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Paul Givan had faced criticism over his visit to the school in an Israeli settlement called Ramot Alon on the northern edge of Jerusalem

DUP minister Paul Givan ‘did not breach ministerial code’ over Israel trip

Morning View

Editorial: Iran war is just one of many reasons UK families are struggling

Alliance's Eóin Tennyson and Andrew Muir laugh off a DUP MLA saying she took no pleasure in bringing a no confidence motion in the minister.

David Thompson: Alliance panto stunt didn't help Andrew Muir or Stormont

DUP leader, Gavin Robinson pictured with Steven Jaffe, Chairman Northern Ireland Friends of Israel in the Raven Social Club following the unveiling of a new October 7th memorial mural in the East Belfast club commemorating the attack on Jews in Israel by Palestinians on October 7th 2023. PICTURE BY STEPHEN DAVISON

Mural unveiled in memory of victims of October 7 attack in Israel

Foyle DUP MLA Julie Middleton called for antisemitism to be confronted in Northern Ireland, pointing to a recent incident in which Israeli competitors were withdrawn from a Londonderry triathlon.

Call to confront NI antisemitism on third anniversary of October 7 attacks

Vessels transit the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of the port city of Bandar Abbas in southern Iran on September 5, 2026. The United States has destroyed Iranian oil tankers this month while Iran has launched missiles at US ships (Atta KENARE / AFP via Getty Images)

Fuel prices in Northern Ireland make biggest weekly jump since spring spike

Delta Goodrem representing Australia performs the song Eclipse during the grand final for the Eurovision Song Contest in the Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna, Austria

Ireland will not participate in Eurovision in 2027, RTE announces

Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband announced UK sanctions on Israeli settlements in the West Bank last week

Owen Polley: Israel debate cannot be left to ‘progressives’ and nationalists

Jim Shannon MP has told the House of Commons that the UK's new "one-sided trade restrictions" against Israel risks undermining the channel of anti-terror intelligence from Israel - and Britain's relations with the US.

MP: UK restrictions on Israel risks vital intelligence and US relations

People attend a rally against antisemitism in central London earlier this year

Ken Funston: The endemic hatred of Jewish people – where will it end?

Home heating oil support scheme

340,000 NI households to be eligible for £100 oil support payment

A family can spend hours walking through Belfast Zoo and learning about a wide range of animals from across the world

Jonny McCambridge: Eagles, apes and invisible stick insects - a day at the zoo

People could see themselves locked out of the digital system as a means of taking away their freedoms

Letter: An exclusively digital world is one to be very wary of

Intellectually-challenged banner-wavers have much to learn, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards

Ruth Dudley Edwards: Idiots chanting over Israel should get facts right

In Washington, president Donald Trump lashed out once again in the midst of the intensified fighting in Lebanon and the stalled nuclear talks.

US peace talks with Iran hit early bump over Lebanon fighting

Medical staff transfer patients to a protected underground parking following an Iranian missile attack, at Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, June 8, 2026

Iran and Israel halt strikes as new attacks threatened return to full-scale war
Israel and Iran traded fire on Monday in their first attacks since the US struck a ceasefire with Tehran two months ago.
Jon Gambrell, Associated Press

Rev Dr Mark Gray made an appeal on Facebook for the Lurgan branch of the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign.

Presbyterian minister urges people to join 'Great March for Gaza'

Fuel prices have soared on the forecourt since the attack on Iran slightly over four months ago (Photo by Alishia Abodunde/Getty Images)

Home heating oil drops to 84p per litre after three months of war in Iran

On October 7 2023, Hamas terrorists killed more than 1,000 people in southern Israel - it mustn't be forgotten how barbaric that day was

Ruth Dudley Edwards: Hamas attack was savage, yet Ireland demonises Israel

The term ‘anti-semitic’ might actually fuel anti-Jewish sentiment

Letter: Looking at the bigger picture over anti-semitism

Father Ted co-creator Graham Linehan

RTE using Father Ted as 'tool of antisemitic harassment' says Graham Linehan

New Green Party leader Zack Polanski is an anti-Zionist Jew

Ruth Dudley Edwards: Time for us all to show support for our Jewish neighbours

Morning View

Editorial: Benn hits right note in support of NI defence work

Caoimhe Archibald faced questions from MLAs on energy supports as businesses and households in the region continue to feel the impacts of rising fuel prices as a result of the US and Israel's war in Iran.

Archibald: UK must listen so NI energy schemes ‘can be rolled out’

Lorries and HGVs circle the Ballygawley roundabout in Co Tyrone last Tuesday during a protest against rising fuel prices

Preparations for ‘policing response’ ahead of further expected fuel protests

Road protests cause social and economic harm whilst distracting from the unpleasant realities of the current position.

Esmond Birnie: Fuel price protesting is a largely futile exercise

Undated handout photo issued by NI Chamber of (left to right) Economist Maureen O'Reilly, Queen's Business School's Richard Ramsey and NI Chamber's Suzanne Wylie. Growth in Northern Ireland's economy "remains weak and uneven", a new report from the NI Chamber has said. In the run-up to the US and Israel's war with Iran which has raised energy prices and pushed inflation figures worldwide, Northern Ireland is "holding up but failing to build sufficient momentum to support stronger growth"

Northern Ireland’s economic growth ‘remains weak and uneven’: NI Chamber
Growth in Northern Ireland’s economy “remains weak and uneven”, a new report from the NI Chamber has said.
Claudia Savage, PA

Trucks and tractors on O'Connell Street in Dublin during a fuel protest in Dublin

Letter: Response to fuel protest a slap in face

The tractor convoy at walking speed on the A1 heading north at Hillsborough, creating a massive tailback.

