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Ryanair is to launch 11 new domestic routes in Morocco from this summer

Ryanair launches 35 new routes for Morocco

The Moroccan government has given its go ahead for Ryanair to operate domestic flights in the country starting from next summer.

Business • 13 Dec 23

An earthquake survivor looks for belongings amidst destruction in the Moroccan village of Ardouz

Quake exposes risk in Morocco villages' isolation

About eight hours passed after Morocco's earthquake before help reached the hamlet of Ardouz, one of many tiny mountain villages whose remoteness is both appealing and cruelly risky.

World • 15 Sep 23

A man walks past debris from destroyed buildings in the village of Ardouz

Rehousing programme for quake-hit areas in Morocco

Morocco has announced the launch of an aid programme to support and rehouse the residents of about 50,000 buildings damaged in last week's devastating earthquake.

World • 14 Sep 23

A man packs bottles of water on his donkey near Talat N'Yaaqoub

Moroccan rescuers use donkeys to reach cut-off villages

With many roads still blocked by landslides, some Moroccan villagers loaded donkeys with supplies to take to remote areas inaccessible by vehicle.

World • 13 Sep 23

22-year-old Habiba Ajdir and 30-year-old apple farmer Mohammed Boudad were due to be married on Saturday

Wedding party saved Moroccan villagers from quake

An outdoor wedding celebration has been credited with saving all the people of a Moroccan village during Friday's deadly earthquake, which destroyed their stone and mud-brick houses while they were enjoying traditional music in an outdoor courtyard.

Morocco • 12 Sep 23

Rescue workers at the rubble of a collapsed building following the earthquake in Ouirgane

Morocco toll likely to rise as remote villages cut off

Many survivors of Morocco's most powerful earthquake in over a century were struggling in makeshift shelters after a fourth night outside, with rescuers yet to reach remote mountain villages which suffered some of the worst devastation.

World • 12 Sep 23

The earthquake was felt in the cities of Marrakesh, Rabat, Casablanca and Essaouira

What we know about Morocco's strongest quake on record

Morocco is working to come to terms with the loss and devastation after the strongest earthquake in the country's history hit on Friday evening.

World • 11 Sep 23

A number of countries have offered search and rescue assistance after the earthquake

World pledges help to quake-hit Morocco

Morocco said it was accepting offers from just four countries, but other nations have lined up to offer help after an earthquake there killed more than 2,400 people.

World • 11 Sep 23

A woman sits outside her makeshift shelter in the mountain village of Moulay Brahim in the central province of Al-Haouz

Race against time to rescue Morocco quake survivors

Rescuers are facing a growing race against time to dig any survivors from the rubble of devastated villages in Morocco's Atlas mountains, three days after the country's strongest-ever earthquake.

World • 11 Sep 23

A survivor cries as she sits on the rubble of her damaged house, in the mountain village of Moulay Brahim in al-Haouz province

Morocco survivors seek aid as quake toll reaches 2,100

Survivors of Morocco's deadliest earthquake in over six decades are facing a struggle to find food and water as the search for those missing continues in hard-to-reach villages, with the death toll now standing at 2,122 and 2,421 people injured.

World • 11 Sep 23

Amber Raftery from Wexford, and her sister's partner Joseph O'Keefe speaking in Morocco following the quake

Irish tourists in Marrakesh describe 'scary' quake

Irish woman Amber Raftery and her family spent last night sleeping out in the open on the outskirts of Marrekesh after they fled their tourist accommodation following the earthquake, and said the property "felt like a rocket ship taking off".

World • 10 Sep 23

A man walks with his belongings through the rubble in an alleyway in the earthquake-damaged old city in Marrakesh

Govt not yet aware of any Irish killed in earthquake

The Government is not yet aware of any Irish people who have been killed or injured in the devastating earthquake in Morocco, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said.

