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Tuesday 24 November 2020
A Mediterranean diet promotes gut bacteria linked to healthy ageing, according to a UCC study.
The European Parliament rejected the vote asking member states to step up efforts to save asylum seekers making the crossing.
The tragedy comes after 44 migrants were killed in an air strike on their detention centre in Libya.
The boat was travelling from Libya to Italy.
The EU is winding down Operation Sophia amid pressure from Italy and other countries.
The 141 migrants on board will be distributed among France, Germany, Luxembourg, Portugal and Spain.
The anti-migrant activists on board the ship said it was just a “minor technical problem”.
The people now aboard the ship are receiving food, water and medical treatment.
The researchers have concluded that the quality of the food may be as important as the frequency in which it’s eaten.
Sales of outboard motors will also be cut back.
Commander Brian Fitzgerald said he was extremely proud of his team.
The waves of desperate people slipping across international borders every year has created a massive moneymaking opportunity for unscrupulous human traffickers.
The 34 people were travelling on board a boat that caught fire.
The LÉ Eithne was previously deployed to the region in 2015.
The body of a five month old baby was amongst those recovered by authorities.
There had been concerns raised previously about soldiers struggling to travel to work.
Officials said there was no transport available to move the bodies and no cemetery to bury them in.
The issue has hit some Irish supermarkets.
Data from EU border agency Frontex suggests the number of migrants entering Europe via two main routes dropped by two-thirds to 364,000 in 2016.
A look at the migrant crisis through the eyes of the Irish defence forces.
Around 269 migrants were rescued from two rubber vessels around 30 miles north of Libyan capital, Tripoli.
The horrific discovery was made yesterday by a Doctors without Borders (MSF) rescue ship.
The vessel overturned off the port city of Rosetta in Egypt, police and health officials said.
Yesterday the Irish naval vessel oversaw the rescue of almost 2,000 migrants.
Nearly 6,500 people risked their lives to cross the Mediterranean Sea on Monday.
In one case, it successfully located and rescued 165 migrants from wooden and rubber vessels off the coast of Libya.
The campaign is targeting 15 African countries.
More than 8,500 people have been rescued by the Irish navy over the past two years.
The bodies of two females were also recovered.
Italian prosecutors are investigating the claims that it may be a case of mistaken identity.
The gorilla’s death received extensive media coverage worldwide; the deaths of the 1000 migrants, much less so, writes a dismayed Julien Mercille.
Up to 700 people are believed to have died crossing the Mediterranean this week.
The sixty-person crew will be on a 12 week mission.
The UNHCR released a statement today after interviewing survivors.
Both Ireland’s maritime Defence Forces and its Coast Guard have had a year to remember.
It was alleged that her clients included John F. Kennedy, Marlon Brando and the Shah of Iran.
The Taoiseach will be visiting the Irish men and women serving in the Golan Heights this Sunday.
Migrants are travelling huge distances even before they reach the Mediterranean and the harrowing voyage across.
This brings to number of those killed in the Mediterranean this year to more than 2,500.
Meanwhile the Defence Forces have rescued hundreds of people – including 71 children – in an operation tonight.
WELL, after over two months, tonight is the night. The Great British Bake Off 2020 final.
This has been a unique series, with the cast and crew forming a Covid-19 ‘bubble’ in a hotel for six weeks to record the episodes.
Tonight’s episode will see the three finalists battle it off in the tent before a winner is announced.
So, today we want to know… Will you watch the Great British Bake Off final tonight?
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