Tánaiste condemns North Korean nuclear test as energy felt in Ireland
Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore has condemned North Korea’s third nuclear test on Tuesday, as the energy from the detonation was felt in Ireland and recorded on seismometers in Dublin and Donegal. According to...
View ArticlePope Benedict Tells Final Papal Audience: “It Seemed Like the Lord Was Sleeping”
Pope Benedict XVI has delivered an emotional address to his final papal audience, speaking frankly about his difficult decision to step aside and the faith-testing challenges facing the Roman Catholic...
View ArticlePresident Higgins ‘very sorry’ to hear of death of Venezuelan President Chávez
President Michael D Higgins has said he was ‘very sorry’ to hear of the death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez. The death of the 58-year-old President after a two-year battle with cancer was...
View ArticleTaoiseach congratulates Information Commissioner on election as EU’s first...
Taoiseach Enda Kenny has congratulated Ireland’s Ombudsman and Information Commissioner Emily O’Reilly on her election as the European Union’s first woman Ombudsman. Ms O’Reilly was backed by 359 MEPs...
View ArticleIrish MEP joins call to allow US whistleblower Edward Snowden to be granted...
An Irish MEP has joined the call to allow US whistleblower Edward Snowden to be granted asylum in Ireland. Edward Snowden is wanted by the US on charges of leaking secrets he gathered while working as...
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