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Hotel du Palais
Michelin-starred French chef quits restaurant in luxury hotel after 'troubling' hazing
Hamas
Gaza health ministry says at least 210 people killed in last 24 hours as Israel intensifies bombing
The health ministry also raised alarm over the spread of disease among children and the overall lack of water, food and medicine in the besieged Strip.
A United Nations report published today urged Israel to “end unlawful killings” against the Palestinian population.
French President Emmanuel Macron emphasised "the need to work towards a lasting ceasefire" in a call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
storm gerrit
Around 100 homes damaged by 'localised tornado' that swept through Greater Manchester town
richard haass
Claim IRA members were in Colombia on holiday, not to train FARC, 'insulted US intelligence'
Achtung tony
Tony Blair wanted to have 'a good time' during 1993 trip to Ireland, ideally involving U2
State Papers
'Reproductive fascism': Read the letters calling on Mary Robinson to intervene in X Case
Many people, from Ireland and abroad, contacted the president about the controversial case in 1992.
The X Case centred on a 14-year-old girl who became pregnant after being raped
The letters to Robinson highlight how divisise the issue was in Ireland and abroad
'It is with disbelief and disgust that we heard about the young girl who has been forbidden to leave Ireland'
Wednesday
27 Dec 2023
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Atlantic Technological University
Dec 27
Poland
Poland's new culture minister announces liquidation of all State media ahead of restructuring
Florida
Florida woman shot dead by 14-year-old brother while trying to defuse row over Christmas gifts
Israel Palestine
Death toll from Israeli assault on Gaza passes 21,000 as IDF says war will go on for months
metric system
UK abandons plan to use imperial measures for goods after consultation finds only 1% in favour
German Politics
Wolfgang Schaeuble, German finance minister during eurozone debt crisis, dies aged 81
Irish-UK relations
Princess Diana referred to NI as part of the Republic, according to Irish ambassador's note
Maccabi Tel Aviv
Taoiseach: Robbie Keane's decision to coach Israeli football club is ‘a matter for him’
Sinn Féin
SF should move away from violent links to stop attracting 'head bangers', Adams agreed in 2001
John F Kennedy
Jackie Kennedy rang Irish Embassy to ensure Defence Forces would play role in JFK's funeral
State Papers
Govt heard of British collusion in murder of man wrongly identified as IRA mole 'Stakeknife'
State Papers
Ireland considered making 21 age of consent for gay people when decriminalising homosexuality
One 1993 document noted that moving from “criminalisation to equality might be too major a change at one go”.
The age of consent for heterosexual intercourse at the time was, and still is, 17 years old
21 was described as "probably the age most acceptable to those who do not want decriminalisation but recognise that there is no choice"
However, if 21 was chosen, "there would be an attempt to portray this country as backward", officials warned
Tuesday
26 Dec 2023
From The 42
worth the wait
Hojlund's first Premier League goal caps stunning Man United comeback against Aston Villa
Gaza
UN 'gravely concerned' by Israeli strikes on central Gaza as Netanyahu doubles down
The WHO reported “harrowing” accounts of Israel’s attacks on Gaza on 24 December.
Netanyahu wrote in the Wall Street Journal that the Israeli state will not stop with its assault.
The UN Human Rights Office said all attacks had to adhere to international humanitarian law.
The WHO detailed how one Gazan child lost her whole family from one airstrike.
military alliance
Sweden's bid to join Nato inches forward - but still faces key vote in Turkish parliament
Alexei Navalny
'No reindeer, unfortunately': Russian opposition leader re-emerges in Arctic Circle penal colony
Sunday
24 Dec 2023
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