Muslim leaders in Ireland have united to condemn the Brussels attacks but have urged people to view all terror atrocities, including recently in Turkey, as equally appalling.

Government ministers are continuing to provide contradictory views on whether a referendum on blasphemy will take place this year in light of the Charlie Hebdo shootings.

A Dublin teenager who has spent over a year imprisoned without charge in Egypt has ended the hunger strike he began in his Cairo jail cell two weeks ago.

Justice Minister Alan Shatter has condemned hate mail sent to mosques and Muslim homes and organisations in the last week.

Three Irish sisters are due to be released from prison in Egypt today.

The owner and developer of Cork’s new Islamic Cultural Centre has been warned he will have to apply for planning permission if he wants to extend its opening hours.

A family murdered in a suspected revenge attack may have been the victims of mistaken identity, a neighbour has said.

Diplomatic efforts were continuing last night in a bid to ensure the safety of four Irish-Egyptian siblings who were among protestors arrested in Cairo at the weekend.

It seems opposing abortion legislation is the only commandment the Church is concerned with, writes Michael Clifford.

THE most senior Muslim cleric in Ireland has said there is nothing in his religion that states a woman has to have her face fully covered.

The N6 at Kilrickil in Galway reopened this afternoon following yesterday's crash which claimed the lives of two teenage girls and injured several others.

Two teenage girls remain in a critical condition in hospital this morning following the crash that claimed the lives of two other girls in Co Galway yesterday afternoon.

IRELAND’S war dead were honoured at a ceremony in the Royal Hospital Kilmainham, Dublin, yesterday.

Direct official dialogue is to open up next year between the Government and leaders of dozens of religious communities based in Ireland, the Dáil heard today.

THE main Muslim organisations in the country are to set up a representative body to deal directly with the Government and other State agencies.

A NUMBER of mainstream Muslim organisations yesterday issued a joint statement condemning claims by a Muslim religious leader that extremism was rife among young Irish Muslims.

MUSLIM representatives from across the country are to meet today in response to claims by a Muslim leader of growing extremism among Irish Muslims.

The Spanish government deliberately ignored a mosque known for fundamentalist preachings and frequented by suspects in the Madrid train bombings because the facility was financed by Saudi Arabia, according to an academic expert.

THE Government could face a constitutional challenge from Muslims, Methodists and other minority religious practitioners in Ireland unless it makes greater efforts to help set up multi-denominational schools.

The Islamic Cultural Centre in Dublin has organised a silent protest to follow Friday prayers at its mosque in Clonskeagh today.

GARDAÍ are investigating a graffiti attack on the Taoiseach’s constituency office in which the words “Blood on your hands” were daubed.

THE Muslim community in Ireland feared for the worst following the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, but a year later the good wishes and interest of the majority of citizens have overwhelmed the isolated incidents of abuse and attacks from the ignorant and the racist.

An Italian judge today indicted three men - a Tunisian, an Algerian and a Moroccan - suspected of links to Osama bin Laden’s terrorist network for allegedly providing logistical support to Islamic militants.