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Saturday 28 November 2020
Akinwumi Adesina is accused by whistleblowers of corruption.
The number of people who are undernourished worldwide has risen to 822 million in 2018.
Robinson was referring to Thunberg’s address at the Climate Action Summit in New York.
The Zimbabwe leader was viewed as a pariah by the West for decades. Things were different in 1983.
The house has been at the centre of controversy over the cost of the project.
‘It was like having a maid around your house.’
The former president said Ireland needs to introduce a carbon tax, but must do so in the right way.
Princess Haya says she wanted counself from the former Irish president.
Mary Robinson has come under fire for claiming that an Emirati princess who has stated she is being held against her will is “in the loving care of her family”.
She failed in her attempt to flee the UAE in March.
Robinson is following in the footsteps of Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Kofi Annan.
Leo Varadkar and Mary Robinson also made speeches calling for Ireland to win a seat on the UN Security Council.
A tweet from Leo Varadkar featured on the first ever exam.
Listen up ladies, Mary is speaking!
Events are taking place to celebrate the contribution of women to society.
The former Irish president has attacked the current US President.
President Donald Trump yesterday delayed a decision to honour or walk away from the climate deal.
Pretty sure when Yves Saint Laurent said “Fashion fades. Style is eternal.” he was talking about this lot.
Robinson said it was her “hardest decision” not to go for a second term as President.
The former Irish president was scathing in her criticism this morning of the American commander-in-chief.
Instead, they’ll be housed in NUI Galway to save money.
The library is due to be built in Mary Robinson’s family home in Ballina.
Questions have been raised about costs to the State.
The former Irish president thinks we can learn a lot from the east African nation when it comes to looking after refugees.
There really was something about Mary.
The pope says earth is beginning to look more like an “immense pile of filth”.
They were attending the opening of the One Young World summit.
The controversial 8th Amendment has just been passed and two heavyweights from the pro-choice and pro-life sides go head-to-head.
She previously held the role of Special Envoy for the Great Lakes region of Africa.
Everyone’s been talking about the memorial service for ‘Madiba’, new Church abuse reports and budget overruns at the HSE…
There really WAS something about Mary.
It’s existence now secure after Friday’s referendum, TheJournal.ie takes a look back at some interesting moments from the history of the upper chamber…
The Council of State is a little-used and largely unknown body but it takes centre stage as it discusses the abortion bill next week. TheJournal.ie explains what it’s all about…
Michael D Higgins won the Irish presidential elections based on his vision of a ‘radically inclusive Republic’. So how could anyone be surprised about him elaborating on that vision, asks Maura Adshead.
We produce enough food for 10 times our population, but the horsemeat scandal shows just how inequality has forced people to low-price, low-quality food, writes Richard Manton.
The deal was signed during the opening day of a major international conference focussing on climate change, hunger and poor nutrition.
Former US Vice-President Al Gore is amongst those who will attend the event, which is being held by the Government and the Mary Robinson Foundation.
The announcement was welcomed by NGOs working in the region as well as Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore.
From James Joyce to the White House.
ONE OF THE most eagerly anticipated nights of the Irish TV year is finally here, with not even 2020 being able to stop the broadcast of the Late Late Toy Show.
Covid-19 restrictions mean it will be a different kind of show this year, but it still promises to be a special night – perhaps more so than usual given the year we’ve had.
For the day that’s in it, we’re asking: Will you watch the Late Late Toy Show?
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