Lisa Smith, who is linked to Islamic State, escaped from a Kurdish forces detainment camp in Syria last month. It is believed she is now being detained close to Syria's border with Turkey.

Discrimination is a significant challenge that vulnerable Irish emigrants often experience when they return to Ireland, it has emerged.

A new scheme of Jobseeker’s Benefit, from November, will open up the full range of activation supports to low-income self-employed people.

22-year-old Ciaran O'Boyle from was found unconscious on Tuesday night.

The man in his early twenties was discovered on a footpath in New York City, after spending the summer in Canada.

A memorandum of understanding signed between the Department of Business here and its Chinese counterpart on boosting technology links between the two countries has not been ensnared by the trade war between President Trump’s White House and China, which involves allegations against China’s Huawei tech giant, the Government has said.

More than 30 Heads of State, UN representatives and ambassadors are to attend a special summit in Cork to highlight challenges small island nations face from climate change and to galvanise efforts to protect the world’s seas.

An Irish man has gone missing while on holiday in Tenerife.

The Irish Government has said its thoughts "are with the families of those who were killed and injured" by the Bloody Sunday shootings after just one of 16 soldiers were told they face criminal charges over what happened.

An Irishman has reportedly been murdered in Malaysia — with local media revealing that a note was found at the scene which is believed to have been left by the killer.

A 31-year-old Irish woman has been found dead at a ski resort in Austria.

Donald Trump's trade sanctions could have a "catastrophic" effect on the economy of rural Limerick, a TD has warned.

The Government has said it will take “weeks to assess” the impact on the Irish economy of Donald Trump’s trade sanctions on Russia as 650 jobs at Aughinish Alumina in Limerick remain under threat.

Irish diplomats received over €820,000 worth of tuition in Swahili, Hebrew, Chinese, and other languages since 2013, records show.

Goal chief executive Barry Andrews has resigned from his role as a US-led probe into the charity’s operations in war-torn Syria continues.

An Australian man has died after a large shark attacked him while he was kite-surfing in New Caledonia, a French island territory in the South Pacific.

Update - 7.45pm: Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called on the United States to extradite a Muslim cleric he accuses of being behind Turkey's failed coup attempt.

Foreign Affairs Minister, Charlie Flanagan, has warned Irish soccer fans travelling to France for the European Championships to “exercise a high degree of caution”. There are concerns the tournament could be a target for a terrorist attack.

The Department of Foreign Affairs has defended its overseas aid programme, after an international ratings body ranked its transparency levels as ‘poor’ for the fourth time in six years.

A poll finding that most Irish people oppose the US using Shannon Airport for military purposes has fuelled calls for Taoiseach Enda Kenny to raise the issue with President Barack Obama.

More than eight million tourists are expected to visit Ireland next year as the Star Wars effect will help bring a €4bn boost to the economy.

I refer to the letter from Dr Kevin McCarthy regarding the departing ambassador of Israel to Ireland.

It does seem surprising, shortsighted and potentially counter-productive for the South African Embassy in Ireland to contemplate diplomatic immunity as a defence in the case of the domestic employee of its former charges d’affaires involved in the alleged ‘slave labour’ row at the Employment Appeals Tribunal.

A women’s co-operative in Malawi shows that people can learn to help themselves with great results, writes Isabel Conway.

GOAL has dispatched an emergency response team to Nepal to support relief efforts following the worst earthquake to hit the country in 80 years.

It is being reported that the private plane of the former president of Panama touched down in Shannon Airport this morning.

Children of Irish heritage all over New York will benefit from major Irish Government funding for the Shannon Gaels, according to club chairman Sean Price.

The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade issued more than 620,000 passports last year.

Almost 1,650 Irish people needed diplomatic assistance while abroad last year, it has been revealed.

NORTH KOREA: In North Korea, there can be only one Kim Jong Un.

Four couples from the US and Australia have been prevented from leaving Thailand with surrogate babies as part of a government crackdown on the burgeoning commercial surrogacy industry.

Four couples from the United States and Australia have been prevented from leaving Thailand with surrogate babies, it is reported.

The signing of a $1m contract with a Malaysian university has provided Cork company, Akari Software with a significant breakthrough in its bid to develop sales internationally.

Labour leader Eamon Gilmore is due to make a statement at 4pm, amid widespread rumours of his impending resignation.

The Taoiseach and Tánaiste are expected to meet later today and begin discussions on a Cabinet re-shuffle.

The president of the GAA has raised the possibility New York may cease to participate in the All-Ireland SFC in the future.

The specially commissioned video for St Patrick’s Day which set out to highlight the qualities that make Ireland such a unique place, has become one of the most shared and viewed globally over the last week.

The Government’s trade mission to the Gulf states has been condemned for “drumming up trade in human rights blackspots”.