Department of Foreign Affairs

More than 150 Irish citizens in Sudan seek help as evacuation operation in Khartoum at ‘highly sensitive’ stage

Countries have struggled to bring out citizens amid deadly clashes that have killed more than 400 people

To date 105 Irish in Sudan have registered with the nearest Irish embassy in Nairobi at the request of the Department of Foreign Affairs

Department of Foreign Affairs ‘closely monitoring situation’ as fighting continues

Long-serving diplomat Aidan O’Hara was assaulted in Khartoum incident on Monday

The service is a lifeline for thousands of elderly Irish in the UK for for whom the digital divide is a real barrier, research shows

Herstory project aims to teach young people on both sides of the Border about women’s contribution to peace

Officials expressed ‘concern’ over charity decision to accept donation from rifle scope manufacturer

Letter from passport office suggested getting sister who carried child to fill in form despite woman’s guardianship

New Bill will not only prohibit homosexuality but also its ‘promotion’

Cliffs of Moher, Rock of Cashel and other beauty spots feature in Irish Government poster campaign in Ukraine

Holly Cairns hasn’t put a foot wrong, apart from her first single

Yuriy Filatov took issue with Tánaiste’s comments in Oireachtas about Ukrainian values being ‘EU values’

Number of callers to suicide prevention hotline has tripled since Russia’s all-out invasion a year ago

Australian authorities gradually forcing some Russians, or people they claim have direct or indirect links to Russia, to leave Australia by cancelling their visas

A play involving victims of the conflict will be seen by officers investigating collusion

Investigation into Irish aid organisation makes several findings against chief executive

Dead man has been named locally as Damien Conlon, who was in his 30s and originally from Co Sligo

Raco says Department of Defence ‘obsessed’ with recruiting new members at expense of stopping brain drain of experienced personnel

Ministers can’t be ‘going around in rickshaws’, Fianna Fáil TD tells Dáil

Move follows record number of applications for passports last year, with same number anticipated in 2023

Numbers increase from 1,400 per day during December to 5,000 in recent days with record number of calls

The archive of civil rights campaigner Kevin Boyle provides a ‘powerful first-hand account’ of events

Irish consulate in New South Wales has been informed of drowning

Legislation being drafted to permit deployment of Army Ranger Wing to ensure safety of Irish people in overseas situations

Rescuers have recovered 68 bodies after the Himalayan nation’s deadliest plane crash in 30 years

Last year average turnaround times for online renewals were 10 working days for adults and 15 for children

Irish diplomats handled 55 per cent increase in cases involving deaths of citizens abroad in 2022

Drop-off partly attributed to Ukrainian ambassador to Ireland asking refugees not to come to Ireland or to defer their journeys

Emails show annual move to light buildings green for St. Patrick’s Day halted as an unbecoming “celebratory message”

Bernard Phelan’s family say he is being detained in inhumane conditions

Ambassador to Holy See likely to be State’s sole official representative at St Peter’s as President not attending

There were 100,000 first time applications from Northern Ireland and Great Britain

Anglo-Irish records from 1996–2002 from three government departments - the taoiseach, foreign affairs and justice

Patrick Ward (45) fell down a slope during visit to ‘death railway’

Those on the outside of the system can be very vulnerable, immigrant support organisation warns

At least 59 organisations have received exemptions since Moscow invaded Ukraine in February

Promotion of Irish artists hampered by tensions between cultural diplomacy and opaque State patronage

Ban on 52 Irish politicians is ‘hybrid warfare’, says Martin but Jim O’Callaghan expresses delight position received ‘such recognition’

Aika Doheny became ill after drinking soya-based coffee while on holiday in Tokyo