The sister of murdered Irish aid worker Margaret Hassan claimed that the man accused of her murder went missing just before his retrial.

THE family of an Irish-born aid worker who was kidnapped and murdered in Iraq have described the adjournment of her killer’s trial as a boost to the continued efforts to locate her remains.

SO how was it for you? Good, bad or indifferent? It can’t have been that bad, I guess: you’re reading this so that means you got through to the end. What am I banging on about? The first decade of the 21st century, of course. It’s hard to believe it’s in its dying days: I can still remember the hangover from what we learned to call “millennium night”. But time speeds up as we get older, I’m finding.

THE continuing saga of Ceann Comhairle John O’Donoghue’s expenses reached a new low in journalism in the Sunday Tribune (September 13).

A member of the gang that kidnapped and murdered Irish-born aid worker Margaret Hassan has been jailed for life in Iraq today.

An alleged member of the gang that kidnapped and murdered Irish-born aid worker Margaret Hassan is due to go on trial in Iraq today.

VIDEOS detailing the last days of murdered Irish aid worker Margaret Hassan show her being forced into claiming that she passed information to American soldiers in Iraq.

MARCH 17, 2003: US President George Bush gives Saddam Hussein 48-hour deadline to give up power.

HOLLYWOOD star George Clooney has been nominated for the Tipperary Peace Prize for his work on Darfur, it emerged today.

Hollywood star George Clooney has been nominated for the Tipperary Peace Prize for his work on Darfur, it emerged today.

Nine men were being held tonight in England over an alleged terrorist plot to carry out an Iraqi-style kidnapping of a British Muslim soldier.

Eight people were arrested today as part of a major anti-terror investigation into an alleged kidnap plot.

The sister of Irish aid worker Margaret Hassan, who was taken hostage and killed in Iraq, has called on the Muslim community to demand the return of her body in the wake of Saddam Hussein’s death.

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama and outgoing UN secretary-general Kofi Annan are among those nominated for a prestigious Irish international honour.

MICHAEL JOB wonders if he is “missing something” in comparisons between US and Iraqi insurgent treatment of captives (Irish Examiner letters, June 30).

THE family of murdered Dublin-born aid worker Margaret Hassan last night underlined their determination to give her the honour of a dignified burial.

The family of Margaret Hassan have reacted angrily to today's judgement by an Iraqi court, which freed two of the three men accused of being involved in the kidnapping and murder of Mrs Hassan.

An Iraqi man has been sentenced to life in prison in connection with the abduction and murder of Irish-born care-worker Margaret Hassan.

Three men are due to go on trial in Iraq today charged in connection with the murder of aid worker Margaret Hassan.

IRISH aid worker Margaret Hassan, who was murdered in Iraq, died because the British Government refused to speak to her kidnappers, her family said yesterday.

Irish aid worker Margaret Hassan, who was murdered in Iraq, died because the British government refused to speak to her kidnappers, her family claimed today.

Murdered former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri will be awarded this year’s Tipperary International Peace Award at a ceremony in Co Tipperary on Friday, it emerged today.

Lebanon’s former prime minister, the late Rafic Hariri, was named today as the 2005 Tipperary International Peace Award winner.

Mo Mowlam, Gerry Adams, a Brazilian nun and a millionaire builder have been nominated by the public for the 2005 Tipperary Peace Prize, it emerged today.

THE very quick and safe release of reporter Rory Carroll in Iraq is to be welcomed. However, as in all such incidents, questions should be asked concerning any proposed methods that might have been used to gain his release.

The Guardian newspaper said today one of its reporters has disappeared in Iraq and it believes he was kidnapped.

IN recent months the level of violence in Iraq has increased with almost daily reports of bombings. Caught in the midst of the chaos are a small minority, the Christian Iraqis.

A group of “thieves” has claimed responsibility for kidnapping an Italian relief worker from her car in the Afghan capital Kabul, a senior police official said today.

RENEWED efforts are being made to find the body of Irish-born aid worker Margaret Hassan after a number of men captured in Iraq were questioned about the case.

American and Iraqi forces have arrested four people in connection with the murder of Irish-born aid worker Margaret Hassan, officials said today.

A SUICIDE car bomb exploded at the funeral of a Kurdish official in northern Iraq yesterday, killing 20 Iraqis and wounding more than 30 and bringing the death toll in three days of insurgent attacks to at least 100.

Three Iraqis are in custody in connection with the murder of Irish aid worker Margaret Hassan after raids against insurgents, Baghdad Embassy officials confirmed tonight.

A number of suspects have been detained over the abduction of aid worker Margaret Hassan, feared killed last year, the US military said today.

The Irish-born aid worker who was murdered by Iraqi militants last year is to receive one of Ireland's most prestigious awards in recognition of her work.

The Iraqi husband of murdered aid worker Margaret Hassan is arriving in Ireland this week to accept the country’s most prestigious peace prize on her behalf.

Murdered Irish-born aid worker Margaret Hassan was tonight posthumously awarded the Tipperary International Peace Prize.

CLINCHING agreement on the new European Constitution in June was the highlight of Taoiseach Bertie Ahern’s political year, he revealed yesterday.

The “martyrdom” of murdered aid worker Margaret Hassan was honoured in a memorial service to her today.

A memorial mass takes place in England today for the murdered Dublin-born aid worker, Margaret Hassan.

The mutilated body of a Western woman found in the Iraqi city of Fallujah is definitely not that of Irish-born aid worker Margaret Hassan, the British Foreign Office said today.

The Minister for Foreign Affairs Dermot Ahern has welcomed the release of three United Nations hostages being held in Afghanistan.

The last Australian aid agency operating in Iraq has suspended operations in the country, saying it is too dangerous to keep working there amid the violent insurgency.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair today continued his efforts to draw a line under his differences with French President Jacques Chirac over the Iraq war.