Junior Jobs Minister John Halligan has launched an all-out attack on US president-elect Donald Trump, calling him a brute, a misogynist and a headbanger and is urging Irish people to oppose him.

IRELAND is the sixth largest aid donor per capita in the world, having donated €870 million last year to crises and humanitarian needs.

U2 rocker Bono is continuing efforts to raise awareness of world poverty by joining the Irish government's Hunger Task Force.

The Government has announced a donation of €750,000 to help flood victims in Mozambique.