Maradona wants to coach Iraq at the World Cup in Brazil
Never thought I’d type that sentence.
View ArticleUnited Arab Emirates market opens to Irish sheep meat
Last summer the UAE and the Irish government also reached agreements on beef and poultry meat exports from Ireland.
View ArticleUnited Nations backs Mali intervention as more French troops on the way
Approval at the UN security council is likely to mean further support for France’s intervention in west Africa.
View ArticleLegendary Irish cricketer Trent Johnston to retire
The Australian-born player will bow out following the ICC InterContinental Cup final in Dubai
View ArticleKiwi player sent off for idiotic two-footed stamp in defeat to UAE
It’s the routine nature of this that scares us most.
View ArticleGovernment won’t say if Taoiseach has or will raise human rights concerns...
Enda Kenny has acknowledged Saudi Arabia’s election to the UN Human Rights Council, but the government won’t say if concerns about human rights issues are being raised with leaders there or in Qatar...
View ArticleGilmore insists: ‘Ireland always raises human rights issues’
Micheál Martin has said “of course” the Taoiseach should have raised human rights issues with leaders in the Gulf this week.
View Article‘You must be joking’: Higgins criticises Taoiseach over Gulf visit
Socialist Party TD Joe Higgins raised the issue of human rights during an Oireachtas committee meeting this evening.
View ArticleUAE developing retina-scanning drones to deliver government mail
The drones will be tested for durability and efficiency in Dubai for six months, before they’re rolled out across the UAE within a year.
View ArticleReal Madrid unveil IPIC deal to make Bernabeu ‘best stadium in the world’
The Blancos have announced a link-up with the UAE-based investment company, with a view to building the club brand worldwide.
View ArticleAmbassador who treated staff ‘like slaves’ ordered to pay them €240,000
But will Khalid Nasser Rashed Lootah invoke diplomatic immunity?
View ArticleUAE recalls ambassador who treated his staff ‘like slaves’
He was ordered to pay a total of €240,000 to three workers earlier this week.
View ArticleUnsustainable oil prices? OPEC won’t continue to step in to protect a certain...
Yesterday the price of oil hit a six year low, but the UAE says they can’t under any circumstances be the only party responsible.
View ArticleCyclone has hit preparations but Ireland can’t afford to be blown off course...
Phil Simmons’ side play their second World Cup game tonight.
View ArticleLuck of the Irish as ball hits the stumps but bails don’t fall off
Ireland are definitely winning the Cricket World Cup now.
View ArticleIreland show their mettle by scraping over the line to keep quarter-final bid...
Phil Simmons’ side have now won two from two.
View ArticleWe’ll Leave It There So: Ireland win again, Fabio’s jail sentence and all...
Here’s all the sport Wednesday had to offer.
View Article‘Remind me, was it two teams outside the top eight involved in an...
Gary Wilson took aim at the ICC after helping Ireland beat UAE.
View ArticleCourt of Misdemeanours jails and fines 28 people for ‘sex and alcohol’ boat...
Fined for “getting together while unrelated in a way that would lure them into committing acts of sin”.
View Article‘We know deep down this is it’ – Ireland’s journey to the pinnacle begins...
UAE are the visitors to Dublin and the stakes are high.
View ArticleIreland’s quest to reach the promised land has just started in the best...
John Bracewell’s side comfortably defeated UAE in Dublin.
View ArticleGervinho’s request for a private beach and helicopter scupper any hope of...
Seems he may be stuck in Rome for some time.
View ArticleIrishman and father of 8 held in one of Abu Dhabi’s most notorious prisons
John White, a property developer from Clonmel in Country Tipperary is in prison over a €500,000 debt he could not pay.
View ArticleThis is the longest, non-stop flight in the world that you can take
Can you guess what destinations?
View ArticleThis map shows where women outnumber men around the world
Ireland is among the more even countries.
View Article‘While I love living in Abu Dhabi right now, my heart is still in Ireland’
Teacher Dearbhla Gilroy says people in the UAE are incredibly warm- hearted, generous and open minded.
View ArticleEx-Liverpool player under fire for making sexist remarks on Twitter
The 28-year-old former Holland international subsequently attempted to defend his behaviour.
View ArticleHuman rights group calls for the west to stop supplying arms to those...
American allies Saudi Arabia and the UAE are leading the coalition battling rebels in Yemen.
View ArticleRogue drone forces closure of one of the world's busiest airspaces
Flights were diverted and others delayed after the drone entered airport boundaries.
View ArticleEmirates plane may have attempted go-around before crash
Four Irish passengers were on board the plane when it crashed.
View Article15 detainees transferred out of Guantanamo Bay as Obama seeks to close facility
Once transferred, former inmates are usually freed subject to supervision and undergoing rehabilitation programs.
View ArticleMiller time as Ireland score four to beat USA and reach Trophy Final at Dubai 7s
Anthony Eddy’s side will face Spain in this afternoon’s final.
View ArticleHere's what it's like being Irish and in Abu Dhabi for Christmas
Here’s what it’s like to be Irish and abroad for Christmas.
View ArticleIreland find their groove at the right time to coast through to desert...
John Bracewell’s side are finding their form after a sluggish start to the year.
View ArticleQatar told to close Al-Jazeera and accept other demands or face 'divorce'...
The Qatar-based broadcaster denounced the move as an attack on media freedom.
View ArticleOver €100,000 raised for teacher who suffered cardiac arrests in UAE
26-year-old Aisling Brady suffered the medical crisis last month and remains in hospital.
View ArticleIrish teacher (26) who suffered 3 cardiac arrests in UAE begins to show signs...
Aisling Brady (26) moved to the Gulf state last year after taking an extended break from her hometown job in Trim, Co Meath.
View ArticleBritish former newspaper editor jailed for 10 years in Dubai for killing wife
Francis Matthew had faced the possibility of the death penalty for the July 2017 killing of Jane Matthew.
View Article'Admit she was kidnapped' - Concerns raised over disappearance of Dubai...
Human Rights Watch has urged the Dubai authorities to reveal the whereabouts of the princess.
View ArticleIndia rejects UAE govt's $100 million flood disaster fund offer
India has a record of refusing foreign aid after disasters, turning down foreign help after the 2004 tsunami.
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