International - Last year 2024
How the 'Lost Children of Greece' are fighting for citizenship and access to their records
- Many people have fought for decades to have their Greek citizenship restored and to get access to their personal records
- The adoption market in Greece was "lucrative" and involved priests, lawyers and doctors
Netanyahu insists on 'destruction of Hamas' before commencement of permanent ceasefire in Gaza
The Israeli Prime Minister’s statement comes after US President Joe Biden outlined a plan to end the conflict in Gaza.
'It's time for this war to end': Biden announces Israeli proposal for three-phase Gaza ceasefire deal
- Biden said the proposal has been transmitted to Hamas via Qatar.
- Hamas said it is in a 'position of readiness to deal positively and constructively'.
- Israel said its negotiation team 'insisted the war will not end until all of its goals are achieved'.
Trump vows to appeal guilty verdict in rambling speech after being convicted of 34 felonies
‘I’d like them to say, “gee, we have to have a little sorrow for this man”, because they just don’t say that about me.’
Independents remain most popular, while Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil overtake Sinn Féin in latest poll
- Fine Gael is now the most popular political party among those polled, but Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin are close behind
- Around 23% of people intend to vote for independent candidates in the European elections next Friday
- Trump calls his guilty verdict a 'disgrace' and claims it was a 'rigged trial'.
- 'This is long from over,' he told media before walking away without answering any questions.
- The Biden campaign said the conviction shows that 'no one is above the law'.
Not Tonight: Vincent Browne ended an EU debate early because he wasn't happy with the answers
“What has this got to do with European politics?”
Fringe, populist and Eurosceptic parties attracting highest proportion of donations across EU
Donations to Sinn Féin in Ireland increased every year between 2019 and 2022.
Hidden Figures: Source of political money disclosed for just 8% of donations over four years
- No rules to stop politicians donating money to their party from funds originally given to them by members of the public
- Fundraiser costs must be removed from the total donations a party receives
- Advocacy body calls for more powers to be granted to Sipo to enforce laws