People should be “pragmatic” about their holiday bookings because of coronavirus, the Irish Travel Agents Association has urged.

The country has become a battleground for larger powers competing for its oil and attempting to dominate the Arab world, writes Bernard Haykel

They differ from the more prevalent oranges we eat because their flesh, and often the skin, is crimson or deep red in colour.

A resort in Belek, just outside Antalya, offers real value for money and quality, heavenly courses, writes Ronan Bagnall

The number of migrants and refugees that entered Europe by sea in 2019 marks the sixth year in a row that figures were at least 100,000.

The changing of the calendar on the wall heralds the start of a new gardening season once more.

Des O'Driscoll talks us through his highlights for 2019.

A humanitarian volunteer from Ireland who was arrested on suspicion of human trafficking in Greece last year remains in legal limbo and still faces a possible prison sentence of 25 years.

An open letter to European leaders, written by Christos Christou, MSF International President.

Capable of handling some of the largest liners in Cobh, the Port of Cork welcomed over 243,000 passengers and crew in 2019, writes Brendan Keating

Here, it was a chilly ending to October; there, on the Greek island which we left just 48 hours ago, it was a warm sea and a white beach and the infinity of space above us a cloudless blue.

Polls before the Brexit referendum in 2016 showed a majority in favour of remain, but they also showed that most Britons were indifferent. The same is true today, says Bill Emmott.

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.

Fine Gael MEPs have rejected widespread criticism that they are turning their backs on refugees fleeing across the Mediterranean after voting against a European parliament motion to improve supports for migrants making the journey.

The directors of a Co Monaghan hire company has said it is “shellshocked” and “gutted” after 39 Chinese people were found dead in one of its trailers.

If it is natural to look away from challenges that seem almost beyond resolution then a price for that evasion must always, eventually, be paid. T

Gardaí do not believe that the 39 people found dead in a container yesterday in the UK were trafficked through Ireland.

The biennial festival in Cork produced another unique feast of fine music and good vibes.

Ireland should more than double its annual intake of refugees over the coming three years to meet its “fair share” of the projected global refugee resettlement need, a migrant umbrella group has said.

The third incarnation of the Sounds From A Safe Harbour festival kicked off in Cork last night, with the city set for six days of music and performances organised by a star-studded panel of curators.

The relic of a human heart is to be part of a floating art installation honouring migrant peoples in Cork.

I have a few things to report on this week but in particular I want to talk about a re-tasting of the wines of Mandrarossa, an excellent Sicilian producer I mentioned first a year ago.

So that’s nearly Friday wrapped up. Here’s some of the stories we published on irishexaminer.com today which we hope will help you make sense of it all this evening.

Ireland is among six EU countries which have agreed to take in migrants stranded on a rescue ship in the Mediterranean.

A human heart found deep within a city centre crypt in the 19th century is to be returned to Cork next month as "sacred cargo".

Neil Delamere in conversation with Richard Fitzpatrick.

You know there was a bit of a fuss last week about the appointment of the All-Ireland football final referee. (I am speaking here in the blandest possible terms here).

On World Humanitarian Day, it is vital to support the work of frontline aid workers who are operating in increasingly dangerous situations, writes Dominic MacSorley

Making the most of shady spots is all down to knowing your fatsias from your hostas, says Peter Dowdall.

Donal O’Keeffe visits the major Turkish city that straddles Europe and Asia across the Bosphorus Strait and is fascinated by its magical blend of museums, markets, history and restaurants.

We must change the way we use land and produce food if we are to save the planet, a UN climate report warns.

From the Taj Mahal to Tahilla, Francis Brennan’s TV Grand Tours have always ended at this Ring of Kerry retreat, says Tommy Barker.

An Irish naval service ship on Mediterranean rescue several years ago was unable to recover a dead migrant from the water for four hours because EU states refused to accept the body, a former mission member has said.