Missionary and aid worker Gena Hearty abducted with several others outside Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince

Firearms such as automatic rifles used as ‘status symbols’ and to ‘intimidate rivals’

Several areas of Westmoreland St and O’Connell St were cordoned off by investigators

Pressing threats to the State include espionage, misinformation, cyberattacks and suspicious maritime activity

Rossa Mulcahy plans to oversee recruitment push that bolsters force by 4,000

Missionary who ran orphanage near capital was taken at start of August

Simon Harris’s plan would see countries working together to train up Lebanese army

Safety concerns, lack of training and poor crew conditions among problems flagged during inspection of vessels

Any new deployment, whether in Africa or Ukraine, likely to be more dangerous

Irish peacekeepers would remain in Lebanon for two years ahead of drawdown period

UN Security Council to vote this week on whether to renew Unifil mission’s mandate for another year

UN’s peacekeeping mission in Lebanon under threat on Monday as Israel and US oppose deployment

Private Seán Rooney died after his UN vehicle came under attack in Lebanon in 2022

Organisation’s activities ‘risk misleading or exploiting citizens’, says elected Fianna Fáil figure

This fringe group, drawn from the ranks of anti-lockdown protesters and business people laid low by the crash, have a cabinet, local co-ops and even a network of ‘courts’