I worry about Greta Thunberg too. Ryan Tubridy has been heavily criticised for expressing his concern for the mental wellbeing of the 16-year-old climate campaigner on his RTÉ One radio show, particularly as he mentioned she has Asperger’s Syndrome.

The Taoiseach has said there is still a "very wide gap" on Brexit following his meeting with UK prime minister Boris Johnson.

Britain will be entirely to blame if checks close to the border are introduced after Brexit, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has warned.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar will make the announcement at the UN Climate Summit later.

THIS week the world’s significant leaders will meet at the UN Summit in New York. 

China has pledged to take action on climate change for the first time.

A suicide bomber targeting a Nato convoy in northern Afghanistan hit a passing bus full of wedding party guests today, killing a child and injuring 28 others, police said.

BRITISH Prime Minister Gordon Brown warned of a “catastrophe” for the planet, if action to tackle climate change is not agreed at forthcoming UN talks on global warming.

The United Nations has praised the role Irish people played in the global fight against Aids.

Minister for Foreign Affairs Dermot Ahern has welcomed the agreement reached on a programme of United Nations reforms which is being laid before world leaders gathering today for the UN Summit in New York.

President Jacques Chirac is back at work and capable of carrying out his duties after an illness that kept him in a hospital for a week, the French Prime Minister said today.

The Irish branch of the Make Poverty History campaign today urged the Irish Government to deliver on its broken promise on overseas aid to poor countries.

President Jacques Chirac, chatting amiably and looking relaxed, left a military hospital today after seven days and said doctors had advised him to limit his activities for another week. But he did not divulge details of his illness, leaving that mystery intact.

French President Jacques Chirac will decide whether to attend the United Nations summit this month after he leaves the hospital where he has spent the past week, his office said today.

France is planning a tax on airline tickets next year to help finance the global fight against poverty, President Jacques Chirac said today.