The adoption of the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons has been warmly welcomed by Uachtarán na hÉireann, Michael D Higgins.

In a statement coinciding with the opening up of the treaty for signature by the heads of national governments around the world, President Higgins hailed it as ‘the [...]

There are those who wish to incite and foment an atmosphere of war deliberately for the purpose of selling arms Pontiff warns.

Longford's Phoenix is seen as a symbol of the renewal for the Irish Church.

“Whereas God carries forward the work of creation ... war destroys. It ruins the most beautiful work of his hands: human beings.”

"I have been through ferocious typhoons during my 44 years in the Philippines but have never experienced anything like this."