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Maeve Higgins: Grateful to have sanctuary in US but her heart still beats for Ukraine
‘Thought we’d made it’: New Biden rule leaves asylum seekers in limbo 
‘Thought we’d made it’: New Biden rule leaves asylum seekers in limbo 
Those migrating from Nicaragua, Cuba, Haiti and Venezuela dumped back in Mexico after being expelled at US border, writes Nina Lakhani in Mexico City

Tue, 31 Jan, 2023

Fergus Finlay: Davos is a talking shop that does nothing to help people in dire need
Fergus Finlay: Davos is a talking shop that does nothing to help people in dire need
They arrive in private jets to bleat about climate change or 'co-operation' — then they go home and nothing changes

Tue, 24 Jan, 2023

Lebanon Iran
Sarah Harte: Time for a new beginning after another year of violence against women
We're on the countdown to a new year. In theory, this is a chance for a new beginning. The National Women’s Council of Ireland has described 2022 as “a difficult year for women”.

Wed, 28 Dec, 2022

Ireland 'deeply frustrated' at UN Security Council’s failure to act on Russia and climate
Ireland 'deeply frustrated' at UN Security Council’s failure to act on Russia and climate
Taoiseach Micheál Martin also accused Israel of deliberately undermining the two-state solution by continuing to build illegal settlements.

Fri, 23 Sep, 2022

Finger Pain - Medical X-ray
Natural health: I'm perimenopausal and have started to get joint pain in my hands 
Cinnamon sticks brewed with ginger can help to reduce pain and swelling in your joints

Sun, 11 Sep, 2022

Afghanistan's powerless Hazara community still facing persecution
Afghanistan's powerless Hazara community still facing persecution
In spite of its promises, the Taliban has taken no steps to create an inclusive government in which all ethnic groups and political parties play a role

Mon, 22 Aug, 2022

A year in ignorance: Afghanistan's girls have lost hope
A year in ignorance: Afghanistan's girls have lost hope
A year on from the fall of Kabul, the lives of women under the Taliban have shrunk to exclude opportunities for education, work and leisure

Tue, 16 Aug, 2022

Family who fled Taliban to live in Cork on the verge of homelessness
Family who fled Taliban to live in Cork on the verge of homelessness
They have been told they have to leave their current accommodation on July 31 because students will be returning to the property in August

Wed, 13 Jul, 2022

Afghanistan Girls Education
Surprise Taliban U-turn sees schools remain shut for girls beyond year seven
The latest setback for girls’ education is certain to receive widespread condemnation from the international community that has been urging the Taliban leaders to open schools and give women their right to public space.

Wed, 23 Mar, 2022

AFGHANISTAN Social
Three steps necessary to help save Afghanistan from further misery
The current meltdown in Afghanistan is a nightmare. The international community must act, and there are three things in particular that it can do without rewarding the Taliban, writes Gordon Brown and Martin Griffiths

Tue, 11 Jan, 2022

Afghanistan Ghani
Former Afghan president: I had minutes to decide whether to leave Kabul
Ghani’s sudden and secret departure August 15 left the city rudderless as US and Nato forces were in the final stages of their chaotic withdrawal from the country after 20 years

Thu, 30 Dec, 2021

China Afghanistan
'The Taliban say they’ll kill me if they find me' - A female reporter on the run speaks out
This journalist fled as Afghanistan fell to the Taliban in August. Unable to return home without putting at risk everyone she loves and hounded by threatening calls, she remains in hiding in the country four months on

Wed, 15 Dec, 2021

Young Afghan family in hiding seek safety in Ireland as 'people are disappearing'
Young Afghan family in hiding seek safety in Ireland as 'people are disappearing'
The Afghan Women’s Network said the family "are terrified that the Taliban will discover them in their hiding place and that they will all be killed"

Tue, 14 Dec, 2021

AFGHANISTAN Poverty
Programme to allow 500 more Afghans to settle in Ireland
The Afghan Admission Programme will open for applications this Thursday and has up to 500 places available

