President of Ireland Michael D Higgins pays tribute to Gorbachev
The President of Ireland Michael D Higgins said in a statement:
“Among the expressions of sadness at the passing of Mikhail Gorbachev, most painful perhaps...
Irish lacrosse team bows out of comp to make way for Native American team
Ireland have withdrawn their lacrosse team from a tournament they had qualified for so that the Native American team named the Iroquois Nationals can...
Ireland repays Native American tribes for famine kindness 173 years on
Irish donors have sent money to native American tribes badly hit by the coronavirus to repay the kindness the Choctaw Nation tribe showed Ireland...
COVID-19: What we know so far
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has advised that people over 60, or with underlying respiratory or cardiac health conditions, avoid crowded places in an...
Coveney condemns Israel’s Palestinian settlements
Tánaiste Simon Coveney has said Ireland supports the EU’s position of condemning Israel’s policy of building settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory.
The EU issued...
Is there finally light at the end of the Brexit tunnel?
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar hailed a “positive” private meeting with Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday, saying a deal is “possible” by October 31.
In a...
‘Age no barrier to telling truth about climate change’
Two people born 62 years apart and in different centuries restored my faith in public representation this past week.
Ireland’s president, Michael D Higgins (born...
Pope urges all to respect nature and go green
More than 4,500 Catholic churches and schools here in England and Wales have switched to renewable gas and electricity supplied by British Gas in...
Trump’s Doonbeg visit ‘to cost Irish taxpayers €10m’.
Irish taxpayers are facing a €10m bill for US President Donald Trump to visit and stay at his privately-owned golf club and holiday resort...
Ireland follows UK as second country to declare climate emergency
PJ Cunningham examines Ireland's all-party response to humanity’s ‘greatest challenge’.
All Ireland’s major parties took a break from fighting tooth and nail for votes...