The US monitors everyone, apart from Canada, Britain, Australia, and New Zealand, so this exception for a militarily ambition nation is a ‘dereliction of duty’, writes Aram Roston

Next week, to celebrate her 70th birthday, Maura Ward and her son, Johnny, will climb Mount Fuji, in Japan. It’s not their first big trip, says Ailin Quinlan

The Irish authorities had the lowest rate of refusal to applications from asylum seekers of any of the EU’s 28 member states last year.

When one of the red lights on a car dashboard starts flashing, any sensible person will stop and check the owner’s manual.

A former soldier has settled his damages action against the State over health problems he claimed he suffered as a result of being prescribed the anti-malaria drug Larium.

This was a fitting climax for a pair of athletes replete with class — and indeed, courage.

Four teenage Eritrean migrants are in a critical condition after being shot during a huge brawl in the port of Calais.

The Italian prime minister has urged his EU allies to take in more refugees, saying the relentless arrival of tens of thousands of rescued people on Italian shores is putting his country under enormous strain.

After a long flight west to east, it takes 36 or 48 hours for the body clock and brain to catch up, writes Damien Enright. 

Sportswear giant Nike has divided opinion with claims that advanced technology can combine with training and talent to change the face of athletics. Mitch Phillips reports

They say they are the only public sector workers without access to the Labour Court.

Damien Enright recounts more tales from his travels in Ethiopia. 

Nobody will come to you even if you’re sick, nobody will come to your room to ask are you ok, writes Victoria White

Daughter of an independent film maker, and niece of an author, Helena has always been encouraged to read and write.

A blockade of lorries is causing chaos on the roads around Calais in a campaign for the Jungle migrant camp to be demolished.

French shopkeepers, police, unionists and farmers will today join hauliers in calling for the northern section of the migrant camp at Calais to be demolished.

This five-day-old newborn is one of the over 6,500 refugees who have been rescued off the Libyan coast in the last two days.

Ethiopia is experiencing its worst drought in 30 years thanks to El Nino, writes Michael Clifford

Ireland assisted in the relocation of just one refugee classed as an “unaccompanied minor”, from Greece between June 14 and July 11 of this year.

Housing problems in Ireland remain the “most significant challenge” to relocating refugees here, according to high-level advice given to the justice minister.

Migrant children in northern France are forced into crime and prostitution on a daily basis to secure a place to stay in migrant camps or the promise of passage to Britain, the UN children’s agency said.

Tánaiste Frances Fitzgerald has told a United Nations review that a Citizens’ Assembly will consider the Eighth Amendment on abortion as part of its remit.

Agri authorities in Eritrea are to develop a herd better suited to their available feed sources thanks to a new Irish-supported breeding programme.

By the time you read this, there will be a new set of the same old wonky, squabbling overlords in place.

A raft of senior Department of Foreign Affairs officials have been promoted and nominated as ambassadors and heads of mission.

Parts of London have higher rates of tuberculosis (TB) than countries such as Rwanda, Eritrea and Iraq, according to a report.

An Eritrean refugee shot by an Israeli security guard and then attacked by bystanders who mistook him for an assailant in a fatal bus station attack has died.

Ireland supports giving Turkish citizens visa-free entry to the EU and €3bn funding in exchange for Turkey preventing refugees and migrants crossing into the EU, Taoiseach Enda Kenny said at a summit of EU leaders.

Britain’s most disappointing tourist attraction is to be dismantled and sent to Calais to be shelter for migrants, creator Banksy has revealed.

The UN has warned that it could see no easing of the flow of refugees into Europe, with 8,000 arrivals daily, and that problems now facing governments may turn out to be only “the tip of the iceberg”.

European states to share 54,000 refugees after divisive deal reached

Are the people fleeing crisis migrants, refugees or asylum seekers? And how will Ireland accommodate any new arrivals? Caroline O’Doherty answers the question you may be asking about the refugee crisis.