Tue, 14 Dec, 2021

Migrant Channel crossing incidents
Dinghy deaths tragedy brings home hostility to the world’s desperate
Closing off all safer options forces abject refugees to approach shores by the most perilous means, writes Diane Taylor and Angelique Chrisafis 

Thu, 25 Nov, 2021

Taliban ‘will not work with US to contain Islamic State’
Taliban ‘will not work with US to contain Islamic State’
Officials from both sides have said issues to be tackled include reining in extremist groups and the evacuation of foreign citizens and Afghans from the country

Sat, 09 Oct, 2021

Taliban resurgence in Afghanistan
UK officials hold talks with senior members of the Taliban in Afghanistan
UK officials have held talks with the Taliban in Afghanistan in part to prevent the country from becoming “an incubator for terrorism”.

Tue, 05 Oct, 2021

Ireland to accept an additional 500 Afghan refugees
Ireland to accept an additional 500 Afghan refugees
Scheme will allow current or former Afghan nationals living in Ireland to apply to bring their close family members who are vulnerable

Tue, 28 Sep, 2021

Ministers visit Afghanistan
UK government paid compensation for 289 civilian deaths in Afghanistan, analysis shows
The UK Government paid out compensation for the deaths of 289 civilians in Afghanistan, including at least 16 children, according to analysis of official figures.

Thu, 23 Sep, 2021

Afghanistan
Joyce Fegan: We can't let Afghan women's rights go out of fashion
"As supermodels and millionaires, reality stars and actors walked the red carpet in New York this week, Afghan women were protesting a Taliban diktat one photo at a time"

Sun, 19 Sep, 2021

WORLD TRADE FIREBALL
TP O’Mahony: Dark outcomes when religion and politics fuse
Rulers have always been cognisant of the importance of having religion on their side, writes TP O’Mahony.

Fri, 10 Sep, 2021

China Afghanistan
What will return of the Taliban mean for the rest of the region?
China will see the US departure along with its liberal democratic notions as an opportunity to extend its influence in the region

Tue, 07 Sep, 2021

Afghanistan
Taliban special forces bring Afghan women’s protest to abrupt end
Taliban special forces have brought a protest march by Afghan women demanding equal rights to an abrupt and frightening end in Kabul by firing shots into the air.

Sat, 04 Sep, 2021

Afghanistan
Irish Examiner view: A week of setbacks for women’s rights
Texas and the Taliban have more in common than their citizens might acknowledge

Sat, 04 Sep, 2021

Government accused of 'hypocrisy' for praising Army Ranger Wing while denying allowance increases
Government accused of 'hypocrisy' for praising Army Ranger Wing while denying allowance increases
The elite troops – lauded for their role in the airlift of Irish citizens from Afghanistan – have been denied tens of thousands of euro in allowance increases recommended 11 years ago

Fri, 03 Sep, 2021

'There's no hope any more in Afghanistan' - Mother and son flee Kabul to return to Limerick
'There's no hope any more in Afghanistan' - Mother and son flee Kabul to return to Limerick
In order to get back to Ireland, the family flew via Georgia, Finland and the Netherlands

Thu, 02 Sep, 2021

Afghanistan
UN: Without funding, food stocks in Afghanistan 'will run out at end of the month'
About a third of the country’s population of 38 million were facing 'emergency' or 'crisis' levels of food insecurity, according to Ramiz Alakbarov, the local UN humanitarian co-ordinator

Wed, 01 Sep, 2021

Taliban resurgence in Afghanistan
Taliban and UK officials in talks over how to secure 'safe passage' out of Afghanistan 
UK officials and the Taliban are in talks over how to secure “safe passage” out of Afghanistan for British nationals and Afghan allies.

Wed, 01 Sep, 2021

Taliban resurgence in Afghanistan
What a story to tell the world: Britain values dogs more than Afghan people
The rescue mission may become a useful distraction for the UK government who are rightly on the rack over this fumbled, catastrophic evacuation from Afghanistan, but military circles are angry and frustrated at having to help a planeload of cats and dogs leave the country. 

