Damian Mac Con Uladh

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Damian Mac Con Uladh is a contributor to The Irish Times based in Athens.

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Ios deaths: Funerals of Andrew O’Donnell and Max Wall to take place next week

Students had been part of a group from St Michael’s College on a post-Leaving Cert holiday to Ios in Greece

Thu Jul 06 2023 - 19:51

Postmortems concluded on bodies of Irish teenagers who died in Greece

Bodies of Leaving Cert students Andrew O’Donnell and Max Wall, who died in Ios, are set to be released for repatriation after autopsies

Wed Jul 05 2023 - 18:57

Postmortems on bodies of Dublin teenagers who died in Greece to take place on Wednesday

Bodies of Leaving Cert students Andrew O’Donnell and Max Wall, who died on the Greek island of Ios, will be released for repatriation after postmortems

Tue Jul 04 2023 - 16:23

‘The whole island is in deep shock’: Investigations begin as two Dublin Leaving Cert students die in Greece

Former St Michael’s College students Max Wall and Andrew O’Donnell were on post-Leaving Cert holiday on Ios

Mon Jul 03 2023 - 07:36

Higgins urges Turkey to avoid military intervention in Syria

President urges ‘alternative negotiated approach’ to avoid ‘humanitarian agony’

Fri Oct 11 2019 - 21:27

Climate change: Higgins warns of judgment by ‘future generations’

President delivers wide-ranging speech in Athens, noting vulnerable Kurdish people

Thu Oct 10 2019 - 19:29

Higgins urges EU states to fulfil refugee obligations

President calls for action on vexatious migrant issue on visit to refugee camp in Athens

Sat Feb 24 2018 - 17:55

President conferred with honorary degree in Athens

Higgins calls for culture and youth to be central in shaping the future of the EU

Fri Feb 23 2018 - 21:53

Higgins no longer rules out running for second term

Gallagher says he is ‘very surprised’ at change of heart as President meets Greek leaders

Fri Feb 23 2018 - 01:12

Michael D Higgins criticises EU treatment of Greece during visit to Athens

President says those responsible for mistaken economic policies must take blame

Thu Feb 22 2018 - 19:20

Greek minister praises President Higgins’s austerity stance

Minister speaks ahead of the President’s three-day state visit to Athens

Mon Feb 19 2018 - 06:45

Obama tells Greece: ‘Austerity alone cannot deliver prosperity’

US president reiterates support for debt relief for Greece during visit to Athens

Wed Nov 16 2016 - 01:00

Questions mount over EU’s role in processing asylum requests

The deportation of migrants from Greece to Turkey may be fast-tracked by an EU agency

Thu Apr 07 2016 - 22:38

Migrant crisis: ‘They might as well kill me if they send me back’

Migrants express shock as first deportations take place under EU deal with Turkey

Tue Apr 05 2016 - 01:00

Migrants deported to Turkey from Greece under EU deal

Early morning operation sees two boats transfer first 138 deportees from Lesbos

Mon Apr 04 2016 - 09:53