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8 March The report of a 20-year survey by The Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland revealed that 56% of Ireland's native plant species are in decline due to habitat loss, altered grazing pressure, and degradation (re-seeding, over-fertilising, nitrogen deposition, herbicides, soil drainage, mineral enrichment), rather than rising temperatures whose botanical effects – so far – are minor.
Armed conflicts and attacks. Israel–Hezbollah conflict. September 2024 Lebanon strikes. Hezbollah launches a ballistic missile targeting the Mossad headquarters in Tel Aviv, Israel, which is intercepted, while Israel conducts an additional 260 airstrikes across Lebanon, killing at least 72 people.
2022–present Irish anti-immigration protests. Mullingar says No! Protests at several locations in Ireland started in early November 2022 after the development of sites in various parts of the country as temporary asylum seeker shelters by the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (DCEDIY), as it attempted to ...
32, as of 24 November 2023. [update] [4] The 2023 Dublin riot took place on the evening of 23 November 2023 in Dublin, Ireland and involved multiple incidents of vandalism, arson, and looting in the city centre as well as assaults on Gardaí (Irish police) and members of the public. [5] Gardaí described the riot as the most violent in modern ...
13 February – A 37-year-old woman was charged with the murder of her six-year-old son who was found unresponsive in a car in County Waterford. [26] 16 February – Gardaí seized 546 kg of crystal methamphetamine worth €32.8 million at Cork Port. The quantity seized was by far the largest ever captured in Ireland.
RTÉ News and Current Affairs (Irish: Nuacht agus Cúrsaí Reatha RTÉ), also known simply as RTÉ News (Nuacht RTÉ), is the national news service provided by Irish public broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ). Its services include local, national, European and international news, investigative journalism and current affairs ...
The Department of Public Health expressed concern over increases in COVID-19 transmission linked to social gatherings involving the student population in the mid-west region. [85] 4 February. The total number of COVID-19 cases in Ireland surpassed 200,000 cases, with over half confirmed in 2021.
10 April – An unarmed IRA volunteer was shot dead in Downpatrick by the Royal Ulster Constabulary. 16 May – Eyre Square Centre opened in Galway. 17 May – First edition of the Liffey Champion, local newspaper for North County Kildare and Lucan. 26 June – The wrongful convictions of the Maguire Seven were quashed.