In Burying Peter Sutherland tomorrow, we lay to rest one of very few who rose out

Peter Sutherland, who has died aged 71, was an exceptional Irishman. He held senior positions in law, business, and government.

Known as ‘God’s Banker’ and the ‘Father of Globalisation’, Peter Sutherland’s legacy is considerable yet, to some, controversial.

LATEST: Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has today paid a warm tribute to Peter Sutherland after the former Attorney General passed away at St James’s Hospital in Dublin this morning.

AT THE 1982 Fine Gael ard fheis, hard-line conservative TD Alice Glenn praised her party leader’s support for a pro-life, anti-abortion referendum, should the party be elected into office later that year.

From news reports it appears that many of the Tyrrelstown tenant victims of the Beltany ‘vampire squid’ are immigrants. Peter Sutherland was for many years the chairman of Goldman Sachs International, of which Beltany is a subsidiary.

Doctor Thorne, from Julian Fellowes, begins on UTV Ireland tomorrow at 9pm, starring Rebecca Front, Tom Hollander, Ian McShane and Stefanie Martini.

Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today.

Developed countries can well afford to aid refugees. In fact, we can’t afford not to. And the way we respond will tell us a lot about ourselves, writes Peter Sutherland

THE United Nations’ special envoy on migration Peter Sutherland pulled no punches when he spoke about Europe’s “ruinously selfish” behaviour towards refugees.

The UN special reprehensive for international migration, Peter Sutherland, says “sovereignty is an absolute illusion that has to be put behind us. The days of hiding behind borders and fences has long gone.”

Get a taste of some of the interesting and quirky happenings in Europe from our Europe correspondent, Ann Cahill.

Hungarian authorities began busing weary migrants and refugees to a nearby registration centre, defusing some tensions at Hungary’s southern border with Serbia.

The UN’s expert on migration has said Ireland should not cap its intake of refugees at whatever figure the EU imposes.

THE ongoing tragedy of a shocking refugee exodus of biblical proportions from war-torn countries, graphically illustrated by the heartrending front page picture of a drowned three-year-old boy on a Turkish beach, finally appears to be pricking Europe’s sleeping conscience.

David Cameron was under mounting pressure last night after describing migrants trying to reach Britain as a "swarm".

The UN Special Representative for International Migration says the 600 migrants due to arrive here in September should be allowed to work while their applications for asylum are being processed.

With Greece teetering on the brink of a eurozone exit there has never been a more pressing time to reform the EU, writes Kyran Fitzgerald

The Government has appointed a former Fine Gael senator to a highly paid European role worth €250,000 per year.

Recently (Letters, May 11), Fergus O’Leary defended his Conservative (with a big C) values and charged me with being one of those “self styled liberals who perpetuate the myth that conservatives (note the small c) are all unreconstructed misogynistic xenophobes”. 

A plan that would see EU countries being allocated a share of 20,000 refugees in the next year may be acceptable to Ireland according to Finance Minister Michael Noonan.

The number of foreign nationals applying for asylum last year increased 53%, although Ireland still has a comparatively low inflow rate of refugees within the EU.

The bank guarantee and the eighth amendment were born of ignorance and we are still rectifying the damage, argues Fergus Finlay

The eighth amendment to the Constitution introduced a constitutional ban on abortion.

There are few recent policy statements as chilling or as objectionable as last month’s declaration from the British Foreign Office that the UK will no longer support search-and-rescue operations to prevent impoverished African migrants drowning in the Mediterranean.

Every year when Leaving Cert results are released there’s a flurry of excitement and weeks of stress and nail biting until students eventually manage to get onto the courses they have their hearts set on (or their parents have!)

The selection of an Irishman to head up the Agriculture portfolio at the European Commission will be seen as a major feather in the cap for the Taoiseach, Enda Kenny, following a pretty fruitful week on the European front for a Government about to come under renewed attack from the Opposition.

Anti-immigrant sentiment stems from misinformation; in the absence of an informed debate, populism will prevail, writes Peter Sutherland

Irishman David O’Sullivan will be the EU’s ambassador to Washington for the next five years, in a post previously held by former taoiseach John Bruton.

Putting migration on the agenda for UN development goals will benefit families as well as helping to transform perceptions of the issue, write Peter Sutherland and William Lacy Swing.

When the waiting list is longer than the guest list, it’s fair to assume we’re in wish-you-were-there territory.

FitzGerald agreed a constitutional change was needed to protect against abortion but failed to have it framed correctly, writes Ryle Dwyer.

Enforceable code urged for food producers

In the 1980s I was a big fan of Europe. The EU Commission came across as a strident advocate of competition, open markets and progressive economics.

A meeting of some of the world’s most powerful people has been slammed as being too secretive.

The decision to go ahead with a controversial BBC documentary about North Korea went “right to the top”, the corporation’s head of news programming said today.

Tree House is a modern two-bed home that retains its rustic appeal. Tommy Barker