Record seizures of cocaine have been made in the European countries that account for the bulk of shipments to the continent, both in 2018 and again in 2019.

Rangers were brought crashing back down from their continental high as Hearts' Oliver Bozanic dumped Steven Gerrard's team out of the William Hill Scottish Cup.

It was heart breakingly sad to reflect on someone so vibrant and alive, to die so young, aged only 51, writes Alison O’Connor.

Five days after arriving in Colombia, Fiona Barry and Keith Ward met a rescue pup called Gracie, who gave them paws for thought, says Paula Burns.

It welcomes the opening today of a new sustainable café concept, Blue Bird Coffee Roasters.

Next Friday, four constituencies vote on who might replace Dáil deputies elected to Europe.

The three-week conference in the Vatican is working on how to develop the faith in the Amazon, and will discuss whether it is time to loosen the Church's tradition of celibacy.

Ireland’s Alex Wright has finished down the field in 31st in the men’s 20k walk at the World Athletics Championships in Doha.

The final hour is at hand for Ireland’s show jumpers to deliver their country out of the Olympic wilderness. Not since Athens 2004 has Ireland qualified a show jumping team for the Games, and tomorrow sees the Irish riders embark on their last chance to make Tokyo 2020.

Irish company Fyffes has reassured over an outbreak of a banana fungus in major producer Ecuador that destroys the fruit, saying that the worldwide industry is coping in fighting back against the plant disease.

It's not long-jumper Luvo Manyonga’s athletic ability that impresses most. No, it’s his journey, his story, which could have had a grim ending.

Everything was going grand for Pamela Uba as Ladies Day at the Galway Races dawned.

Airbnb host income and guest spending were estimated to be worth over €700m to the Irish economy in 2018 and globally exceeded €86 bn across 30 countries, according to data released by the company today.

A record 71 million people have been displaced worldwide as a result of war, persecution and other violence, the UN refugee agency said.

Declan Burke reviews Birds of Passage, The Hustle and John Wick: Parabellum

The controversial Colombian mining company that routes billions of euro worth of business through Ireland has said it is "horrified" by death threats against a human rights activist who was in this country last month speaking out against the mine.

The prioritisation of the car and poor land use have polluted and ghettoised our cities, but a sustainable approach can change all that, says Abhas K Jha

Doris Salcedo rails against the violence of her native Colombia in her major exhibition at IMMA, writes Ellie O’Byrne

It appeared to be a confrontation between humanitarianism and military force.

Europol, the EU police agency, wants experts from the Criminal Assets Bureau to help set up a specialist unit to target the finances of crime bosses across Europe.

Colombian Jakeline Romero is in Ireland to highlight the harm wrought by a 690 sq km mine, which distributes its coal through a Dublin-based firm, writes Caroline O’Doherty.

Jakeline Romero remembers how, as a small child, she sensed the excitement of people in her community that a mining company was coming to the area.

It’s time for the world to change its approach to drugs, with governments needing to legalise and regulate all illicit substances, say Juan Manuel Santos, Ernesto Zedillo, and Ruth Dreifuss.

Three Ministers are focusing this St Patrick's Day on opening up new markets for Irish companies across three continents.

A new book paints a picture of rampant homosexuality in the Catholic Church but builds castles on the sands of rumours and innuendo, writes TP O’Mahony.

Venezuela's vice president is visiting Russia, seeking stronger ties with Moscow amid mounting pressure from the United States.

These shipments are rarely just about saving lives, writes Morten Wendelbo.

The President has unveiled a plaque to mark the birthplace of a Cork man who is revered in Venezuela as a liberator, but who remains largely anonymous here.

The Irish company that imports coal from a Colombian mine accused of human rights abuses has recorded revenues of €2.3bn.

Ultimately, it may be Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman’s own words that come back to haunt him as he stands trial in the US accused of drug trafficking, write NJ Burkett and David Alire Garcia.

The proposal was always going to be crazy but what makes it insulting is its timing, writes Victoria White.

Women, both running and voting in record numbers, will decide the American election. And the face of that pink wave is 29-year-old New Yorker Alexandria-Ocasio Cortez.

Katie Taylor is never one to overlook an opponent but she knows an emphatic victory in Boston tonight will make a particularly big impact on one ringside observer.

Damien Enright visited Ibiza to discuss a book he has written about the time he spent there between 1961 and 1965

The show jumping team season comes to its conclusion this weekend when fifteen countries do battle in the annual FEI Nations Cup Final in Barcelona.

Paper and packaging giant Smurfit Kappa Group (SKG) is eyeing acquisition opportunities in the Americas as it looks to grow further in the region.

With the Government to be taken to court for its alleged failures on climate change, the law is now a frontline for campaigners, writes Caroline O’Doherty.

As weekends go, this was as good as it gets for Irish athletics: Two medals, five athletes, and one bright future ahead.

The group donned jerseys from Spain (red), Netherlands (orange), Brazil (yellow), Mexico (green), Argentina (blue) and Colombia (purple).

The vagaries of the group stage format at a Fifa World Cup were laid bare in the final round of fixtures as England’s reserves laboured to a 1-0 defeat against Belgium, safe in the knowledge that finishing second in Group G probably opens up a better route to the final.