Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addresses the Irish parliament on first official visit to the Republic of Ireland.

The Irish presidential election of 1990 was the tenth held in Ireland and the first to include a female candidate. Independent politician Mary Robinson would go on to hold office for the next seven years.

A motion before the Dublin City Council to rename Herzog Park, commemorating Israel ’s sixth president and the father of Israel’s current president, has drawn backlash, with Israeli officials and some community leaders denouncing the proposal as “antisemitic.”

A proposal to rename a Dublin park named after a former Israeli president has sparked controversy. Ireland’s chief rabbi says it would be “a shameful erasure” of the country's Jewish history.

During Connolly's campaign she even told BBC News that Hamas was "part of the fabric of Palestinian people" legitimately elected to lead Gaza.

At a glittering ceremony in Dublin, the An Post Irish Book Awards celebrated its 20th Anniversary with the opening speech from former President Michael D. Higgins as he accepted the An Post Irish

Greek Minister of National Economy and Finance Kyriakos Pierrakakis, left, with then Irish counterpart and Eurogroup president Paschal Donohoe in Brussels on November 12th. The Greek is hoping to succeed Donohoe as Eurogroup president. Photograph: Dursun Aydemir/Anadolu via Getty Images