An employee counts Syrian pound notes at the Syrian central bank in Damascus. The Syrian pound has lost about 60 per cent of its value against the US dollar in two years. Photograph: Reuters/Khaled al-Hariri

Syria is at war but Damascus continues to function. Fruit and vegetables arrive from the countryside every day at the main wholesale market. (...)

While he always starts a season slowly,  the hope is that Usain Bolt will be on flying form come the World Championships in August. Photograph: Laurent Dubrule/Reuters

Irma Thomas always had it on her side. The Rolling Stones had it covered too. The rest of us just never seem to have enough – and I’m not talki(...)

 Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has announced that he will retire at the end of the season after 26 years in charge of the club. Photograph: Getty

Alex Ferguson will retire as Manchester United manager at the end of the season in the 27th year of a tenure that has made him the most successful (...)

Luis Suárez (right) and  Branislav Ivanovic on the ground after the Liverpool player bit his opponent during a Premier League match on Sunday. Photograph:  Peter Byrne/PA

The decision of Liverpool football club to keep its star player Luis Suárez, despite his bizarre biting of Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic in a(...)

Qatar's prime minister Sheik Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani (right) chats with Egypt's prime minister Hisham Kandil in Doha today. Photograph:  Reuters

Qatar pledged another $3 billion in aid to Egypt, extending the lifeline for Islamist President Mohamed Mursi after repeated delays in loan tal(...)

The current squeeze on natural gas supplies could result in a longer term increase in prices for consumers and small business.

The current squeeze on natural gas supplies could result in a longer term increase in prices for consumers and small business. The prolon(...)

A Free Syrian Army fighter takes position behind sandbags in Aleppo earlier this week. Photograph: Abdalghne Karoof/Reuters

The head of Syria's main opposition group resigned today, in a blow to a diminishing moderate wing of the two-year uprising against President B(...)

UN special envoy Lakhdar Brahimi: “The Russians and Americans are now talking to one another, and that is very positive.” Photograph: Reuters

When Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Eamon Gilmore expressed Ireland’s opposition to lifting the Eu ropean Un ion arms embargo on wea(...)

Ready for take-off: the 6,350   working-holiday visas for Canada available to Irish people were allocated within two days. Photograph: Owen Humphreys/PA Wire

At the Working Abroad Expo in the RDS in Dublin this month, mechanics and plumbers lined up alongside bankers and nurses looking for informatio(...)

St Patrick's Day annual celebrations in Trafalgar Square, London

LORNA O’GARA Mother of Hugh (6), Lily (12) and Grace (11), living in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil T(...)

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