Palestine has appointed Gilan Wahba Abdelmajid as its first ambassador to Ireland. He previously headed the Palestine Mission in Ireland.

Police in Northern Ireland have identified and arrested an Islamophobic militant who attacked a mosque in County Down. He threw a Molotov cocktail at the mosque building, which is mainly attended by Bangladeshis, but miraculously it did not catch fire.

Immediately after Norway, Ireland announced that it officially recognized the state of Palestine. Spain is following them - its decision will come into force on May 28.

Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar spoke about the similarities between the Irish and the Palestinians during a meeting with US President Joe Biden. "In their eyes we see our own past: a story of forced displacement, dispossession, questioned and denied national identity, discrimination and now famine," he said.

The Prime Minister of Ireland emphasized that the European Union has lost confidence in itself because it could not take a firm and unified position on the events in the Gaza Strip.