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  Department twice failed to act on UN letter asking how former naval vessel ended up being used in Libyan Civil War

  Feb 15th 2020, 7:30 AM 38,184 58

  #LE AISLING
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  Migrants jump off rescue boat in bid to reach Italian island

  Aug 18th 2019, 7:23 PM 26,016 26

  #OPEN ARMS
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  Over 80 people feared dead after migrant boat capsizes off Tunisia

  Jul 5th 2019, 7:30 AM 7,045 6

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

  Jul 4th 2019, 7:10 AM 5,536 7

  #LIBYA
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  Nearly 40 people killed after airstrike hits migrant centre in Libya

  Jul 3rd 2019, 7:03 AM 9,826 16

  #TRIPOLI
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  Ireland considered sanctions on Gaddafi's Libya over IRA support but was worried about beef

  Dec 29th 2018, 8:00 PM 22,279 45

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

  Dec 25th 2018, 11:22 AM 5,760 22

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

  Dec 21st 2018, 12:55 PM 8,265 13

  #SCOTLAND
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  Suicide bomber who killed 22 in Manchester Arena was rescued by British navy in Libya

  Jul 31st 2018, 12:15 PM 97,153 82

  #SALMAN ABEDI
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  Irish nurse helps deliver baby boy on board rescue ship

  May 28th 2018, 9:07 AM 13,642 14

  #MIRACLE
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  'It's a job like no other': Irish experts who help respond to humanitarian crises

  May 15th 2018, 6:30 PM 11,829 0

  #RAPID RESPONSE
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  Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy in police custody over campaign financing

  Mar 20th 2018, 9:57 AM 11,191 22

  #CUSTODY
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  UN probe video of apparent slave auction in Libya

  Nov 20th 2017, 10:30 PM 26,750 32

  #CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY
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  Bodies of hundreds of Islamic State fighters kept in refrigerated containers in Libya

  Nov 19th 2017, 8:30 AM 21,084 21

  #CONFLICT
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  Two humanitarian groups suspend migrant rescues due to threats from Libya

  Aug 13th 2017, 6:30 PM 11,105 35

  #MEDITERRANEAN SEA
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  The EU is to curb sales of rubber boats to Libya to stop them getting to smugglers

  Jul 17th 2017, 8:29 PM 11,004 74

  #MIGRANT CRISIS
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  Police arrest teenager at Liverpool airport over Manchester bombing

  Jul 7th 2017, 9:33 PM 19,315 6

  #MANCHESTER ATTACK
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  Irish Navy rescues over 700 people off Libyan coast

  Jun 17th 2017, 6:36 PM 11,278 66

  #RESCUED
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  Gadhafi's son and one-time heir released after five years

  Jun 11th 2017, 8:18 AM 17,390 17

  #LIBYA
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  'An industry built on human misery' - in an uncertain world people smugglers are making billions

  Jun 11th 2017, 7:00 AM 8,295 18

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

  May 25th 2017, 9:49 PM 35,281 73

  #INVESTIGATION
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  'Such an unlikely person' - who was Manchester bomber Salman Abedi?

  May 24th 2017, 9:03 AM 82,350 212

  #PROFILE
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  Migrants trying to reach Europe being sold as slaves for as little as €200

  Apr 15th 2017, 4:00 PM 20,516 51

  #TORTURE
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  Around 250 feared dead in new migrant boat sinkings

  Mar 24th 2017, 7:18 AM 8,521 24

  #DROWNED
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  'These kids had literally seen people murdered in the streets in front of them'

  Mar 5th 2017, 9:30 PM 12,481 5

  #A RUGBY STORY
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  Bodies of 74 people wash up on Libyan beach

  Feb 21st 2017, 9:00 PM 17,039 61

  #MIGRANT CRISIS
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  Landmark case: Libyan man allowed to sue British ex-minister over rendition

  Jan 17th 2017, 11:59 AM 7,378 16

  #JACK STRAW
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  Nearly 100 people missing, eight dead, after latest migrant boat tragedy off Libyan coast

  Jan 15th 2017, 9:27 AM 10,793 97

  #MIGRANT CRISIS
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  Two men used fake weapons to hijack Libyan plane

  Dec 23rd 2016, 8:35 PM 40,599 70

  #GADDAFI SUPPORTERS
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  At least 20 killed in fierce fighting in Libya after incident 'sparked by monkey attack'

  Nov 21st 2016, 3:22 PM 11,562 18

  #LIBYA
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  Almost 250 migrants, who were forced to sail at gunpoint, feared drowned in Mediterranean

  Nov 3rd 2016, 9:25 PM 19,773 84

  #LIBYA
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  Irish navy rescues 220 people from the Mediterranean

  Oct 4th 2016, 10:01 PM 10,212 88

  #MIGRANT CRISIS
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  LÉ James Joyce helps to rescue almost 2,000 migrants off the coast of Libya

  Sep 10th 2016, 5:13 PM 10,507 99

  #MIGRANT CRISIS
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  The LÉ James Joyce has rescued another 617 migrants in the Mediterranean

  Aug 29th 2016, 7:45 PM 14,156 151

  #MIGRANT CRISIS
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  Parents of two men killed in Benghazi attack sue Hillary Clinton

  Aug 9th 2016, 3:17 PM 15,208 90

  #WRONGFUL DEATH LAWSUIT
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  100 people feared dead after shipwreck off Libya

  May 26th 2016, 8:00 PM 11,149 51

  #MIGRANT CRISIS
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  It looks like Islamic State is making a grab for oil in Africa

  Dec 15th 2015, 6:00 AM 15,148 38

  #LIBYA
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  WATCH: UK police release shocking new video of 1984 Libyan embassy shooting

  Nov 19th 2015, 10:08 PM 13,758 4

  #YVONNE FLETCHER
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  A 'startling' €1.5 billion held in Irish banks can't be touched - because of this man

  Oct 4th 2015, 7:30 PM 21,370 62

  #THE REMNANTS
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  As many as 200 bodies found floating as boat sinks in Mediterranean

  Aug 28th 2015, 8:34 AM 12,721 54

  #MIGRANT CRISIS

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