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Liz Truss flying to New York for meetings with Biden and Macron

Liz Truss will meet Joe Biden and Emmanuel Macron in New York against the backdrop of Brexit tensions and questions over whether she regards the French leader a “friend or foe”. In her first foreign trip as Prime Minister, Ms Truss was flying ...

20 Sept 2022 at 01:01

121m unplanned pregnancies per year 'a crisis', says Irish advisor to UN Population Fund

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Irish advisor for UN Population Fund calls 121m unplanned pregnancies per year 'a crisis'

A major report has found that almost half of all pregnancies worldwide are unintended. The report by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), hosted by the Irish Family Planning Association (IFPA), found that between 2015 and 2019, there ...

30 Mar 2022 at 10:40

Irish soldier serving as UN peacekeeper in Lebanon killed in convoy attack

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Irish soldier serving as UN peacekeeper in Lebanon dies in ‘serious incident’

An Irish soldier serving as a UN peacekeeper in Lebanon has been killed when his convoy came under attack. Another soldier injured in the incident is in a serious condition in hospital having undergone surgery. Two other peacekeepers were ...

15 Dec 2022 at 09:02

Northern Ireland

Teenager to cycle 900 miles across UK and Ireland to raise soil crisis awareness

A teenager will cycle 900 miles across the UK and Ireland to raise awareness about soil health only two weeks after deciding to take part. Oscar Smith, 17, from the Isle of Skye, has never cycled more than 50 miles but decided to ...

21 Nov 2022 at 17:55

Funeral of Irish soldier killed in Lebanon under way

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Funeral to take place of Irish soldier killed in Lebanon

The funeral of an Irish peacekeeping soldier who was killed in Lebanon has heard “today is the most difficult of days”. A member of the Irish Defence Forces, Private Sean Rooney, from Newtowncunningham, Co Donegal, was killed ...

22 Dec 2022 at 09:23

National News

Irish peacekeeping soldier killed in Lebanon a “national hero”, funeral hears

Mourners at the funeral of an Irish peacekeeping soldier killed in Lebanon have heard he is a “national hero”. A member of the Irish Defence Forces, Private Sean Rooney, from Newtowncunningham, Co Donegal, was killed when ...

22 Dec 2022 at 19:40

Irish soldier injured in Lebanon attack returns home

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Soldier injured in Lebanon attack to be brought back to Ireland

A peacekeeping soldier injured in Lebanon has returned to Ireland to receive further medical treatment. Irish Army Private Shane Kearney, 22, from Killeagh, Co Cork, suffered a serious head injury in the attack that led ...

21 Dec 2022 at 19:09

National News

UN ‘heartened by Lebanese support’ over soldier’s death amid reports of arrests

The UN has said it is heartened by the response of the Lebanese authorities following the death of an Irish peacekeeping soldier amid reports arrests have been made. Irish Defence Forces Private Sean Rooney, from ...

26 Dec 2022 at 12:30

National News

Ireland’s UN ambassador calls for diplomacy on Ukraine at security council meeting

Ireland’s representative to the United Nations has called for a diplomatic solution to the Ukraine crisis instead of allowing “a grim new chapter” of conflict to eventuate. Speaking at an emergency meeting of ...

22 Feb 2022 at 10:01

National News

President ‘absolutely entitled’ to his opinion on the UN, says Catherine Martin

The President of Ireland was unlikely intending to undermine the country’s political leaders when he criticised the United Nations (UN), a minister has said. Media Minister Catherine Martin said Michael D ...

20 Sept 2023 at 16:59

National News

Taoiseach to use New York summit address to urge progress on development goals

World leaders need to make up for lost time and strive to meet 2030 targets for sustainable development, the Taoiseach has said. Leo Varadkar will address a summit in New York on Monday on the United ...

18 Sept 2023 at 00:01

National News

PICTURES: Emotional scenes as over 130 Irish troops reunite with families on return from Syria

There were emotional scenes at Dublin Airport on Friday last as hundreds of excited family members waited for more than 130 Irish troops to return home from Syria, marking the end of the Defence ...

08 Apr 2024 at 12:02

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