El Salvador
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President attends Mass celebrating Oscar Romero’s beatification
- World
- May 24, 2015, 21:38
President Michael D Higgins praised the Catholic bishops’ agency Trócaire for its human rights work in El Salvador and its fight for social justice t(...)

Murdered archbishop Oscar Romero one step closer to sainthood
- World
- May 24, 2015, 17:19
Salvadoran archbishop Oscar Romero was beatified on Saturday, the final step before sainthood, 35 years after he was shot at the altar by a right-wing(...)

Murdered El Salvador archbishop Oscar Romero to be beatified
- Religion & Beliefs
- May 22, 2015, 14:17
The beatification of Archbishop Óscar Romero on Sunday in San Salvador, capital of El Salvador, will be marked at the Festival of Peoples’ Mass in Dub(...)

Trócaire stalwart Sally O’Neill to retire in April
- Social Affairs
- March 30, 2015, 13:26
Tributes have been paid to Sally O’Neill, Trócaire’s head of region for Latin America, who is to retire next month. Ms O’Neill has been at the heart o(...)

Amnesty International report labels 2014 ‘devastating’ for human rights
- Social Affairs
- February 25, 2015, 01:00
Last year was “devastating” for human rights across the world and the United Nations did too little to protect them, according to Amnesty Internation(...)

Vatican happening with a difference as nightclub ‘combo’ plays in corner
- Religion & Beliefs
- February 5, 2015, 01:00
It is not often that a Vatican Pontifical Council opts to kick off its annual plenary session in a downtown Rome theatre with a nice little nightclub (...)

Two decades of corruption at the highest level in Central America
- World
- December 27, 2014, 01:00
If it’s true that the people get the government they deserve then, judging by the past 20 years, Central American voters need to examine their conscie(...)

Honduras Miss World contestant found murdered with sister
- World
- November 19, 2014
A Honduran beauty queen has been found murdered just days before she was due to compete in the Miss World pageant in London, police said today.The bod(...)

Revenues remain flat at O'Brien's Digicel in first quarter
- Technology
- October 30, 2014, 01:00
Revenues at Denis O’Brien’s telecoms group Digicel, which has operations in the Caribbean, Central America and the south Pacific, were flat in the (...)

President Higgins thanks public for support on Welsh visit
- Irish News
- October 28, 2014, 17:44
President Michael D Higgins has said that he and he and his wife Sabina have been moved by the support he has received since assuming office. Presiden(...)