcano-erupts-on-galapagos-island-home-to-last-known-fantastic-giant-tortoise/">Volcano erupts on Gal\u00e1pagos island where last known 'fantastic giant tortoise' was found<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Instead, P\u00e1lmad\u00f3ttir, who is nominated for the 2024 Nordic Council's Environmental Award for interdisciplinary collaboration in architecture and her focus on recyclable building materials, wants to transform lava into \u201ca resource that addresses a global emergency\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn our story, placed in 2150, we have harnessed the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//08//09//volcanoes-shipping-and-dust-what-else-could-be-fuelling-this-summers-heatwaves/">lava flow, just as we did with geothermal energy 200 years earlier in Iceland,\u201d says P\u00e1lmad\u00f3ttir.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"The main goal of Lavaforming is to show that architecture can be the force that rethinks and shapes a new future with sustainability, innovation and creative thinking.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>\u2018A lava flow can create the foundation for an entire city\u2019<\/h2><p>The project presented at the Biennale is still a theoretical proposal, but P\u00e1lmad\u00f3ttir has an ambitious vision for the volcanic resource.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lava flow can contain enough building material for the foundations of an entire city to rise in a matter of weeks without harmful mining and <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//05//10//fossil-fuels-are-on-the-way-out-in-the-eu-as-they-dropped-to-record-low-in-april/">non-renewable energy<\/strong><\/a> generation,\u201d the architect says.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe theme is both a proposal and a metaphor - architecture is in a paradigm shift, and many of our current methods have been deemed obsolete or harmful in the long term.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn our current predicament we need to be bold, think in new ways, look at challenges, and find the right resources.\u201d<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1726227723,"updatedAt":1733752189,"publishedAt":1726243490,"firstPublishedAt":1726243490,"lastPublishedAt":1726248158,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/72\/83\/46\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_fce8aea1-8e35-54c0-a1d3-41dce40ba36b-8728346.jpg","altText":"A render of lava reforming 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IN IRELAND","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"British PM Keir Starmer meets Ireland's Taoiseach as part of 'wider EU reset'","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Keir Starmer visits Ireland as part of 'wider EU reset'","titleListing2":"British Prime Minister Keir Starmer meets Ireland's Taoiseach as part of 'wider EU reset'","leadin":"Relations between the two countries have been strained since the UK voted to leave the European Union, complicating some political structures of Northern Ireland, which is part of the UK.","summary":"Relations between the two countries have been strained since the UK voted to leave the European Union, complicating some political structures of Northern Ireland, which is part of the UK.","keySentence":"","url":"british-pm-keir-starmer-meets-irelands-taoiseach-as-part-of-wider-eu-reset","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2024\/09\/07\/british-pm-keir-starmer-meets-irelands-taoiseach-as-part-of-wider-eu-reset","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has met with his Irish counterpart Simon Harris in Dublin in a visit described as a reset between the two countries.\n\nStarmer's trip is the first by a British leader to Ireland in five years and is a further sign that the two wish to deepen relations on economic and security matters.\n\nHarris was the first international leader Starmer hosted following his Labour Party's landslide election victory on July 4.\n\n\"Today is really significant because we have made clear our ambition to reset the relationship and today we take that forward,\" Starmer said.\n\n\"We are clear that by March we want to have a summit to show the yield from this and then annual summits after 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And I really appreciate the time that you've given to us since taking office,\" Harris told Starmer.\n\nRelations between the two countries have been strained since the UK voted in 2016 to withdraw from the European Union, especially in light of how it affected the political structures of Northern Ireland, which is part of the UK.\n\nWhen the UK left the bloc, the British government and the EU agreed to keep the Irish border free of customs posts and other checks because an open border is a key pillar of the peace process that ended 30 years of violence in Northern Ireland.\n\nStarmer said the reset in relations has to cover the Good Friday agreement, the landmark 1998 deal that brought an end to the conflict known as the Troubles.\n\n\"I take very seriously our joint role in relation to that. And I've been very clear about that for many, many years and renew that commitment here today,\" Starmer said.\n\nStarmer said now was a chance to further solidify the relations, both with Ireland as well as the EU.\n\nHe has said that the UK will not seek to rejoin the EU under his leadership, nor the bloc's frictionless single market and customs union.