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Robinson is a fighter, but not for our farmers

Tuesday November 17 2009

The Michael Dillon Memorial lecture was delivered to the Irish Guild of Agricultural Journalists in Dublin recently by our former president, Mary Robinson.

Leaders vague on €100bn climate fund

Saturday October 31 2009

EUROPEAN Union leaders yesterday pledged to pay their "fair share" into an annual fund of €100bn to help developing nations fight climate change -- but didn't agree on how much Europe would actually contribute.

Joanna Rea of Oxfam Ireland outside pictured in Dublin yesterday with miniature tents to symbolise forced migration due to climate change. The tents form part of an Oxfam campaign urging EU heads of state to agree a climate deal in Brussels this December.

Firms face fine threat for failure to lower emissions

Thursday October 29 2009

LOCAL authorities and transport companies that fail to meet targets on lowering their greenhouse gas emissions face being fined under a proposed climate change law.

Why GAA jerseys are the height of African fashion

Wednesday October 28 2009

Ireland's unemployment rate is 12.4pc. In Kibera, East Africa's largest slum, the rate is 50pc. While most Irish people live in solid, brick houses, most Kiberans live in 12-foot by 12-foot metal shacks. Our life expectancy is 79 years; theirs is 35.

Charity begins with a hairy lip

Tuesday October 27 2009

Everyone has less money in their pockets these days, so it stands to reason that Ireland's charities, which rely for the large part on the generosity of the public, are feeling the pinch too.

Charities hope for donation increase

Sunday October 25 2009

IRISH charities will be hoping publicity generated by the release of GOAL volunteer Sharon Commins will stave off slumps in donations.

Hidden London

Saturday October 24 2009

They say that the only time Londoners talk to each other is when it's raining. "It's a day for ducks," shouts a man on Greyhound Road, and the people at the bus stop shake out their umbrellas and scowl at one another. On the tube, everybody seems preoccupied.