Leo Varadkar, Ireland’s taoiseach or prime minister, announced Wednesday that he will step down in a shocking move.
During a press briefing outside Parliament in Dublin, Varadkar said he was resigning for “personal and political” reasons. He called his years leading the country the “most fulfilling time” of his life.
“I know this will come as a surprise to many people and a disappointment to some, but I hope you will understand my decision,” Varadkar said during the briefing.
Varadkar, who became Ireland&#8217;s youngest and first openly gay taoiseach in 2017, said he would also step down as leader of the Fine Gael party. He said his resignation as party leader is effective immediately, but he would continue to serve as prime minister until the party elects a new leader. That will likely happen before the Irish parliament&#8217;s Easter break, and the new leader is expected to take office afterward on April 16.
“There is never a right time to resign high office,” he said. “However, this is as good a time as any.”
Varadkar&#8217;s announcement comes just days after he met with President Joe Biden at the White House on St. Patrick&#8217;s Day.
His decision also comes after Irish voters <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/09/world/europe/ireland-constitution-referendums-women-home.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">rejected</a> two proposed changes to the country&#8217;s constitution earlier this month. One change would have expanded the definition of family beyond marriage. The other change would have removed language saying the state should work to make sure mothers are not forced by economic necessity to work outside of the home, language that was criticized as “sexist.”
As a member of the Irish Parliament, Varadkar saw two referendums pass that changed the Irish constitution to allow both same-sex marriage and abortion.
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Varadkar&#8217;s resignation will not trigger an early election. Ireland is scheduled for a general election early next year.
An emotional Varadkar on Wednesday <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna144222" target="_blank" rel="noopener">emphasized</a> that there was no “real reason” behind his move.
“I know, inevitably, there will be speculation as to the ‘real reason’ for my decision,” he said during the press briefing. “These are the real reasons. That’s it. I have nothing else lined up or in mind. No definite personal or political plans, but I am looking forward to having the time to think about them.”
&#8220;I have nothing in mind,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I have no definite personal or political plans.&#8221;
“Politicians are human beings, and we have our limitations,” he said.

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President Joe Biden demanded over the weekend that an audience at the White House clap during remarks that he made while speaking on St. Patrick&#8217;s Day.
Biden&#8217;s Sunday remarks came as he spoke alongside Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar while he celebrated the history of Irish people in America.
&#8220;We celebrate the bonds of our friendship today connecting millions of Irish Americans and American people,&#8221; Biden said. &#8220;We celebrate the friendship between the two nations — one that has shaped our past, strengthened our present and inspires our future.&#8221;
Biden said that the two countries celebrated 100 years of diplomatic ties this year, the economic ties between the two nations continue to deepen, and that they share similar values.
&#8220;Ireland now is one of the top ten investors in the United States economy,&#8221; Biden said. &#8220;And our countries stand proudly for liberty and against tyranny. We stand together and oppose Russia’s brutal war of aggression in Ukraine. You can clap for that, please.&#8221;
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While meeting with Varadkar late last week, Biden praised Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer&#8217;s (D-NY) speech attacking Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
“Senator Schumer contacted my staff, my senior staff, he was going to make that speech, and, uh, he, uh, I’m not going to exag — er — elaborate on the speech, he made a good speech and I think he, uh, expressed the serious concern shared not only by him, but by many Americans,” Biden <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-praises-schumers-anti-israel-speech-clams-up-as-staffers-herd-reporters-out-post-haste">replied</a>.
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Biden praises Sen. Chuck Schumer&#39;s anti-Netanyahu speech: &quot;He made a good speech.&quot;
His handlers then promptly and aggressively herd the press out of the room. <a href="https://t.co/qMPzj9kVYw">pic.twitter.com/qMPzj9kVYw</a>
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The Irish government has been served the mother of all wake-up calls.
Having spent 24 million euros in taxpayer money on a virtue-signaling effort to convince the nation to remove the word “mother” from its Constitution, the Irish government was dealt a swift clip around the ear this past weekend with a <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ireland-looks-set-reject-constitutional-changes-2024-03-09/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">resounding defeat</a> of its latest “progressive” referendum.
The proposed changes would have removed provisions that recognize and honor women’s service to society in raising the next generation of responsible citizens:
<blockquote>… the State recognises that by her life within the home, woman gives to the State a support without which the common good cannot be achieved.
The State shall, therefore, endeavour to ensure that mothers shall not be obliged by economic necessity to engage in labour to the neglect of their duties in the home.</blockquote>
A “yes” result would have replaced this language with a gender neutral alternative, obliging the State more vaguely to support care within the home and the community. It might seem like a small tweak. And certainly, there are some men who play a significant role as stay-at-home dads. But the male and female experiences in the workplace, home, and society-at-large are different. Women and men are not interchangeable. The pressures placed on mothers are unique. It’s she, having birthed the child in an experience that no man can replicate, who then navigates the delicate balance of work-versus-family.
Irish mothers, it would seem, knew best — with a thundering 74% vote in favor of protecting the original wording of the constitution.
The data has always supported such an outcome — which the government might have noticed, had they not blindly assumed that they could speak for the women of Ireland. <a href="https://everymum.ie/my-family/two-thirds-of-irish-mothers-would-prefer-to-stay-home-instead-of-going-to-work" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Two-thirds</a> of Irish mums would prefer to stay at home to parent full-time, than return to work — if only they could afford it.
