#Mediterranean
MEP Maria Walsh defends voting down move to enhance rescue operations for migrants
The European Parliament rejected the vote asking member states to step up efforts to save asylum seekers making the crossing.
Over 80 people feared dead after migrant boat capsizes off Tunisia
The tragedy comes after 44 migrants were killed in an air strike on their detention centre in Libya.
Dozens of migrants feared dead after boat sinks off Tunisian coast
The boat was travelling from Libya to Italy.
Decision to end migrant rescue operation labelled 'outrageous abdication of responsibilities'
The EU is winding down Operation Sophia amid pressure from Italy and other countries.
Malta to allow rescue ship Aquarius to dock but migrants will be sent to other EU countries
The 141 migrants on board will be distributed among France, Germany, Luxembourg, Portugal and Spain.
Stranded anti-migrant ship refuses help from migrant rescue vessel
The anti-migrant activists on board the ship said it was just a “minor technical problem”.
The Irish navy rescued 149 migrants on a rubber dinghy in the Mediterranean this morning
The people now aboard the ship are receiving food, water and medical treatment.
The Mediterranean diet only has heart benefits for the well-off, says study
The researchers have concluded that the quality of the food may be as important as the frequency in which it’s eaten.
The EU is to curb sales of rubber boats to Libya to stop them getting to smugglers
Sales of outboard motors will also be cut back.
Irish Navy revives infant found unconscious in Mediterranean as record numbers saved
Commander Brian Fitzgerald said he was extremely proud of his team.
'An industry built on human misery' - in an uncertain world people smugglers are making billions
The waves of desperate people slipping across international borders every year has created a massive moneymaking opportunity for unscrupulous human traffickers.
Dramatic video shows migrants rescued from burning boat off coast of Spain
The 34 people were travelling on board a boat that caught fire.
An Irish Naval vessel is heading to the Mediterranean for our seventh migrant rescue mission
The LÉ Eithne was previously deployed to the region in 2015.
Up to 245 people, including five children, feared dead in Mediterranean shipwrecks
The body of a five month old baby was amongst those recovered by authorities.
Irish soldiers who served in the Mediterranean to receive extra €15 a day
There had been concerns raised previously about soldiers struggling to travel to work.
Bodies of 74 people wash up on Libyan beach
Officials said there was no transport available to move the bodies and no cemetery to bury them in.
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The issue has hit some Irish supermarkets.
The number of migrants entering Europe by sea dropped massively in 2016
Data from EU border agency Frontex suggests the number of migrants entering Europe via two main routes dropped by two-thirds to 364,000 in 2016.
'They're going to make that journey anyway - the question is can you sit back and watch people lose their lives?'
A look at the migrant crisis through the eyes of the Irish defence forces.
Irish navy recovers three bodies during Mediterranean rescue operation
Around 269 migrants were rescued from two rubber vessels around 30 miles north of Libyan capital, Tripoli.
29 migrants die in toxic pool of fuel and seawater off coast of Libya
The horrific discovery was made yesterday by a Doctors without Borders (MSF) rescue ship.
42 people drown after boat carrying 450 migrants capsizes at sea
The vessel overturned off the port city of Rosetta in Egypt, police and health officials said.
The LÉ James Joyce has rescued another 108 migrants in the Mediterranean
Yesterday the Irish naval vessel oversaw the rescue of almost 2,000 migrants.
Newborn twins among 3,000 rescued from rubber boats at sea
Nearly 6,500 people risked their lives to cross the Mediterranean Sea on Monday.
The LÉ James Joyce has rescued another 617 migrants in the Mediterranean
In one case, it successfully located and rescued 165 migrants from wooden and rubber vessels off the coast of Libya.
Italy is hoping these new hard-hitting ads will scare migrants off crossing the sea
The campaign is targeting 15 African countries.
Another Irish ship has set off to help save lives in the Mediterranean
More than 8,500 people have been rescued by the Irish navy over the past two years.
Irish naval ship rescues over 100 people from the Mediterranean
The bodies of two females were also recovered.
Police hunting notorious people-smuggler may have had wrong man extradited
Italian prosecutors are investigating the claims that it may be a case of mistaken identity.
1 gorilla vs 1,000 refugees: 'The death of an animal is sad but the drowning of 1,000 people is sadder'
The gorilla’s death received extensive media coverage worldwide; the deaths of the 1000 migrants, much less so, writes a dismayed Julien Mercille.
As 40 children die in the Mediterranean, migrants are rescued crossing from France to England
Up to 700 people are believed to have died crossing the Mediterranean this week.
"A source of national pride" - Ireland's LE Róisín sets sail for the Mediterranean
The sixty-person crew will be on a 12 week mission.
UN refugee agency fears 500 migrants drowned in Mediterranean
The UNHCR released a statement today after interviewing survivors.
Irish ships in the Mediterranean rescued almost 9,000 migrants in 2015
Both Ireland’s maritime Defence Forces and its Coast Guard have had a year to remember.
France's brothel keeper to the rich and famous has passed away aged 92
It was alleged that her clients included John F. Kennedy, Marlon Brando and the Shah of Iran.
Enda is off to visit our troops in the Golan Heights
The Taoiseach will be visiting the Irish men and women serving in the Golan Heights this Sunday.
The many different routes that migrants are taking to reach western Europe...
Migrants are travelling huge distances even before they reach the Mediterranean and the harrowing voyage across.
As many as 200 bodies found floating as boat sinks in Mediterranean
This brings to number of those killed in the Mediterranean this year to more than 2,500.
Merkel vows zero tolerance for migrant hate - as 55 bodies found on boats
Meanwhile the Defence Forces have rescued hundreds of people – including 71 children – in an operation tonight.
More than 40 people suffocated in hold of migrant boat
The boat which was intercepted off the Italian coast was carrying around 300 people.
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