Sri Mulyani Indrawati says it will take a global effort to end poverty and suggests there is enough money in the world to do so, but getting hold of it is the problem

An Irish woman working in a Haitian orphanage has survived a hammer attack, during a violent robbery in which another member of staff was killed.

Toddler dethroned in toilet seat dilemma

The Enigma of Return

Lawyers for the Irish Daily Mail are questioning businessman Denis O'Brien as to whether he believes the newspaper "deliberately tried to get him".

Tropical Storm Isaac gained fresh muscle today as it neared the Florida Keys, threatening to be at or near hurricane strength approaching the island chain.

Tropical Storm Isaac swept across Haiti’s southern peninsula today, bringing flooding and at least three deaths while adding to the misery of a poor nation still trying to recover from the 2010 earthquake.

The non-profit aid group founded by Hollywood star Sean Penn in the aftermath of Haiti’s deadly 2010 earthquake will oversee demolition of the wrecked National Palace, the Haitian government said.

Hundreds of former and would-be soldiers in Haiti refused government orders to disband and marched through the capital, many in mismatched uniforms. A United Nations spokesman said 40 to 50 of them were arrested.

The number of Haitian merchants who died in a truck accident outside the Caribbean nation’s capital climbed to 26, the government said.

Haitians marked the second anniversary of the devastating 2010 earthquake with church services across the deeply religious country on a national holiday of remembrance.

Conall Ó Fátharta returns to Haiti nearly two years after the devastating quake and is shocked to see how, apart from a handful of NGOs, the world has largely ignored the nation’s plight

Dublin ranks higher than Paris, London or New York in a league of the world’s top cities for living standards.

Seven people have been injured after a small earthquake struck Haiti.

A prominent banker who was credited with modernising Haiti's banking system was fatally shot in his home, police said.

The number of cholera cases is rising in parts of Haiti hit by heavy rains earlier this week.

Heavy rain has hammered southern Haiti for a seventh straight day, triggering floods and mudslides and causing houses and shanties in the capital to collapse.

A STORM set off mudslides and flooding that killed at least 11 people in impoverished Haiti.

A storm set off mudslides and flooding that killed at least 11 people in impoverished Haiti.

MICHEL “Sweet Micky” Martelly, a pop star known for his bad-boy antics on stage, became earthquake-devastated Haiti’s new president and urged his countrymen to set aside their divisions and raise the nation from rubble.

Michel "Sweet Micky" Martelly, a pop star known for his bad-boy antics on stage, became earthquake-devastated Haiti's new president and urged his countrymen to set aside their divisions and raise the nation from rubble.

Musician Michel "Sweet Micky" Martelly scored a come-from-behind victory in Haiti's presidential run-off, according to preliminary results from last month's election showing he easily defeated a former first lady for the leadership of a country facing enormous challenges.

Haitians will have to wait at least a few more days to learn the preliminary results of their presidential election because of alleged irregularities and fraud uncovered at the vote-counting centre, officials said.

Haitians scarred by decades of poverty, political corruption and natural disasters have cast their ballots for a new president.

A SPOKESMAN for Wyclef Jean says the hip-hop star has been released from a hospital after being treated for a gunshot wound to his hand.

VOTING in Haiti’s presidential run-off started slowly in some places yesterday, with foreign donors hoping the poll would produce the stability needed to rebuild the earthquake-crippled nation.

Hip-hop star Wyclef Jean has been released from hospital in Haiti after being shot in the hand.

Hip-hop star Wyclef Jean has been released from a hospital in Haiti after being treated for a gunshot wound to his hand, his spokesman said.

Former Haitian president Jean-Bertrand Aristide returned home from seven years in exile to a celebrity welcome today, and immediately took a swipe at the decision to bar his political party from the country’s presidential election.

Former dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier told Haitians he had returned after 25 years in exile to participate in the post-earthquake reconstruction of his homeland and was ready to face “persecution” for alleged crimes during his administration.

HAITI began two days of remembrance ceremonies yesterday in honour of the nearly quarter million people who died in an earthquake that levelled the impoverished country a year ago.

A second-round vote to choose Haiti’s president will not be possible until late February, after the constitutional end of current President Rene Preval’s term, the electoral council says.

More than 100 protesters angered by a dysfunctional election commemorated Haiti’s Independence Day today by burning tyres and demanding that President Rene Preval be arrested.

AN American aid worker has been released from a notoriously overcrowded Haitian prison after a judge apparently cleared him of allegations that he kidnapped an infant from a hospital where he worked as a volunteer.

AN AMERICAN who sold his construction business and travelled to Haiti to help earthquake victims was in jail yesterday as authorities investigated allegations he kidnapped an infant.

THOUSANDS of protesters rampaged through the streets of Haiti’s capital yesterday to contest election results, and they torched the headquarters of the ruling government coalition they accused of rigging the results, witnesses said.

Furious supporters of eliminated candidates set fires and put up barricades in the streets of Haiti's capital after officials announced that government protege Jude Celestin and former first lady Mirlande Manigat would advance to a second round run-off in presidential elections.

AT least 1,721 Haitians have died from a worsening cholera epidemic in the earthquake-devastated country, according to new figures released by the health ministry yesterday.

Haiti’s election ended in discord with nearly all the major presidential candidates calling for it to be disallowed over fraud and claims that large numbers of voters were turned away across the quake-stricken country.

HAITIANS faced growing concerns of voter fraud ahead of presidential elections tomorrow as the desperately poor nation gripped by cholera struggles to rebuild after a devastating earthquake.

CHOLERA has spread to Haiti’s national prison in the capital Port-au-Prince, the Red Cross said.

Cholera has spread to Haiti’s national prison in the capital Port-au-Prince, the Red Cross said.

Anti-UN riots spread to several Haitian cities today as protesters blaming foreign peacekeepers for a deadly outbreak of cholera exchanged gunfire with soldiers.

Protesters who hold UN soldiers from Nepal responsible for a deadly outbreak of cholera which has killed nearly 1,000 people have barricaded Haiti’s second-largest city, burned cars and stoned a peacekeeping base.