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• Activists call on Irish firm to divest from Israeli company

  May 9, 2012 8:02pm

  Pro-Palestinian activists called on the Irish multinational building materials firm CRH to sell its stake in the Israeli group Mashav, accusing the company of profiting from the “illegal occupation” of the West Bank.

• Bagels regain bread status in Ireland

  February 9, 2012 1:48pm

  Bagels were granted equal status with soda bread in Ireland following a government decision to reclassify the traditionally Jewish favorite as ordinary bread for the purposes of taxation.

• Ireland to levy bagel tax

  November 20, 2011 1:18pm

  Irish bagel lovers aren’t having much luck: a 13.5 percent value-added tax will be tacked on to the traditionally Jewish favorite for the first time.

• A fifth of Irish would bar Israelis from becoming citizens

  May 27, 2011 2:25pm

  More than one in five Irish people would bar Israelis from becoming naturalized Irish citizens, according to new research into ethnic and religious attitudes in Ireland.

• Irish pro-Palestinian group petitions OECD

  May 5, 2011 12:38pm

  An Irish pro-Palestinian activist group has lodged a formal complaint accusing Ireland’s largest company of “complicity” in what it said were violations of international law in Israel.

• Irish government turns to Jewish leaders on census

  April 10, 2011 5:31pm

  The Irish government has asked Dublin’s Jewish leadership to urge congregants to complete their census forms.

• Shatter says Ireland will probe UNIFIL soldier’s deaths

  April 10, 2011 5:19pm

  Ireland will conduct an independent review into the deaths of three Irish soldiers whose vehicle was blown up on a United Nations mission in Lebanon.

• Israeli deal in Ireland could lead to more

  March 30, 2011 7:11pm

  An Israeli property company has struck a multimillion-dollar deal in Ireland that could herald further Israeli involvement in the country.

• Irish Cabinet swears in lone Jewish lawmaker

  March 10, 2011 1:42am

  Ireland’s only Jewish member of parliament was appointed to the country’s Cabinet as the new government was sworn in.

• Ireland re-elects Jewish representative

  February 27, 2011 6:43pm

  Ireland’s only Jewish national politician was re-elected to parliament after a decisive vote.