The Irish Government has no plans to follow the British Government and match public donations for the Asian tsunami disaster with Exchequer funding, it emerged tonight.

The GAA is to set to add to the funds it has already raised for the Asian tsunami disaster by staging a match between an All Star selection and Ballinderry Shamrocks on Sunday.

The Government must call on the United Nations to establish a global watchdog to respond to humanitarian catastrophes like the Asian tsunami disaster, it was claimed today.

The Irish Farmers Association has donated €100,000 to the victims of the St Stephen's Day tsunami disaster in the Indian Ocean.

Insurers in Britain today moved to reassure families hit by the Asian tsunami disaster that they would not have to wait years for a life policy pay-out.

FIFA and UEFA have announced details of an international benefit match for the victims of the Asian tsunami disaster.

GOAL chief executive John O'Shea has claimed that the Irish Government is on the verge of announcing a troop deployment in Sri Lanka to help victims of the Asian tsunami disaster.

A THAI waitress living in Cork who lost her brother in the Asian tsunami disaster has thanked the people of the city for their support.

Relatives of a 30-year-old Co Tyrone man feared killed in the Asian tsunami disaster have said they believe his remains may have been found in a mortuary at the Thai resort of Krabi.

Bob Geldof is to receive an award for outstanding contribution to music at the up-coming Brit Awards.

The official death toll in the Asian tsunami disaster today climbed past 150,000 as Indonesian authorities increased their tally by nearly 3,000 while adding tens of thousands to their count of the number left homeless from the disaster.

Around 440 Britons are either dead or missing in the Asian tsunami disaster, British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said today.

THE Irish racing industry is coming together this weekend to support the GOAL Sport Aid Weekend for the victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami disaster.

A young Irish woman, who survived the Asian tsumami disaster during a holiday to Thailand is helping local families devastated by the Tsunami to rebuild their lives.

Farmers are to donate €100,000 to the victims of the Asian tsunami disaster, through the Irish Farmers Association.

Motor racing ace Michael Schumacher has donated €7.5m to aid the victims of the Asian tsunami disaster.

LIFE-SAVING consignments of food and medical supplies for victims of the Asian tsunami disaster are being organised by a Corkman who is the current president of Junior Chamber International.

EU foreign ministers will hold emergency talks on Friday to discuss the bloc’s response to the Asian tsunami disaster.

The Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, is due to meet representatives of Irish aid agencies this afternoon to discuss efforts to help the victims of the Asian tsunami disaster.

A father of two admitted today that he sent a string of hoax emails to friends and relatives of people missing following the Asian tsunami disaster.

A mother of two from Scotland wept tonight as she waited anxiously to hear the fate of three generations of her family, feared dead as a result of the Asian tsunami disaster.

A special sitout at Belfast Cathedral in aid of the Asian tsunami disaster has passed the half a million euro mark, it emerged tonight.

Vodafone Group Plc today announced that it will be making a charitable donation of £1m (€1.4m) to support the humanitarian rescue operation following the Asian tsunami disaster.

The FTSE 100 Index narrowly missed setting a new 30-month high today before falling back towards its opening mark.

Dozens of Irish people are still unaccounted for, three days after the Asian tsunami disaster, it was confirmed today.