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The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
POOR RAINFALL has led to a severe deterioration in the levels of food available in parts of Ethiopia, but the unfolding crisis cannot be compared to the 1984 famine, the Irish Ambassador to Ethiopia told an Oireachtas committee yesterday.
People Daily (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
The Irish government on Sunday expressed appreciation over the efforts the Sudanese government has made to free two aid workers of the Irish aid group GOAL, who have been abducted in Darfur since July. "We express our appreciation for the role the government of Sudan has played in the past three months to bring about this conclusion," said Irish Ambassador to Sudan...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009
Ireland's non-resident ambassador to the Philippines flew in to Manila Tuesday to follow up on the case of the Irish priest, who was snatched by heavily armed gunmen from his home in Pagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur over the weekend. Ambassador Richard O'Brien, who is based in Singapore, has already been in touch with Philippine authorities, the Department of Foreign Affairs and...
Belfast Telegraph (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
The Irish ambassador to Singapore is travelling to the Philippines to help secure the release of Fr Michael Sinnot, who was abducted by armed men yesterday.
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
EU Summit »Taoiseach told last week of Bruton bid for EU president jobARTHUR BEESLEY in Brussels and LARA MARLOWE in WashingtonBRUTON CANDIDACY: TAOISEACH BRIAN Cowen has said he learned last week that John Bruton was preparing to canvass EU governments to select him as the first president of the European Council.Mr Bruton previously asked the Irish Ambassador to Washington, Michael Collins,...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
The Irish government has pledged to provide 1.1 million euros (about 1.7 million US dollars) over the next three years to improve the business environment in Mozambique.
IOL (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
By Victoria JohnA 22-year-old white South African woman was recently granted permission to stay in Ireland after claiming she was at risk in her home country because of racial discrimination.Colin Wrafter, the Irish ambassador in South Africa, said that Dianne Jefferson was only allowed to stay in the country because she is married to an Irish citizen.Jefferson launched a legal...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
NO ransom was paid for the release of the Ugandan aid worker and her Irish colleague, said Betty Akech, Uganda's ambassador to Sudan, yesterday.
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
THE SOUTH African government is to lodge a protest with the Irish ambassador in Pretoria against a race-based argument that was accepted by a Dublin court leading to one of its citizens being granted temporary residency.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
Dublin - Concern was mounting in Ireland Monday over the welfare of an Irish priest who was snatched by six armed men from his mission's residence in a southern Philippine city. The Irish Ambassador to Singapore has travelled to Manila to support the...
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
EFFORTS TO secure the release of an Irish aid worker held hostage in Darfur with her Ugandan colleague are continuing following a meeting between local tribal chiefs and representatives of the Sudanese, Irish and Ugandan governments.
