Yvonne Murray
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Journalist, RTÉ News
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After Venezuela and Iran, is Cuba next?
The United States, for now the world's preeminent superpower, is actively pursuing a policy of regime change in other countries, writes Yvonne Murray.
https://www.rte.ie/news/analysis-and-comment/2026/0329/1565602-us-cuba/
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'Tech bros are going to war' - first major AI conflict
This war is just three weeks old and already the reported statistics are startling.
https://www.rte.ie/news/analysis-and-comment/2026/0322/1564555-ai-warfare-iran/
12 days ago
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As Iran war intensifies, what happens next?
This war has entered its fourth day, and has already spread across the Middle East and to European territory in Cyprus.
https://www.rte.ie/news/analysis-and-comment/2026/0302/1561328-iran-war/
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What next for Iran after brutal crackdown?
After hundreds, possibly thousands, of Iranian protesters were killed, US President Donald Trump urged the people to stay on the streets, promising help was on the way. But he later pulled back. What ...
https://www.rte.ie/news/analysis-and-comment/2026/0117/1553556-iran-crackdown/
2 months ago
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Trade, Taiwan and TikTok to dominate Trump-Xi meeting
Tensions between the world's two most powerful countries, the US and China, are rising over trade and national security. A meeting of China's elites revealed plans to press ahead with tech innovation ...
https://www.rte.ie/news/analysis-and-comment/2025/1025/1540462-trade-taiwan-and-tiktok-to-dominate-trump-xi-meeting/
5 months ago
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Murder on the high seas?
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Was US strike on Venezuelan boat murder on the high seas?
The US military bombed a boat in international waters killing all 11 people on board. The US said it was a warning to drug-runners. Venezuela called it murder. As tensions rise, what does it mean for ...
https://www.rte.ie/news/analysis-and-comment/2025/0913/1533222-venezuelan-boat/
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Goose steps to a new world order?
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China military parade: Goose steps to a new world order?
A grand military parade attended by the Chinese, Russian and North Korean leaders in Beijing this week seemed to herald a new world order. But what does that look like and what are the implications fo...
https://www.rte.ie/news/analysis-and-comment/2025/0907/1532112-china-parade-analysis/
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Israel bypasses UN already struggling for relevance
Israel is sidelining the United Nations which is already in deep financial crisis and struggling for relevance, as wars rage around the world. What does it all mean for the UN's future?
https://www.rte.ie/news/analysis-and-comment/2025/0726/1525438-israel-un/
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What is the nuclear world order and how did we get here?
US and Israeli strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities have reignited the debate over nuclear weapons. But what is the nuclear world order we live in and how did we get here?
https://www.rte.ie/news/analysis-and-comment/2025/0620/1519595-what-is-the-nuclear-world-order-and-how-did-we-get-here/
9 months ago
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Is Trump already living in China's world?
As the smoke cleared from President Trump's tariff-induced global economic explosion, one clear target emerged - China.
https://www.rte.ie/news/analysis-and-comment/2025/0413/1507248-china-us/
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How 'toxic' rumours and false claims put UN troops at risk
As geopolitical tensions grow, tackling disinformation is becoming as critical as the peacekeeping missions themselves, according to officials from the United Nations who spoke to RTÉ.
https://www.rte.ie/news/primetime/2025/0406/1505061-how-toxic-rumours-and-false-claims-put-un-troops-at-risk/
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'We are a primary target,' says Irish lawyer priest in US
Monsignor James Kelly from Co Limerick has been helping immigrants become US citizens for 65 years. But as President Donald Trump cracks down on immigration, he believes services like his could be a t...
https://www.rte.ie/news/us/2025/0406/1506053-we-are-a-primary-target-says-irish-lawyer-priest-in-us/
12 months ago
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What a day to be on RTE Washington bureau duty
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What next for Zelensky after disastrous White House row?
