# Libya

This year

2023

# Operation Irini

LÉ William Butler Yeats to be sent to Mediterranean as part of arms embargo on Libya

Opposition TDs had raised ethical concerns about the mission’s work with the Libyan Coast Guard.

8.6k

Apr 27th 2023, 12:03 PM

# Crimes Against Humanity

UN investigation finds migrants stuck in Libya are being tortured and forced into sex slavery

Nearly all the survivors interviewed did not lodge official complaints out of fear of reprisals, arrest, and extortion.

7.6k

Mar 27th 2023, 1:40 PM

Last year

2022

# third conspirator

Man accused of being Lockerbie bombmaker in US custody

The alleged ‘third conspirator’ in the downing of Pan Am flight 103 is now in the custody of the US.

18.8k

Dec 11th 2022, 2:15 PM

# Defence Forces

Inside Operation Irini: Smugglers, social media clues and the high seas search for illegal arms

In our second piece on Operation Irini, Niall O’Connor examines the broader strategy of the EU mission.

14.8k

Oct 31st 2022, 8:00 PM

# Italy

Operation Irini: With Irish forces inside a mission to end arms smuggling to Libya

Our first article in a two part series on the work of the Irish Defence Forces in dealing with arms smuggling in Libya.

17.9k

Updated

Sep 30th 2022, 9:48 AM

# trade off

‘Empty bellies’: Unweaned calves left without milk for long periods on journey to Europe

Department audit finds some operators not complying with feeding intervals, Noteworthy reveals.

18.7k

Sep 2nd 2022, 6:30 AM

# trade off

‘A slow, terrible death’: The fate of Irish cattle exported outside of the EU

Noteworthy finds the State has little to no control over what happens to animals once they leave Ireland.

23.3k

Sep 1st 2022, 7:00 AM

THE MORNING LEAD

'Export loophole’: Irish cattle shipped from Spain on ‘substandard’ vessels

A report by

Niall Sargent

Thousands of cattle exported on vessels that do not meet standards required under Irish laws.

Thousands of cattle exported on vessels that do not meet standards required under Irish laws

Niall Sargent of Noteworthy reports that unwanted males from the dairy industry are among those exported

Destinations include Egypt where ‘appalling’ slaughter techniques are common

25.7k

Aug 31st 2022, 12:05 AM

# Tripoli

At least 32 dead, 159 wounded after violent clashes in Libya's capital

The UN’s Libya mission has called for “an immediate cessation of hostilities” as fears of a wider war grow.

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Aug 28th 2022, 1:38 PM

All time

# Migration

Bodies of 28 migrants found on Libyan coast

Libya has become a key departure point for people from Africa and Asia attempting to migrate to Europe.

14.4k

Dec 26th 2021, 6:00 PM

# Tripoli

Court says Gaddafi's son can contest Libya's presidential election, overturning disqualification

Seif al-Islam, once the heir-apparent to his father, had been barred because of past convictions for violence against protesters.

15.2k

Dec 3rd 2021, 9:10 AM

# Mediterranean

Pope urges governments to cease returning migrants to detention centres in Libya

“So many of these men, women and children are subject to an inhumane violence,” the pope said.

11.0k

Oct 24th 2021, 5:25 PM

# Tripoli

Libya's interior minister survives attempted assassination

The minister’s motorcade was attacked in the country’s capital.

16.1k

Feb 21st 2021, 7:15 PM

# Weapons

United Nations report finds Trump ally violated Libya arms embargo

A private security contractor supplied mercenaries and weapons to a Libyan commander who fought to overthrow the government.

24.2k

Feb 20th 2021, 7:25 PM

# Arab Spring

Celebrations in Tripoli as Libyans mark 10th anniversary of uprising that led to overthrow of Gaddafi

The oil-rich country has for years been split between rival administrations.

9.8k

Feb 17th 2021, 7:50 AM

# Rescue

Rescuers pick up hundreds of migrants near Libyan coast

More than 350 migrants have been rescued off the Libyan coast in two days.

18.2k

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Jan 23rd 2021, 5:37 PM

# Report

UK government pressed over victims of IRA attacks linked to Libyan explosives

A report on compensation to UK victims of Gaddafi-sponsored IRA terrorism was delivered to government last year.

16.2k

Jan 11th 2021, 7:17 AM

# LE Aisling

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.

38.3k

Feb 15th 2020, 7:30 AM

# open arms

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.

26.1k

Aug 18th 2019, 7:23 PM

# Capsized

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.

7.1k

Jul 5th 2019, 7:30 AM

# Libya

UN Security Council fails to condemn fatal attack on Libya migrant centre

Meanwhile, Tánaiste Simon Coveney has condemned the attack.

5.6k

Jul 4th 2019, 7:10 AM

# Tripoli

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.

9.9k

Jul 3rd 2019, 7:03 AM

# trade partners

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.

22.7k

Dec 29th 2018, 8:00 PM

# Tripoli

Three dead as gunfire and explosions rock Libya's foreign ministry building

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack.

5.8k

Dec 25th 2018, 11:22 AM

# Scotland

Questions remain over Lockerbie bombing as memorials are held to mark 30th anniversary

270 people were killed in the attack 30 years ago today.

8.3k

Dec 21st 2018, 12:55 PM

# salman abedi

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.

97.3k

Jul 31st 2018, 12:15 PM

# Miracle

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.

13.7k

May 28th 2018, 9:07 AM

# rapid response

'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.

11.9k

May 15th 2018, 6:30 PM

# custody

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.

11.2k

Mar 20th 2018, 9:57 AM

# Crimes Against Humanity

UN probe video of apparent slave auction in Libya

A video showing the apparent trade surfaced last week.

27.0k

Nov 20th 2017, 10:30 PM

# Conflict

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.

21.1k

Nov 19th 2017, 8:30 AM

# Mediterranean Sea

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.

11.1k

Aug 13th 2017, 6:30 PM

# migrant crisis

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.

11.1k

Jul 17th 2017, 8:29 PM

# manchester attack

Police arrest teenager at Liverpool airport over Manchester bombing

Twenty-two people were killed on 22 May attack at an Ariana Grande concert.

19.4k

Jul 7th 2017, 9:33 PM

# Rescued

Irish Navy rescues over 700 people off Libyan coast

A baby girl was born on the LE Eithne.

11.3k

Jun 17th 2017, 6:36 PM

# Libya

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.

17.4k

Jun 11th 2017, 8:18 AM

# Human Trafficking

'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.

8.4k

Jun 11th 2017, 7:00 AM

# Investigation

Manchester bomber 'asked his mother for forgiveness in final phone call'

Meanwhile, the investigation into the blast widened.

35.3k

May 25th 2017, 9:49 PM

# Profile

'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.

82.4k

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May 24th 2017, 9:03 AM

# Torture

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.

20.6k

Apr 15th 2017, 4:00 PM