Rescue ship carrying 600 migrants to be allowed to dock in Spain
Aquarius and passengers accepted by new PM Pedro Sánchez after Italian crackdown
Two Irish Naval ships to join Mediterranean migrant rescue
Ships will spend 16-week missions between Italy and Libya from April until year’s end
Naval Service defends actions of patrol ship during migrant rescue
Trial of alleged traffickers in Sicily hears defence of LÉ Niamh role in 2015 rescue
Naval Service: Battling strong odds migrants will not reach land
Growing confidence: Mediterranean rescues offer a new level of intensity for Irish sailors
Sea of tears: life and death on board the boats in the Mediterranean
There are no ordinary days for the search-and-rescue boats off the coast of Libya. Adam Alexander spends five days on a Malta-based aid vessel that sees both relief and grief
LÉ ‘James Joyce’ recovers 16 bodies off Libyan coast
Naval Service ship part of operation rescuing more than 1,100 migrants and refugees
Italy recovers ship that sank with 700 migrants on board
Forensic experts will begin trying to identify the victims once back on land
Migrant crisis: Shipwrecks ‘kill up to 700’ UN agency says
Irish naval ship ‘LÉ Róisín’ rescues 123 migrants from sinking 12m-long rubber vessel
At least 45 dead as over 2,000 migrants rescued off Italy
Around 14,000 people were taken off flimsy vessels in the Mediterranean last week
Migrant crisis: Italian navy says boat flipped, 550 rescued
No details of nationalities issued, however five fatalites reported in wake of capsize
Rescued migrant families describe sea capsize ordeal
Survivors of capsize incident say vessel was already sinking before LÉ Niamh arrived
LÉ Niamh rescues 225 migrants off coast of Libya
139 men, 74 women and 12 children taken from two inflatable vessels overnight by Irish naval vessel
Italian navy rescues 1,700 migrants in Mediterranean
Italy’s interior ministry has yet to say where migrants will be taken
Migrants suffocated in overcrowded boat, says Italian navy
At least 40 people have died and navy has rescued 320 in Mediterranean
Fifty missing after rubber dinghy sinks in Mediterranean
Italian navy rescues migrants off the coast of Libya; survivors fear for missing
LÉ Niamh arrives in Sicily with survivors as some 200 feared drowned
Fishing boat carrying hundreds of migrants capsized in Mediterranean
LÉ ‘Niamh’ rescues 367 people after capsize in Mediterranean
Vessel en route to port of Palermo after 25 fatalities and at least 185 unaccounted for
Three Ministers visit LÉ Eithne patrol ship in Malta
Navy vessel has rescued more than 3,300 migrants in Mediterranean mission
LÉ Eithne arrives in Italy with 399 rescued migrants
Some 3,480 migrants rescued from 15 boats in Mediterranean on Saturday
Taoiseach sends off LE Eithne crew leaving for Mediterranean
Enda Kenny applauds Irish ‘humanitarian personality’ as ship leaves on aid mission
More migrants arrive in Sicily
Italian navy takes 220 migrants rescued from listing vessel off Libya coast to Catania
Migrant crisis: Granting of asylum to those in need an obligation
Asylum given to those who can show they are fleeing persecution and in need of protection
Migration in the Mediterranean: the toll on humanity
Rosita Boland: ‘I watched as migrants from Syria, Bangladesh, Mali and Nigeria took their first steps on land since embarking from Libya on boats they knew could as easily transform overnight into their coffins’
Italy faces new Islamic State threat from Libya
ISIS threat ‘signed with blood against the nation of the cross’ follows release of video
Two Albanian seamen killed in Greek ferry fire salvage
Deaths add to toll of 10 victims in Norman Atlantic disaster off Greece’s Adriatic coast
Ferry fire death toll rises to 10 as evacuation completed
Boat was sailing from Greece to Italy carrying 478 passengers when blaze broke out
Nearly 1,250 migrants rescued in Mediterranean over Christmas
Four rescue operations involve vessels from Italy and other states over four days
Italian navy to continue refugee rescue mission
Confusion mounts as decision taken to replace Mare Nostrum scheme from November
Carbon monoxide fumes kill 19 on migrant boat bound for Italy
4,000 migrants rescued while attempting to reach country in last three days, navy says
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