There is evidence from the World Bank that climate change will particularly threaten the Middle East and North Africa. The population of the area is expected to double by 2050, while crop yields will decline by 30% to 60%.

A man known as the “naked rambler” has made legal history – by appearing before leading judges in the nude.

A flood prevention scheme, which could cost up to €3 million, should be completed in Glanmire by 2016, according to consultants designing project.

WATERFORD

A 22-year-old Limerick man shot in his head two years ago has said he will never be able to lead an independent life due to his injuries.

EMERGENCY services in Limerick are set to worsen in coming weeks due to a proposed downgrading of the emergency department (ED) at St John’s Hospital, a nurses leader warned yesterday.

Concorde Travel has added Tel Aviv to their holiday offerings for a limited time.

WHAT to do with Harney’s swine flu jabs?

Former students of a US priest suspected of molesting up to 200 deaf boys have given details of his alleged offences against them.

Two men were tonight charged in connection with an alleged plot to murder a Swedish cartoonist who depicted the Prophet Mohammed with the body of a dog.

SO the iceberg-hugging Greens apparently have a pact to reshuffle the Titanic’s deck chairs.

A Limerick criminal serving a life sentence for a violent murder 12 years ago has died in jail.

HOW fares Ireland?

Ewan McGregor has finished his 15,000 mile (24,000 kilometre) motorcycle journey from Scotland to South Africa.

Temple Street Children's Hospital A&E has been voted the best acute hospital in the country by patients and their relatives.

ON a recent visit to my native city of Cork, I was shocked by the desecration of the Victoria Cross area, particularly the appalling yellow block with the great big gaping hole in the middle.

ONE of Waterford city’s proudest parishes is being forced to ask its mainly elderly congregation to dig even deeper and help save their Church’s magnificent stained glass windows.

AFTER three years of disruption and a €13 million facelift, Cork’s main street was officially handed back to its citizens yesterday.

Gardai have named one of the teenagers killed on Ireland’s roads last night as 17-year-old Kevin Strong, from John Sweeney Park in Carlow.

Gardai are seeking the public’s assistance in a second missing person’s case following the disappearance of 20-year-old Joseph Doyle in Dublin on Saturday, April 7.