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<p>Migrant domestic workers from Sierra Leone shelter in South Beirut during the Israeli bombardment of the city last November. Picture: Dea Hage-Chahine</p>

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How one woman is rescuing migrant workers trapped in Lebanon’s abusive kafala system

Lebanon’s kafala system traps migrant workers in abuse and exploitation — one woman is risking everything to change that

<p>Young street vendors selling balloons walk past sculpted figures representing people staring at the devastation on a sidewalk overlooking the port of Beirut on August 4, 2024. Picture: Ibrahim Amro/ AFP</p>

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Lebanon on the brink: The fragile resilience of a nation caught between war and survival

<p>Michael Flatley: 'It took a long time to get there, but Castelhyde has become the place I'll call home. Picture: Brian McEvoy</p>

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Michael Flatley’s Castlehyde estate: The restoration, the parties and the court cases

Ramadan in Ireland: ‘Celebrating together makes us all feel closer to home’

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Ramadan in Ireland: ‘Celebrating together makes us all feel closer to home’

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Living in limbo: The harsh reality of the undocumented Irish in Trump's America

Nathan McDonnell had it all — until a €32m drug bust changed everything

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Nathan McDonnell had it all — until a €32m drug bust changed everything

Kerry businessman ashen-faced as he is sentenced for importing State’s biggest crystal meth haul

S Kerry businessman ashen-faced as he is sentenced for importing State’s biggest crystal meth haul

Nathan McDonnell jailed for 12 years over €32m trafficking plot

Fri, 28 Feb, 2025

Colin Sheridan: What’s next for our selective neutrality?

S Colin Sheridan: What’s next for our selective neutrality?

We need to face up to the nuances and quirks of our neutrality while acknowledging the malaise in the Defence Forces charged to defend it, writes Colin Sheridan

Sat, 15 Feb, 2025

Former businessman at heart of Tralee drugs case barely recognisable after year in custody

S Former businessman at heart of Tralee drugs case barely recognisable after year in custody

A specific date for handing down the sentence hasn’t been identified but Nathan McDonnell is likely to hear about his fate by the end of the month

Tue, 11 Feb, 2025

MICHEAL MARTIN

S The Micheál Martin Interview: The 'blissfully unaware' are blind to the growing fear in EU states

In an interview with Irish Examiner Political Editor Elaine Loughlin, the Taoiseach says he believes defence will be a vital issue to tackle in his term in office

Sat, 08 Feb, 2025

Who are the 137 children missing in Ireland since 1977?

S Who are the 137 children missing in Ireland since 1977?

More than 130 children who have gone missing in Ireland since 1977 have never been found, with the vast majority migrant children

Sat, 11 Jan, 2025

Prison, reoffending, addiction: Kerry man's 'vicious circle' racks up 548 convictions

S Prison, reoffending, addiction: Kerry man's 'vicious circle' racks up 548 convictions

Ann Murphy looks at the chequered past of Richard O’Brien, one of Ireland’s most prolific offenders

Listen | Sun, 05 Jan, 2025

'You could hear a pin drop in court' as Conor McGregor gave his evidence during civil case

S 'You could hear a pin drop in court' as Conor McGregor gave his evidence during civil case

Sean Murray looks back at two weeks of testimony in Nikita Hand's civil case, and says it often made for tough listening

Sun, 17 Nov, 2024

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S Mick Clifford: Maga fans don’t just believe Trump — they believe in him

Like fans beating matchday traffic on a Munster final day, those leaving Trump rallies early already have their result: They're happy to have been in communion with each other and with their hero

Tue, 29 Oct, 2024

Michael Moynihan: Flags and falsehoods blow wild and unchecked in MAGA land

S Michael Moynihan: Flags and falsehoods blow wild and unchecked in MAGA land

In Trump world, factors such as economic indicators, never mind fitness for office, are immaterial. The personality is all that matters to the cult, writes Michael Moynihan

Sat, 12 Oct, 2024

Colin Sheridan: To live in Beirut is an act of love

S Colin Sheridan: To live in Beirut is an act of love

The beating heart of Lebanon, Beirut is a city rife with contradictions, cruelty, and despair — yet to those who’ve spent time there, its beauty is unparalleled

Fri, 11 Oct, 2024

One year on from October 7 attack, panelists discuss what's next for the Middle East

