Organisation: General Assembly of the UN

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

Climate change: Soothing rhetoric is not enough to save the planet

Despite our politicians making all the right sounds, Ireland’s agricultural emissions will be a major issue in trying to reach targets on climate change, writes Dave Robbins

Wed, 02 Dec, 2015

IRELAND’S HUMAN RIGHTS RECORD: Women’s rights ‘are not respected here’

Ireland is eight years late in submitting a major report to the UN on tackling discrimination against women.

Mon, 23 Mar, 2015

Flanagan to meet Kerry and Biden over NI peace talks

The Foreign Affairs Minister Charlie Flanagan is taking part in high-profile talks in the US today that include a meeting with the U.S Vice President and the Secretary of State in Washington.

Mon, 29 Sep, 2014

Gilmore: Government is never easy

Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore downplayed the disruption caused by Róisín Shortall's resignation as he prepared to address the General Assembly of the UN in New York this evening.

Fri, 28 Sep, 2012