China has urged the United States to "correct its mistakes" after the US State Department removed previous wording on its ...

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Between parked cars in a suburban street in Athens, workers fix a pump to an ancient stone well that in turn accesses an ...

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Thirty six years ago today, during the 1969-98 Northern Ireland conflict, Belfast human rights lawyer Pat Finucane was shot ...

A Streamstown nun who has worked in Sierra Leone for 70 years will be the focus of the popular RTE One Nationwide programme ...

Frank, a War of Independence veteran, was father of the late RTE gaelic games commentator, Mick Dunne, and grandfather of the ...

An Irish nun who has worked in Sierra Leone for 70 years has received a Presidential Distinguished Service Award for her work ...