Fine Gael MEP Regina Doherty said in private messages seen by The Ditch that “Israeli settlements were conducted under international law” and expressed frustration that Hamas had asked the UN to look after Palestinian refugees instead of “their own bloody government”.

A spectre is haunting businesses across Dublin city – the spectre of visible poverty.

An Independent Ireland councillor who hid his ownership of land with planning permission for six houses now claims he sold the plot “a number of years ago” – even though it’s still registered in his name.

Professionals who regard time in politics as just another CV entry should be considered with suspicion.

A flight illegally carrying munitions to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) passed through Irish territory just days before Simon Harris said Ireland is “anti the killing of civilians” in Gaza.