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#Libya
# libya - Saturday 15 February, 2020
Department twice failed to act on UN letter asking how former naval vessel ended up being used in Libyan Civil War
The LÉ Aisling was sold by the Department of Defence in 2017 for €110,000 to a Dutch company.
# libya - Sunday 18 August, 2019
Migrants jump off rescue boat in bid to reach Italian island
Some of the people on board have spent months or years in Libyan detention camps, suffering torture and sexual abuse.
# libya - Friday 5 July, 2019
Over 80 people feared dead after migrant boat capsizes off Tunisia
The tragedy comes after 44 migrants were killed in an air strike on their detention centre in Libya.
# libya - Thursday 4 July, 2019
UN Security Council fails to condemn fatal attack on Libya migrant centre
Meanwhile, Tánaiste Simon Coveney has condemned the attack.
# libya - Wednesday 3 July, 2019
Nearly 40 people killed after airstrike hits migrant centre in Libya
At least 70 were wounded in the raid on the Tajoura suburb, an emergency services spokesperson said.
# libya - Saturday 29 December, 2018
Ireland considered sanctions on Gaddafi's Libya over IRA support but was worried about beef
Ireland had built up a valuable beef export partnership with Libya.
# libya - Tuesday 25 December, 2018
Three dead as gunfire and explosions rock Libya's foreign ministry building
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack.
# libya - Friday 21 December, 2018
Questions remain over Lockerbie bombing as memorials are held to mark 30th anniversary
270 people were killed in the attack 30 years ago today.
# libya - Tuesday 31 July, 2018
Suicide bomber who killed 22 in Manchester Arena was rescued by British navy in Libya
British bomber Salman Abedi had been visiting Libya during a year off before university.
# libya - Monday 28 May, 2018
Irish nurse helps deliver baby boy on board rescue ship
The mother had been kidnapped in Libya and was subjected to regular beatings before she escaped.
# libya - Tuesday 15 May, 2018
'It's a job like no other': Irish experts who help respond to humanitarian crises
Irish people have responded to emergencies in Iraq, Libya and Africa, to name a few.
# libya - Tuesday 20 March, 2018
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy in police custody over campaign financing
Sarkozy is being questioned over suspected Libyan financing of his election campaign in 2007.
# libya - Monday 20 November, 2017
UN probe video of apparent slave auction in Libya
A video showing the apparent trade surfaced last week.
# libya - Sunday 19 November, 2017
Bodies of hundreds of Islamic State fighters kept in refrigerated containers in Libya
The corpses have been stored there for the past year awaiting a final decision on their fate.
# libya - Sunday 13 August, 2017
Two humanitarian groups suspend migrant rescues due to threats from Libya
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
The EU is to curb sales of rubber boats to Libya to stop them getting to smugglers
Sales of outboard motors will also be cut back.
# libya - Friday 7 July, 2017
Police arrest teenager at Liverpool airport over Manchester bombing
Twenty-two people were killed on 22 May attack at an Ariana Grande concert.
# libya - Saturday 17 June, 2017
Irish Navy rescues over 700 people off Libyan coast
A baby girl was born on the LE Eithne.
# libya - Sunday 11 June, 2017
Gadhafi's son and one-time heir released after five years
A statement by his captors, the Abu Bakr al-Siddiq Battalion, said Seif al-Islam was released on Friday.
'An industry built on human misery' - in an uncertain world people smugglers are making billions
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
Manchester bomber 'asked his mother for forgiveness in final phone call'
Meanwhile, the investigation into the blast widened.
# libya - Wednesday 24 May, 2017
'Such an unlikely person' - who was Manchester bomber Salman Abedi?
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
Migrants trying to reach Europe being sold as slaves for as little as €200
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
Around 250 feared dead in new migrant boat sinkings
The bodies recovered were African men with estimated ages of between 16 and 25.
# libya - Sunday 5 March, 2017
'These kids had literally seen people murdered in the streets in front of them'
Rashid Kadura is making a documentary about the hardcore rugby community in Benghazi, Libya.
