No trivial pursuits as work of model UN youth conference gets under wayAT THE International Model United Nations yesterday, 700 teenagers gathered in a Dublin hotel to play at being adults and there…Thu Apr 03 1997 - 01:00
LEADING WITH THE HEARTFOR all the intensity of human experience, our memories are alarmingly shortThu Apr 03 1997 - 01:00
Burton rejects criticism by Amnesty refugee lawsTHE Minister of State for Justice, Ms Joan Burton, has rejected criticism by Amnesty International of delays in bringing new …Thu Apr 03 1997 - 01:00
Group queries role of Irish aid workersCOMHLAMH, the umbrella group for returned development volunteers, has urged the Government to abandon its commitment to sending…Wed Apr 02 1997 - 01:00
Man stabbed to death faced charges over vigilante drugs killingA MAN was arrested yesterday evening in connection with the fatal stabbing of Mr Desmond Whelan (27) near his home in Dolphin…Wed Apr 02 1997 - 01:00
Chip shop row that ended in tragedyCHILDREN played on bicycles yesterday outside the inner-city fiat where Des Whelan was stabbedWed Apr 02 1997 - 01:00
British upstage Irish National festivityFREAKISH summer weather, thrilling finishes and a controversial winner of the Irish Grand National - there was little the first…Tue Apr 01 1997 - 01:00
World shows confidence in the new EthiopiaTHE HAMMER and sickle is still emblazoned on the entrance to country villages, a reminder of the government's Marxist Leninist…Mon Mar 31 1997 - 01:00
Gardai investigate series of rapes in AthloneGARDAI in Athlone have begun a major investigation into a series of rapes in the town, including two in the past week which may…Mon Mar 31 1997 - 01:00
Ethiopia reaps benefits of aid re-thinkSOMETIMES progress takes place in extremely small stepsSat Mar 29 1997 - 00:00
A modest human miracle, how Ethiopia has managed to turn from famine to fertilityBEDESSA, a dusty highland settlement south of Addis Ababa, is an unlikely place to feature in rock music historyTue Mar 25 1997 - 00:00
Unworkable sanctions only aid Tutsi elite and inflate the price of basic foodsWHEN Bujumburas small diplomatic corps turned out at the airport last week to say goodbye to the departing UN representative …Wed Mar 12 1997 - 00:00
Starvation and disease facing thousands herded into campsOPPOSITION politicians in Burundi who likened them to Hitler's concentration camps have been locked up and torturedMon Mar 10 1997 - 00:00
Where the elite use air conditioners, the poor sweat, and no one has a ceiling fanAFRICANS tend to have a proverb to cover all eventualitiesSat Mar 08 1997 - 00:00
Irish aid planning mission begins in RwandaOFFICIALS from the Department of Foreign Affairs today begin a planning mission here to decide how £2 million of Irish aid is…Wed Mar 05 1997 - 00:00
President raises concerns about detention without trial of 100,000 prisonersTHE President, Mrs Robinson, has raised her "special concern" about the continuing detention without trial of 100,000 prisoners…Tue Mar 04 1997 - 00:00
Showpiece jail that imprisons child killers of the genocide"MAY I go outside?" the children gaily sang in their English class.Tue Mar 04 1997 - 00:00
President criticises UN failure on human rightsTHE President, Mrs Robinson, has begun her third visit to Rwanda with a forceful critique of the UN's failure to counter human…Mon Mar 03 1997 - 00:00
Zairean rebel advances raise fears of fresh refugee crisisSPECTACULAR rebel advances in eastern Zaire have raised the prospect of a renewed refugee crisis in the region, after up to 170…Mon Mar 03 1997 - 00:00
Robinson to begin visit to Rwanda at a dangerous timeTHE President, Mrs Robinson, begins her third visit to Rwanda tomorrow at a time when the future of the central African republic…Fri Feb 28 1997 - 00:00
EU urged to discourage mercenariesTHE EU should do all in its power to discourage its nationals from serving as mercenaries in the conflict in Zaire, the Minister…Sat Feb 22 1997 - 00:00
Warning given on reform of justice systemTHE justice system risks criminalising an entire generation of Irish males if it follows the British example, a conference on…Fri Feb 21 1997 - 00:00
UN plan rejection prompts fear of widening conflict in ZaireTHE Zairean and Rwandan governments have dismissed a UN sponsored peace plan for their region, prompting fresh fears of an escalation…Thu Feb 20 1997 - 00:00
`Rapid response' units set up to tackle overseas crisis"RAPID response" units of qualified medical and nursing staff are to be set up to assist in humanitarian emergencies overseas…Wed Feb 19 1997 - 00:00
Words of wisdomWITH an estimated one billion people unable to read and write, adult illiteracy remains once of the most intractable problems…Tue Feb 18 1997 - 00:00
We gave more when we had less and our aid agencies face new challengesONE OF the ironies of current Irish economic growth is that it has not resulted in a windfall of generosity towards those less…Sat Feb 15 1997 - 00:00
