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Nobel laureate Mairead Maguire aboard the MV Rachel Corrie. Picture taken 29 October (Photo: freeGaza.org)

Dublin at forefront of EU-Israel tension, as lone Irish ship sails for Gaza

As an Irish ship carrying humanitarian aid continues to sail for Gaza, Ireland has found itself hurled to the forefront of tensions between Israel and the European Union.

On Wednesday (2 June), the Irish government warned Israel for a second time to let the boat, whose passengers count among their number five Irish nationals, including a former UN deputy secretary general and a Northern Irish Nobel peace prize laureate, carry on to its destination and deliver its cargo without hindrance...

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Nobel laureate Mairead Maguire aboard the MV Rachel Corrie. Picture taken 29 October (Photo: freeGaza.org)

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