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Ireland facing €30 billion deficit, as economic cost of coronavirus to be revealed

The devastating impact of the Coronavirus on the economy will be laid bare to the Oireachtas Covid Committee tomorrow, with members to be told that Ireland is facing a deficit of €30 billion.

Mon, 15 Jun, 2020

Cross-party delegation to visit Ibrahim Halawa in Egyptian prison

A cross-party delegation from the Oireachtas is to visit Ibrahim Halawa in jail in Egypt.

Mon, 09 Jan, 2017

Prolonged drought puts Thailand’s rice, sugar, and rubber output at risk

Rice, sugar, and rubber output in Thailand is at risk because of prolonged drought, according to the country’s government forecaster, which warned that the dry conditions may be aggravated by the development of an El Nino this year.

Sat, 12 Apr, 2014

Kuwait boycotts Denmark over 'offensive' cartoons

Kuwait’s state-supported supermarkets today announced a boycott of Danish products, and the Foreign Ministry called in a regional Danish ambassador to protest at caricatures in a Danish newspaper that have been deemed insulting to Islam’s prophet.

Sat, 28 Jan, 2006