From the moment Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stepped out of his motorcade to greet US President Donald Trump at the door of the West Wing, the atmosphere was tense, writes Yvonne Murray
https://www.rte.ie/news/analysis-and-comment/2025/0301/1499594-trump-zelensky-white-house/
about 1 year ago
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Fear grips immigrant communities in US amid legal tussles
Immigrant communities are fearful as the Trump administration accuses New York State officials of standing in the way of its immigration crackdown.
https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2025/0214/1496698-us-immigration/
about 1 year ago
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Why does Donald Trump want Greenland so much?
With it's rare earth minerals and strategic location, Greenland stands on the frontline of a new battleground in great power competition between America on one hand, and Russia and China on the other.
https://www.rte.ie/news/us/2025/0110/1490193-trump-greenland/
about 1 year ago
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over 1 year ago
Is superpower hypocrisy killing the UN? I spoke to RTE's
@yvonnemurray.bsky.social
as part of her story on this pressing question, and told her the UN isn't fit for purpose--but a lot of its member-states *want* it to be, even if prospects look dim
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Is superpower hypocrisy killing the United Nations?
The UN hit a low point in 2024, as divisions between the world's most powerful nations deepened, stymieing UN action and raising questions over the organisation's relevance. Can the UN escape its mala...
https://www.rte.ie/news/2024-in-review/2025/0102/1487608-united-nations/
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"Russia and the US sometimes seemed to be competing to see which could cast the most unpopular vetoes." I talk to
@yvonnemurray.bsky.social
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Is superpower hypocrisy killing the United Nations?
The UN hit a low point in 2024, as divisions between the world's most powerful nations deepened, stymieing UN action and raising questions over the organisation's relevance. Can the UN escape its mala...
https://www.rte.ie/news/2024-in-review/2025/0102/1487608-united-nations/
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Is Superpower hypocrisy killing the United Nations? A look back at 2024
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Is superpower hypocrisy killing the United Nations?
The UN hit a low point in 2024, as divisions between the world's most powerful nations deepened, stymieing UN action and raising questions over the organisation's relevance. Can the UN escape its mala...
https://www.rte.ie/news/2024-in-review/2025/0102/1487608-united-nations/
over 1 year ago
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over 1 year ago
UN pledges to share document with family of killed peacekeeper
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UN pledges to share document with family of killed peacekeeper
Certain documentation about the incident which led to the death of Private Seán Rooney, which has not yet been shown to his family, will now be made available to them, a spokesman for the United Natio...
https://www.rte.ie/news/primetime/2024/1213/1486290-un-pledges-to-share-documents-with-family-of-killed-peacekeeper/
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UN pledges to share document with family of killed peacekeeper
Certain documentation about the incident which led to the death of Private Seán Rooney, which has not yet been shown to his family, will now be made available to them, a spokesman for the United Natio...
https://www.rte.ie/news/primetime/2024/1213/1486290-un-pledges-to-share-documents-with-family-of-killed-peacekeeper/
over 1 year ago
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Will Trump immigration plan impact undocumented Irish?
A Director at the Emerald Isle Immigration Center in New York says "everyone is fearful" after US president-elect Donald Trump stated he would begin the largest deportation effort in US history.
https://www.rte.ie/news/us/2024/1211/1485795-trump-immigration-irish/
over 1 year ago
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Will Trump immigration plan impact undocumented Irish?
Global Security Reporter Yvonne Murray reports from New York following Donald Trump's promise of the largest deportation effort in US history.
https://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/clips/22470018/
over 1 year ago
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Will Donald Trump gut the United Nations?
America bankrolls the United Nations but some Trump allies don't think they are getting value for money. What will it mean if Trump pulls back from the UN again?
https://www.rte.ie/news/analysis-and-comment/2024/1123/1482447-trump-united-nations/
over 1 year ago
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Will the UN Secretary General quit X? I asked his spokesperson:
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over 1 year ago
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