It’s a sentiment echoed across the West, with <a href="https://time.com/4068559/gallup-poll-stay-at-home-mothers/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">56%</a> of American mums agreeing that they’d prefer to stay home and prioritize child-raising over career advancement. Over a <a href="https://www.civitas.org.uk/2023/05/10/mothers-preferences-over-childcare-and-work/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">third</a> of their British counterparts concur. Today’s model of “boss babe” feminism typically stigmatizes this dream, requiring women regain social status by rejoining the rat race to the boardroom as soon as possible after giving birth.
But what have we gained from such a model? A plummeting birth rate, for one. The pressure on women to spend their twenties and thirties advancing through zoom calls and office cubicles has surely played a hand in the birthrate recently <a href="https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/irelands-birth-rate-drops-sharply-to-reach-lowest-level-in-decades-1598551.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">falling</a> to the lowest level on record in six decades. A generation of disillusioned women have been schooled that their value in society depends on their GDP contribution, rather than their input into raising the next generation.
Western governments have taken “maternity policy” to largely mean cheaper outsourcing of childcare, to allow women to return to work as soon as possible — rather than finding creative solutions to support women’s choices to prioritize parenting, and invest in raising the next generation. The outcome for society is yet to be fully unpacked. U.S. studies <a href="https://www.nichd.nih.gov/sites/default/files/publications/pubs/documents/seccyd_06.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">show</a> that lots of hours spent in outsourced daycare can have a link to increased aggression and disobedience in children, poorer relationships with teachers, and a higher susceptibility to risk-taking at the age of 15 — including through sex, drugs and alcohol use.
It’s not only an outdated concept of Carrie Bradshaw feminism that is downgrading the value and respect attributed to mums. The growing practice of surrogacy demands the commercialization of motherhood — downgrading the role of a pregnant mother as a mere “incubator” for a product to be passed on to a customer. An increasing trend amongst gay men growing a family through surrogacy is to announce the news on social media with their shirts off, in a hospital bed, posing as if post-birth. UK Law Commission proposals would seek to enable two dads in such a situation to be named on the birth certificate on the day, thus erasing both the legal and social role of a mother in the life of the child she carried and delivered.
There’s no question about it — dads are amazing, and are necessary in a child’s life. But a thousand excellent dads cannot replace one mum — and her unique, feminine, nurturing role. The life of a mother is an often thankless task. Ireland are miles ahead of the rest of the West in acknowledging her irreplaceable role within their constitution. It’s time now to put their words into practice — by honoring mums with better, more flexible work options, and the ability to make an empowered choice to stay absent from the workforce for the length of time she deems necessary to raise her children.
The Irish government have talked a strong game about supporting “choice” in recent years. If that’s the case, it’s long past time to support a woman’s choice to be a committed mum.
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Lois McLatchie Miller is Senior Legal Communications Officer for Alliance Defending Freedom UK. Follow her: @LoisMcLatch
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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Mum’s Still The Word: Irish Legislature Shoots Down ‘Gender Neutral’ Referendum

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/patricia-heaton-slams-people-defending-hamas-following-terrorist-attacks" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Actress Patricia Heaton</a> reacted to the Irish Women&#8217;s basketball team being trounced by the Israeli team following the Ireland players&#8217; &#8220;overt anti-Semitism&#8221; at the game.
In an <a href="https://x.com/PatriciaHeaton/status/1755803244494770589?s=20">X</a> post on Thursday, the 65-year-old actress said the &#8220;Irish women&#8217;s basketball team got a good whoopin&#8217; after displaying overt anti-Semitism toward the Israeli team.&#8221;
&#8220;They should have been forced to forfeit the game for their behavior, but that beat down was even better,&#8221; she added.
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The Irish women’s basketball team got a good whoopin’ after displaying overt antisemitism toward the Israeli team. They should have been forced to forfeit the game for their behavior,but that beat down was even better. <a href="https://t.co/1tn4sAa39Z">https://t.co/1tn4sAa39Z</a>
— Patricia Heaton (@PatriciaHeaton) <a href="https://twitter.com/PatriciaHeaton/status/1755803244494770589?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 9, 2024</a></blockquote>
It came after the Irish women&#8217;s basketball team refused to shake hands before and after the game with the Israeli players on Thursday at the 2025 Women&#8217;s European Championship qualifier in Riga, Latvia, where Israel trounced Ireland 87 to 57, the <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/basketball/2024/02/08/ireland-refuse-shake-hands-israel-anti-semitism-row/">Telegraph</a> noted.
Ireland Basketball previously issued a <a href="https://ireland.basketball/-basketball-ireland-statement-regarding-upcoming-fiba-women-s-eurobasket-qualifier-with-israel">statement</a> in January about how it might not play against the Israeli team when it said it had &#8220;raised strong concerns about these fixtures with Israel, including the option not to play the games&#8221; following the response to the October 7 Hamas terrorist attacks against Israel that left at least 1,200 Israelis dead.
The game was initially to be played in Israel in November, but was moved to February amid the war in Gaza. 
