About 100 migrants are missing at sea and feared dead after their boat capsized east of the Libyan capital Tripoli.

Libya's navy has recovered the bodies of 11 migrants and rescued 263 others in two separate operations off the country's western coast.

The Government has rejected calls for a UK reparations fund for victims of Libyan-sponsored IRA attacks.

The brother of Manchester Arena suicide bomber Salman Abedi will be tried in Libya over his alleged role in the attack, the country's chief prosecutor has said.

A combination of factors, including the deliberate sinking of wooden fishing boats, has resulted in a significant fall-off in the number of migrants being rescued by the Naval Service.

The LÉ Samuel Beckett dropped anchor in Bantry Bay yesterday to play an integral part in the West Cork Literary Festival.

Saif al-Islam, the son and one-time heir apparent of late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, has been released after more than five years in detention, his captors said.

Manchester Arena suicide bomber Salman Abedi may have stored items used to assemble the device in a Nissan Micra, police in England have said.

Manchester bomber Salman Abedi phoned his mother and said “forgive me” hours before the attack which killed 22 people, according to Libyan security forces.

Police hunting the terror network behind the Manchester Arena bombing have stopped passing information to the US on the investigation as a major transatlantic row erupted over leaks of key evidence in the US, according to a report.

A woman arrested over the Manchester Arena attack has been released without charge, leaving six people in UK custody as counter-terrorism police swooped on the suicide bomber's suspected "network".

The 22-year-old's visit to his family's native country fuelled concerns he was preparing for Monday's deadly assault under the guidance of hardened jihadists.

The LÉ Samuel Beckett broke records last night with the biggest migrant transport to safety in one single day onboard a Naval Service, with the ship steaming towards an Italian port with 652 rescued men, women, and children.

Irish naval vessel the LÉ Samuel Beckett has rescued 220 migrants in the Mediterranean.

The Irish Naval Service made a record 771 migrant rescues in one day in the Mediterranean yesterday, following several operations which began at 6.40am.

Nearly 58,500 students will receive their Leaving Certificate results today, up more than 500 since last year.

A migrant mother who gave birth after being rescued by the Irish Navy off the coast of Libya has named her new baby after the ship that saved her.

The Naval Service is celebrating rescuing more than 10,000 people in the Mediterranean Sea with the latest rescue coming in the nick of time as a dinghy packed with migrants began to sink.

The use of scanned exam papers instead of the original answer books is being trialled as part of this year’s State exams which begin at schools and other centres this morning. Around 25,000 Junior Certificate students will have scanned copies of their higher level French exams marked using online software.

Italian authorities are expected to carry out a postmortem on the body of a man found on an inflatable boat carrying hundreds of migrants who were picked up by the Naval Service.

Some 668 migrants were saved from boats in distress in the Mediterranean off Libya today, officials say.

The Naval Service is edging close to rescuing 9,000 migrants after the latest mission by the crew of LÉ Róisín resulted in a further 395 people being picked up in the Mediterranean Sea, including 15 children.

The crew of LÉ Samuel Beckett edged close to their 1,000th refugee rescue in the Mediterranean Sea after they were involved in three operations yesterday — rescuing a total of 316 people.

At least 43 people were killed and more than 240 wounded yesterday in two suicide bomb blasts claimed by Islamic State in a crowded residential district in Beirut’s southern suburbs, a stronghold of the Shi’ite Muslim group Hezbollah.

A helicopter has been shot down in Libya, killing at least 14 of its 23 passengers.

Two Libyans thought to be involved in carrying out bombing

The third Naval Service ship to embark on humanitarian duties in the Mediterranean Sea made its rescue debut by taking onboard more than 430 refugees in a combined operation with the Italians.

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Nearly 130 refugees were saved from drowning when the naval ship LÉ Niamh rescued them from a sinking dinghy off the Libyan coast after earlier taking onboard a further 250 from similar unseaworthy craft.

The Naval Service will extend its humanitarian operations in the Mediterranean Sea until the end of November and will send a third ship on the EU-led mission.

The Minister for Defence Simon Coveney is extending the Irish Naval Service mission in the Mediterranean.

An Irish naval crew has rescued another 225 people trying to cross the Mediterranean.

Our navy continued its admirable work in the Mediterranean over the weekend when the LÉ Niamh rescued 225 people 112km north east of Tripoli on Saturday night. The 139 men, 74 women and 12 children rescued are receiving water, food and medical assistance. The LÉ Niamh had rescued 1,772 migrants before this most recent operation.

Irish naval crews have rescued another 225 people trying to cross the Mediterranean.

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The Defence Minister is preparing to extend the Irish Naval Service’s humanitarian mission in the Mediterranean beyond next month’s original deadline.

Hundreds of migrants are feared drowned after a fishing boat said to be carrying as many as 700 people capsized in the Mediterranean yesterday.