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Gongs go to Timmy Dooley, Mary Robinson, Seán Ó Fearghaíl, Louise O’Reilly, Thomas Pringle, Michael Collins, Mary Lou McDonald and Helen McEntee, but will they be thrilled?

Climate groups raise concerns over need to fund transition from dirty to clean energy in developing countries

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has visited dairy company Al Ain Farms in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) today (Thursday, November 30).

Micheál Martin also doubled down on comments he gave some months ago which were critical of China.

Leo Varadkar, Tánaiste Micheál Martin and Environment Minister Eamon Ryan will all attend the UN General Assembly this week.

The Tánaiste paid a three-day trip to the Middle East this week.

One always has to be hopeful. Despite what Micheál Martin himself described as a productive and helpful few days in the Middle East, it would be a Herculean effort for Ireland to make the issue a top priority again, writes Sean Murray

Tánaiste meets Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu and raises Irish concerns over illegal Israeli settlements

Ireland has issued its one-millionth passport of the year. - the first time the country has passed the landmark number in a calendar year.