Israel Iran Conflict

Escalation in hostilities highlights threats ​to the tenuous ceasefire between the warring countries

Defence manufacturers tick higher in London

Consumers focusing on day-to-day purchases while hitting pause on larger decisions, says EY Ireland

New posts threaded with scepticism, anxiety and anger after 88-day blackout

Global conflicts, climate change and a looming El Niño threaten worsening food shortages in 2026

State television report cites unofficial draft of framework deal between Washington and Tehran

Authority also highlights risk of ‘disorderly correction’ of global stock prices amid AI-driven surge in valuations

About 160 troops from 127th Infantry Battalion return home from six-month deployment with Unifil

Israeli forces expand operations in southern ​Lebanon after warning of escalated attacks

The war could end with Tehran more confident, more hardline and with new resources to rebuild its nuclear programme

Coalition must broaden tax base by closing ‘VAT gap’ and increasing property tax take

Tehran says ‘contradictory statements’ from US and Israeli interference hindering negotiations

Coalition will need to look at temporary targeted budget measures to support households in the aftermath of Gulf war inflation shock

Truce extension would see Strait of Hormuz reopened

Tehran has reportedly made no commitment ‘to hand over nuclear stockpiles, shut down facilities or not to build a nuclear bomb’

Airline and analysts think it is well placed in longer term compared to rivals despite 25% slump in share price

Iran has threatened to impose tolls on shipping, while US demands that Iran hand over its highly enriched uranium may be deferred

Markets optimistic about signs of progress in US-Iran peace talks

CSO’s wholesale price index is a key indicator of the trajectory of inflation

Democrats, ⁠and some ​Republicans, have called on Trump to ask Congress for authorisation to use military force

Iranian supreme leader reportedly issues directive that near weapons-grade uranium should not be sent abroad

Tehran accuses US president of planning to restart war, threatens to retaliate for any strikes with attacks beyond Middle East

An Israeli strike was designed to free the former Iranian president from house arrest. It injured him instead

US president says he was ‘an hour away from making the decision to go’ with fresh military offensive against Tehran

Mediator Pakistan says both sides ‘keep changing their goalposts’ and ‘we don’t have much time’

Officials advised developing world could face ‘significant food shortages and price increases’ before year’s end

Europeans waiting and seeing how crisis plays out before booking holidays, says airline chief

Catholic cleric William Shomali says progress made in Northern Ireland offers hope for eventual peace between Israel and Palestine

Drone strike causes fire at UAE nuclear power plant as efforts to end war in Gulf stall

Admiral Brad Cooper said a strike on an Iranian school may have been the only civilian casualty incident of the war

Gulf states have been grappling with how to deter Iran after the war made clear the limits of US security guarantees

Vote brings to an end one of the most fraught processes of selecting a central bank chief in decades

Biggest drivers of increase are transport fuels and home heating oil

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Israeli air strikes on road south of Beirut kill eight people, including two children

Evidence suggests Iran has restored operational access to 30 of 33 missile sites it maintains along Strait of Hormuz

US president says while the ceasefire remains in place it is ‘unbelievably weak’

There’s little serious analysis making the case for nuclear power in Ireland as part of energy and climate policy

Building of new homes fell sharply in April, according to latest AIB survey

Tehran’s response to Washington’s proposal ‘unacceptable’ and ‘stupid’, says US president