Yvonne Murray

in New York

Tánaiste Micheál Martin said the international community had to tackle the root causes of migration

Martin urges leaders not to 'dehumanise the migrant'

Amid mounting pressure over immigration at home, Tánaiste Micheál Martin toured a migrant shelter during his visit to Mexico and called for politicians around the world, including US presidential hopeful Donald Trump, to avoid "dehumanising the migrant".

World • 09 Jan 24

The vote was originally scheduled for yesterday afternoon but was pushed back when diplomats failed to agree on the wording (File image)

UN postpones Security Council vote on Gaza

The United Nations Security Council has postponed its vote on a draft text calling for a "suspension of hostilities" to allow aid access to Gaza.

Middle East • 19 Dec 23

Council diplomats working on the resolution are reluctant to risk another US veto

UN Security Council vote on Gaza enters third day

The deadlock at the UN Security Council over a call to suspend hostilities to allow aid into Gaza is due to enter its third day.

Middle East • 20 Dec 23

Soldiers at the burial service for Private Sean Rooney at All Saints Catholic Church, Colehill, Co Donegal. 22 December 2022

One year on, no findings on Pte Rooney's death released

A year after the killing of Irish peacekeeper Private Seán Rooney the results of the investigations into his death have not been released.

World • 14 Dec 23

The 193 members states of the UN voted on a draft text similar to the defeated resolution at the Security Council last week

United Nations demands humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza

The United Nations demanded an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war after more than three-quarters of the 193-member General Assembly backed the move, which had been vetoed by the United States in the Security Council last week.

Politics • 13 Dec 23

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres listens during a UN Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East at the United Nations headquarters on November 29, 2023 in New York

Security Council to vote on UN chief's 'dramatic move'

The UN Security Council could vote as early as tomorrow on a new text calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, after a dramatic intervention from UN chief António Guterres.

World • 07 Dec 23

It is the first time António Guterres has invoked Article 99 of the UN Charter since he became UN Secretary General in 2017

Guterres invokes Article 99 to 'avert catastrophe'

UN Secretary General António Guterres has taken the highly unusual step of writing a letter to the UN Security Council under Article 99 of the UN Charter, calling on the Council to "press to avert a humanitarian catastrophe" in Gaza and appealing for a humanitarian ceasefire to be declared.

United Nations • 07 Dec 23

Members of the United Nations Interim Forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL) rest next to an armed vehicle near the southern Lebanese village of Markaba

Risks rise for Irish peacekeepers in Lebanon - UNIFIL

Daily exchanges of fire between Israeli forces and Hezbollah militants are increasing the risk for the UN's peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon as a major UN peacekeeping conference gets under way.

Middle East • 05 Dec 23

Dismay as world is 'silent' on atrocities in Sudan

Mass atrocities in Darfur 20 years ago, galvanised the world into action. But amid reports of ethnic cleansing again, human rights groups say the "silent" international community has failed the people of Sudan.

World • 02 Dec 23

António Guterres said together Antarctica and Greenland were now melting three times faster than they were in the 1990s

Antarctic ice melting 'matters for us all' - Guterres

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has said following a visit to Antarctica that he found it "profoundly shocking" to stand on the ice and hear directly from scientists how fast the ice is disappearing.

Climate • 27 Nov 23