Two days before the match, Ireland&#8217;s team issued a statement blasting Israeli basketball player <a href="https://www.reuters.com/sports/basketball/ireland-refuse-handshake-with-israel-after-anti-semitism-allegation-2024-02-08/">Dor Sa&#8217;ar </a>who called the team &#8220;quite anti-Semitic.&#8221;
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&#8220;It&#8217;s known that they are quite anti-Semitic and it&#8217;s no secret, and maybe that&#8217;s why a strong game is expected,&#8221; Sa&#8217;ar said. &#8220;We have to show that we&#8217;re better than them and win. We talk about it among ourselves. We know they don&#8217;t like us and we will leave everything on the field always and in this game.&#8221;
Before tip-off on Thursday, Basketball Ireland issued a statement that read, &#8220;Basketball Ireland informed Fiba Europe yesterday that as a direct result of recent comments made by Israeli players and coaching staff – including inflammatory and wholly inaccurate accusations of anti-Semitism, published on official Israeli federation channels – that our players will not be partaking in traditional pre-match arrangements with our upcoming opponents,&#8221; the outlet noted.
&#8220;This includes exchanging of gifts, formal handshakes before or after the game, while our players will line up for the Irish national anthem by our bench, rather than [center] court,&#8221; the statement added. &#8220;Basketball Ireland fully supports our players in their decision.&#8221;
Following Ireland&#8217;s team&#8217;s actions at the game, the team&#8217;s head coach James Weldon <a href="https://ireland.basketball/20240208185355-weldon-hails-incredible-maturity-of-players-as-ireland-lose-87-57-to-israel">said</a>, &#8220;I would prefer to be talking about basketball and not this, we didn&#8217;t engage in the pre-match activities as a direct result of those unwarranted and unacceptable comments from the Israeli camp about our players.&#8221;
&#8220;It was hugely disappointing, we came here for a game of basketball, we wanted to win, but didn&#8217;t come out on the right side of the result on this occasion,&#8221; Weldon added. &#8220;We had three international debutants in this game, we&#8217;re building a squad, so there&#8217;s positives to take from this game.&#8221;
After the Israel team&#8217;s victory, Israeli head coach <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/09/sport/irish-womens-basketball-israeli-handshake-spt-intl/index.html">Sharon Drucker</a> said, &#8220;I&#8217;ve been in sports for many years, I&#8217;ve never seen such things in my life.&#8221;
&#8220;There was no game where you don&#8217;t give concessions, shake hands, congratulate each other,&#8221; Drucker added. &#8220;They took a step in an absolute way and they received their punishment today.&#8221;

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Former UFC champion and Ireland native Conor McGregor is <a href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/conor-mcgregor-dublin-riots-far-right-hero-0sgwmd5sw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> under investigation for &#8220;online hate speech&#8221; linked to comments made on social media criticizing Irish authorities for their handling of a suspected Algerian immigrant stabbing five people, including three children, last week.
McGregor, one of Ireland&#8217;s most famous citizens with approximately 60 million followers on Instagram and X, weighed in on the assault on social media following the attack, <a href="https://twitter.com/TheNotoriousMMA/status/1727463168283124036" target="_blank" rel="noopener">saying</a>, &#8220;Ireland, we are at war.&#8221;
&#8220;Do not let any irish property be took over unannounced,&#8221; McGregor <a href="https://twitter.com/TheNotoriousMMA/status/1727462726211915855" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on X. &#8220;Evaporate said property. It&#8217;s a war.&#8221;
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/riots-break-out-in-ireland-after-children-stabbed-outside-school" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Violent riots erupted</a> in Ireland&#8217;s capital, Dublin, on Thursday after the alleged assailant stabbed five people, including two adults and three children as young as five years old, near a school in the city center. All but one of the victims in the attack <a href="https://thehill.com/policy/international/4326637-5-things-to-know-about-the-riots-in-dublin/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> continue to receive medical treatment.
The night of violence resulted in the arrest of at least 34 of the reported 500 rioters — some of whom set a bus and police car ablaze and damaged multiple buildings as officials suspended all public transport in the city.
Irish Garda commissioner Drew Harris labeled the Dublin riots as &#8220;disgraceful scenes&#8221; caused by a &#8220;hooligan faction driven by far-right ideology.&#8221; But the police commissioner&#8217;s remarks were met with harsh criticism from UFC superstar.
&#8220;Innocent children ruthlessly stabbed by a mentally deranged non-national in Dublin, Ireland today,&#8221; McGregor <a href="https://twitter.com/TheNotoriousMMA/status/1727800056835621033?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1727800056835621033%7Ctwgr%5Eed11552ea6a3efb7f428bc4906cf8c9e0684b698%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fhumanevents.com%2F2023%2F11%2F26%2Fmma-legend-conor-mcgregor-under-investigation-over-social-media-posts-after-algerian-immigrant-allegedly-stabbed-women-children-in-dublin" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. &#8220;Our chief of police had this to say on the riots in the aftermath. Drew, not good enough. There is grave danger among us in Ireland that should never be here in the first place, and there has been zero action done to support the public in any way, shape or form with this frightening fact. NOT GOOD ENOUGH. Make change or make way. Ireland for the victory. God bless those attacked today, we pray.&#8221;
After his initial remarks, McGregor emphasized he did not condone the Dublin riots, stolen property and destruction, or any attacks on first responders.
