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Son of Murdered Politician Tells Tories to Scrap ‘Obscene’ Legacy Bill

Paul Wilson said anyone who committed crimes during the Northern Ireland Troubles should face justice The son of a high-profile politician murdered in one of the most gruesome and shocking attacks of the Troubles, has urged Westminster to halt plans to end conflict-related prosecutions in Northern Ireland. Paul Wilson called proposals under the Northern Ireland…


Chinese Owner of Temu Moves HQ to Ireland as Consumers Increasingly Wary of China

Chinese e-commerce giant PDD Holdings, which owns Temu, has moved its official headquarters from China to Ireland in recent days. As aggression from communist China continues to inflame tensions with the West and liberal democratic nations, more and more Chinese companies are trying to downplay their China-ties amid increasing aversion to the Chinese Communist Party…


Quirk and Craic: One Day in Dublin

It’s a city that looms large in the imagination—even if you don’t happen to be Irish. Leprechauns and shamrocks. James Joyce and Oscar Wilde, the River Liffey meeting the Irish Sea, U2 and The Dubliners. And of course pubs pouring Guinness, rollicking with song and energetic conversation and maybe a little dance, late into the…


Alleged Underworld Boss Gerry Hutch Acquitted of High Profile Murder Amid Doubts About Key Witness

The alleged head of an Irish underworld family has been acquitted of murdering an associate of a rival gang at a boxing weigh-in event at a hotel in Dublin in 2016. The prosecution had claimed that on Feb. 5, 2016 Gerry “The Monk” Hutch was trying to kill his arch rival Daniel Kinahan, but the…


Biden Addresses Irish Parliament, Praises Cooperation on Ukraine, Global Taxation, Climate Change

DUBLIN, Ireland–President Joe Biden on Thursday addressed a joint session of the Irish parliament as part of his four-day visit to the island of Ireland. “I am at home,” Biden said at the start of his remarks, garnering a standing ovation from the Irish lawmakers. “Only wish I could stay longer,” Biden continued, expressing deep…


Dublin’s Urban Thrills

While many big cities are notoriously cold and unfriendly, Ireland’s capital is an urban playground where people really consider strangers just “friends who’ve yet to meet.” And Dublin offers the best (and many would say only) urban thrills in the Republic of Ireland. Here are a few of my favorite things to do in Ireland’s…


Ex-Sinn Fein Councillor Says Irish Gangster Asked for Dissident Republican Help to End Underworld Feud

A former Sinn Fein councillor has testified that alleged Irish gangland boss Gerry Hutch told him he was one of two men who killed an associate of underworld rival Daniel Kinahan at a boxing press conference in Dublin in 2016. Hutch—who has been known as “The Monk” since murdered journalist Veronica Guerin gave him the moniker…


Dublin Hotel Murder Trial Told of Link Between Irish Republicans and Underworld Feud

Alleged Irish gangland boss Gerry Hutch has gone on trial, accused of ordering a murderous attack on a boxing press conference at the Regency Hotel in Dublin in 2016. David Byrne, 33, was shot dead when six gunmen, dressed as police officers and armed with AK-47 assault rifles, attacked associates of Hutch’s alleged arch-rival Daniel…


Former Sinn Fein Councillor to Be Key Prosecution Witness in Gangland Murder Trial

A former Sinn Fein councillor will be the key prosecution witness at the trial of alleged Irish gangland boss Gerry Hutch, who is accused of ordering a murderous attack on a boxing press conference in Dublin in 2016. One Sept. 28 Jonathan Dowdall, 44, and his 65-year-old father Patrick pleaded guilty to facilitating the murder…


‘Nobody Will Tell Me Anything’ Irish Father Banned From Leaving China for 2 Years Speaks Out

An Irish businessman and father of four who’s been banned from leaving China for two years has spoken out to the media for the first time. Richard O’Halloran, 45, a director of China International Aviation Leasing Service (CALS), left his Dublin home in February 2019 for Shanghai, China. What he thought was a short business trip…