Italy and Spain have blocked U.S. military aircraft en route to Iran from using their air bases causing a rift with the Trump administration.
It could take months for oil production and exports to recover after the war in the Middle East ends.
Last year saw the second warmest year on record, and more drought and higher temperatures than in recent years, according to the Climate Change Advisory Council.
Bloomfield Hospital in south Dublin halted admissions after The Irish Times published an investigation into the mistreatment of patients.
A teenager charged with engaging in sexual acts with a 14-year-old girl when he was 15 has lost a challenge to the constitutionality of a law preventing him from advancing a “Romeo and Juliet” consent defence.
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