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Vandals brought the head of a 800-year-old mummy from a church in Dublin. They also 'desecrate' the remains of several other people, reports the Anglican Church in...

Ireland sees no possibility to replace the backstop arrangement for the Irish border with an alternative, as the British Parliament wants. The Irish minister Simon Coveney (Foreign Affairs)...

The Irish Prime Minister, Leo Varadkar, has warned Saturday that the relations between Ireland and the United Kingdom are likely to 'fall apart' as a result of UK withdrawal from the European Union. In this way, Varadkar is reinvigorating the pressure now that the British-European negotiations on the Irish border seem to continue to stall.

The Irish may Friday in a referendum on the blasphemy ban in their constitution. Everything indicates that they want to get rid of the ban, because even the Irish churches no longer think of this time.

A violent storm has blown a caravan on the Irish west coast with a woman in it from a cliff. In addition, the woman who was in her fifties was killed. The \u0026 # x27; Gardaí \u0026 # x27; (police) reported that after a long search the body was found not far from the village of Claddaghduff on a beach. The caravan was difficult to reach for rescuers despite the fact that the colossus did not end up in the sea.

Pope Francis caused bewilderment among the flying journalists during the return journey from Dublin to Rome. The document, in which the former papal nuncio of Washington Dario Viganò calls on pope Francis to step up because he would have covered sexual abuse by the American former cardinal Theodore Mc Carrick, was mentioned. 'We assumed that the Pope would say what was true or not of the accusations. But that did not happen. The pope told us that we should read the document ourselves and then come to the conclusions ourselves. Incomprehensible, 'says Franca Giansoldati of the Roman newspaper Il Messaggero.

Pope Francis, during his visit to Ireland, asked the victims of abuse by Roman Catholic clergy for forgiveness. At the same time, the former papal nuncio in Washington claims in an open letter that Francis was aware of abuse by Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, who was the Archbishop of the United States at the beginning of this century.

Pope Francis arrived in Ireland on Saturday. The first papal visit to the country in 39 years is overshadowed by recent revelations about abuse within the church. Francis is expected to meet, among other things, victims of sexual abuse by clergy.

Germany supports the efforts that Spain is making to curb the flow of refugees from Morocco into Europe. Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Saturday in Sanlúcar de Barrameda that Spain is in charge of negotiations with the North African country about possible solutions.

Irish pilots from budget airline Ryanair put down work on Tuesday. That is what the Irish pilots association Forsa reports. The actions come in a week in which also cabin crew members of the airline in Spain, Portugal, Italy and Belgium have planned work breaks.

An Irish amateur photographer and archaeologist has discovered a 'henge' of thousands of years old in the north of Ireland. The stone row was discovered in a farmers field and was clearly visible thanks to the continuing drought. That's what Irish media reported.

During an unscheduled stopover of a flight from Ryanair in Frankfurt from Dublin to the Croatian coastal town of Zadar, thirty people with health problems were taken to the hospital. It is not known what they are missing.

The leaders of the German government parties have agreed a new package of measures against illegal migration and for a stricter asylum policy. The parties announced this after consultation in Berlin on Thursday evening.

Ireland will once again be able to vote on a conservative rule from the Constitution through a referendum. This time it is about deleting a passage that emphasizes the importance of women for the household.

In the so-called transit centers that the German sister parties CDU and CSU want to decorate at the border with Austria, asylum seekers are detained for a maximum of 48 hours. That said Chancellor Angela Merkel in an interview with the channel ARD.

The EU must change into a fortress Europe, unreachable for migrants who want to illegally cross the Mediterranean by boat. While EU leaders are today in Brussels at their summit they agree, but there is still a long way to see a solution for new asylum rules. This means that Chancellor Merkel has a huge political problem.

The European Union is working on the idea of ​​transferring migrants rescued at sea to centers outside the EU. On these so-called 'disembarkation platforms', economic migrants and refugees who require protection must be quickly distinguished in cooperation with the UN.

If the appearance is not deceiving, Merkels `Willkommenskultur 'ends today with the' open borders'. Minister Horst Seehofer (Home Affairs) wants to close the Bavarian border for refugees who have already applied for asylum in another EU country.

A United Airlines plane left for the nearest airport on Monday after discovering a disturbing 'message' on board. The captain of the aircraft, which was on its way from Rome to Chicago, made a stopover at Shannon Airport in Ireland.

The new Italian Minister for the Interior, Matteo Salvini, has announced that he wants to work closely with his EU colleagues, while still pursuing a hard line in the area of ​​migration issues. That reports the Italian news agency Ansa.

Ireland voted in a referendum for the liberalization of abortion. According to the final result, 66.4 percent voted for a smoother abortion law, while 33.6 percent voted against, according to the BBC.

The opponents of abortion in Ireland have acknowledged their defeat in the referendum on the legalization of termination of pregnancy. They did that a few hours after counting the votes had started Saturday morning.

The Irish seem to be largely in favor of liberalizing the strict abortion legislation in the predominantly Catholic country. According to the first exit poll, 68 percent of those entitled to vote said yes to the amendment of the law on Friday.

More than 3 million Irish people can vote in a referendum on Friday about legalization of abortion. They have to speak out about a constitutional article that makes abortion almost impossible. If that is voted down, the initiator will legalize prime minister Leo Varadkar abortion until three months from the pregnancy.

The party is over in Israel. The day after the celebration of 70 years of independence, the Gaza Strip is once again the scene of bloody riots and the Israelis get a painful stab in the back of one of their most beloved compatriots: the Israeli-American actress Natalie Portman refuses to travel to Israel for the ' Jewish Nobel Prize 'to receive.

Facebook is taking measures to prevent almost all of its users coming soon under the new European privacy legislation. The internet company wants the regulations to apply only to European members. Facebook confirms that decision to Reuters news agency.

Donald Tusk still does not understand anything about the British decision to leave the European Union. 'Brexit is against me. And that is actually an understatement ', said the President of the European Council Tuesday in Dublin. 'In my opinion, Brexit is one of the saddest moments in European history in the 21st century. I am sometimes really angry about that. '

Ireland will vote in a referendum on 25 May on the liberalization of abortion laws, the government said Wednesday. It is the first time in 35 years that voters have the opportunity to revise one of the most stringent laws.

Ireland expels a Russian diplomat in response to an attack with nerve gas on a Russian ex-spy in England. That is what the Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney said on Tuesday. According to the British government, the regime in Moscow is behind the attack.

Nine men were arrested in Ireland after looters plundered a supermarket under cover of an exceptionally heavy snowstorm. They used a stolen excavator that caused so much damage that the store collapsed.