Juliette Gash

Seán Binder denies all charges against him

Irish man due to stand trial in Greece next week

A 27-year-old Irish man is due to go on trial next week in Greece facing charges of people smuggling, membership of a criminal organisation and espionage.

World • 11 Nov 21

The documents show how Australia rejected the widely-accepted science that eliminating coal-fired power stations was one of the most important ways of reducing greenhouse gases

Nations lobbying to change climate report, leak shows

Leaked documents show that the biggest producers of oil, coal and beef are lobbying scientists intensely to try to strip a landmark climate report of recommendations that threaten their interests.

Climate Change • 21 Oct 21

Queues for a bank in Kabul earlier this month

Afghan economy on brink of collapse, diplomat warns

The Secretary General of the Norwegian Refugee Council has warned that Afghanistan's economy is on the brink of collapse.

World • 27 Sep 21

Angela Merkel has indicated she would like to continue to work on environmental issues

Angela Merkel - from scientist to world leader

A small boy asks his mother, "Mummy, can men also be Chancellor?" So the joke goes in Germany, where Angela Merkel has held the role for 16 years.

Europe • 23 Sep 21

Elizabeth Holmes arriving at court today

Elizabeth Holmes' fraud trial begins in California

Jury selection has begun in the trial of Elizabeth Holmes, once hailed as a ground-breaking biotech wunderkind, now facing a potential 20-year prison sentence for fraud.

US • 02 Sep 21

Mr Coveney was addressing the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence today

Coveney says Zappone did not lobby him for envoy role

The Minister for Foreign Affairs has said he alone made the decision to approach Katherine Zappone for a role as Special Envoy for Freedom of Expression to the UN, and that Ms Zappone did not lobby him for the role.

Ireland • 31 Aug 21

Afghan women, holding placards, gather to demand the protection of women's rights in front of the Presidential Palace in Kabul

Afghan women fear worst after return to Taliban rule

Scenes from Kabul airport the weekend showed vividly the desperation felt by many Afghans at the impending change in regime.

World • 17 Aug 21

The IPCC report found that Arctic ice is shrinking and sea levels are rising

Report warns climate change is 'widespread, rapid'

Climate change is widespread, rapid and intensifying, according to an influential UN report released this morning.

World • 09 Aug 21

Wildfires have produced a record amount of carbon emissions Yakutia, Siberia

Apocalyptic fire and rain as UN climate report looms

Where once the scientific community said that it was difficult to say climate change was responsible for individual weather incidents, scientists are increasingly finding that events like heatwaves and extreme rain are influenced by human-induced climate change.

Analysis and Comment • 07 Aug 21

'We have no dignity': The people aching to enter Europe

With the eyes of the world's media so firmly focused on Covid-19, it's easy to forget long-running stories, such as the plight of thousands of people trying to get to Europe in search of a better life, writes Juliette Gash.

World • 31 Jul 21