For the seventh consecutive year, Finland clinches the title of the world’s happiest country in the UN’s annual World Happiness Report. Denmark, Iceland, and Sweden closely follow suit, with Ireland securing the 17th spot, down from its previous 14th position. Notably, Afghanistan falls behind among the 143 surveyed nations. Costa Rica and Kuwait make their … Read more
Global temperatures are likely to surge to record levels in the next five years, fuelled by heat-trapping greenhouse gases and a naturally occurring El Niño event, according to a new update issued by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). There is a 66% chance that the annual average near-surface global temperature between 2023 and 2027 will be more … Read more
An Irish soldier on a United Nations peacekeeping mission in Lebanon has been shot and killed and a second is in critical condition after a “hostile” crowd surrounded their armoured vehicle, Ireland’s defence minister has said. The soldiers, part of the UN Interim Forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL), were on what Simon Coveney, who is also … Read more
At the United Nations COP27 climate summit in Egypt, delegates came to a significant agreement about financial aid for less developed nations. They have decided to create a fund to cover loss and damage already brought on by global warming after two weeks of discussions. Negotiators have been working through the night to finalise the … Read more
Ireland is to make a large contribution to a UN fund to combat malnutrition among children. Millions of children in underdeveloped countries will benefit from the US and UNICEF effort, which aims to improve their nutrition. One in five deaths of children under the age of five are related to malnutrition. The United States has … Read more
The latest State of Food Security and Nutrition report shows the world is moving backward in efforts to eliminate hunger and malnutrition. The number of people affected by hunger globally rose to as many as 828 million in 2021, an increase of about 46 million since 2020 and 150 million since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic (1), according to a … Read more
The Taoiseach Micheál Martin travelled to Lebanon to visit members of the Irish Defence Forces. On Sunday Micheál Martin laid a wreath in the southern Lebanese town of Tibnine in memory of the 47 members of the Defence Forces who have lost their lives serving in the country. Speaking to reporters following the ceremony, Martin … Read more
Minister of State at the Department of Justice James Browne represented Ireland at the UN International Migration Review Forum at the United Nations Headquarters in New York this week. The forum was convened to progress the implementation of the UN Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, which Ireland helped to facilitate in 2018. … Read more
More than 1.2 million people have left Ukraine since the fighting began, according to the UN refugee agency. More than 165,000 people left the country on Thursday, down slightly from Wednesday’s count and well under the nearly 200,000 on Tuesday, which amounted to the peak one-day outflow of people from Ukraine since the conflict began, … Read more
The global temperature will increase 1.5C within next two decades even in the best case scenario, warned the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) convened by the United Nations. The report prepared by 234 authors also urged the countries to take necessary actions as soon as possible. As a result of global temperature increase by … Read more