It is a mark of just how quickly the world changes that, as the Irish Examiner went onto the presses on Thursday night, carrying warning stories that Iran was in breach of its nuclear obligations for the first time in two decades, Israel launched devastating attacks on its deadliest enemy.

And as we went to press on Friday night, the world was assessing Iran’s retaliatory measures.

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