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As much as €500,000 in emergency funding will also be provided to organisations working in the area.
Charlie Flanagan issued advice to government TDs and Senators to deal with queries over Ireland’s controversial decision to abstain from a UN vote on Gaza.
The medical workers want the Irish Government to condemn attacks on medical workers, hospitals and ambulances in Gaza.
A Facebook campaign was launched to identify the man.
29-year-old Padraig Gaffney had said that the court case had “ruined his life”.
Emma Madigan will be in charge of Ireland’s slimmed down presence in the Holy See.
David O’Sullivan previously worked with the Department of Foreign Affairs.
The 23-year-old had been working in China when he went missing on Monday night.
The new project was launched today in Croke Park.
The Public Accounts Committee has also heard details of how over €21 million in allowances is distributed among over 300 Irish officials serving abroad.
The Department of Foreign Affairs has argued that aid to the country is going to directly assist some of the poorest people in the world and that it’s a matter of educating people.
Department of Foreign Affairs officials have been discussing the still-controversial closure of the Vatican embassy 26 months ago. It has since been decided to reopen it.
The Taoiseach said there was a “degree of sensitivity” surrounding the issuing of letters to IRA suspects guaranteeing they wouldn’t be prosecuted.
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A total of 631,186 passports were issued in 2013 – and 5 per cent more people used Passport Express.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, Italy was the most popular destination.
The 16 tonnes of supplies are being sent from Irish Aid’s stocks in Malaysia.
John Walsh, who was 39, had been working as ‘Lead Shaper’ at the Happy Valley club near Beijing since May.
The Department of Foreign Affairs has confirmed it is providing consular assistance to the man’s family.
Applicants will face numerous tests and interviews in order to bag one of the ten positions.
Mark Marku has been sentenced to 18 years in prison in connection with a number of armed robberies.
The department also has two embassy Facebook accounts – for Sydney and New Dehli.
New offices in Dublin city centre are being sought by the Department of Foreign Affairs.
It comes as the Red Cross revises down the death toll to 62. The Department of Foreign Affairs has issued an updated warning for Irish nationals.
The Tánaiste says that the four Halawa siblings are receiving the same treatment that any Irish citizen would receive.
Russ Finn was working for broadcaster Al-Jazeera in Cairo. He has been held since Tuesday when he was arrested along with two colleagues.
The four Irish citizens continue to be detained in the Egyptian capital but have now been visited by an Irish consular official.
The Department of Foreign Affairs has been in contact with Egyptian authorities to try to secure their safety.
Minister of State Joe Costello told TheJournal.ie that his department plans to launch a new civilian volunteer corps later this year.
Orla Daly originally from Clontarf, Dublin was living and working in Queenstown, Singapore.
Foreign Affairs Minister Eamon Gilmore says the situation is “still developing”, but that there are no reports of any Irish citizens caught up in the tragedy.
A family of three were found dead in an apartment in the southern Spanish town of Mijas yesterday evening
A Wikileaks cable contains limited information about an apparent hijacking incident at Dublin Airport in December 1976 but there are few other details about the event.
The Minister for Foreign Affairs is also set to meet with US Secretary of State John Kerry and President Barack Obama during his trip.
The Cork man is reported to have died while working for Kentz Engineering in the north east of the country.
The Department of Foreign Affairs said a number of family members will now be travelling to Perth.
The 21-year-old victim is reported to originally be from Wexford and living in western Australia for the last several years.
The man is said to be in a critical condition. The Department of Foreign Affairs says it is providing consular assistance.