ON his recent visit to Haiti, Minister for Overseas Development Peter Power was visibly moved by the terrible conditions that still prevail six months after the earthquake.

FOREIGN Minister Micheál Martin will tackle his Israeli counterpart in Brussels this morning over the fake Irish passports used by the hit squad who killed a senior Hamas commander in Dubai – but is unlikely to get any answers.

An extra 40 tonnes of humanitarian aid has been pledged by Ireland today for Haiti.

ONE of the world’s senior experts in HIV vaccine research said it was vital that complacency over the virus does not take hold after new figures showed a 20% rise in HIV cases in one Dublin hospital.

YOUNG volunteers are the future of Ireland’sefforts in tackling the poverty faced by children in the developing world.

INTERNATIONAL aid experts have called on Ireland not to abandon financial commitments to the world’s poor despite our own economic crisis.

THE Minister for Overseas Development has appealed to aid agencies to maintain good working relations with his department in the face of severe criticisms over dramatic cuts in funding to help the world’s poor.

The European Council of Ministers is to hold an emergency meeting in Brussels tomorrow to discuss the ongoing crisis in Georgia.

A CALL to recapture the spirit of the ’80s was made yesterday as aid chiefs warned Africa needed help from wealthier nations as much as ever.

DELAYS in introducing the new payments scheme for nursing home patients will save €85m towards the Government’s cost-cutting plan.

The Government today funded an initiative to help more women get involved in politics in developing countries.

The Taoiseach Bertie Ahern is in South Africa as part of a six-day that will also see him visit Tanzania today.

Taoiseach Bertie Ahern will have to wait until 9pm to know his fate following the first ever motion of no confidence being tabled against him in the Dáil.

FORMER President Mary Robinson has appealed to the Irish public to champion the protection of women in the developing world from an increasing wave of rape and violence.

The Irish Red Cross is due to meet Conor Lenihan, the Minister for Overseas Development, today to discuss the food crisis in the west African nation of Niger.

Junior Minister Conor Lenihan has been forced to apologise publicly after making a racist remark in the Dáil about Turkish migrant workers.