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Athlone couple Martina and Laurence Hayes and nurse Lorna Carty were among the victims

Repatriation of Irish victims in Tunisia attack

Minister for Foreign Affairs Charlie Flanagan has said the bodies of the three Irish victims of the Tunisia terror attacks will be home within 24 hours.

News • 01 Jul 15

People gather to lay flowers on the beach where 39 people were killed in the terrorist attack

Suspects arrested over Tunisia beach attack

The Tunisian Interior Minister has said authorities have arrested a group of suspects associated with the man who killed 39 people in the coastal town of Sousse on Friday.

News • 29 Jun 15

Tourists arrive at the Enfidha International airport to leave Tunisia

Three Irish confirmed dead in Tunisia attack

Thousands of holidaymakers have left Tunisia following Friday's terrorist attack in Sousse in which 38 people died, including three Irish people.

News • 28 Jun 15

A note reads 'terrorism will not win', people leave flowers and cards at the site of the attack

Irish couple may have died in Tunisia attack

Gardaí in Westmeath are liaising with the family of a couple in their 50s from the Athlone area who are believed to have died in a terrorist attack on a beach in Tunisia yesterday.

News • 27 Jun 15

Today's incident is the second major attack in Tunisia this year

Meath woman killed in Tunisia hotel attack

A mother-of-two from Co Meath was among 37 people killed in a terror attack at a hotel in Tunisia.

News • 27 Jun 15

The raid killed nine militants, including an Algerian militant accused of helping orchestrate the Bardo museum attack

Tunisian forces kill militant behind museum attack

Tunisian forces have killed nine Islamist militants, including a top commander, during a raid yesterday, hours before world leaders marched in Tunis in solidarity after an attack on the Bardo museum this month.

News • 30 Mar 15

Twenty tourists died in last week's attack on the national museum in Tunisia

Tunisian police chiefs fired after museum attack

Six police commanders have been fired in Tunisia after last week's militant attack on the national museum, which left 20 tourists dead.

News • 23 Mar 15

Spanish Home Minister (R) and Spanish Foreign Minister (L) chat with Spanish tourists Cristina Rubio (2-L) and Juan Carlos Sanchez (2-R), both caught inside the National Bardo Museum during the attack

Third attacker loose after Tunisian museum attack

A third gunman in the massacre of tourists in Tunisia's Bardo Museum is still at large after two others were killed, Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi said today.

News • 24 Mar 15

The Tunisian government plans to deploy the army to major cities to increase security following the shootings

20 arrests as part of Tunisian security crackdown

Tunisian authorities have arrested more than 20 suspected militants following the Bardo museum attack when gunmen killed foreign tourists, leading to a nationwide security crackdown.

News • 21 Mar 15

Tunisia's security chief said the two gunmen had been 'from sleeper cells' present in several areas

Tunisian museum gunmen were trained in Libya

The two gunmen who killed 21 people in an attack on foreign tourists at a Tunis museum trained at a militant camp in Libya, Tunisia's secretary of state for security said.

News • 20 Mar 15

Tunisia has said it will deploy the army to major cities in response to the attack

Tunisia attackers were carrying explosives

The Tunisian president has said the terrorists responsible for a museum attack in Tunis, in which 20 foreign tourists were killed, were carrying 'explosives'.

News • 20 Mar 15

Timeline: Unrest in Tunisia

Tunisia today saw its first deadly attack on foreigners since the 2010-2011 uprising that toppled president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali after 23 years in power, but the country that gave birth to the Arab Spring has seen a sharp rise in Islamist militancy.

News • 18 Mar 15

Tunisian security forces surrounded two militants holed up inside the Bardo Museum

21 dead after attack on museum in Tunisia

Three Italians and two Spaniards were among 17 foreign tourists killed Wednesday in a brazen gun attack on Tunisia's national museum, their governments said.

News • 18 Mar 15

Current president Moncef Marzouki took 33% of ballots in the first round of voting in November

Polls open in Tunisian presidential election

Polls have opened in Tunisia for a presidential run-off election that completes the country's transition to full democracy nearly four years after an uprising which ousted autocrat Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali.

News • 21 Dec 14

Circle Oil's H1 profits fell due to an increase in operational activity

Circle Oil's H1 revenues spurt 13% higher

Exploration company Circle Oil has reported a 13% increase in its revenues for the first half of the year.

Business • 03 Sep 14

Libyan military plane crash in Tunisia kills 11

A Libyan army medical plane has crashed in Tunisia killing all 11 people on board.

News • 21 Feb 14

Ali Larayedh (left) submits his resignation to Tunisian President Moncef Marzouk

Tunisian PM hands over to technocrat successor

Tunisia's Islamist Prime Minister Ali Larayedh resigned today to make way for a caretaker government in an agreement with secular opponents to complete the country's transition to democracy.

News • 09 Jan 14

Dozens of people died after the boat capsized (Pic: Google Maps)

Dozens dead as migrant boat capsizes off Sicily

Dozens of people, including women and children, have died after a boat carrying around 250 migrants capsized between Sicily and Tunisia.

News • 14 Oct 13

Crowds gathered yesterday in Tunis in protest at the Islamist government

Shots fired to disperse protesters in Tunisia

Police have fired tear gas and shot into the air to break up demonstrators protesting against Tunisia's Islamist-led government.

News • 05 Aug 13

Tunisia's Prime Minister Ali Larayedh announced that the Islamist-led transitional government wil continue working despite mounting efforts to dissolve it

Eight Tunisian soldiers killed near Algeria

Eight Tunisian soldiers were killed by militants near the Algerian border.

News • 29 Jul 13

Protesters shout slogans against the ruling Ennahda party

Tunisian opposition considering rival government

Tunisia's secular opposition said this afternoon it is considering setting up an alternative "salvation government" to challenge the Islamist-led leadership.

News • 28 Jul 13

Teargas fired in Tunisia to disperse protesters

Tunisian police fire teargas at protesters

Tunisian police fired tear gas in front of parliament to disperse secular protesters demanding the dissolution of the assembly and Islamists defending the legitimacy of their rule.

News • 27 Jul 13

Protesters gathered outside the Interior Ministry after the assassination of Mohamed Brahmi on Thursday

Protesters call for Tunisian govt to be toppled

Tens of thousands of Tunisians turned out for the funeral of assassinated secular politician Mohamed Brahmi this morning, and called for the Islamist-led government to be toppled.

News • 27 Jul 13

Tunis protest followed calls by the secular opposition for street rallies to topple the government

Protests in Tunisia after political assassination

Thousands of protesters have assembled in the Tunisian capital of Tunis after the assassination of a leading opposition politician.

News • 26 Jul 13

Tunisians react outside a hospital after the killing of Mohamed Brahmi

Tunisian flights cancelled after politician shot

All flights to and from Tunisia will be cancelled on Friday after a general strike was called in protest at the killing of a prominent opposition figure, the civil aviation office said.

News • 25 Jul 13