\n\nHowever, he has made it clear that he wants to renegotiate elements of the post-Brexit trade deal with the EU in order to bolster growth, part of what he called \"the wider EU reset.\"\n\n\"We are also resetting our relationship with the EU and I have made it very clear that I want a closer relationship with the EU,\" he said.\n\n\"That is of course on security, on defence, but also on trade, reducing the friction and any business here in Ireland will tell you that reducing the friction helps and so we want to reset that relationship.\"\n\nStarmer has been touring EU capitals, including Paris and Berlin, since his election victory in the hope of generating the goodwill to move forward on that front, as well as to \"stand together\" on international issues such as the war in Ukraine.\n\nStarmer and Harris participated in a business roundtable in Dublin to explore how a \"reset\" in relations can benefit trade.\n\nThe economic relationship is worth around \u20ac120 billion and supports thousands of jobs on both sides of the Irish Sea.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has met with his Irish counterpart Simon Harris in Dublin in a visit described as a reset between the two countries.<\/p>\n<p>Starmer's trip is the first by a British leader to Ireland in five years and is a further sign that the two wish to deepen relations on economic and security matters.<\/p>\n<p>Harris was the first international leader Starmer hosted following his Labour Party's landslide election victory on July 4.<\/p>\n<p>\"Today is really significant because we have made clear our ambition to reset the relationship and today we take that forward,\" Starmer said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1832475578579943664\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\"We are clear that by March we want to have a summit to show the yield from this and then annual summits after that.\"<\/p>\n<p>\"I know as as two new leaders of our respective countries, we both said we wish to really place British-Irish relations on a new path. And I really appreciate the time that you've given to us since taking office,\" Harris told Starmer.<\/p>\n<p>Relations between the two countries have been strained since the UK voted in 2016 to withdraw from the European Union, especially in light of how it affected the political structures of Northern Ireland, which is part of the UK.<\/p>\n<p>When the UK left the bloc, the British government and the EU agreed to keep the Irish border free of customs posts and other checks because an open border is a key pillar of the peace process that ended 30 years of violence in Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-quotation\n widget--size-fullwidth\n widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__content\">\n <blockquote class=\"widget__quote\">\n <span class=\"widget__quoteText\">Today is really significant because we have made clear our ambition to reset the relationship.<\/span>\n <\/blockquote>\n <cite class=\"widget__author\">\n <div class=\"widget__authorText\">\n Keir Starmer\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"widget__author_descriptionText\">\n Prime Minister of the United Kingdom\n <\/div>\n <\/cite>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Starmer said the reset in relations has to cover the Good Friday agreement, the landmark 1998 deal that brought an end to the conflict known as the Troubles.<\/p>\n<p>\"I take very seriously our joint role in relation to that. And I've been very clear about that for many, many years and renew that commitment here today,\" Starmer said.<\/p>\n<p>Starmer said now was a chance to further solidify the relations, both with Ireland as well as the EU.<\/p>\n<p>He has said that the UK will not seek to rejoin the EU under his leadership, nor the bloc's frictionless single market and customs union.<\/p>\n<p>However, he has made it clear that he wants to renegotiate elements of the post-Brexit trade deal with the EU in order to bolster growth, part of what he called \"the wider EU reset.\"<\/p>\n<p>\"We are also resetting our relationship with the EU and I have made it very clear that I want a closer relationship with the EU,\" he said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.7043781480046494\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//71//26//14//808x569_cmsv2_26e8e3eb-88e6-5719-bd6c-ed1eef2bb843-8712614.jpg/" alt=\"British troops, in foreground, clash with demonstrators in a Catholic dominated area of Belfast in the period known as the Troubles, May 5, 1981\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/71\/26\/14\/384x270_cmsv2_26e8e3eb-88e6-5719-bd6c-ed1eef2bb843-8712614.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/71\/26\/14\/640x451_cmsv2_26e8e3eb-88e6-5719-bd6c-ed1eef2bb843-8712614.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/71\/26\/14\/750x528_cmsv2_26e8e3eb-88e6-5719-bd6c-ed1eef2bb843-8712614.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/71\/26\/14\/828x583_cmsv2_26e8e3eb-88e6-5719-bd6c-ed1eef2bb843-8712614.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/71\/26\/14\/1080x761_cmsv2_26e8e3eb-88e6-5719-bd6c-ed1eef2bb843-8712614.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/71\/26\/14\/1200x845_cmsv2_26e8e3eb-88e6-5719-bd6c-ed1eef2bb843-8712614.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/71\/26\/14\/1920x1352_cmsv2_26e8e3eb-88e6-5719-bd6c-ed1eef2bb843-8712614.