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Mystery Palestinian flag continues to fly high over Dublin as removal deemed too risky

29 April 2026 at 13:51

No one has claimed responsibility for flag, which appeared on 120-metre Spire in September

What goes up must come down – unless it’s a Palestinian flag at the top of Dublin’s tallest monument that no one knows how to remove.

The flag appeared on the 120-metre Spire on O’Connell Street last September and for seven months it has defied every proposed measure to take it down. Who installed it and how remains a mystery.

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© Photograph: Zoltan Szabo/Alamy

© Photograph: Zoltan Szabo/Alamy

© Photograph: Zoltan Szabo/Alamy

Lost copy of seventh-century poem in Old English discovered at Rome library

29 April 2026 at 04:00

Dublin scholars find 1,200-year-old manuscript of Caedmon’s Hymn composed by Northumbrian cattle herder

A lost copy of a poem composed in the seventh century by a Northumbrian cattle herder – the earliest surviving poem in the English language – has been discovered in Rome.

Scholars from Trinity College Dublin (TCD) uncovered the manuscript that contains Caedmon’s Hymn at the National Central Library of Rome.

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© Photograph: Trinity College Dublin

© Photograph: Trinity College Dublin

© Photograph: Trinity College Dublin

Peace activist, 91, walks across Ireland in protest against US military stopovers

15 April 2026 at 16:04

Lelia Doolan, who finished 220km trek at parliament gates, says use of Shannon airport violates Irish neutrality

A 91-year-old peace activist has crossed Ireland on foot and arrived in Dublin to petition the government to bar US military flights.

Lelia Doolan completed a two-week, 220km (138 mile) trek on Wednesday, ending at the gates of parliament accompanied by throngs of supporters.

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© Photograph: Niall Carson/PA

© Photograph: Niall Carson/PA

© Photograph: Niall Carson/PA

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