An Australian police officer secures the area where a mass shooting took place at Bondi Beach. Photograph: Matthew Abbott/New York TimesLimerick woman Rebecca Jordan, who moved to Bondi Junction in Sydney last July, was back in Ireland for a wedding when she heard about the shootings. “He said the streets are empty, everyone is staying at home.”Ms Jordan said one of the reasons she moved to Sydney was “everything felt so safe there. It, and nearby Coogee, have been at the heart of Irish immigrant life in Sydney for more than three decades. The target of Sunday’s shootings were people attending a Jewish celebration on Bondi beach – the most Jewish area of Sydney – and the massacre has shocked that community to its core.

Source: The Irish Times December 14, 2025 21:33 UTC