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">British troops, in foreground, clash with demonstrators in a Catholic dominated area of Belfast in the period known as the Troubles, May 5, 1981<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Anonymous\/1981 AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\"That is of course on security, on defence, but also on trade, reducing the friction and any business here in Ireland will tell you that reducing the friction helps and so we want to reset that relationship.\"<\/p>\n<p>Starmer has been touring EU capitals, including Paris and Berlin, since his election victory in the hope of generating the goodwill to move forward on that front, as well as to \"stand together\" on international issues such as the war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Starmer and Harris participated in a business roundtable in Dublin to explore how a \"reset\" in relations can benefit trade.<\/p>\n<p>The economic relationship is worth around \u20ac120 billion and supports thousands of jobs on both sides of the Irish Sea.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1725750440,"updatedAt":1725791381,"publishedAt":1725752449,"firstPublishedAt":1725752449,"lastPublishedAt":1725791381,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/71\/26\/14\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_bfe574e9-0eaa-5910-995b-8f5d21ddfd33-8712614.jpg","altText":"Keir Starmer and Simon Harris shake hands during talks in Dublin, September 7, 2024","caption":"Keir Starmer and Simon Harris shake hands during talks in Dublin, September 7, 2024","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Peter Morrison\/Copyright 2024 The AP. 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Electric Ireland reveals third gas and electricity price slash in a year","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":" Electric Ireland announces gas and electricity price reduction","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":" Electric Ireland announces gas and electricity price reduction","titleListing2":" Electric Ireland announces gas and electricity price reduction","leadin":"Electric Ireland\u2019s most recent announcement is the third price cut in one year, with the previous two reductions having come into effect in November 2023 and March 2024.","summary":"Electric Ireland\u2019s most recent announcement is the third price cut in one year, with the previous two reductions having come into effect in November 2023 and March 2024.","keySentence":"","url":"electric-ireland-announces-gas-and-electricity-price-reduction","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/business\/2024\/09\/06\/electric-ireland-announces-gas-and-electricity-price-reduction","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Ireland\u2019s biggest energy supplier, Electric Ireland, recently revealed that it was cutting gas and electric prices for more than 1.1 million residential clients. \n\nThis announcement is the third consecutive price cut in a year, and will apply to all new and existing residential clients from 1 November this year.\u00a0\n\nThe company\u2019s Smart Meter Plansunit rates will be cut by 5%, in an attempt to convert more clients to smart meter technology.\n\nFor Smart Meter Plan clients, this reduction will be anywhere \u20ac64 and \u20ac75 per year, depending on the specific plan they have.\u00a0\n\nCustomers who do not have Smart Meter Plans will have their gas unit and electricity prices fall by 3%, saving \u20ac40 on average on yearly gas bills and \u20ac45 on average on yearly electricity bills.\u00a0\n\nThe company also reiterated that it would not be transferring the increased Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU) network charges onto its residential electricity clients. \n\nSuppliers are expected to face this hike in network charges from 1 October onwards.\u00a0\n\nElectric Ireland's previous two price cuts came into effect in November 2023 and March this year. \n\nIncluding the upcoming price reduction coming into effect this November, these three price cuts would mean a 20.4% fall in annual prices and a 19.3% drop in yearly electricity prices.\u00a0\n\nThe company also offers a variety of support measures for struggling customers, such as Pay As You Go (PAYG) meters, flexible payment plans and energy saving tips and insights.\n\nIn a statement, Pat Fenlon, executive director of Electric Ireland said: \u201cToday\u2019s announcement continues our commitment to deliver value to our customers, while also supporting the transition to a more sustainable energy future.\u00a0\n\n\u201cElectric Ireland will not be increasing prices for our electricity customers, despite the increases in network charges as recently announced by the CRU, which would have resulted in an increase of \u20ac101 per annum.\u00a0\n\n\u201cWe are pleased to announce that we will be reducing the electricity unit rates for all Electric Ireland customers by 3% or 5% for customers on a Smart Tariff Plan. We are also reducing our gas unit rates by 3%.\u00a0\n\n\u201cElectric Ireland remains focused on empowering our customers with competitive pricing and innovative solutions to make the best choices possible for their energy needs, and ultimately, to reduce energy consumption and save money.\u201d\n\nElectricity Ireland\u2019s move has also led to a number of speculations over whether other major Irish providers could also follow suit.