&#8220;Last nights scenes achieved nothing toward fixing the issues we face,&#8221; he <a href="https://twitter.com/TheNotoriousMMA/status/1728103250962808866" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. &#8220;I do understand frustrations however, and I do understand a move must be made to ensure the change we need is ushered in. And fast! I am in the process of arranging. Believe me I am way more tactical and I have backing. There will be change in Ireland, mark my words.&#8221;
But as authorities organized to confront rioters, McGregor&#8217;s comments echoed across the Internet as reports swirled that the suspect was a foreign national, sparking the large anti-immigration protest to flood the streets of Dublin.
McGregor&#8217;s comments instantly made the mixed martial artist a leading voice in Ireland as the nation deals with an influx of immigrants, which <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/least-three-children-taken-hospital-after-dublin-stabbing-rte-2023-11-23/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> has risen to its second-highest level in recent months and among the highest per capita in the European Union.
Authorities reportedly have since launched an investigation into the mixed martial arts fighter as part of an inquiry into the dissemination of so-called online hate speech, according to The Sunday Times.
The investigation comes as Irish officials have reportedly started preparing to pass radical legislation concerning the public speech law, which historically has lacked a consistent definition.
Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadker recently told local media that the lawmakers should immediately pass the legislation in the next few weeks to target individuals who post &#8220;messages and images that stir up hatred and violence.&#8221;
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Varadkar says hate speech law to be pushed through in the next few weeks to go after individuals who post images that stir up hatred online&#8230;. <a href="https://t.co/YSJxr6rjUf">pic.twitter.com/YSJxr6rjUf</a>
&mdash; Caoimhin 🇮🇪 (@Caoimhinn55) <a href="https://twitter.com/Caoimhinn55/status/1728109509183525069?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 24, 2023</a></blockquote>
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The Sunday World <a href="https://www.sundayworld.com/news/breaking-news/micheal-martin-slams-conor-mcgregor-for-inciting-hate-after-outburst-over-dublin-riots/a2064209373.html#:~:text=Tanaiste%20Micheal%20Martin%20has%20criticised,The%20Minister%20for%20Foreign" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> Minister for Foreign Affairs Tanaiste Micheál Martin said that speaking against mass immigration in Ireland is &#8220;essentially inciting hate&#8221; and such remarks &#8220;of that type&#8221; are &#8220;absolutely disgraceful.&#8221;
Although Martin did not specifically name McGregor in his remarks, he claimed that voices like McGregor&#8217;s are &#8220;isolated and &#8220;are inciting hate and to some degree incitement is unacceptable.&#8221;
McGregor responded to Martin, referencing a Slovak national who was <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/sports/former-ufc-fighter-conor-mcgregor-aims-criticism-at-irish-leaders-amid-unrest-in-dublin" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> found guilty last week of stabbing to death 23-year-old Irish teacher and musician Ashling Murphy in 2022.
&#8220;Blame anyone but themselves,&#8221; McGregor <a href="https://twitter.com/TheNotoriousMMA/status/1728032553368498323" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. &#8220;Typical. Worthless you are Michaél. Worthless and spineless. Ryan Casey called you all out last week grieving the love of his life, stolen by pawn scum, and nothing but waffle from you all since. Zero action!&#8221;
In other comments, McGregor called on citizens of Ireland to oppose the nation&#8217;s immigration policies amid the recent attacks,  <a href="https://twitter.com/TheNotoriousMMA/status/1727866945087619143" target="_blank" rel="noopener">saying</a> to his followers, “We are not losing any more of our woman and children to sick and twisted people who should not even be in Ireland in the first place.”
&#8220;Call it what you want,&#8221; he added. &#8220;We do not care. May God help us all. Ireland for victory.&#8221;
Zach Jewell contributed to this report.

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The Prime Minister of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ireland" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ireland</a> was met with intense backlash on Saturday after he said on social media that one of the Israelis who was kidnapped by Hamas terrorists last month was &#8220;lost&#8221; and had been &#8220;found and returned.&#8221;
Prime Minister Leo Varadkar made the remarks about 9-year-old Emily Hand, who was released by terrorists on Saturday after Israel brokered a deal to ensure her safe return to her family.
Emily, who was 8 years old when she was kidnapped on October 7, was thought to have been killed during the unprecedented terrorist attack in which Hamas murdered 1,200 Israelis. She was kidnapped during a sleepover at a friend&#8217;s house at Kibbutz Be&#8217;eri.
