US Defence Secretary James Mattis has said North Korea should cease any consideration of actions that would "lead to the end of its regime and the destruction of its people".

Police are investigating the deaths of two people in Co Fermanagh.

Thirty-three million people travelled through Irish airports last year, a 10% increase on the previous year.

Consumer sentiment increased slightly over the last month, but it is not that people are actually feeling more prosperous.

The number of homeless people in Ireland has reached another new record.

At least four people have died following an avalanche in the French Alps.

People who eat seafood are consuming tiny bits of plastic which end up in their bloodstream.

Fifteen people, all adults, have died of the flu so far this season.

Concern has being raised about the level of discrimination against people with disabilities in Ireland.

At least 90 people are missing and feared dead after two shipwrecks off Italy, raising the estimated death toll among migrants in the Mediterranean this year to at least 5,000 - a new record.

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Over 540 people are on trolleys at hospitals across the country, according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation.

Half of Irish people would be in favour of the decriminalisation of drugs.

The American people have chosen their next president.

The vast majority of people think healthcare workers should be able to access their records electronically.

There has been an over 12% jump in the number of people visiting Ireland since the start of this year.

Several people have been injured in an apparent accidental gas explosion near a train station in the eastern French city of Dijon.

Several people from Northern Ireland have contracted the Zika virus, according to reports.

Thousands of people have been forced to leave their homes because of wildfires in Portugal and France.

Three people are dying every day in Ireland due to alcohol, according to one of the country’s top doctors writes Lynne Kelleher.

Police in Zimbabwe's capital have fired tear gas, water cannons and warning shots during riots by minibus drivers and others protesting alleged police harassment.

The number of people with serious mental health problems in prison has almost tripled in the past 10 years.

The State’s free money advice service has secured millions of euro in debt write-offs since January for people struggling with problem debt.

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The death toll from two earthquakes in southern Japan has risen to 35.

Neighbours have spoken of their shock after two people were found dead following a bust-up at a property.

Joan Burton has said it's important for politicians to listen to people - after Enda Kenny claimed there were a lot of 'whingers' in Castlebar.

A recent survey found that 70% of people expect to change jobs in 2016.

At least 47 people, including nine children, are reported to have died in air strikes in Eastern Syria.

Médecins Sans Frontières is calling for the immediate evacuation of almost two dozen people from the Syrian town of Madaya.

At least 11 people have died and 13 are missing after a boat carrying about 50 refugees sank in the eastern Aegean Sea, Greek authorities said.

A mortar attack on a United Nations base in northern Mali has left at least three people dead, including two peace-keepers and a contractor.

Fourteen people have died after their wooden boat sank on its way to the Greek island of Lesbos.

In this week’s column, Kehlan Kirwan looks at the debacle that has been the liquidation of Clerys’ department store and the knock-on effect it will have for the people who worked there.