Donald Trump signed a new travel ban that will be in force in the next 90 days. The rules apply to people from 6 Muslim countries, namely Sudan, Iran, Libya, Syria, Somalia and Yemen, but even all refugees are under…
The annual Trafficking in Persons Report, 2016 revealed figures related to human trafficking on Wednesday, which shows how Ireland lags behind when it comes to supporting the victims. The number of detected victims of trafficking in Ireland has gone up…
A team of Irish astronomers from the Dublin Institute of Advanced Studies led by Eamon O’Gorman captured an image of unprecedented detail of another star, called Betelgeuse. It was captured using the world’s largest radio telescope, the Atacama Large Millimetre/sub-millimetre…
On Sunday, an Irish naval ship rescued 712 people including pregnant women and infants off the coast of the Libyan capital of Tripoli as part of an international migrant rescue effort, Ireland’s Defence Forces said on Monday. During the day…
Waste piles up on Greek streets The streets of an Island paradise, Greece, are facing the consequences of the ongoing dispute between the government and thousands of refuse collectors’ jobs. Piles of rubbish and stale waste have been mounting up…
Controversial dog meat festival begins in China The controversial Chinese dog meat festival has started in the Yulin city of China, despite earlier reports of it been cancelled or toned down this year. There were reports of dead dogs hanging…
More than 49 flights are cancelled in Phoenix, Arizona. The reason – too hot for planes to fly. Dozens of flights have been cancelled at Sky Harbor airport because of the high air temperature. The weather forecast for the US…
As per the findings of a new research by UNICEF, Ireland has the fourth highest teen suicide rate in the EU/OECD region. The organisation’s latest Report – « Building the Future: Children and the Sustainable Development Goals in Rich Countries », that…
A seven-judge Supreme Court, on Wednesday, ruled that the first marriage of a man living here with two wives, both of whom he married in his native Lebanon, is valid under Irish law. Although, his second marriage is not legal…
In order to prevent any possibility of a terrorist attack ahead of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan passed a controversial anti-terror law on Thursday that sparked street protests and warnings from critics that it would stomp on citizens’…