According to the Israeli government, Hamas militants took about 240 hostages and killed 1,200 people when they raided Israel on October 7

Details of any deal, worked out through international mediators, were not immediately known

Hamas officials are 'close to reaching a truce agreement' with Israel and the group has delivered its response to Qatari mediators, Ismail Haniyeh said in a statement.

Habib Al Ostaz said he is liaising with lawyers to try to find a way to get his family out of Gaza

The newborns had been in north Gaza's Al Shifa hospital, where several others died after their incubators were knocked out

One reader suggests renaming the Berkeley Library in honour of those whose labours paid for Trinity College at its foundation, while another says two wrongs do not make a right in Gaza

It will be a slow and difficult task to reach a point where both sides in the conflict can see one another as human again

The Social Democrats leader has connected with people in a way that could end up defining her party's unique selling point

Tánaiste defends his visit to the Middle East, saying he was 'shocked' at criticism he received on social media

As Dublin vigil marks hostage Emily Hand's ninth birthday, Taoiseach says officials 'very much working on case'

The list includes the children of Khalid el Estal — Sara and Ali — whose mother Ashwak was killed by an Israeli strike in the bombarded enclave

Legal professionals call on the Government to challenge Israel's attacks on Gaza 

The Tánaiste was met by a number of survivors who were in to Be’eri Kibbutz during the October 7 attacks who told him of the devastation, fear and trauma of the experience

Israel's military focus on Thursday remained on Gaza's biggest hospital Al Shifa where it says Hamas stored weapons and ran a command centre

Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza City has become the main target of the ground operation by Israeli forces

Irish consular staff are at the Rafah crossing to meet those who may come across today and will be providing support, including onward travel to Ireland

I attended the Sinn Féin ard fheis in Athlone over the weekend as an invited guest.

EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell said on Monday that the bloc at the same time was asking Israel “for maximum restraint and targeting in order to avoid human casualties”

Tánaiste Micheál Martin is to travel to Israel, Egypt, and the occupied Palestinian territory later this week to meet with political leaders including Mahmoud Abbas.

'We have witnessed mass civilian deaths and the systematic destruction of civilian infrastructure in previous military incursions and four wars since 1989'

Palestinian officials said on Friday that 11,078 Gaza residents had been killed in air and artillery strikes since October 7, around 40% of them children

Iran warned the scale of civilian suffering caused by Israel's war on Hamas would inevitably lead to an expansion of the conflict, as officials in Gaza reported Israeli air strikes on or near several hospitals in the Palestinian enclave.

Dana Erlich was speaking to Irish reporters after a screening of a 43-minute video showing the Hamas attack on October 7 in which 1,400 Israelis were killed

On Sunday evening, it emerged that the 8-year-old daughter of Irish citizen Tom Hand was believed to be alive and held hostage in Gaza

Tánaiste Micheál Martin must achieve a balance between polite diplomacy and speaking truth to power on his State visit to China

Tom Hand said: 'I beg you, on bended knees to please release the children, including Emily... let’s start with the children'

Tánaiste Micheál Martin has said the Irish Government has made "key" interlocutors aware of the likely Hamas abduction of Israeli-Irish girl Emily Hand and has called for her to be released.

Emily Hand, whose father Thomas is from Dublin, has been missing since the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7

Hamas must give up its hostages and Israel must call a truce to allow help for victims. Peacekeepers will be required, to ensure a pause in hostilities is not exploited for any further evil intent

Dozens of rallies held and some family members say Israeli government must start negotiations with Hamas

A reader pays tribute to hospital staff, and others look at issues including the Middle East conflict, rural transport, and hotels 'price gouging' around events such as Bruce Springsteen's gigs

Leo Varadkar said Ireland is calling for a humanitarian ceasefire so the violence stops

One reader says Israel is trying to minimise civilian casualties, while others consider the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, West Bank settlements, and the threat hanging over Lebanon

International law lecturer at Maynooth University John Reynolds said Irish third-level partnerships with Israeli institutions include research on technologies, and "there are technologies that are directly feeding into the conflict".

Ayman Shaheen, who lived in Dublin for nine years, said he could see the Egyptian border but it is not yet open to Irish passport holders

Why are we still farming animals when it’s becoming increasingly clear that animal agriculture is no longer fit for purpose in our rapidly changing, climate-challenged world? We are locked into a system of food production about as inefficient as one ...

In the strongest intervention yet by an Irish Government minister, Simon Coveney said Israel is not complying with international law after 'collapsing buildings on top of children in an effort to target one Hamas leader'

Through his work at Unicef, Peter Power has seen how children in Palestine struggle to cope with the psychological toll of living through war, and says every child deserves peace

The bombardment, described by Gaza residents as the most intense of the war, also knocked out most communications

Wife, son, daughter and grandson of Wael al-Dahdouh, the bureau chief in Gaza, were targeted at a relief camp, outlet says

One reader suggests something be done about the difference in price between similar products marketed differently to men and women while others discuss the ongoing bombardment of Gaza, and the lack of bins in Clonakilty town

In the Israeli-occupied West Bank, two Palestinians were killed at the Jalazone refugee camp near Ramallah, the Palestinian health ministry said on Monday

Earlier this week, Google told the Irish Examiner it will no longer have a presence at Web Summit', attributable to a Google spokesperson”.

Labour leader Ivana Bacik said the Israeli ambassador's position in Ireland is 'under question'