An award-winning film-maker has produced a YouTube video condemning fracking in Ireland.

Africa once had a bedazzling tree; from its branches hung battered fruit.

THE head of one of the country’s most powerful trade unions has written to all TDs in a bid to stem criticism of the extent of savings made under the Croke Park Agreement.

A senior university academic is heading up an independent investigation into the mystery bondholders behind Ireland’s crushing national debt.

INITIATIVE, hard work, determination, self-confidence — these are ingredients for Ireland’s recovery.

Tibet's spiritual leader the Dalai Lama begins his first visit to Ireland in 20 years today.

TIBET’S spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has arrived in Ireland for his first visit in 20 years.

Tibet's spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has arrived in Ireland for his first visit in 20 years.

IRELAND’s bank debt should be cancelled on the grounds that it is “unjust and unsustainable,” a justice advocacy group has said.

THE 14th Dalai Lama will visit Ireland next year to take part in a series of events being planned by three Ireland-based NGOs.

ENERGY Minister Eamon Ryan has ruled out any chance of the Government renegotiating the Corrib gas deal with Shell and its partners after admitting any changes would damage Ireland’s reputation abroad.

The AFRI is holding its annual conference in Co. Kildare today.

A DIPLOMATIC row is brewing over the acquittal of five anti-war protesters on charges of causing an estimated €2 million worth of damage to a United States navy aircraft.

A group of secondary school students bought leg irons and an electric shock baton over the internet to expose the lack of regulation of the arms trade, it emerged tonight.

CAMPAIGNERS in Ireland are to launch a website dedicated to victims of police ‘shoot-to-kill’ policies beginning with a Brazilian who was shot dead by London detectives last month.

IRELAND exported over €26 billion in military-related products to dozens of countries since 1997, the latest figures reveal.

IRISH universities are becoming increasingly involved in research sponsored by some of the world’s largest arms companies, a report to be published today reveals.

IRELAND exported more than €2 billion worth of restricted military and dual-use equipment in 2003, latest figures reveal.

TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern was yesterday portrayed as the dormouse from Alice in Wonderland in criticism of the Government’s willingness to provide assistance for the US war on Iraq.

JUSTIN BARRETT’S No to Nice campaign received over €30,000 in donations, according to a report from the election watchdog.

NEW anti-terrorism laws before the Dáil today seriously threaten genuine opponents of political tyranny, a leading lawyer warned yesterday.

Anti-war protestors have finished their march at Shannon Airport.

CONCERN works with and for the world’s poorest people. Currently, the deteriorating food situation in southern Africa and the Horn of Africa is at the centre of our work.

THE door will be opened for the wholesale privatisation of public services if the Nice Treaty is passed, the Socialist Party said yesterday.

The Justice Lobby Group, AFRI, is claiming that the EU is corrupting Irish defence policy.

The Action from Ireland (Afri) group has submitted a questionnaire to all candidates in the upcoming election asking them to spell out their positions on a range of global issues.