Tue, 31 Aug, 2021

From The Archives: Twenty years in Afghanistan
As Afghanistan adjusts to Taliban rule, the music goes silent
'There is no warning about music, but people themselves have stopped'

Tue, 31 Aug, 2021

Taliban resurgence in Afghanistan
British forces prepared to launch air strikes to target Islamic State terrorists in Afghanistan
Air Chief Marshal Mike Wigston indicated the RAF could strike Isis-K targets in Afghanistan

Tue, 31 Aug, 2021

AFGHANISTAN-CONFLICT
Last US troops exit Afghanistan to end America’s longest war
The United States has completed its withdrawal from Afghanistan, ending America’s longest war and closing a chapter in military history likely to be remembered for colossal failures, unfulfilled promises and a frantic final exit.

Mon, 30 Aug, 2021

Afghanistan
Rocket attack on Kabul airport as deadline for US withdrawal looms
The Pentagon is tight-lipped about final operations and has not specified when the withdrawal will be completed ahead of Tuesday’s deadline

Mon, 30 Aug, 2021

People who have been evacuated from Afghanistan arrive at Melsbroek military airport
'Impossible' to get to safety, says Irish citizen stranded in Kabul with his wife and daughters 
Irish embassy gave Omid Ahmadi and his family a rendezvous to get out of Afghanistan but it proved impossible to make their way through the chaos

Mon, 30 Aug, 2021

Afghanistan
Taliban a ‘long way’ from diplomatic recognition in UK, Minister says
The MP acknowledged that emails from Afghans desperate to leave the country may not have been read

Mon, 30 Aug, 2021

Irish Examiner view: Climate collapse will turn the world into Kabul
Irish Examiner view: Climate collapse will turn the world into Kabul
A dystopian nightmare will become real for all of us without drastic change

Sat, 28 Aug, 2021

82 unaccompanied Afghan children referred to Tusla in past four years 
82 unaccompanied Afghan children referred to Tusla in past four years 
Some 26 unaccompanied minors arrived here from their war-torn homeland last year – making up the majority of unaccompanied minors presenting at Ireland’s border

Fri, 27 Aug, 2021

In Pictures: Irish Army Rangers rescue Irish in Kabul
In Pictures: Irish Army Rangers rescue Irish in Kabul
A spokesperson for the Defence Forces said the team are now safely home on Irish soil

Fri, 27 Aug, 2021

People who have been evacuated from Afghanistan arrive at Melsbroek military airport
89 flights out of Kabul in past 24 hours as UN warns half a million more may flee Afghanistan in coming months 
Most of the more than 20 allied countries involved in airlifting Afghans and their own citizens out of Kabul said they had completed evacuations by Friday

Fri, 27 Aug, 2021

75 left behind in Kabul as Irish evacuation comes to an end
75 left behind in Kabul as Irish evacuation comes to an end
In total, 36 Irish citizens or residents have been safely evacuated since the Taliban took hold of Kabul

Fri, 27 Aug, 2021

The Mick Clifford Podcast: Forced Marriage-Dalal Alshohaib's escape to Ireland from Saudia Arabia
The Mick Clifford Podcast: Forced Marriage-Dalal Alshohaib's escape to Ireland from Saudia Arabia
Dalal Alshohaib's story is one of stuggle and ultimate triumph. 

Fri, 27 Aug, 2021

Simon Coveney defends decision not to send Irish troops to Kabul airport sooner
Simon Coveney defends decision not to send Irish troops to Kabul airport sooner
26 Irish citizens evacuated, a further 60 with a right to reside in Ireland left behind 

Fri, 27 Aug, 2021

Pakistan Afghanistan
Meath doctor fears his family now have only a 'thin' chance of escaping Afghanistan
'They have no hope for a life under the Taliban,' says Irish citizen whose family are trapped in Kabul

Fri, 27 Aug, 2021

TOPSHOT-AFGHANISTAN-CONFLICT
Fears grow for Irish stranded in Afghanistan after delay in launching rescue mission
Amid rising concern for the safety of those left in Kabul, military experts raise questions about Ireland's capacity to protect its citizens

Fri, 27 Aug, 2021

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