The National Transport Authority has launched a ‘Taxi Driver Respect’ campaign to encourage customers to show respect for taxi drivers.

A police and enforcement strategy aimed at prosecuting pimps, brothel owners and those who buy sex and brothel owners is needed to disrupt the commercial sex industry and reduce pimping, trafficking and sexual exploitation, the Oireachtas has been told.

University College Cork has developed a new campaign for International Women’s Day where women put forward other women to highlight their achievements.

An Post has launched a touching Christmas campaign that sees Irish people who are unable to spend Christmas with their families take part in sedning their nearest and dearest a surprise message.

The campaign, called ‘Fill your Heart with Ireland’, will launch next month in the United States, Britain, France and Germany.

Dublin's Mansion House and Liberty Hall and Galway's Spanish Arch are among the sites that will be lit up this Friday.

A grieving daughter whose mother died just hours after insisting on doing her hair before getting into an ambulance is now campaigning on the dangers of sepsis.

Marlboro cigarette maker Philip Morris International drew accusations of hypocrisy after using a four-page newspaper advertisement in Britain to urge smokers to quit cigarettes.

We are Cork... or are we Barcelona? Or are we chefs?

The first debate between all six candidates in the presidential campaign has focused on the funding and expenses of the office of the President.

Donald Trump’s former personal attorney and “fixer”, Michael Cohen, has agreed to plead guilty to federal charges of fraud, among other crimes, and has implicated the president himself in wrongdoing, writes Neil Visalvanich.

A powerful campaign was launched today highlighting the need for equality for those living with pina bifida and/or hydrocephalus.

A Garda campaign has been launched urging young men to think, rather than use violence, as figures show a 10-year peak in assaults in 2017.

The Minister for Justice and Equality says the public should not be afraid to report crime.

The Eighth Amendment was never needed and was only introduced after a campaign which purposely set out to frighten people, a former justice minister has said.

A new public awareness campaign on 'false self-employment' is being launched by the Government today.

Ireland needs to have an honest discussion about the "barbaric" reality of abortion ahead of next month's referendum, anti-abortion campaigners have said.

Nestlé has defended itself against an activist group’s criticism of its infant milk products, saying it respects international marketing standards and does not suggest its products are better than breastmilk.

An eating disorder charity has expressed concern about a healthy eating campaign which encourages parents to calorie count their children’s snacks, due to worries it could increase the risk of young people developing an eating disorder.

Irishman Scott Overend is not letting his current unemployment dampen his dreams to become a copywriter for an advertising agency, writes Breda Graham.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar’s controversial ‘welfare cheats cheat us all’ campaign was a mistake, the new head of the Department of Social Protection has said.

Homeless charity Cork Simon has launched a campaign to identify vacant homes it can buy or lease as part of its response to the housing and homeless crisis.

The US House intelligence panel will interview two of US president Donald Trump's associates behind closed doors this week as congressional committees step up their investigations into Russian meddling in the 2016 election.

Protests are breaking out in Paris on the last day of campaigning before the French presidential election, with environmental activists dangling off the Eiffel Tower and students blocking the entrance to schools.

A petrol bomb has been thrown at the building housing French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen's campaign headquarters, Paris police said.

MI6 is taking to the silver screen to attract more women and ethnic minorities to the secret service and deter James Bond wannabes.

65% of cases diagnosed are among young people aged between 20 and 29.

“There will be death on the streets this Christmas” is the chilling warning from homeless activist Lynn Cahill, who has kickstarted an campaign to house rough sleepers for the festive period.

A new national awareness campaign to tackle domestic, sexual and gender based violence has been launched by the Tánaiste.

An intense bombing campaign has targeted several areas in the rebel-held part of Aleppo city, just hours after the US and Russia ended any pretence of their ceasefire for Syria remaining in force.

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The sister of a teenager who died after taking a deadly designer drug has unveiled a hard-hitting poster campaign to highlight the lethal dangers of such drugs.

It’s show time again. The party machines have revved up. The soundbites have been polished off. The candidates are out on the road pressing the flesh, occasionally taking time out to gaze up admiringly at their images on their posters.

Trump's first TV ad shows migrants 'at the southern border,' but it is being reported that they are actually in Morocco.

Donald Trump has received plenty of free publicity from the media for his 2016 presidential bid, but the Republican frontrunner’s campaign is reportedly about to open the billionaire’s war chest for a major TV ad blitz to bolster his candidacy ahead of the Iowa caucuses.

A novel campaign is to be put on trial aimed at reducing rowdiness outside nightclubs and at the same time delivering a road safety message over the festive period.

The Labour leader says she will be campaigning in the election for three months of additional paid parental leave.

Campaigners from the Protect Rural Ireland group are today targeting the South Dublin constituency of Minister Alex White, in an effort for him not to get re-elected.

People are being encouraged to look out for the signs of suicide.

The UK’s former finance minister Nigel Lawson has said he would lead the campaign in David Cameron’s Conservative Party for Britain to exit the EU, saying the prime minister would fail to win significant concessions in his reform bid.

A downtown Dallas rally by presidential hopeful Donald Trump produced some of the sharpest scenes of conflict yet in his campaign as hundreds gathered to protest his positions on immigration and confronted supporters as they left the event.

US presidential hopeful Donald Trump has announced he will not run as an independent, if he is not selected as the Republican party candidate for the White House.

Not only is Donald Trump an unconventional candidate, he’s got a campaign operation that turns the conventional wisdom of electoral politics on its head.

The crowdfunding campaign for Karen Buckley and her family has raised almost €70,000 in the same short 24 hours that her remains were found and a man was arrested in connection with her death.

Missing Cork student Karen Buckley's former classmates have launched an online crowdfunding campaign to raise money for their missing friend.

Video: Hillary Clinton launches her official bid for the White House.

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Hillary Clinton defended her initial opposition to gay marriage, denying in a radio interview that political reasons were behind her shift last year to supporting same-sex marriage.