&#8220;This is a day of enormous joy and relief for Emily Hand and her family,&#8221; Varadkar wrote on X. &#8220;An innocent child who was lost has now been found and returned, and we breathe a massive sigh of relief. Our prayers have been answered.&#8221;
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Holy cow…
The Taoiseach of Ireland (Prime Minister) refers to a 9 year old girl who was brutally kidnapped and held hostage by Hamas as “lost” and “been found and returned.” <a href="https://t.co/9qgsc1ZDVL">pic.twitter.com/9qgsc1ZDVL</a>
&mdash; Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) <a href="https://twitter.com/yashar/status/1728562581286408542?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 25, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Israeli Government Spokesman Eylon Levy responded to the post: &#8220;This is how you describe a little girl who went missing during a stroll in a forest, then gets discovered by a friendly hiker. Not a girl brutally abducted by death squads that brutally massacred her neighbors. But this explains the extent of Ireland&#8217;s contribution: prayers.&#8221;
&#8220;Lost? This wasn’t your phone that was ‘lost &amp; found’! This was a human being. A 9-year-old who was kidnapped and taken hostage into Gaza,&#8221; said International Human Rights attorney Arsen Ostrovsky. &#8220;Emily is an Irish-Israeli national. What an extraordinary tone deaf and heartless statement from the Ireland’s PM @LeoVaradkar!&#8221;
Former Trump administration official Ezra Cohen responded: &#8220;Are you ill? Since when is brutally kidnapped by a terrorist group described as &#8216;lost&#8217;? Why are you afraid to tell the truth about what happened to Emily and so many other children?&#8221;
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Are you ill? Since when is brutally kidnapped by a terrorist group described as “lost”? 
Why are you afraid to tell the truth about what happened to Emily and so many other children? <a href="https://t.co/tGAzwcFyJH">https://t.co/tGAzwcFyJH</a>
&mdash; Ezra A. Cohen (@EzraACohen) <a href="https://twitter.com/EzraACohen/status/1728570179808903675?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 26, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Middle East security analyst Seth Frantzman wrote: &#8220;She was kidnapped illegally by Hamas in a crime against humanity and they say &#8216;lost&#8217;. Disgusting. Vile. It shows how they dehumanize people. Never forget. Never forgive.&#8221;
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&#8220;This moral monster is the Prime Minister of Ireland,&#8221; wrote columnist John Podhoretz.
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She wasn’t lost, you absolute schmuck. She was kidnapped by a terrorist group. 
And you did less than nothing to help her get home. <a href="https://t.co/Oo5O4c1Bxp">https://t.co/Oo5O4c1Bxp</a>
&mdash; AG (@AGHamilton29) <a href="https://twitter.com/AGHamilton29/status/1728558156207239327?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 25, 2023</a></blockquote>
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She wasn’t “lost.” She was kidnapped by terrorists. <a href="https://t.co/yIlOz47T1Q">https://t.co/yIlOz47T1Q</a>
&mdash; Dean Cain (@RealDeanCain) <a href="https://twitter.com/RealDeanCain/status/1728563215892935153?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 25, 2023</a></blockquote>
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As a Jew of Irish descent, I am so horrified and disgusted. Lost and found like she went for a fucking hike in the woods. <a href="https://t.co/eNbgCCzHpk">https://t.co/eNbgCCzHpk</a>
&mdash; Bethany S. Mandel (@bethanyshondark) <a href="https://twitter.com/bethanyshondark/status/1728562886241350054?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 25, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Lost, found &amp; returned? She’s not a pair of sunglasses accidentally left behind…she was kidnapped by the Islamist terrorists of Hamas, you quisling clown. <a href="https://t.co/tJAzwKpKgT">https://t.co/tJAzwKpKgT</a>
&mdash; Rita Panahi (@RitaPanahi) <a href="https://twitter.com/RitaPanahi/status/1728556551060001024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 25, 2023</a></blockquote>
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“Lost” and then “found”. Like maybe she wandered off at a shopping mall for a moment.
Trudeau and Varadkar are both pro-Hamas. <a href="https://t.co/LaRT9bk7oV">https://t.co/LaRT9bk7oV</a>
&mdash; Ezra Levant 🍁🚛 (@ezralevant) <a href="https://twitter.com/ezralevant/status/1728568798716854658?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 26, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Emily Hand was not “lost.” She was abducted by Hamas, a terrorist organization, in violation of international law. 
She is the victim of a war crime. <a href="https://t.co/qa7ab0FuUo">https://t.co/qa7ab0FuUo</a>
&mdash; Ritchie Torres (@RitchieTorres) <a href="https://twitter.com/RitchieTorres/status/1728574045271281991?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 26, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Violent riots erupted in Ireland’s capital Dublin Thursday night after four people, including three children, were injured in a stabbing attack earlier in the day. 
Rioters set a bus and police car ablaze and damaged multiple buildings as officials suspended all public transport in the city, according to Fox News. The violent demonstrations were sparked by a stabbing that targeted children as young as 6 and 5 years old, with rumors swirling on social media regarding the attacker&#8217;s identity. 
The Irish Times <a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2023/11/24/gardai-conduct-search-seize-phone-and-laptop-of-suspect-for-dublin-child-stabbing/">reported</a> Friday that the suspect is a single man in his late 40s and “is a naturalized Irish citizen” while the Irish Independent <a href="https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/parnell-square-stabbing-girl-5-remains-in-critical-condition-today-deliveroo-driver-and-creche-worker-hailed-as-heroes/a198507873.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that the suspect is believed to be a foreign-born man who became an Irish citizen and has lived in the country for “many years.” Police have ruled out terrorism as a motive for the attack. 
The attacker stabbed two 5-year-old girls and a 6-year-old boy. A school aftercare worker was also reportedly stabbed while attempting to shield the children from the attacker. The boy was discharged from the hospital, but the young girls remain in the hospital, and the 5-year-old is in critical condition. The female school worker is also in serious condition, according to The Irish Times. 
