A new refugee resettlement scheme which has seen Irish communities open their arms to welcome those fleeing war and persecution is to be rolled out nationwide.

Pope Francis yesterday honoured the 100th anniversary of the slaughter of Armenians by calling it “the first genocide of the 20th century” and urging the international community to recognise it as such, a politically explosive declaration that angered Turkey.

LAST week, a Time magazine cover got the world talking. The picture of model Jamie Lynne Grumet breast-feeding her son, Aram, caused outrage. Why? Because Aram is four years old, and he stood on a stool to feed. People considered the image off-putting, even unnatural.

MICHAEL Aram has been working with Waterford Crystal for four years but he’s very much part of its new direction.

Prime Minister Andranik Margarian died today of heart failure, government spokeswoman Meri Arutunian said. He was 55.