When a candidate to be the next president of France thinks it’s appropriate to tweet gruesome images of Islamic State killings, it’s time to admit we are in an era where words and images have lost all meaning, writes Clodagh Finn

Danish photojournalist Daniel Rye endured beatings, torture, cramped spaces and hunger as a hostage of the Islamic State in Syria, topped off with the regular threat of beheading, writes Cormac O’Keeffe.

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There is a disconnect between data on cycling injuries compiled by the Road Safety Authority (RSA) and those recorded at a busy hospital emergency department, it has emerged.

A masked jihadi with a British accent mocks David Cameron in a purported new Islamic State video showing the execution of five men accused of being spies for the UK.

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has taken down a tweet showing the execution of US reporter James Foley after his family protested — but left up two other gruesome images of violence by Islamic State (IS) extremists.

David Cameron has hailed the apparent death of ‘Jihadi John’ as a “strike at the heart” of Islamic State (IS).

The Fifty Shades of Grey movie adaptation got off to a great start in February 2015 with a massive box office take and plenty of column inches written about its curious romance between a dominant millionaire and an innocent young woman.

Gardaí have strongly urged people in Kerry not to keep large sums of cash in their homes, following the theft of well over €200,000 in recent break-ins.

History is repeating itself in reverse as immigrants to Ireland begin changing their names to westernised versions.

Mohammed Emwazi, the Briton identified in reports as Islamic State executioner ‘Jihadi John’, has been described as “extremely kind” and “extremely gentle” by a man who has known him since 2009.

Members of the small Arizona town where Kayla Mueller grew up gathered in grief after learning that the aid worker who travelled the world to help others had died in the hands of Islamic State (IS) militants.

The parents of a US woman held by Islamic State militants have been notified of her death, President Barack Obama has confirmed.

Jordan is going after Islamic State group militants wherever they are and plans to “wipe them out completely,” Jordan’s interior minister said.

An online video released today purports to show the Islamic State (IS) group threatening to kill two Japanese hostages unless they receive a $200m (€173m) ransom in the next 72 hours.

Yesterday’s deadly attack on the offices of a Paris magazine exposes not just the horrors of extreme religious fundamentalism but the paucity of moderate Islamic voices.

Al-Qaida has threatened to murder a British-born photographer held hostage by the extremist Islamic group, according to a terrorist monitoring organisation.

US president Barack Obama has said the beheading of Peter Kassig by the Islamic State group in Syria is “an act of pure evil”.

The video showing what the fifth beheading victim of the Islamic State militant known as Jihadi John was released just hours after reports emerged that he was injured in an allied air strike.

James Foley was a compassionate journalist who tried to see the good in people, friends said at a memorial for the man beheaded by Islamic State group extremists.

The parents of a US aid worker threatened with beheading by the Islamic State group say they have broken their silence about their son’s year-long captivity because "the dynamics have changed" and they fear for his life.

The British extremist responsible for the on-screen beheading of hostages has reportedly been identified, as MPs prepare to vote on whether the UK should join air strikes against Islamic State (IS).

The wife of British hostage Alan Henning has called on "the people of the Islamic State to see it in their hearts to release my husband", describing him as a "peaceful, selfless man".

The wife of British hostage Alan Henning has called on “the people of the Islamic State to see it in their hearts to release my husband”, describing him as a “peaceful, selfless man”.

’I felt sick when I saw it," Deputy Tom Barry said in response to The Cork Film Centre’s leaflet highlighting the unwise decision to cut all funding to the centre (Irish Examiner, September 10).

Britain stands ready to take "whatever steps are necessary" to help an international push to destroy the "evil" extremist group who murdered a British aid worker, David Cameron said.

A government TD has criticised a film organisation for distributing leaflets which depict a man about to get his throat cut.

The BBC has edited this Saturday’s episode of Doctor Who to remove a scene where a character is beheaded after the murder of two journalists by Islamic State militants.

While Obama has been criticised for not having a strategy, his desire to build a coalition could prove to be the best policy, writes Jim Gaines.

President Barack Obama has that the United States will not be intimidated by Islamic State (IS) militants after the beheading of a second American journalist.

The White House has determined that a video showing the brutal killing of freelance journalist Steven Sotloff is authentic.

Islamic militants have posted a video online which claims to show the beheading of US journalist Steven Sotloff, who went missing in Syria last year.

An internet video has been released purporting to show the beheading of US reporter Steven Sotloff by the Islamic State group.

Cities in America and western Europe are being eyed as Islamic State (IS) militants’ future targets and President Barack Obama needs to take action, two top politicians have warned.

David Cameron has announced new laws to crack down on terror suspects as he warned that extremism in Iraq and Syria poses a greater danger to Britain than al-Qaida.

A British student has boasted of joining the “golden era of jihad” and fighting for the Islamic State, in a new video.

With the rise of Islamic militancy in the shape of the Islamic State, it is important to remember that the causes of this extremism are both internal and external, writes TP O’Mahony

"Significant progress" is being made in the hunt for the apparently British murderer of the American journalist James Foley, the UK’s counter-terrorism chief has said.

Boris Johnson has said he wants the reportedly English jihadist who beheaded an American journalist to be killed in a bomb attack, and has joined the growing calls for Britons fighting abroad to be stripped of their citizenship.

The parents of murdered American journalist James Foley have released a letter their son wrote during his time in captivity.

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