Security Council
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Banning oil exploration could have implications for energy security
- Energy & Resources
- September 27, 2019, 05:57
The Republic this week joined Belize, Costa Rica, France and New Zealand in banning oil exploration. Taoiseach Leo Varadkar told the United Nations th(...)

Higgins urges US to reverse decision on Paris climate accord
- Environment
- September 25, 2019, 06:33
President Michael D Higgins has urged the United States to revisit its decision to leave the Paris climate change agreement, as he argued that climate(...)

Call to protect ICC legal personnel against possible US sanctions
- Europe
- September 24, 2019, 19:52
In an unprecedented appeal, the global network which supports the International Criminal Court (ICC) has described the Trump administration as “except(...)

How my work mistake caused an ‘international incident’
- Film
- September 24, 2019
Have you ever wondered who’d play you in a film? I had, occasionally, until the day I got the answer. In spring 2018, a message pinged on to my phone (...)

Varadkar commits to ringfencing carbon tax revenues for climate action
- Politics
- September 23, 2019, 00:01
All new revenues raised by new or increased carbon taxes in Ireland will be ringfenced to pay for coping with climate action and helping the poor to d(...)

Glimmers of optimism Ireland can win UN Security Council seat
- US
- September 21, 2019, 03:00
All eyes will turn to New York next week as world leaders descend on the city for the United Nations General Assembly. This year the focus is on clim(...)

Global protests ratchet up pressure ahead of UN climate action summit
- Environment
- September 21, 2019
The scale of climate protests globally has heaped much additional pressure on global leaders meeting in New York this weekend to make more meaningful (...)

Returning Isis fighters and brides must face full rigours of law – Nato deputy head
- Crime & Law
- September 20, 2019, 18:59
Foreign fighters and so-called Isis brides should face the full but fair rigours of the law when seeking to return to their countries of origin, the d(...)

Oil prices fall back on Saudi assurances on production
- Markets
- September 18, 2019, 09:18
Oil prices retreated about 2 per cent on Wednesday, extending the previous day’s declines after Saudi Arabia said it would quickly restore full produc(...)

President Higgins has moral responsibility for Defence Forces welfare
- Opinion
- September 17, 2019, 06:00
President Michael D Higgins felt compelled last week to intervene in the dispute over pay at the Defence Forces. He insisted it “should not be too muc(...)