Top Irish and EU emissaries have met with Bolivian authorities and repeated calls for an independent inquiry into the killing of Irishman Michael Dwyer in the south American country in Apr 2009.

Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore called into question Ireland’s ability to emerge from the bailout if there was no deal on reducing the country’s massive debt.

Eamon Gilmore will today tell world leaders there is an urgent need for an appropriate deal with the European Central Bank on the country’s debt.

The Tánaiste is to push for a speedy resolution to Ireland's bank debt at a series of meetings with EU finance leaders today.

Amnesty International has called on the Irish Government to seek greater protection for human rights defenders during an EU-Latin America summit taking place in Mexico today.