Trocaire hires US company to raise donations of £7mTROCAIRE, the Catholic Third World relief agency, has hired an American fundraising company to raise £7 million over the next…Sat Feb 15 1997 - 00:00
Drop in income forces Concern to make 10 of its staff redundantTHE largest Irish aid agency, Concern Worldwide, has made 10 staff redundant and closed the development education department …Fri Feb 14 1997 - 00:00
Trocaire urges West to focus on human rights abuseTROCAIRE, the Catholic Third World agency, has begun its annual Lenten appeal with a call for Western governments to focus more…Wed Feb 12 1997 - 00:00
Citizens of "Nairobbery" will believe worst about the policeALTHOUGH the motives and political links of the policeman who killed Brother Timmons are still unclear, many ordinary Kenyans…Tue Feb 11 1997 - 00:00
Military action is urged to aid refugees in ZaireTHE Government should support military intervention in eastern Zaire to help refugees, according to Mr John O'Shea, the director…Tue Feb 11 1997 - 00:00
Aid agencies warned about future supportTHE era of large scale government support for aid agencies is coming to an end, a British development specialist has warned.Mon Feb 10 1997 - 00:00
"I'm backing the nurses" badges are put on hold for the momentTHE "I'm backing the nurses" badges were in heavy demand after the INO's Dublin meeting, but after, lengthy debate the union'…Mon Feb 10 1997 - 00:00
Hunger haunts the hidden KenyaBETWEEN the high rises of Nairobi and the luxury hotels of Mombasa lies a swathe of Kenyan poverty the tourists never see.Sat Feb 08 1997 - 00:00
Ireland's overseas aid grows fastestIRELAND'S overseas aid is growing faster than in any other western country, according to the latest OECD report on development…Thu Feb 06 1997 - 00:00
Pressure on Kenya killing witnesses claimedKENYAN authorities are interfering with key witnesses to the murder of Brother Larry Timmons, the most senior figure in the Catholic…Tue Feb 04 1997 - 00:00
Kenyan faithful warm to message of "healing nun"THE faithful started arriving from early morning, the women with babies tied to their backs, the men carrying jerrycans of water…Mon Feb 03 1997 - 00:00
Shadowy death of an Irish idealist under African skiesBROTHER Larry Timmons began his last day like any other tip at dawn, prayers and down to work in the rural development centre…Sat Feb 01 1997 - 00:00
Police linked to killing of FranciscanFRESH evidence has emerged which points to police collusion in the killing of the Irish Franciscan Brother Larry Timmons.Sat Feb 01 1997 - 00:00
Ahern pledges increase in Irish overseas aid when in governmentFIANNA Fail has pledged itself for the first time to a specific increase in Ireland's overseas development aid if it is returned…Tue Jan 28 1997 - 00:00
EU presidency to question Kenya on killing of religiousTHE Government has asked its Dutch counterpart, which holds the EU presidency, to raise the killing of Brother Larry Timmons …Tue Jan 28 1997 - 00:00
Church links monk's death to bribery protestTHE killing by Kenyan police of an Irish Franciscan brother has been linked by the local Catholic church to his fight against…Mon Jan 27 1997 - 00:00
Gardai arrest man at hunt protestONE man was arrested and one woman injured in disturbances at an anti hunt protest in Co Waterford over the weekend.Mon Jan 27 1997 - 00:00
World Bank policies in Third World criticised for frustrating aid aimsWORLD Bank financial policies in the most impoverished African countries are frustrating the aim of Irish aid to help the "poorest…Mon Jan 27 1997 - 00:00
Dark shadows behind sunny images in tourist brochuresTHE flowery language and dreamy pictures of the brochures on offer at this weekend's Travel World exhibition in the RDS tell …Sat Jan 25 1997 - 00:00
Clubs are advised to endure members registerSPORTS clubs have been advised to ensure all members are registered properly and their dues kept up to date in order to avoid…Wed Jan 22 1997 - 00:00
Government may force foreign aid workers to quit RwandaHUNDREDS of aid workers from Ireland and other Western countries may have to leave Rwanda because of a government drive to reduce…Mon Jan 20 1997 - 00:00
Concern pulls back staff after six are killedCONCERN has pulled its expatriate staff out of the area of northwestern Rwanda where three Spanish aid workers and three soldiers…Mon Jan 20 1997 - 00:00
Kigali has pulled itself out of abyss but still lives on edgeWELCOME to Kigali Frontiersville, Rwanda home of soldiers, spies, arms dealers, sanctions busters, squatters, thieves and assassins…Sat Jan 18 1997 - 00:00
Ireland asked to help Rwanda develop its bogsIRELAND has been asked to make its expertise in peat technology available to help Rwanda develop alternative sources of fuel …Fri Jan 17 1997 - 00:00
