# libya - Sunday 26 December, 2021
# Migration
# Migration
Libya has become a key departure point for people from Africa and Asia attempting to migrate to Europe.
# libya - Friday 3 December, 2021
# Tripoli
# Tripoli
Seif al-Islam, once the heir-apparent to his father, had been barred because of past convictions for violence against protesters.
# libya - Sunday 24 October, 2021
# Mediterranean
# Mediterranean
“So many of these men, women and children are subject to an inhumane violence,” the pope said.
# libya - Sunday 21 February, 2021
# Tripoli
# Tripoli
The minister’s motorcade was attacked in the country’s capital.
# libya - Saturday 20 February, 2021
# Weapons
# Weapons
A private security contractor supplied mercenaries and weapons to a Libya n commander who fought to overthrow the government.
# libya - Wednesday 17 February, 2021
# Arab Spring
# Arab Spring
The oil-rich country has for years been split between rival administrations.
# libya - Saturday 23 January, 2021
# Rescue
# Rescue
More than 350 migrants have been rescued off the Libya n coast in two days.
# libya - Monday 11 January, 2021
# Report
# Report
A report on compensation to UK victims of Gaddafi-sponsored IRA terrorism was delivered to government last year.
# libya - Saturday 15 February, 2020
# LE Aisling
# LE Aisling
The LÉ Aisling was sold by the Department of Defence in 2017 for €110,000 to a Dutch company.
# libya - Sunday 18 August, 2019
# Open Arms
# Open Arms
Some of the people on board have spent months or years in Libya n detention camps, suffering torture and sexual abuse.
# libya - Friday 5 July, 2019
# Capsized
# Capsized
The tragedy comes after 44 migrants were killed in an air strike on their detention centre in Libya .
# libya - Thursday 4 July, 2019
# Libya
# Libya
Meanwhile, Tánaiste Simon Coveney has condemned the attack.
# libya - Wednesday 3 July, 2019
# Tripoli
# Tripoli
At least 70 were wounded in the raid on the Tajoura suburb, an emergency services spokesperson said.
# libya - Saturday 29 December, 2018
# Trade Partners
# Trade Partners
Ireland had built up a valuable beef export partnership with Libya .
# libya - Tuesday 25 December, 2018
# Tripoli
# Tripoli
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack.
# libya - Friday 21 December, 2018
# Scotland
# Scotland
270 people were killed in the attack 30 years ago today.
# libya - Tuesday 31 July, 2018
# Salman Abedi
# Salman Abedi
British bomber Salman Abedi had been visiting Libya during a year off before university.
# libya - Monday 28 May, 2018
# Miracle
# Miracle
The mother had been kidnapped in Libya and was subjected to regular beatings before she escaped.
# libya - Tuesday 15 May, 2018
# Rapid Response
# Rapid Response
Irish people have responded to emergencies in Iraq, Libya and Africa, to name a few.
# libya - Tuesday 20 March, 2018
# Custody
# Custody
Sarkozy is being questioned over suspected Libya n financing of his election campaign in 2007.
# libya - Monday 20 November, 2017
# Crimes Against Humanity
# Crimes Against Humanity
A video showing the apparent trade surfaced last week.
# libya - Sunday 19 November, 2017
# Conflict
# Conflict
The corpses have been stored there for the past year awaiting a final decision on their fate.
# libya - Sunday 13 August, 2017
# Mediterranean Sea
# Mediterranean Sea
Germany-based Sea-Eye said it made the decision to halt its water rescues “with a heavy heart,” but for the sake of its crew’s safety.
# libya - Monday 17 July, 2017
# Migrant Crisis
# Migrant Crisis
Sales of outboard motors will also be cut back.
# libya - Friday 7 July, 2017
# Manchester Attack
# Manchester Attack
Twenty-two people were killed on 22 May attack at an Ariana Grande concert.
# libya - Saturday 17 June, 2017
# Rescued
# Rescued
A baby girl was born on the LE Eithne.
# libya - Sunday 11 June, 2017
# Libya
# Libya
A statement by his captors, the Abu Bakr al-Siddiq Battalion, said Seif al-Islam was released on Friday.
# Human Trafficking
# Human Trafficking
The waves of desperate people slipping across international borders every year has created a massive moneymaking opportunity for unscrupulous human traffickers.
# libya - Thursday 25 May, 2017
# Investigation
# Investigation
Meanwhile, the investigation into the blast widened.
# libya - Wednesday 24 May, 2017
# Profile
# Profile
22-year-old Abedi, a business degree dropout, was the suicide bomber who killed at least 22 people at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester on Monday night.
# libya - Saturday 15 April, 2017
# Torture
# Torture
The slaves are forced to call their families, and beaten while on the phone, to get money demanded for their freedom.
# libya - Friday 24 March, 2017
# Drowned
# Drowned
The bodies recovered were African men with estimated ages of between 16 and 25.
# libya - Sunday 5 March, 2017
# A Rugby Story
From The42
# A Rugby Story
Rashid Kadura is making a documentary about the hardcore rugby community in Benghazi, Libya .
# libya - Tuesday 21 February, 2017
# Migrant Crisis
# Migrant Crisis
Officials said there was no transport available to move the bodies and no cemetery to bury them in.
# libya - Tuesday 17 January, 2017
# Jack Straw
# Jack Straw
The ruling could pave the way for similar lawsuits.
# libya - Sunday 15 January, 2017
# Migrant Crisis
# Migrant Crisis
More than 5,000 people died in the Mediterranean last year, the majority of them on the Libya -Italy migrant route.
# libya - Friday 23 December, 2016
# Gaddafi Supporters
# Gaddafi Supporters
They had claimed to have a grenade when they took over the plane, which had over 100 people on board.
# libya - Monday 21 November, 2016
# Libya
# Libya
Witnesses said several homes were hit by rockets and shells in the confrontation.
# libya - Thursday 3 November, 2016
# Libya
# Libya
Many of those who sailed today from Libya are believed to have been forced to do so at gunpoint.
# libya - Tuesday 4 October, 2016
# Migrant Crisis
# Migrant Crisis
They were taken aboard the LÉ Samuel Beckett, where they received food, water and medical treatment where required.
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