Fifteen Irish citizens evacuated from Israel

Fifteen Irish citizens and their dependants were successfully evacuated from Israel yesterday and will make their way home in the coming days.

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Declan Power: Iran will strike back following US attack & Ireland must join multi-lateral efforts to halt any escalation

The damage done by the US strikes on the Iranian nuclear facility at Fordow may have been deep and damaging. It may look spectacular, but it is very unlikely it will have stopped Iran&s ability to produce enriched uranium, a central ingredient to create a nuclear weapon.

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Israel-Iran conflict: A timeline of how the attacks unfolded

Years of simmering tensions between Israel and Iran have broken into direct conflict, as the two arch foes trade missile attacks on an unprecedented scale.

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How strikes on Iran mark Trump's biggest, and riskiest, foreign policy gamble

With his unprecedented decision to bomb Iran's nuclear sites, directly joining Israel's air attack on its regional arch foe, U.S. President Donald Trump has done something he had long vowed to avoid - intervene militarily in a major foreign war.

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Putin says Russia has told Israel there's no evidence Iran wants nuclear weapons

Russia has repeatedly told Israel that there is no evidence Iran is aiming to get nuclear weapons, Sky News Arabia on Saturday quoted Russian President Vladimir Putin as saying in an interview.

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Sam Kiley: Netanyahu fears peace now would risk Tehran getting nuclear weapons in future

Britain, France, Germany and the European Union all rushed their foreign ministers to Geneva for talks with Iran in a desperate attempt to give peace a chance. But it is not clear that peace now is the best option.

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