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  • Edmund Heaphy

    Deputy Foreign Editor

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    Edmund Heaphy is Deputy Foreign Editor of RTÉ News. He previously worked with RTÉ Investigates and Prime Time. He has reported extensively from the Middle East on the conflict in Gaza and the 7 October attacks.

    WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 03: Survivor Chauntae Davies (R) embraces survivor Anouska De Georgiou during a news conference with alleged victims of disgraced financier and sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein outside the U.S. Capitol on September 03, 2025 in Was

    Epstein survivors call for release of files and records

    Survivors of Jeffrey Epstein have urged US lawmakers to back a bill that would force the release of records on the disgraced financier and convicted sex offender.

    US • 03 Sep
    GAZA CITY, GAZA - JULY 03: A child watches as dense smoke billows from the Al-Shati refugee camp following an Israeli army attack, showing the aftermath of the strike in Gaza City, Gaza, on July 03, 2025. (Photo by Abdalhkem Abu Riash/Anadolu via Getty Im

    EU may back national trade bans with Israeli settlements

    The EU is considering giving its backing to member states that wish to block imports from illegal Israeli settlements at a national level, under measures set to be considered by the bloc next week.

    Middle East • 11 Jul
    Donald Trump has deployed virtually every lever of governmental power against the press

    Why press freedom is crumbling in Trump's America

    The First Amendment, once the US's 'best protection for journalism', appears to be cracking under the weight of Donald Trump's second term, writes Edmund Heaphy.

    Analysis and Comment • 20 Apr
    An 'extraordinary' post and the big initial questions

    An 'extraordinary' post and the big initial questions

    US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has already described it as "one of the most extraordinary Truth posts of his Presidency".

    Analysis and Comment • 10 Apr
    Nothing is 'reciprocal' about Donald Trump's tariffs

    Nothing is 'reciprocal' about Donald Trump's tariffs

    With the weighted average EU tariff on US goods around 3%, Donald Trump's 20% is neither kind, nor reciprocal, writes Edmund Heaphy.

    Analysis and Comment • 03 Apr
    Critics believe Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is increasingly motivated by his own political survival

    Is Netanyahu waging war in Gaza to hold onto power?

    For Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the evidence increasingly suggests the war in Gaza is more about political survival than military strategy, writes Deputy Foreign Editor Edmund Heaphy.

    World • 22 Mar
    Donald Trump pictured with Benjamin Netanyahu in September 2020

    If the Gaza ceasefire lasts, it will be because of Trump

    While attention is naturally focused on events in the Middle East, the key to the Gaza ceasefire's survival almost certainly still lies in Washington, writes Deputy Foreign Editor Edmund Heaphy.

    Analysis and Comment • 03 Feb
    Donald Trump meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in September 2020

    If the Gaza ceasefire lasts, it will be because of Trump

    While attention is naturally focused on events in the Middle East, the key to the Gaza ceasefire's survival almost certainly still lies in Washington, writes Deputy Foreign Editor Edmund Heaphy.

    World • 03 Feb
    The scale of loss in Gaza has been particularly severe among civilians

    Ceasefire leaves Gaza shattered, Israel divided

    The ceasefire has begun but the fractures have nonetheless turned Israel's streets into a canvas of competing protests, where questions of security, morality, and survival collide. In Jerusulam last night, RTÉ's Deputy Foreign Editor witnessed two starkly different demonstrations play out.

    Middle East • 19 Jan
    Ceasefire leaves Gaza shattered, Israel divided

    Ceasefire leaves Gaza shattered, Israel divided

    The ceasefire has begun but the fractures have nonetheless turned Israel's streets into a canvas of competing protests, where questions of security, morality, and survival collide. In Jerusulam last night, RTÉ's Deputy Foreign Editor witnessed two starkly different demonstrations play out.

    World • 19 Jan
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