S One year on from October 7 attack, panelists discuss what's next for the Middle East

There are so many players and so many imponderables. Truly it is a region on a knife edge

Sun, 06 Oct, 2024

Maps of countries in Middle East

S Middle East at war: Those who have brought us to the brink

It’s been a very long time since we’ve been so overwhelmed by possibilities, almost all of them bad

Sat, 05 Oct, 2024

Winter weather Dec 11th 2022

S Patrick Nugent's death at Bunratty Castle still shrouded in mystery 40 years on

As investigations into the death of Patrick Nugent resume, one wonders why it wasn’t done right the first time

Tue, 24 Sep, 2024

Harbor at the Coast of Dingle in Ireland

S Rural Ireland Thinks poll: New faces welcomed to rural areas scarred by decades of emigration

Perhaps in rural Ireland, there is a greater appreciation that people are the lifeblood of community and commercial life, irrespective of their origins

Tue, 17 Sep, 2024

Apple Unveils iPhone 15 And Other New Products

S How Apple rules the world

The world's most valuable company is loved, and feared, because of the fanatical control it maintains over the iPhone. How long will it last?

Sat, 14 Sep, 2024

Brothers of Charity apologises for sexual abuse suffered by almost 300 schoolchildren

S Brothers of Charity apologises for sexual abuse suffered by almost 300 schoolchildren

The Brothers of Charity said that they have 'co-operated fully' with three abuse investigations, namely, the Inquiry into Holy Family School in 2007, the 2009 ‘Ryan Commission’ and the more recent Scoping Inquiry

Fri, 06 Sep, 2024

Two injectors / dosing pens for subcutaneous injection of antidiabetic medication or anti-obesity medication hovering over a bl

S Terry Prone: Forget 'skinny jabs', these drugs are changing everything

No previous medicine has ever challenged international culture, jolted the food industry into radical change, rattled the future prospects of the alcohol industry, threatened Big Tobacco or promised the possibility of cheaper air travel, writes Terry Prone

Sat, 27 Jul, 2024

RTE Gaelic Games Commentator Micheal O Muircheartaigh commentates on his last All-Ireland Senior Championship Final

S Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh’s greatest skill was allowing the blind to see

The commentator and broadcaster died that rarest of things: a man more beloved than most of the heroes who played the games he called, writes Colin Sheridan

Fri, 28 Jun, 2024

England v Wales - International Friendly - Wembley Stadium

S Colin Sheridan: The Colossus of Roy Keane will keep doing his own thing

That superstar Roy Keane has remained relevant so long after his display in Turin is nothing short of remarkable, writes Colin Sheridan

Sat, 08 Jun, 2024

File Photo The Health Service Executive has said it is working to establish how many patients may need to have their medical tes

S 'Unfit' Cork mental health facility reopens despite €1.3m spend on replacement property

Ten residents moved to Millfield House in Blackpool from rented facility

Thu, 06 Jun, 2024

Bid to build 42 homes on historic Montenotte site is refused

S Bid to build 42 homes on historic Montenotte site is refused

Cork City Council has shot down the plan for the former Honan Home, citing 'detrimental impacts to the special character of this 18th century house'

Mon, 03 Jun, 2024

Now released from jail in the US, Irish Navillus executives will fight to clear their names

S Now released from jail in the US, Irish Navillus executives will fight to clear their names

New York construction kingpins Dónal O’Sullivan and Pádraig Naughton will bid to have their fraud convictions overturned

Sat, 01 Jun, 2024

Elaine Loughlin: Just like his office, Michael D Higgins's mind is overflowing with ideas

S Elaine Loughlin: Just like his office, Michael D Higgins's mind is overflowing with ideas

Political Editor Elaine Loughlin visited President Michael D Higgins in his study where he spoke about issues including food security and conflict in the Middle East — and reflected on what the future holds for him

Tue, 28 May, 2024

Standoff delays publication of Cork's preferred light rail route

S Standoff delays publication of Cork's preferred light rail route

'Difference of opinion' over a northside-southside route choice

Mon, 27 May, 2024

Mandy Kelly

S State 'not doing enough', says mother of boys abducted by Egyptian father

Mandy Kelly's sons 'stranded in Egypt' ahead of her landmark case in the family courts there in September

Fri, 24 May, 2024