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President leads tributes to HIV/Aids campaigner Fr Michael Kelly
- Irish News
- January 15, 2021, 22:50
President Michael D Higgins has paid tribute to educator and HIV/Aids campaigner Father Michael Kelly who died in Zambia on Friday. The death of the (...)

Irish babies born on January 1st expected to live to 105 years of age – UN
- Social Affairs
- January 1, 2021, 00:01
Irish babies born on January 1st, 2021 are expected to live to 105 years of age, according to Unicef estimates published this morning. The 157 babies(...)

Spanish exhibition highlights digital divide during pandemic
- Europe
- December 30, 2020, 01:00
A painting of a woman using an iPad and a vase depicting children dreaming of computers. Both are historical objects with a contemporary twist highlig(...)

Aid workers fear South Sudan already experiencing famine
- Africa
- December 20, 2020, 19:20
Famine is likely already happening in parts of South Sudan, according to reports, as aid workers worry that the severity of the situation is not being(...)

Hundreds of boys missing after attack on school in northern Nigeria
- Africa
- December 14, 2020, 18:37
Hundreds of students are missing after their school was attacked in northern Nigeria last Friday. About 800 boys were enrolled at the Government Scie(...)

Ireland’s teenage pariahs: ‘We are really at breaking point now’
- People
- November 28, 2020, 06:00
"We have missed out on quite a few rites of passage", Jennifer O'Connell talks to Irish teenagers about the impact Covid-19 has had on them “As (...)

Ethiopia fighting may force 200,000 into Sudan, UN says
- Africa
- November 20, 2020, 17:47
Violence in northern Ethiopia will probably drive 200,000 people into neighbouring Sudan over the coming months, UN agencies have warned, where food, (...)

State’s overseas development aid increased 10% to €869m last year
- Social Affairs
- November 14, 2020, 09:16
State spending on overseas development aid rose by nearly 10 per cent in 2019 with the Government set to increase spending by an additional €21 mil(...)

Central America reels from floods and landslides in wake of Hurricane Eta
- World
- November 6, 2020, 16:44
The remains of Hurricane Eta dumped more torrential rain across large parts of Central America early on Friday after days of devastating floods and l(...)

Hurricane Eta: ‘Extremely dangerous’ Category 4 storm hits Nicaragua
- World
- November 3, 2020, 20:08
Hurricane Eta, one of the most powerful storms to hit Central America in years, pummelled Nicaragua on Tuesday as it hit an impoverished region of th(...)