Ireland • 09 Sep 23

People search for survivors in the Moulay Brahim region

Moroccan earthquake death toll reaches over 1,300

Rescuers are continuing to dig through rubble for survivors in collapsed houses in remote mountain villages of Morocco, in the wake of the country's deadliest earthquake for more than six decades, which killed more than 1,300 people and injured hundreds more.

World • 09 Sep 23

The jet skiers reportedly strayed across the maritime border (stock image)

Jet ski tourists 'shot dead' by Algeria coast guard

Two holidaymakers jet skiing in Morocco were shot dead by the Algerian coast guard when they strayed across the maritime border between two Mediterranean countries, Moroccan media reported.

World • 01 Sep 23

Smurfit Kappa has invested over €35m in the 25,000 m2 facility in Rabat in Morocco

Smurfit Kappa opens first plant in North Africa

Europe's largest paper and packaging producer Smurfit Kappa expects the opening of its first North African plant in Morocco to set the stage for further expansion in a fast growing region for consumer goods, its chief financial officer said today.

Business • 12 Jul 23

Dozens of rescued migrants arriving at a port in the Canary Islands earlier this year (file pic)

Ombudsman to probe if Spain delayed migrant rescue

Spain's ombudsman is to investigate the sinking of a dinghy headed to the Canary Islands from Morocco on Wednesday in which more than 30 migrants are feared dead.

World • 23 Jun 23

Ksar El Kebir hospital in Morocco (pic: Google maps)

19 dead in Morocco after drinking toxic alcohol

At least 19 people have died and dozens of others were hospitalised after consuming toxic alcohol from a roadside kiosk in northern Morocco, local media have reported.

World • 29 Sep 22

A man is helped by others after hundreds of migrants stormed the border at Spain's Melilla enclave

Spain says 2,000 migrants try to storm Melilla border

Around 2,000 migrants attempted to storm the border separating Spain's Melilla enclave from Morocco, the Spanish government said, raising an earlier estimate.

World • 24 Jun 22

Mounir Naciri, General Manager of Smurfit Kappa Morocco (l) and Ignacio Sevillano, CEO of Smurfit Kappa, Spain, Portugal & Morroco (r)

Smurfit Kappa to build €35m plant in Morocco

Paper and packaging company Smurfit Kappa is to build a new packaging plant in Morocco, its first corrugated plant in the country, in an investment worth more than €35m.

Business • 25 May 22

Rayan was rescued from the well, but was later confirmed to have died

Boy who died trapped in well is buried in Morocco

Moroccans have attended the funeral of Rayan, a five-year-old boy who spent five days trapped down a well, sparking a vast rescue operation that gripped the world but ended in tragedy.

World • 07 Feb 22

An ambulance carrying Rayan, who was trapped for five days in a deep well, leaves the area as the rescue operation ends

Moroccan king leads condolences after boy in well dies

King Mohammed of Morocco has offered his condolences in a phone call with the parents of a five-year-old boy, who was found dead yesterday at the bottom of a 30 metre well he had fallen down earlier this week.

World • 07 Feb 22

Rescuers conducted a drilling operation to reach the trapped boy

Body of five-year-old boy recovered from Moroccan well

The body of a five-year-old boy has been recovered from a well in northern Morocco.

World • 05 Feb 22

Bystanders watch as Moroccan authorities and firefighters work to rescue five-year-old Rayan

Morocco rescuers close in on boy trapped in well

Moroccans waited anxiously today as rescuers with heavy diggers closed in on Rayan, a five-year-old boy trapped in a deep well for four days.

World • 04 Feb 22

Ireland will open an embassy in Rabat later this year

Ireland to open Morocco embassy, build on trade growth

Ireland will open a new embassy in Morocco later this year to build on the growth in trade with Africa, the Minister for Foreign Affairs has said.

Politics • 25 May 21

Thousands of people have swam to Cueta from Morocco since Monday

Migrants mass at Spain-Morocco border

A steady stream of migrants tried to swim to the Spanish enclave of Ceuta this morning, after a record influx of arrivals sent diplomatic tensions soaring between Spain and Morocco.

World • 19 May 21