Revenge porn is not illegal in Ireland despite widespread criminalisation elsewhere, writes Joyce Fegan.

Bob Geldof has urged people to delete and re-download the Band Aid 30 single.

Aid workers struggled to reach remote, tsunami-ravaged villages in the Solomon Islands today and the death toll rose to at least nine as more bodies were found in wrecked homes and debris.

About 3,000 children saw their mothers threatened, beaten, or raped in the family home last year.

IN the small village of Baghluja just outside Dohuk, returning families, mostly Christian, have braved their lands again after not only being thrown from homes by Saddam Hussein’s regime in the 1990s but after having recently discovered their fields were riddled with unexploded bombs.

THERE were some superb performances in the opening round of the Comerford Cakes National Puppy Stake, although initially there were few major changes in the betting.

WOMEN’S Aid is calling for a change in the law to protect women in dating relationships at risk from abusive partners who are not covered by existing legislation.

AID groups will work from an existing plan for Haiti’s development to help the country recover, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said yesterday.

Juno McEnroe reports from the Democratic Republic of Congo, where fighting has displaced thousands of civilians and threatens to escalate into a full-scale, bloody war.

AID agency Goal yesterday revealed it was evacuating its staff from the Kenyan capital Nairobi amid the escalating tribal violence which has claimed 300 people’s lives.

A taskforce and more specially trained gardaí are needed to tackle domestic violence in homes across Ireland, it was claimed today.

AID agencies appealed for funds Friday to tackle floods that have swept across at least 18 African countries, killing close to 300 already and heightening the risks of disease outbreaks.

Aid agency Concern is urging SSIA-holders to consider giving some of their savings to help people in the developing world.

AID agencies, environmentalists and trade unions gave a damning thumbs down last night to a limited agreement reached at the conclusion of world trade talks in Hong Kong.

AID campaigners last night renewed their call to the Government to honour promises made to the world’s poorest as Ireland’s version of Live 8 drew crowds on to the streets of Dublin.

AID agencies were yesterday urged to consider using a simple new method of disinfecting contaminated drinking water which could save thousands of lives in the aftermath of major disasters.

AID workers yesterday struggled to help thousands huddled in make-shift camps in Indonesia’s northern Sumatra, where two-thirds of the 145,000 killed across the region died, and to reach remote areas after roads and airstrips were washed away.

AID agencies and governments were yesterday coming to terms with the long-term consequences of the devastating tidal waves which have killed thousands in Asia.

AID agencies were yesterday racing to provide food and shelter for millions of people made homeless by the tidal waves across Asia.

The love song Fairytale of New York, sung by The Pogues and the late Kirsty MacColl, has been voted the favourite Christmas song.

British bookmakers have paid out on Band Aid 20 making this year’s UK Christmas Number One spot – five days early.

The release of the Band Aid single has left record stores bracing themselves for a massive sales rush.

Millions of people were tonight expected to tune in for an unprecedented cross-channel TV broadcast of the new Band Aid video.

AID agency GOAL has criticised the Government’s continuing funding of Uganda because of its involvement in the Congolese war and human rights violations.