Protesting the eighth amendment of the Irish constitution which completely outlaws abortion, Irish women wore the red cloaks from the popular TV show The Handmaids Tale as they gathered outside Irish government buildings on Wednesday.
Following on from commitments at the second Global Irish Civic Forum in May, Minister of State for the Diaspora, Ciarán Cannon TD, launched the first edition of the Global Irish Diaspora Directory.
Notorious Irish killer Malcolm MacArthur mingled with Irish politicians and the legal elite as he asked former Minister for Justice Alan Shatter to sign a copy of his new book.
The 10 feet high wall that separated Springfield Road and Springfield Avenue was built in 1989 in an effort to thwart sectarian attacks and had been there ever since.
Thirty-two members of the US Congress have written to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson asking that he continue the position of special envoy to Ireland which is set to be discontinued as part of the State Department budget cuts.
