Juliette Gash

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

Noor Mukadam spent over 12 years in Ireland

Woman killed in Pakistan remembered at Dublin event

Around 100 people have gathered in Dublin to remember a Pakistani woman who was killed in Islamabad last week.

Ireland • 26 Jul 21

Noor Mukadam lived in Dublin for many years

Irish tributes to woman killed in Pakistan

A friend of a Pakistani woman who spent over 12 years in Ireland while her father worked as a diplomat has paid tribute to her after she was killed in Islamabad.

Ireland • 23 Jul 21

Haneen Hossam and Mowada al-Adham were charged with "corrupting family values, inciting debauchery and encouraging young women to practice sexual relations"

TikTok star gets ten years for 'human trafficking'

A teenage influencer has been arrested in Cairo, two days after being handed a ten-year prison sentence for "human trafficking".

World • 22 Jun 21