Climate change is increasing global hunger, with some countries worse off today than a decade ago, a new study shows.

180 pilots who are part of the Irish Airline Pilots’ Association (Ialpa) will hold a 48-hour strike from midnight on August 22.

The racist abuse that local councillor Hazel Chu has received has emboldened her to run for the Senate, as well as for President of Ireland.

The President and the Taoiseach have paid tribute to one of the country’s favourite all-round entertainers, Brendan Grace, who has died at the age of 68 after a short illness.

The comedian and singer Brendan Grace has passed away, aged 68.

A large security presence is surrounding St. Anne's Cathedral in Belfast, where the funeral of murdered journalist Lyra McKee is taking place.

The wife of the ruler of Dubai told RTÉ Radio 1's The Marian Finucane Show that she invited Ms Robinson to visit her and Princess Sheikha Latifa, and asked for her counsel as a family friend.

Pre-concert, Mr Higgins posted this backstage photo of himself with the band.

We’ll also take a look at why things are looking prickly for Ireland's hedgehogs, and there’ll be music from The Blizzards and Phil Coulter.

I didn’t pay that much attention to the Ryder Cup, which I believe thrashed itself out in nicely creased slacks all across the weekend. Homework off and half-days from school await, writes Michael Moynihan

Abortion services here will be completely free to ensure they can be fully accessed by anyone who needs them, will end the need to travel abroad for care and prevent an influx of private abortion clinics into this country.

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The race for Áras an Uachtaráin is officially underway.

Audrey's been sorting out Cork people for years...

Awkward.

The silence of the Church was deafening as 230 beautiful, brave, and resilient Magdalene women came to town this past week, writes Joyce Fegan

What does it take to win a Grand Slam? Upset a president for a start...

Her public persona was charming, but behind the scenes she radiated a cold determination to win, writes Fergus Finlay

The Irish Film and Drama awards celebrated its 15th year last night and boy, did it pull out all the stops.

It’s not everyone that has the President of Ireland attend their funeral, but Dr Maurice Hayes, who passed away at the age of 90 a couple of days before Christmas, lived enough for several men.

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

Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael have strongly rejected any notion of going into government with Sinn Féin after the next general election.

Latest: The President of Ireland has sent congratulations on behalf of the people of Ireland to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons on winning the Nobel Peace Prize 2017.

Former president Mary Robinson said the reluctance of some LGBT leaders to be photographed at Áras an Uachtaráin, when she signed the bill decriminalising homosexuality in 1993, showed her how frightening it was to be gay in Ireland.

The 2017 Special Olympics World Winter Games Opening Ceremony kicked off the world's largest sporting event in 2017 last night.

The post-war era saw a return to full production in Cork, but the economic path wasn’t always smooth. Some workers sailed to Dagenham, while those who stayed saw plenty of VIP guests.

Mary McAleese has said homophobia should be consigned to history in the North.

Politicians should serve a maximum of two terms in the Dáil because anything longer is bad for politics.

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A 16-time national rowing champion has told how Paul O'Donovan had aimed to row in Rio since the age of 12.

The Lord Mayor of Cork sparked a war of words last night after refusing to address guests at the launch of a joint city and county council food promotion strategy yesterday in a row over protocol.

How this week 100 years ago was spent by the men and women behind the Rising

Fifty years ago, an IRA bomb belatedly decapitated one of the most iconic monuments to British rule in Ireland, writes Billy O’Riordan.

Decades on from bloody killings during Northern Ireland’s troubles many victims’ families remain impatient for change to ensure hatred does not pass down through generations, the former President of Ireland Mary McAleese has said.

It’s a photograph that may have been seen by millions over the last 100 years – but how many people other than Pádraig Pearse did they all recognise?

Things went slightly awry in the ITV News captioning department yesterday, as they failed to correctly identify the President of Ireland.

The ordinary people of Greece face the prospect of deep and sustained hardship, of a kind that is unprecedented in a European context, writes Fergus Finlay

The President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins visits Cape Clear Island in West Cork

CAN we talk about the other referendum? 

DURING the turbulent election campaign of 2011 I wrote about the possibility of Sinn Féin’s Martin McGuinness being elected as the President of Ireland, writes Alison O’Connor