Retired soldier Anthony Moore from Kilworth Road, Drimnagh, Dublin 12 claimed that following his deployment to Liberia he began to experience various problems with his health.

Anthony Moore claims his mental and physical health has suffered greatly a result of taking of Mefloquine Hydrochloride or Lariam

An Irish startup using virtual and augmented reality is providing training solutions for companies in high-risk industries.

More needs to be done to make sport more inclusive for minorities, the economically disadvantaged, and people with disabilities, according to the chief executive of the organisation that represents Ireland’s sporting governing bodies.

When I was growing up in Tralee, the only black people you saw walking the streets of the town were the basketball imports who arrived in Ireland to play with the Tigers.

Stadiums are clearly the new silverware. The trouble with sport, see, is its unpredictability. From a business point of view, at least.

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.

Caroline O’Doherty speaks with an Irish aid worker in one of Africa’s most volatile regions that has been hit with an outbreak of the ebola virus

Donald Trump has put women’s lives at risk around the world by defunding maternal healthcare schemes, say Anne-Marie Slaughter and Elizabeth Radin.

Young Fathers have just given birth to their third album and are looking forward to playing in Trabolgan, writes Ed Power.

WITH the latest communications advances comes a problem along with the gains. 

There have been reports of scam calls coming from the Liberia +231 prefix.

From academic prowess to cutting-edge research, Ireland’s young women are an impressive bunch, writes Niamh Hennessy.

LATEST: One person has been confirmed dead from Ebola in an outbreak in a remote corner of northern Congo as health authorities look into a total of nine suspected cases, including another death, the country's health minister said.

This Wednesday, International Woman’s Day, women everywhere are going on strike, writes Suzanne Harrington. 

An American surfer was in serious but stable condition after he was attacked by a large crocodile at a popular tourist beach in Costa Rica.

That's one for each of us.

Denmark overtook Switzerland as the world’s happiest place, according to a report that urged nations regardless of wealth to tackle inequality and protect the environment.

The World Health Organization is warning that the zika virus may yet spread across all of the Americas, bringing with it the inability to procreate safely. Peter Apps reports on the crisis

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

Male political leaders have been urged to live up to their responsibility to sufficiently support women in crisis and conflict settings.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny will meet national leaders from across the globe under tight security in Paris today as part of a major climate change conference that is being seen as a “gesture of solidarity” with France.

Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today.

Cork filmmaker Dearbhla Glynn tells Richard Fitzpatrick why she spoke to perpetrators of horrific crimes in a place known as the rape capital of the world

The international community was content to ignore the ebola epidemic until it was so widespread it no longer could. By then, it was too late to avert a major catastrophe, writes Samuel Kargbo

Health authorities quarantined hundreds of people in northern Sierra Leone after a 16-year-old girl died of ebola in an apparent case of sexual transmission, the first confirmed death from the virus in the district for nearly six months.

Europe’s attempts to clean up tax evasion and money laundering took a step forward yesterday when an international task group said that Austria — a eurozone nation that was until recently falling short —was almost fully compliant with new international standards.

Two new ebola vaccine trials began with volunteers in Britain, France and Senegal getting “prime-boost” immunisations developed by Bavarian Nordic, GlaxoSmithKline and Johnson & Johnson.

The ebola crisis “exposed organisational failings” in the World Health Organisation (WHO) and has highlighted the need for it to make “fundamental changes”, an independent report has found.

A UN report has found that UN Peacekeepers regularly barter goods for sex with women and children in Haiti and Liberia.

Members of a UN peacekeeping mission engaged in “transactional sex” with more than 225 Haitian women who said they needed to do so to obtain things like food and medication, a sign that sexual exploitation remains significantly underreported in such missions, according to a new report.

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The West African countries hit hardest by ebola are ramping up efforts to eradicate the deadly disease using lockdowns, restrictions on burials and a warning to survivors about the potential dangers of unprotected sex.

There's plenty of interesting sport and some great movies on TV tonight...

Médecins Sans Frontières says its warnings that the ebola epidemic was spiralling out of control and that it could not respond were dismissed as alarmist, writes Misha Hussain

It is exactly a year since the deadliest outbreak of ebola was confirmed and health experts and charities have warned the danger is far from over.

The deadly disease of Ebola was in danger of becoming a forgotten tragedy, confined to some of the poorest places on the planet, an international conference heard.

Almost 30 countries are highly vulnerable to an ebola-style epidemic which could jeopardise the future of millions of children, a charity has warned.