Edmund Heaphy

Deputy Foreign Editor

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.

What did we learn from the latest ICJ Israel hearings?

Over the course of the past week or so the UN's top court has heard from representatives of more than 50 countries, including Ireland, on the legal implications of Israel's decades-long occupation of Palestinian territories.

Analysis and Comment • 27 Feb 24

The Department of Foreign Affairs confirmed that it was aware of the case and is providing consular assistance

Dept assisting Irish citizen 'detained' in Iraq

The Department of Foreign Affairs has confirmed that it is providing assistance to an Irish citizen who has reportedly been detained in Iraq.

Ireland • 26 Feb 24

Countries such as Greece and Italy have borne much of the burden of the EU's migration crisis (File Pic)

Can EU asylum reforms address the migration crisis?

When EU leaders met in Dublin in June 1990, they could hardly have imagined that, three decades later, what they had agreed would threaten to tear the bloc apart.

Analysis and Comment • 21 Dec 23

Tánaiste Micheál Martin had a range of engagements on his four-day visit to China (Pics: Phil Behan/DFA)

Micheál Martin pushes 'open for trade' message in China

Deputy Foreign Editor Edmund Heaphy reviews Tánaiste Micheál Martin's four-day visit to China, with trade and EU relations high on the agenda

World • 11 Nov 23

The Tánaiste said Ireland House would help create a dynamic future for the relationship between Ireland and China

Tánaiste opens 'Ireland House' in Shanghai

Tánaiste Micheál Martin has officially opened a new office housing the Irish Consulate-General and several state agencies in Shanghai.

World • 09 Nov 23

Micheál Martin is on a four-day visit to China

Hopes for beef export decision 'within months'

Tánaiste Micheál Martin has said that he is hopeful that Chinese authorities will reach a decision on the resumption of Irish beef exports to China "within a matter of months".

Ireland • 08 Nov 23

Women of Honour has highlighted allegations of abuse in the Defence Forces (File image)

Accusation by Women of Honour 'false' - Tánaiste

Tánaiste and Minister for Defence Micheál Martin has called "false" an accusation by the Women of Honour group that he sought to equate rape and sexual assault in the Defence Forces with "trips, slips and falls".

Ireland • 07 Nov 23

The Tánaiste (L) met China's Foreign Minister in Beijing

Tánaiste discusses economic links during China visit

Ireland is anxious to "maintain and strengthen" its economic relationship with China, the Tánaiste has told the Chinese foreign minister in Beijing.

World • 07 Nov 23

In 1896, a Jewish journalist published a pamphlet that envisioned the creation of an independent Jewish state in Palestine

The Israel-Palestine conflict - a brief history

People often describe the Israel-Palestine conflict as one that goes back decades. Though it is now a modern territorial dispute - two nations, one land - the truth is that it has ancient origins, writes Edmund Heaphy.

World • 16 Oct 23

The Tánaiste's first stop in Israel was Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Memorial Centre (Pic: Phil Behan/DFA)

Tánaiste faces duelling realities on Middle East visit

On his visit to the Middle East, Tánaiste Micheál Martin faced duelling realities - of an Israel that perceives immense hostility from Ireland, and activists at home who believe Ireland has not gone far enough in its support of Palestine, writes Edmund Heaphy.

World • 11 Sep 23