The Dáil has to approve a decision by the Cabinet and Minister Alan Shatter to send members of the Defence Forces to a UN mission in the Golan Heights.
“This tragedy has to be stopped,” says UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres. The refugees arrive “traumatised, without possessions and having lost members of their families”.
Austria looks set to remain one of the few European countries with compulsory military service as voters go to the polls in a referendum being held today.
Documents from 1982 capture the immediate aftermath of the moment when Michael McAleavey shot dead three of his colleagues at Tibnin Bridge in South Lebanon.
In his new book, Tom Clonan details the ups and downs of his tour of peacekeeping duty in Lebanon in the 1990s and how ‘Mary Robinson wears no knickers’ becomes a common greeting…
Police used tear gas to repel protestors who stormed the headquarters of the Lebanese Prime Minister following the funeral of the security chief killed in a car bomb on Friday.
John McCarthy, released from a Beirut cell 21 years ago, has written a new book. He spoke to TheJournal.ie about captivity, celebrity… and Martin McGuinness.
A number of clashes between pro- and anti-Syrian groups in the north of the country have broken out in recent weeks with fears the conflict could escalate sectarian tensions in volatile Lebanon.
WE’RE EIGHT DAYS into August and there’s a potential heatwave on the way as temperatures are set to hover in the 20s this week.
Ireland’s meteorological summer is June to August, with autumn then starting on the first of September until the end of November, according to Met Éireann.
But some go by the calendar that starts with spring in February and gives three months to each season, putting August as the start of autumn.
So today, we’re asking you: When do you think we should say autumn starts?
Nice with times of sun and clouds
Max: 23 °C
Min: 12 °C
Partly sunny
Max: 23 °C
Min: 12 °C
Mostly sunny and warm
Max: 24 °C
Min: 12 °C
