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Conor McCarthy, chief executive,said Dublin Aerospace began ‘in adversity’ in 2009 during the global financial crisis and had grown ever since. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw/The Irish Times

Aircraft maintenance specialist Dublin Aerospace is hiring workers for its operations in the capital and Co Meath. The Dublin Airport-based business (...)

Pope Francis during a synod in 2018. Photograph:  Andreas Solaro/AFP via Getty Images

The number of Catholics worldwide is increasing everywhere but Europe, according to a census published by the Vatican. As of December 31th, 2019, Ca(...)

People queueing at a food distribution site in Kabul, Afghanistan. Photograph: Victor J Blue/The New York Times

Millions of Afghans, including children, could die of starvation unless urgent action is taken to pull Afghanistan back from the brink of collapse, a (...)

A protester holds a Sudanese flag and chants during demonstrations in support of the civilian government in Khartoum. Photograph: Mohammed Abu Obaid/EPA

Sudan’s army has dissolved the government and declared a state of emergency in what amounts to a military coup after months of tension between the civ(...)

A Russian security guard with a member Central African Republican leader Faustin-Archange Touadéra’s presidental guard (on left) and a UN Rwandan peacekeeper on duty while the president casts his ballot in Bangui in last December’ elections. Photograph: Alexis Huguet/AFP via Getty Images

When the tattooed Russian fighters arrived in Alindao, a town in the southern Central African Republic (CAR), the rebels fled – and the people rejoice(...)

An explosion at a restaurant in Uganda’s capital was an apparent terrorist act, President Yoweri Museveni said on Sunday. Photograph: Nicholas Bamulanzeki/AP Photo

An explosion at a restaurant in Uganda’s capital was an apparent terrorist act, Uganda’s president Yoweri Museveni said on Sunday. Mr Museveni said t(...)

A report into the state of the Camp Nou showed 44 structural “issues” that would have imperilled fans. Photograph:  David Ramos/Getty Images

The Camp Nou, Europe’s largest stadium, is falling apart. Barça’s chief executive Ferran Reverter took over the day-to-day running of the club in July(...)

Under fire: an out-of-control forest blaze approaching the Greek village of Pefki on Evia  island, in August. Photograph: Angelos Tzortzinis/AFP via Getty Images

The United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26), which launches on October 31st, will dominate world news with heightened expectation that it wil(...)

Most of the people they rescued had been on rubber boats for 12-14 hours before they were found. Photograph: Valeria Mongelli/AP Photo

A total of 412 people will be disembarked in Sicily on Saturday morning after they were rescued off the Libyan coast by the Sea-Watch 3, a rescue ship(...)

Micheál Martin spoke as EU leaders gathered in Brussels to discuss the contentious issue of migration amid a deteriorating situation on the union’s eastern border. Photograph: Olivier Hoslet/Pool/AFP via Getty

The traffic of people from the Middle East to the borders of the European Union by the Belarus regime as a tactic to pressure member states is “morall(...)

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