# libya - Tuesday 21 February, 2017
Bodies of 74 people wash up on Libyan beach
Officials said there was no transport available to move the bodies and no cemetery to bury them in.
# libya - Tuesday 17 January, 2017
Landmark case: Libyan man allowed to sue British ex-minister over rendition
The ruling could pave the way for similar lawsuits.
# libya - Sunday 15 January, 2017
Nearly 100 people missing, eight dead, after latest migrant boat tragedy off Libyan coast
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
Two men used fake weapons to hijack Libyan plane
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
At least 20 killed in fierce fighting in Libya after incident 'sparked by monkey attack'
Witnesses said several homes were hit by rockets and shells in the confrontation.
# libya - Thursday 3 November, 2016
Almost 250 migrants, who were forced to sail at gunpoint, feared drowned in Mediterranean
Many of those who sailed today from Libya are believed to have been forced to do so at gunpoint.
# libya - Tuesday 4 October, 2016
Irish navy rescues 220 people from the Mediterranean
They were taken aboard the LÉ Samuel Beckett, where they received food, water and medical treatment where required.
# libya - Saturday 10 September, 2016
LÉ James Joyce helps to rescue almost 2,000 migrants off the coast of Libya
The rescue, which took place 40 nautical miles north-east of the Libyan capital Tripoli, (about 75 miles, or a third of the way to Malta) followed a request from the Italian Maritime Rescue Co-Ordination Centre.
# libya - Monday 29 August, 2016
The LÉ James Joyce has rescued another 617 migrants in the Mediterranean
In one case, it successfully located and rescued 165 migrants from wooden and rubber vessels off the coast of Libya.
# libya - Tuesday 9 August, 2016
Parents of two men killed in Benghazi attack sue Hillary Clinton
The lawsuit blames their deaths on Clinton’s “reckless” handling of classified information on her private email server.
# libya - Thursday 26 May, 2016
100 people feared dead after shipwreck off Libya
Around 50 people have been resecued from the water.
# libya - Tuesday 15 December, 2015
It looks like Islamic State is making a grab for oil in Africa
French surveillance planes spotted the group making advances towards oil fields in Libya.
# libya - Thursday 19 November, 2015
WATCH: UK police release shocking new video of 1984 Libyan embassy shooting
A Libyan man has been arrested in connection with the killing of 25-year-old police officer Yvonne Fletcher.
# libya - Sunday 4 October, 2015
A 'startling' €1.5 billion held in Irish banks can't be touched - because of this man
And almost €3 million is linked to Al Qaeda, Syria and Iran.
# libya - Friday 28 August, 2015
As many as 200 bodies found floating as boat sinks in Mediterranean
This brings to number of those killed in the Mediterranean this year to more than 2,500.
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Poll: Will you take up a new hobby over the next few weeks?
LAST WEEK, TAOISEACH Leo Varadkar announced further restrictions for a two-week period until Easter Sunday, 12 April.
Everybody in Ireland has been told to stay at home for two weeks, except essential workers travelling to work and other exceptions.
People who do leave their homes for exercise will be required to stay within a 2km radius.
Shielding or cocooning has also be introduced for all of those over 70 years of age and specific categories of people who are extremely vulnerable to Covid-19.
With everyone being asked to stay at home, people may find themselves with a lot more free time on their hands than usual.
So, today we want to know: Will you take up a new hobby over the next few weeks?
Poll Results:
No, I'm still working and haven't got a minute (3552)
Yes, I plan to take up a new hobby (2015)
No, I'll spend my time staring at the TV (1402)
I'm not sure / no opinion (1101)
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By Dr Deirdre G. O'Donovan
Opinion: Boris is England’s King Midas. All he touched turned to gold, but now must be disinfected
By Peter Flanagan - @peterflanagan
Peter Flanagan says Covid-19 has stripped Johnson of his dreams of a clean Brexit legacy.
Opinion: Emergency Covid-19 legislation harks back to the Civil War, ‘the Emergency’ and the Troubles
By Conor Casey
Conor Casey of Trinity College says a challenge to the new legislation would be unlikely to succeed.
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