Just over a year go a prominent trio of diaspora voting rights activists wrote to Irish government ministers expressing their disappointment that t...

The one thing you hope for when the nations of the world, most of them anyway, gather for a United Nations climate conference, is that they at leas...

There's no doubt that Ireland is one of the more dedicated members of the United Nations, one of the members that adheres most closely to the UN Ch...

It is that time of year again when we give thanks for all the wonderful things that life in America can bestow. It is also a time of year when we t...

Tánaiste Micheál Martin is due to visit the strife-torn Middle East this week. He knows the ground well. Back in 2009, as Minister for Foreign Affa...

Blessed are the peacemakers. If you can find them. And finding them in the world right now, especially in the Middle East and in the context of the...

The above headline could refer to any number of places around the world, not least the Middle East right now. But it actually refers to Lewiston, a...

So around and around we go, without inspiration, without end. As the House of Representatives plows through another exasperating week, as much of t...

It's hard not to feel down about the state of the world. It's hard not to worry that things might get even worse. War here, there and everywhere, c...

The Middle East is engulfed in violence. Again. The horrific attack by the Palestinian militant group Hamas, the murder and kidnapping of innocent ...

The Irish Naval Service could do with some bigger boats. But more than that it could do with more boats of any size. And it could do with more men ...

The world returns to Manhattan this week for the annual gathering that is the opening of the United Nations General Assembly. For some, the visits ...