Irish

“It's more terrifying than any film; it’s a reality,” shared Andrew Duggan, an Irishman residing in Altadena, Los Angeles. Just five hours transformed his and his partner Renata's lives—“we lost everything,” he lamented. Duggan has called Altadena home for several years, where he and Renata have invested in a house and a design studio. Unfortunately, wildfires have ravaged the Los Angeles area, claiming the lives of at least ten individuals and obliterating nearly 10,000 structures. With five fires persisting into their…

As tensions escalate in Lebanon, the Irish peacekeepers find themselves ensnared between two opposing factions. While clashes erupt on the ground, an intense battle for narrative and public sentiment unfolds online, compounded by widespread anxieties regarding the reliability of information circulating in the digital realm. The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has raised alarms about the proliferation of false narratives, emphasizing the tangible repercussions such misinformation can impose on peacekeeping…

An Irish family recently found themselves caught in the chaos of Israeli missile strikes while in Lebanon, but they have safely returned home after a harrowing evacuation. Munir Zabad, aged 53, alongside his wife Ghada, 47, their 24-year-old daughter Ghadir, and 12-year-old son Hassan, touched down in Kilkenny on Saturday after making a stop at Eindhoven Airport in the Netherlands. The family had journeyed to Lebanon for two poignant reasons: to honor the memory of Mr. Zabad's late father and to celebrate Ghadir’s nuptials…