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Minister Joe Costello says the crisis equates to “almost every child under the age of eighteen being forced to flee their homes”.
Russ Finn was freed yesterday, his employers Al Jazeera have confirmed. He was held without charge after being arrested with three colleagues last Tuesday.
News on the release of the four – held in Cairo for the last fortnight – is expected today or tomorrow, according to a sister of the siblings.
The Minister for Foreign Affairs described the deliberate use of chemical weapons against civilians in Syria as “a very serious war crime” – but called for diplomacy rather than an invasion.
Scores were killed in a crackdown on camps of Morsi loyalists this morning. A month-long state of emergency has been declared in the country.
The investigation began in May when irregularities were found in the issuance of two passports.
Moving embassies in London and Rome, as well as bomb-proofing two buildings in Northern Ireland are among the biggest expenditures.
A summit of foreign ministers struggled to reach a compromise on whether to extend an arms embargo after this week.
A minister says Russia came second in Azerbaijan’s public vote – and wonders why his country awarded Russia nul points.
The money is part of a €520 million aid package from the EU to help Mali rebuild its country following a war with Islamist militants earlier this year.
The Tánaiste will discuss how America’s plans to reform its immigration laws will affect tens of thousands of Irish people in the US.
Meanwhile Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore has said the violence is nothing to do with flags and is being orchestrated by “known criminals” intent on causing chaos.
The misappropriation of €4 million Irish aid in Uganda was supported by a ‘sophisticated and elaborate’ scheme.
Amama Mbabazi says while some Irish funds were “fraudulently paid to private accounts”, some was used for its intended aims.
Eamon Gilmore has launched an immediate investigation amid suggestions the office of the Prime Minister misappropriated funds.
During their visit, they will review Ireland’s development programme and Irish Aid’s work in the country.
Joe Costello, Minister of State for Trade and Development, relates the dire tales of massacre and suffering told to him by Syrian refugees when he visited them in Jordan this week.
Eamon Gilmore will discuss the situation in Syria, the Middle East Peace Process, relations with the Ukraine, EU-Asia trade relations and also the crisis arising from the conflict in Sudan.
Millions in school fees and cost of living expenses are paid to those posted overseas, while details of allowances paid across many of the departments have been revealed.
Council reaffirms commitment to a two-state solution and peace in the region.
We look at the progress made by Eamon Gilmore and Lucinda Creighton in their pledges to change our wider relationships.
Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Eamon Gilmore will attend the Oireachtas meeting.
Eamon Gilmore was speaking as EU foreign ministers agreed further sanctions on Syria but there is no sign of military intervention of any sort.
Eamon Gilmore says it’s possible that a recovery in the public finances may allow Ireland to reopen its Holy See embassy.
Lord Ashdown briefs the committees on EU and Foreign Affairs on issues facing the Western Balkan region.
Higgins and Senator Mark Daly “did not know” of Norris ex-partner’s rape conviction when they backed David Norris in a 2009 Oireachtas Joint Committee motion for support of Nawi in Israeli defence forces’ attack claim.
The Vatican’s response to allegations of clerical sex abuse in Cloyne was described as “unhelpful”.
A WikiLeaks cable reveals that a former advisor to Micheál Martin was expelled over accusations he held talks with militants.
Eamon Gilmore adds, however, that Ireland won’t recognise Palestine as a state before it gains full control of its own territory.
The two Air Corps planes deployed to assist with evacuations remain in Valletta as officials try to assemble a taskforce.
Ireland gives the Palestinian delegation the status of ‘mission’ – a move blasted by Israel as a symptom of its “bias”.
President Ben Ali is forced to flee – probably to France – as the Prime Minister assumes power and ends weeks of riots.