\u00a0\n\nRegarding this, Daragh Cassidy, head of communications at price comparison website Bonkers.ie, said as reported by Irish Examiner: \u201cThey may or may not reduce prices slightly. \n\n\"I had hoped that we might see prices fall again by maybe 10% to 15% before the end of the year, but then the big grid fees, sanctioned by the CRU, kind of put that into doubt.\u00a0\n\n\u201cThere was room for another very, very small price cut but the increases on the other end limited the price decreases.\u201d\n\nCRU increases network charges to boost electricity grid investment\n\nThe Commission for Regulation of Utilities recently raised its network charges, to help increase investment in the electricity grid. \n\nThis will result in suppliers having to pay up to \u20ac100 more a year per household, which they may or may not choose to pass on to customers. In turn, this may limit any electricity and gas price cuts that these suppliers may have planned.\u00a0\n\nThe Commission also upped the public service obligation (PSO) levy, which is usually used to support Ireland\u2019s national renewable energy schemes. This will mean an additional annual cost burden of \u20ac42 for all electricity customers, starting from this October.\u00a0\n\nCRU said on its website: \u201cIreland is going through an unprecedented change in our use and demand for electricity. \n\n\"There is significant investment required to ensure that Ireland has a high-quality network that most importantly supports the growth in demand for all customer groups, but also the move away from fossil fuels to deliver a range of measures such as microgeneration, electric vehicles, electrification of heat and other services that will provide a more sustainable use for our electricity network.\n\n\u201cIreland is on the outer boundary of the European Union, and due to this geographical location and the dispersed nature of our population, network costs are in the higher range when compared to other European countries as more network infrastructure is required to reach relatively fewer customers.\u201d\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Ireland\u2019s biggest energy supplier, Electric Ireland, recently revealed that it was cutting gas and electric prices for more than 1.1 million residential clients. <\/p>\n<p>This announcement is the third consecutive price cut in a year, and will apply to all new and existing residential clients from 1 November this year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The company\u2019s Smart Meter Plansunit rates will be cut by 5%, in an attempt to convert more clients to smart meter technology.<\/p>\n<p>For Smart Meter Plan clients, this reduction will be anywhere \u20ac64 and \u20ac75 per year, depending on the specific plan they have.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Customers who do not have Smart Meter Plans will have their gas unit and electricity prices fall by 3%, saving \u20ac40 on average on yearly gas bills and \u20ac45 on average on yearly electricity bills.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The company also reiterated that it would not be transferring the increased Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU) network charges onto its residential electricity clients. <\/p>\n<p>Suppliers are expected to face this hike in network charges from 1 October onwards.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Electric Ireland's previous two price cuts came into effect in November 2023 and March this year. <\/p>\n<p>Including the upcoming price reduction coming into effect this November, these three price cuts would mean a 20.4% fall in annual prices and a 19.3% drop in yearly electricity prices.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The company also offers a variety of support measures for struggling customers, such as Pay As You Go (PAYG) meters, flexible payment plans and energy saving tips and insights.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, Pat Fenlon, executive director of Electric Ireland said: \u201cToday\u2019s announcement continues our commitment to deliver value to our customers, while also supporting the transition to a more sustainable energy future.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cElectric Ireland will not be increasing prices for our electricity customers, despite the increases in network charges as recently announced by the CRU, which would have resulted in an increase of \u20ac101 per annum.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are pleased to announce that we will be reducing the electricity unit rates for all Electric Ireland customers by 3% or 5% for customers on a Smart Tariff Plan. We are also reducing our gas unit rates by 3%.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cElectric Ireland remains focused on empowering our customers with competitive pricing and innovative solutions to make the best choices possible for their energy needs, and ultimately, to reduce energy consumption and save money.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Electricity Ireland\u2019s move has also led to a number of speculations over whether other major Irish providers could also follow suit.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Regarding this, Daragh Cassidy, head of communications at price comparison website Bonkers.ie, said as reported by Irish Examiner: \u201cThey may or may not reduce prices slightly. <\/p>\n<p>\"I had hoped that we might see prices fall again by maybe 10% to 15% before the end of the year, but then the big grid fees, sanctioned by the CRU, kind of put that into doubt.