Here in Syros, a small island in the Cyclades in Greece, I was ambling homeward at night after a memorable meal of kalamari (squid) stuffed with feta cheese, when I rounded a corner and was stopped as dead in my tracks as if I’d walked into a wall, the wall being the overpowering scent of afrangipani tree growing more than 50m away in the courtyard of our guesthouse.

Thomas McCarthy pays tribute to his late friend — poet and journalist Seán Dunne

Fiann Ó Nualláin follows in the footsteps of the Fianna as he explores a province’s hills and vales.

A study from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has shown that homicide has caused more deaths worldwide than armed conflict and terrorism combined.

Bangor-born blogger Jonny Blair has been travelling the world since 2003.

While Donald Trump declared state of emergency on the US border with Mexico in order to gain funds for building a border wall to prevent migration into the States, a lesser known fact is the health problems Central Americans face when they are deported back.

Tributes have been paid to “the heartbeat” of Trócaire, Sally O’Neill Sanchez, who was killed in a car crash in Guatemala.

A retired Irish aid worker has been killed in a road collision in Guatemala.

Spain remains the most popular summer holiday destination for Irish holiday-goers according to a recent AA Travel Insurance survey.

It must take a lot to leave your home, young child, maybe even newborn in tow, to walk a thousand miles to a place you’ve heard separates families at its border and uses “outdoor fenced spaces” as “shelter”.

The use of force against Venezuela has gained much credence by the appointment by US president Donald Trump of Elliott Abrams as his Venezuelan envoy.

The critically acclaimed ‘Can You Ever Forgive Me?’ has put confidence tricks back in the spotlight. Robert Hume looks back at some of the most famous scams.

Pope Francis has said fear of migration is "making us crazy" as he began a trip to Central America amid a standoff over President Donald Trump's promised wall at the US-Mexico border and a new caravan of migrants heading north.

Immigration, especially immigration provoked by climate change, is one of the issues of our time. Despite huge efforts, many of them unsuccessful and inhumane, the issue will become more rather than less challenging.

This week’s contribution to the contagion of populism comes from Austria, whose government has refused to sign up to the newly drafted UN Global Compact for Migration, the aim of which is to better manage legal population flows, as the number of people on the move, fleeing persecution or poverty, increases.

Outsourcing firm Voxpro said it is to create 400 jobs in Cork as it opens a new office alongside its headquarters at City Gate in Mahon.

In excess of €500m worth of drugs have been seized by European law enforcement agencies since the start of the year, reflecting a substantial increase in trafficking across the Atlantic and Mediterranean.

“You know if you don’t pass maths, you fail the ENTIRE Leaving Cert.”

The US president’s hard line on deportation and immigration is too late to prevent a major demographic shift to non-whites, who tend to vote for the Democrats, says Bette Browne.

Trump may not have built his wall but he is effectively deterring immigration through detentions, deportations, separations, threats and a culture of fear, writes Bette Browne

FIFA president Gianni Infantino has called for an emergency meeting of the governing body's council to discuss a €20.5billion plan to overhaul the Club World Cup and set up a new national league.

Donald Trump has pledged "strong action today" on immigration, a day after he said he wants to use the military to secure the US-Mexico border until his "big, beautiful wall" is erected.

The bigger a bat’s ears, the better its hearing, is likely to be. But is it, asks Richard Collins

’RED Admiral thrives despite wet summer’ runs a headline on Butterfly Conservation’s website. This glamorous insect is doing well in the UK, writes Richard Collins.

“GOL! GOL! GOL-GOL-GOL-GOL!! HAMEZ MAKLAINES!!! GOL! GOL! GOL!!!!” Which is how George Hamilton might have sounded in Cardiff had he donned a Panama hat.

Hurricane Nate is now expected to be a Category 2 hurricane when it makes landfall on the US central Gulf Coast in the coming hours.

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At least 22 people have died in Central America as Tropical Storm Nate dumped heavy rain across the region.

A man with a sombrero in a Mexican photo studio might not look like having much to do with the Irish-language revival but the image recalls a key moment in its early days.

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Before he starts work in Limerick on a new series from George RR Martin, director Doug Liman is bringing the tale of super smuggler Barry Seal to the big screen, writes Esther McCarthy.

Americans gazed in wonder through telescopes, cameras and protective glasses as the moon blotted out the midday sun in the first full-blown solar eclipse to sweep the US from coast to coast in nearly a century.

Cork outsourcing company Voxpro said it has been taken over by Canadian IT giant Telus in a deal estimated at €150m, and said that not only are jobs safe but it could expand its operations.

Cork outsourcing company Voxpro said it has been taken over by Canadian IT giant Telus International in a deal estimated at €150m, and said that not only are jobs safe but it could expand its operations.

Among the many threats associated with climate change, deteriorating global security could turn out to be the most frightening of all, says Gulrez Shah Azhar

A teenage boy travelling alone opened an emergency door after his plane landed, slid down the wing and jumped on to the tarmac at San Francisco before shocked passengers could do anything to stop him, witnesses said.

Kerry furniture designer Tricia Harris stretched the idea of a ‘room outside’ to an entire house at this year’s Bloom festival that opens today.

The former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega died on Monday.

A new business aims to integrate computer technology into our brains. But is this mix of humanity with technology desirable or ethical, ask Agata Sagan and Peter Singer.

Stephen Graham’s character continues to search for evidence in real-life murder drama Little Boy Blue at 9pm on ITV on Monday.

The fight to control narcotics in Central America has cost more than 40,000 lives. Des Breen reads two books which expose the vicious reality behind the war on drugs.

The revelations of May 1992 robbed the country of a bishop with energy and vision, writes TP O’Mahony.

THE death, yesterday at the age of 89, of Bishop Eamonn Casey, Bishop Emeritus of Galway and Kilmacduagh after a long illness suffered in a Co Clare nursing home, could be an occasion to rehearse all of the hurt and outrage provoked by his deceit, hypocrisy and betrayal.