The suspect was reportedly stopped by a Brazilian delivery driver who was passing by the area on a moped when he witnessed the attack. The Brazilian man used his helmet to hit the knifeman, knocking him to the ground. The school worker is also being praised for her actions, protecting the children from the attacker as she sustained stab wounds.
Following the attack, reports began spreading on social media that the suspect was a foreign national, and anti-immigration protesters flooded the streets of Dublin, according to <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12785095/Get-Furious-Dubliners-drive-police-City-Centre-five-people-including-three-children-stabbed-unverified-rumours-swirl-suspect-foreign-national.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Daily Mail</a>. Rioters reportedly ransacked a Foot Locker, a Holiday Inn Express hotel, and a McDonald’s in the city. Video showed looters breaking into buildings as fires raged on streets and police confronted the rioters. 
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Disturbing scenes in Dublin City center this evening.
Garda Commissioner Drew Harris condemns the scenes as a “hooligan faction driven by far-right ideology”.
We advise everyone to avoid Parnell St, O’Connell St, Abbey St &amp; the surrounding areas. Stay safe.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/DublinRiots?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#DublinRiots</a> <a href="https://t.co/r2Xc9vaGQV">pic.twitter.com/r2Xc9vaGQV</a>
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Drew Harris, the chief of Ireland’s national police — also known as Garda — called the rioters “a complete lunatic hooligan faction driven by far-right ideology,” adding that a police officer was seriously injured in the clashes.
“We are drafting in resources to deal with that and that will be dealt with properly,” Harris said. “I&#8217;ve given full direction to our resources here in respect of making arrests and bringing offenders to justice.”
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JUST IN &#8211; Anti-immigrant protesters left a message on a burning bus in Dublin, Ireland: &quot;Out&quot; <a href="https://t.co/NszazHrZmG">pic.twitter.com/NszazHrZmG</a>
&mdash; Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheInsiderPaper/status/1727798380602982679?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 23, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Police arrested 34 people of the reported 500 looters who partook in the night of violence. The suspect is being treated for his injuries at a hospital where he is under armed guard and will be questioned by authorities when he is deemed to be in good enough health.

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/irish-singer-sinead-oconnor-dead-at-56-after-mental-health-struggle" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sinéad O&#8217;Connor</a> was finally laid to rest on Tuesday as thousands lined the route leading to her final resting place at a Catholic cemetery after she received a Muslim burial at a private ceremony.
The Irish singer&#8217;s funeral was attended by musicians and celebrities like singer Bono and Bob Geldof along with Irish President Michael D. Higgins and those closest to her following news of her death in July at 56 years old, <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12388997/Sinead-OConnors-final-resting-place-Ireland-funeral.html?ito=social-twitter_dailymailceleb" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Daily Mail</a> reported.
After the service, a hearse carried her coffin through the streets filled with 5,000 mourners who showed up to pay tribute to the singer as Bob Marley was played before her body was laid to rest at Deansgrange Cemetery near Dublin, the outlet noted. Photos from the cemetery show mourners having adorned the &#8220;Nothing Compares 2 U&#8221; hitmaker&#8217;s grave with hundreds of flowers. A brass plaque on a wooden plinth was placed at her grave that read, &#8220;Sinéad O&#8217;Connor. Born 8th December 1966. Died 26th July 2023.&#8221;
The singer, who converted to <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-45987127" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Islam in 2018</a>, was placed lying on her right side with her head facing Qibla, as is Islamic custom, the outlet noted. Islamic scholar and Chief Imam at the Islamic Centre of Ireland Shaykh Dr. Umar Al-Qadri officiated the ceremony and offered prayers. He posted a picture on X later showing himself at her grave along with a message that read, &#8220;The Muslim World mourns the loss of the Daughter of Ireland Sister Sinéad O&#8217;Connor (Shuhada). May she rest in peace.&#8221;
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Sla’n abhaile, Sinéad; Dia leat.
💚☘️🇮🇪<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SineadOConnor?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SineadOConnor</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/DaughterofEire?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#DaughterofEire</a> <a href="https://t.co/Me5guhS6pG">pic.twitter.com/Me5guhS6pG</a>
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Umar told the PA News Agency that &#8220;the funeral was obviously private (for) the family and it was a very moving ceremony and I think it really reflected the beautiful personality of Sinéad.&#8221;
&#8220;It was very spiritual and it reflected her Irish identity as well as her Muslim identity,&#8221; he added. &#8220;So I was with the members of the Muslim community and we performed the Janazah prayer, which is the Islamic funeral prayer, over Sinéad.&#8221;
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&#8220;She was an amazing human being who was not just a great musician, artist, but one that would reach hearts of millions of people because of her voice but also because of the amazing content,&#8221; the leader continued. &#8220;Whatever she said, had a deep meaning. She had always had strong faith and conviction in God and that is what motivated her to study theology.&#8221;

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Sinéad O&#8217;Connor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/irish-singer-sinead-oconnor-dead-at-56-after-mental-health-struggle" target="_blank" rel="noopener">died Wednesday</a> at the age of 56 — and according to a 2021 People Magazine <a href="https://people.com/sinead-o-connor-instructions-to-kids-to-protect-art-finances-upon-death-interview-exclusive-7566438" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview</a>, the acclaimed Irish singer had warned her children exactly what to do in the event that she &#8220;died suddenly.&#8221;
O&#8217;Connor explained at the time that because the value of an artist&#8217;s work often goes up after death, she had taught her children the importance of protecting her art — and the financial stability it could bring them — before they even contacted emergency services.