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was room for another very, very small price cut but the increases on the other end limited the price decreases.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>CRU increases network charges to boost electricity grid investment<\/h2><p>The Commission for Regulation of Utilities recently raised its network charges, to help increase investment in the electricity grid. <\/p>\n<p>This will result in suppliers having to pay up to \u20ac100 more a year per household, which they may or may not choose to pass on to customers. In turn, this may limit any electricity and gas price cuts that these suppliers may have planned.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Commission also upped the public service obligation (PSO) levy, which is usually used to support Ireland\u2019s national renewable energy schemes. This will mean an additional annual cost burden of \u20ac42 for all electricity customers, starting from this October.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>CRU said on its website: \u201cIreland is going through an unprecedented change in our use and demand for electricity. <\/p>\n<p>\"There is significant investment required to ensure that Ireland has a high-quality network that most importantly supports the growth in demand for all customer groups, but also the move away from fossil fuels to deliver a range of measures such as microgeneration, electric vehicles, electrification of heat and other services that will provide a more sustainable use for our electricity network.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIreland is on the outer boundary of the European Union, and due to this geographical location and the dispersed nature of our population, network costs are in the higher range when compared to other European countries as more network infrastructure is required to reach relatively fewer customers.\u201d<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1725604758,"updatedAt":1725622364,"publishedAt":1725616645,"firstPublishedAt":1725616645,"lastPublishedAt":1725616645,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/70\/83\/10\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_e8826f3d-bcfd-554f-abcf-defeb4d77b3e-8708310.jpg","altText":"A row of bright lightbulbs ","caption":"A row of bright lightbulbs ","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Canva","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1920,"height":1080}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"id":2872,"urlSafeValue":"lahiri","title":"Indrabati Lahiri","twitter":null}],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":25900,"slug":"electricity","urlSafeValue":"electricity","title":"electricity","titleRaw":"electricity"},{"id":9297,"slug":"electricity-market","urlSafeValue":"electricity-market","title":"Electricity market","titleRaw":"Electricity 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IRELAND X PRIVACY","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Irish court drops privacy case after X agrees to never use EU users' tweets to train Grok AI model","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"X won\u2019t use EU tweets to train Grok AI model, Irish regulators say","titleListing2":"Irish court drops privacy proceedings over X\u2019s use of public tweets for AI training","leadin":"Irish court proceedings have been dropped against the social media platform X, regulators said.","summary":"Irish court proceedings have been dropped against the social media platform X, regulators said.","keySentence":"","url":"irish-court-drops-privacy-case-after-x-agrees-to-never-use-eu-users-tweets-to-train-grok-a","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/next\/2024\/09\/06\/irish-court-drops-privacy-case-after-x-agrees-to-never-use-eu-users-tweets-to-train-grok-a","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) said this week that court proceedings against the social media platform X have ended as the company agreed to permanently suspend personal data collection for EU users to train its artificial intelligence (AI).\n\nSocial media company X changed its privacy settings in July so EU users had to opt out of having xAI use their public posts to train Grok, Elon Musk\u2019s new AI model.\u00a0\n\nThe DPC filed an emergency request to the Irish High Court about the changes because they believed privacy rights were being violated.\u00a0\n\nThe DPC complaint asked X to suspend the processing of the data that had been collected between May 7 and August 1, 2024 for AI training. On August 8, the regulator said X agreed to suspend its data processing to train AI.\n\nIn a statement, the DPC \"welcomed\" the outcome with X, saying that it \"protects the rights of EU citizens\".\u00a0\n\nGrok is X\u2019s answer to ChatGPT and \"answers almost any user question with a touch of wit and humour, while also providing helpful and insightful responses\".\u00a0\n\nHowever, this isn\u2019t the end of the issue between the DPC and X, who is now asking the European Data Protection Board (EDPB), the EU body in charge of enforcing the bloc\u2019s privacy laws, to decide whether the platform did breach any.