Tractors brings traffic to virtual standstill between Hillsborough and Lisburn

Morning View

Editorial: Trump has not made it easy for UK to back the US

Violence in the Middle East ‘is a spiritual battle as well as geopolitical’

Letter: Nationalism has backed the wrong horses

Christian worshipers attend a Palm Sunday Mass at the Greek Orthodox Church in Gaza City Sunday, April 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Easter celebrations muted in Israel and Gaza due to war with Iran

Cut your MPG and save money at the pumps

How to save petrol: 10 expert tips to cut fuel costs now

Sir Keir Starmer has said he has warned his team that they 'mustn't fall into the false comfort that there will be a quick and early end' to the Iran conflict

Letter: PM’s weak leadership has put UK in danger

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Sir Keir Starmer’s weak leadership has put the UK in danger

Portadown man Mark Jameson pictured on a tour of Jerusalem this week. He is stranded in Israel due to the Middle East War but is making the most of his time, with tours to sites of interest.

NI man dives for cover after missile explodes in Jerusalem

Kneecap's Liam Og O hAnnaidh

Kneecap rapper Liam Og O hAnnaidh: ‘We are not antisemitic’

A billboard depicting Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's late supreme leader who was killed on February 28 in a US-Israeli strike in Tehran, standing behind an Iranian soldier with a caption in Arabic reading 'a martyr leads the battlefield' is displayed along a road in the Ameriyah neighbourhood in western Baghdad on March 18, 2026. The US embassy in Baghdad was the target of a drone and rocket attack on March 17, security officials said, with the strike sparking a fire on embassy grounds (AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP via Getty Images)

Dip in price of home heating oil this week as war on Iran continues

Portadown man Mark Jameson pictured on a tour of Jerusalem this week. He is stranded in Israel due to the Middle East War but is making the most of his time, with tours to sites of interest.

NI man in Israel ‘densensitised to missiles and enjoying tours’

Political commentator Dr John Coulter.

Dr John Coulter: Restoring Iranian Monarchy holds key to lasting peace

Iranian opponents of the Islamic regime in Tehran pictured outside the city hall on Sunday on Sunday 8 March 2026. They are holding an image of the son of the Shah, Reza Pahlavi, whom they wish to lead a new government. Picture By: Arthur Allison/Pacemaker Press.

US-Israel are like chemotherapy against regime, say Iranian protestors

Home heating oil prices in Northern Ireland last week surged by up to 81%.

SDLP call for support package for home heating oil and gas prices

Mihammedreza Badreh, 25, from Iran is taking part in ongoing protests at Belfast City Hall against the current regime in his home country.

Iranian refugee backs US-Israel despite risks to family

There have been a considerable number of rallies for Gaza in Dublin, in the Republic

Letter: No sacrifice too small for Ireland over Gaza people

Mark is running a marathon a month this year to raise funds for five-year-old Mollie Walls, who is battling Rett's Syndrome.

NI man in Tel Aviv remains relaxed despite rocket attacks

Home heating oil costs have spiked to a level not seen in several years, in some cases up by around 70%. Photo: Peter Byrne/PA

Home heating oil prices spike to NI's highest point in three years

Smartphones have transformed our lives over the past two decades

Letter: Will advances in technology be used for the greater good?

EasyJet cancelled all its flights between the UK and Cyprus on Monday due to the war in the Middle East.

UK makes plans to bring home 100,00 stranded Britons

The Consumer Council for Northern Ireland said crude oil prices are rising and remain unpredictable in the short term.

Middle East War: Home heating oil prices surge by over 50%

A plume of smoke after a military strike on the capital Tehran on March 2, 2026. The deputy FM has said ‘many thousands’ of people from NI in Middle East at risk from Iran

‘Many thousands’ of NI people in Middle East at risk from Iran – Little-Pengelly

Morning View

Editorial: Khamenei was most to blame for Iranian bloodshed

People watch as smoke rises on the skyline after an explosion in Tehran, Iran on Saturday

Foreign Office warns over travel to Middle East as airlines cancel flights

Donald Trump said the US had begun “major combat operations in Iran” after the US assembled a vast fleet of fighter jets and warships in the region to try to pressure Iran into a deal over its nuclear programme

Iran rocked by air strikes as US begins ‘major combat operations’

Around a dozen protestors from the Newry and Armagh branches of the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) and and 'The Mournes for Palestine' protested at the Rockwell Collins factory in Kilkeel on Tuesday. Photo: IPSC Newry Facebook.

Palestinian protestors ‘bussed in’ for Kilkeel protest

President Donald Trump speaks with the broadcaster Tucker Carlson in Arizona in the 2024 election. Carlson has interviewed Nick Fuentes, a known extremist who criticised what he called 'organized Jewry in America' (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

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