&#8220;See, when the artists are dead, they&#8217;re much more valuable than when they&#8217;re alive. Tupac has released way more albums since he died than he ever did alive, so it&#8217;s kind of gross what record companies do,&#8221; O&#8217;Connor told the outlet.
&#8220;That&#8217;s why I&#8217;ve always instructed my children since they were very small, &#8216;If your mother drops dead tomorrow, before you called 911, call my accountant and make sure the record companies don&#8217;t start releasing my records and not telling you where the money is,'&#8221; she continued.
The conversation began with the late musician Prince – whose song &#8220;Nothing Compares 2 U&#8221; topped the Billboard charts when O&#8217;Connor recorded it — and the way she said his record label had profited from releasing his music after <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/obama-sharpton-weigh-death-prince-james-barrett" target="_blank" rel="noopener">he died in 2016</a>.
&#8220;One of the things that&#8217;s a great bugbear with me, I get very angry when I think of it, is the fact that they&#8217;re raping his vault,&#8221; she said, arguing that it took away the artist&#8217;s agency to have record labels releasing music posthumously that the artist might not have ever wanted seeing the light of day.
&#8220;All musicians, we have songs that we really are embarrassed about that are crap. We don&#8217;t want anyone hearing them. Now this is a man who released every song he ever recorded, so if he went to the trouble of building a vault, which is a pretty strong thing to do, that means he really did not want these songs released. And I can&#8217;t stand that people are, as I put it, raping the vault,&#8221; O&#8217;Connor continued, using as a prime example the fact that Prince&#8217;s 1984 song &#8220;Let&#8217;s Go Crazy&#8221; had been made the soundtrack for a credit card commercial.
&#8220;That&#8217;s a song about appreciation, friendship, and love and not the material things in life. It&#8217;s a song about, &#8216;Look, we could die anytime now. Let&#8217;s love each other and appreciate.&#8217; I think he will be turning in his grave over it being used to sell a credit card,&#8221; she said.
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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/sinead-oconnors-death-will-not-be-treated-as-suspicious-police" target="_blank" rel="noopener">O&#8217;Connor</a> is survived by three of her four children, and had been struggling with her mental health for years prior to her death. That struggle was only exacerbated in January of 2022 when her 17-year-old son Shane ended his own life after escaping from suicide watch at a local hospital.
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Sinéad O’Connor Warned Her Children What To Do If She ‘Died Suddenly’

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Irish singer Sinead O&#8217;Connor has died after a long mental health struggle, just 18 months after her son died by suicide at the age of 17. She was 56 years old.
The <a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2023/07/26/sinead-oconnor-acclaimed-dublin-singer-dies-aged-56/?utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=twitter" target="_blank" rel="noopener">singer</a>, whose cover of Prince&#8217;s &#8220;Nothing Compares 2 U&#8221; was named the number one world single in 1990 at the Billboard Music Awards, also received the inaugural award for Classic Irish Album at the RTÉ Choice Music Awards. She released ten studio albums throughout her career.
When she accepted the award, she dedicated it to &#8220;each and every member of Ireland’s refugee community,&#8221; adding, &#8220;You’re very welcome in Ireland. I love you very much and I wish you happiness.&#8221;
The singer made waves in 1992, calling out allegations of pedophilia in the Catholic Church by tearing a photo of then Pope John Paul II during an appearance on &#8220;Saturday Night Live&#8221; – and she later converted to Islam in 2018, changing her name to Shuhada Sadaqat, <a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2023/07/26/sinead-oconnor-acclaimed-dublin-singer-dies-aged-56/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to The Irish Times.
O&#8217;Connor <a href="https://people.com/music/sinead-oconnor-finding-peace-after-childhood-trauma-managing-mental-health/#:~:text=Diagnosed%20with%20bipolar%20disorder%20as,menopause%20that%20followed%20—%20flattened%20her." target="_blank" rel="noopener">opened up</a> in her 2021 memoir about her traumatic childhood — and years of abuse she said came from her mother. &#8220;My mother had this obsession with destroying my womb,&#8221; O&#8217;Connor said at the time, noting that she was beaten and kicked in the abdomen sometimes daily.
The singer said she was later diagnosed with bipolar disorder as well as complex post-traumatic stress disorder and borderline personality disorder – but that she eventually was able to find peace with regard to her upbringing.
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&#8220;I manage very well because I&#8217;ve been taught brilliant skills. There was a lot of therapy. It&#8217;s about focusing on the things that bring you peace as opposed to what makes you feel unstable &#8230; I was so busy surviving [the abuse] that I didn&#8217;t have time to feel any of the feelings. You learn to live with it, but what helped me live with it was to forgive my mother,&#8221; she said.