\n\nDale Sutherland, Ireland's data commissioner, said in a statement that he wants the EDPB to consider a \"proactive, effective and consistent Europe-wide regulation,\" about AI companies using social media posts to train their models.\u00a0\n\n'Unwarranted and unjustified'\n\nThis is the latest setback for Elon Musk and his two companies, X and xAI, the company behind Grok.\u00a0\n\nThe European Centre for Digital Rights (monikered \"none of your business\") launched another nine complaints in August against xAI for allegedly breaching 16 articles of the EU\u2019s privacy laws.\u00a0\n\nEuronews reached out to X and xAI but did not receive an immediate reply.\u00a0\n\nIn an August 8 post from their Global Governance Affairs team, X called the DPC\u2019s order \"unwarranted, overboard and singles out X without any justification\".\u00a0\u00a0\n\n\"While many companies continue to scrape the web to train AI models with no regards for user privacy, X has done everything it can to give users more control over their data,\" it continued.\u00a0\n\nX said in August they would challenge the DPC\u2019s initial complaint with \"all available avenues,\" but it\u2019s not clear what option, if any, it has chosen.\u00a0\n\nThe EDPB has one month to adopt a decision by a two-thirds majority from a case\u2019s referral date, according to their website.\n\nX could be fined up to 4 per cent of global income to a maximum of \u20ac20 million or a permanent ban on data collection if the EDPB finds they have violated the EU\u2019s privacy laws.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) said this week that court proceedings against the social media platform X have ended as the company agreed to permanently suspend personal data collection for EU users to train its artificial intelligence (AI).<\/p>\n<p>Social media company X changed its privacy settings in July so EU users had to opt out of having xAI use their public posts to train <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2023//12//08//elon-musks-chatgpt-rival-grok-is-being-rolled-out-to-premium-x-users-heres-what-to-know/">Grok, Elon Musk\u2019s new AI model<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The DPC filed an emergency request to the Irish High Court about the changes because they believed privacy rights were being violated.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8608292\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//news//2024//07//27//elon-musks-x-quietly-changes-default-settings-to-allow-it-to-train-ai-model-grok-with-your/">Elon Musk's X quietly changes default settings to allow it to train AI model Grok with your posts<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The DPC complaint asked X to suspend the processing of the data that had been collected between May 7 and August 1, 2024 for AI training. On August 8, the regulator said X agreed to suspend its data processing to train AI.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, the DPC \"welcomed\" the outcome with X, saying that it \"protects the rights of EU citizens\".\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Grok is X\u2019s answer to <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2024//08//30//study-finds-ai-tools-like-chatgpt-are-popular-among-students-who-struggle-to-focus/">ChatGPT and \"answers almost any user question with a touch of wit and humour, while also providing helpful and insightful responses\".\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, this isn\u2019t the end of the issue between the DPC and X, who is now asking the European Data Protection Board (EDPB), the EU body in charge of enforcing the bloc\u2019s privacy laws, to decide whether the platform did breach any.<\/p>\n<p>Dale Sutherland, Ireland's data commissioner, said in a statement that he wants the EDPB to consider a \"proactive, effective and consistent Europe-wide regulation,\" about AI 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Ireland's central bank says the housing market is struggling from a decade of under-supply and needs tens of thousands more homes to be built annually.

19/09/2024

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Climate

Why are a grandad, activist and toddler suing the Irish government?

This is the first climate lawsuit in Ireland that tackles fundamental rights, following a landmark European Court of Human Rights ruling.

18/09/2024

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Eco-Innovation

Could lava be used as a sustainable building material in the future?

This Icelandic architect proposes harnessing lava flows to create building foundations.

13/09/2024

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Europe News

Keir Starmer visits Ireland as part of 'wider EU reset'

Relations between the two countries have been strained since the UK voted to leave the European Union, complicating some political structures of Northern Ireland, which is part of the UK.

08/09/2024

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Business

Electric Ireland announces gas and electricity price reduction

Electric Ireland’s most recent announcement is the third price cut in one year, with the previous two reductions having come into effect in November 2023 and March 2024.

06/09/2024

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Tech News

X won’t use EU tweets to train Grok AI model, Irish regulators say

Irish court proceedings have been dropped against the social media platform X, regulators said.

06/09/2024

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