He will now not go to New York where a UN event is being held as was initially planned.

French president Emmanuel Macron has said a midair collision between two helicopters killed 13 French soldiers in Mali.

Social Protection Minister Regina Doherty is the latest minister to be subject to scrutiny about voting in the Dáil.

The President and Defence Minister have returned to Ireland after being evacuated from their hotel in Beirut yesterday.

The President and Defence Minister have been evacuated from their hotel in Beirut.

The association representing the country’s frontline Defence Forces has sought affiliation with the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (Ictu) so it can be involved collectively in national pay talks.

Defence Minister Paul Kehoe has been criticised as being “asleep at the wheel” after admitting he was not “briefed in advance” over the Navy staff shortages “fiasco”, which led to two vessels being docked.

Grave concerns within Government over its plan to liberalise Ireland’s drug laws are today revealed in a top-secret Cabinet document.

It comes after two decorated former senior Naval Service officers called for Mr Kehoe's resignation over an on-going recruitment and retention crisis in the Defence Forces which has had a knock-on impact on ships going to sea.

Almost half the Cabinet has failed to turn up in the Dáil for topical questions this year — despite a pledge by the Government that debates would be revamped and junior ministers would not just read scripts.

The Government has earmarked up to €9m to fund an accommodation block for naval personnel stationed at Haulbowline.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said he and his government must heed the "stinging criticisms" made by Commandant Barry about the state of the Defence Forces.

Transport Minister Shane Ross has held "frank" crisis talks with the chief executive of Irish Ferries' parent company in a bid to prevent the closure of the Rosslare to Cherbourg route next spring.

Samsung cancer scandal cited over Casement chemical exposures

The deepening crisis in the Defence Forces will be laid bare at a conference

The Israeli Defence Minister has called for the "immediate" closure of its Dublin embassy days after a bill was passed by the Seanad banning the importation of goods originating from Israeli settlements in Palestine.

The naval service is facing a personnel crisis, having failed to secure sufficient numbers for its latest recruitment class.

Last Sunday, the great and the good gathered on a cold and breezy O’Connell St for the annual Easter Rising commemoration, writes Daniel McConnell.

The Defence Minister Paul Kehoe will this morning seek Cabinet approval to send Irish navy ships back to the Mediterranean.

The Government has agreed to change the law to allow external candidates over the age of 55 to apply for the post of Garda Commissioner.

A probe has been launched into a cyber attack against a Lithuanian TV station.

Allowing unrestricted access to abortion up to 12 weeks of pregnancy may be “a step too far” and goes “further than many would have anticipated”, said Taoiseach Leo Varadkar.

The defence minister of Israel is calling for a boycott of Arab businesses where residents carried out violent protests against the US president's recognition of Jerusalem as his country's capital.

A Catholic priest shot and killed Patrick Pearse and two other Irish republicans in west Cork during the Civil War, leading anti-Treaty IRA members later claimed, writes Niall Murray.

Kevin Barry is probably one of the most famous names in republican history but it was not enough to earn his mother any payment for his death. She applied in November 1937 for a special allowance owing to the loss of her son, who was hanged on November 1, 1920.

The Air Corps’ failure to protect workers from exposure to cancer-causing chemicals may have affected thousands of people, causing 100 deaths as well as birth defects and miscarriages, the Dáil heard yesterday.

Homeowners who paid water charges will receive refunds of between €100 and €160 before the end of the year, once the Cabinet approves the move today.

Homeowners who paid water charges will receive refunds of between €100 and €160 before the end of the year, once the Cabinet approves the move today.

Thai authorities are searching for former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra after she failed to appear for a verdict in a criminal case that could send her to prison for 10 years.

A Government minister has spoken of the "vivid memories" which haunt him after he tried to save the life of a policeman who was stabbed in the Westminster terrorist attack.

President Nicolas Maduro has vowed that anti-government fighters who attacked a Venezuelan army base will get the "maximum penalty" as his administration roots out his enemies.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has been pictured spearfishing in southern Siberia's mountains.

High turnover, low morale, and low pay are among the complaints of members of the Defence Forces who are to have their case put to the defence minister this week.

Life-saving organ donations will increase under proposed human tissue legislation which will see people’s body parts automatically gifted for transplants.

Fianna Fáil has called on the Government to establish healthcare screening for members of the Defence Forces, as well as a health package for those who have suffered illnesses as a result of their exposures while working for the State.

Justin Keating was Minister for Industry and Commerce in the early 1970s and a man of strong convictions, never afraid to voice his opinions. Ryle Dwyer reads between the lines of his collection of writings. 

Israeli defence officials said this week that Syria still has up to three tons of chemical weapons in its possession.

More than 60 members of the Defence Forces either failed or missed mandatory drug tests in the past five years.

Colombian authorities have abandoned the search for survivors of floods that killed at least 314 people, with 106 people listed as missing.

The Air Corps is almost 25% below its recommend strength with more than 200 vacancies across all ranks.

South Korea's Constitutional Court has formally removed impeached President Park Geun-hye over a corruption scandal that has plunged the country into political turmoil.

An Irish Examiner investigation into working conditions in the Air Corps has revealed a “horror story”, Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin told the Dáil yesterday.

IF Garda Sgt Maurice McCabe had been a docile, compliant and fearful member of An Garda Síochána, his complaints about malpractice within the force would never have come to light. It was his resilience, courage and, above all, his turbulent persistence that assured his observations gained the oxygen of publicity required to expose shortcomings within the organisation.

There is growing pressure on the Government to launch an independent inquiry into the exposure of members of the Air Corps to cancer-causing toxins at Casement Aerodrome.