Following her son Shane&#8217;s death in 2022 and several social media posts that frightened fans, O&#8217;Connor was briefly hospitalized. &#8220;I’ve decided to follow my son. There is no point living without him. Everything I touch, I ruin. I only stayed for him. And now he’s gone,&#8221; she allegedly <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/14/entertainment/sinead-oconnor-hospital-intl-scli/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote at the time</a>, using an unverified Twitter account linked to hers.
She later apologized, adding, &#8220;I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have said that. I am with cops now on way to hospital. I’m sorry I upset everyone. I am lost without my kid and I hate myself. Hospital will help a while. But I’m going to find Shane. This is just a delay.&#8221;
No official cause of death has yet been reported.
O&#8217;Connor is survived by her three remaining children: Jake, Roisin, and Yeshua.
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Irish Singer Sinead O'Connor Dead At 56 After Mental Health Struggle

President Joe Biden claimed Ireland was his home during a press briefing wrapping up his visit in Helsinki, Finland — and then stumbled as he boarded Air Force One to return to the United States.
Biden — who stopped in Helsinki to meet with Nordic leaders immediately after the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-says-ukraine-not-ready-for-nato-they-need-democratization-first" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NATO summit</a> in Vilnius, Lithuania — delivered remarks alongside Finnish President Sauli Niinistö. Niinistö appeared slightly baffled as Biden struggled to get through his prepared remarks.
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“The minishing of minishers&#8230; The miniseries of cola’s daughter of Ireland&#8230; You can tell I’m thinking of home. Of the daughter of Iceland&#8230;&quot; <a href="https://t.co/puzkXWul5n">pic.twitter.com/puzkXWul5n</a>
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&#8220;The ministry of cola’s the daughter of Ireland — daughter of Ireland, you can tell that&#8217;s a Freudian slip, I’m thinking of home — the daughter of Iceland,&#8221; Biden said as Niinistö watched. &#8220;And I want to say, I think we&#8217;ve had a very productive summit.&#8221;
Biden then proceeded to take questions from two pre-selected reporters in the room, after which he <a href="https://twitter.com/RNCResearch/status/1679507414712823812" target="_blank" rel="noopener">left the press conference</a> without addressing any additional concerns.
Just hours later, as Biden prepared to depart Europe for the United States, he appeared to have some difficulty navigating the stairs to Air Force One – despite the fact that he was using the shorter staircase.
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Biden stumbles a bit as he boards Air Force One — using the smaller stairs — en route to the United States. He took no questions. <a href="https://t.co/UxCA75kdQP">pic.twitter.com/UxCA75kdQP</a>
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After the first few steps, the president appeared to stumble a bit before righting himself and taking the remaining stairs at a slightly quicker pace.
Biden has reportedly been using the shorter stairs with greater frequency since his fall onstage at the Air Force Academy in Colorado — something that members of the White House Press Corps noticed last month and asked Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre about.
Reporters asked whether the shorter stairs — often used by previous presidents when the weather is bad — were being used more often due to the number of times <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-biden-falls-while-walking-up-steps-to-air-force-one" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Biden has tripped</a> on the longer stairs or his <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-falls-on-stage-at-air-force-graduation-ceremony" target="_blank" rel="noopener">recent fall in Colorado</a>, but Jean-Pierre deflected.
&#8220;I don&#8217;t have any decision process to walk through,&#8221; she said. &#8220;I&#8217;m sure there&#8217;s a protocol that&#8217;s used for Air Force One, I just don&#8217;t have one.&#8221;

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This article is adapted from today’s Morning Wire Afternoon Update. To listen to the podcast version, click <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/podcasts/morning-wire" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.
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America isn’t the only nation experiencing a mass influx of asylum-seekers. Ireland has accepted tens of thousands of refugees in recent years, and its government recently warned that the country could expect 80,000 asylees in 2023 alone. Mass protests against that plan have rocked the small country of five million. According to <a href="https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41138809.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Irish Examiner</a>, the Irish Refugee Council has called for asylum-seekers to be taken off the streets in the wake of those protests. Now, the Irish government is seriously considering housing the refugees in cruise ships off the coast of Cork known as “floatels.”
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Tennis legend Rafael Nadal has pulled out of the 2023 French Open. Nadal announced that he will not compete due to a hip injury he suffered in January. Nadal, a native of Spain, has dominated France’s red clay throughout his career, winning it a record 14 times.
<a href="https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a43929253/the-wienermobile-has-been-renamed-frankmobile/#:~:text=The%20Wienermobile%20Has%20Been%20Renamed%20'Frankmobile',-Meet%20the%20new&amp;text=As%20the%20brand%20announced%20yesterday,have%20been%20rechristened%20%22Frankmobiles.%22" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Oscar Mayer WeinerMobile Renamed</a>
The iconic hot dog company Oscar Mayer is renaming its classic WeinerMobile to the “FrankMobile.” The move, Kraft Heinz says, &#8220;pays homage to the brand&#8217;s 100% Beef Franks, as it debuts a tasty new recipe that is more flavorful than ever.&#8221;
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Indiana Jones is swinging back onto the big screen — this time at the Cannes film festival. 80-year-old Harrison Ford stars as Professor Jones in “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny,” but says it will be the last time he plays the beloved character. This is the first time an Indiana Jones film will not be directed by Steven Spielberg, though he is credited as producer. &#8220;The Dial of Destiny&#8221; will be released on June 30 in the U.S. 
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