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Kinshasa (AFP) - Public and diplomatic pressure mounted Monday on the Democratic Republic of Congo to announce the outcome of December 30 elections to replace long-term leader Joseph Kabila. More than a week after the crucial poll, the volatile central African country's electoral commission has not.... |
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Wednesday Roisin Dubh, Kyteler’s Inn, 6pm. Matt’s Trad & Ballad, Matt the Miller’s, 6pm. Panto: Frozen Solid, Watergate Theatre, 7:30pm, €18/15. Raglan Rogues, Kyteler’s Inn, 8:30pm. Folk and Ballads, The Dylan Whiskey Bar, 9pm. Thursday Line Dancing, Home Rule Club, 10.30am. Drops of Green, Kyteler’s Inn, 6pm. |
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The Office of the Commissioner for Children has joined the call made by Pope Francis on Sunday to bring the 49 migrants stranded off the coast of Malta ashore.
Children's Commissioner Pauline Miceli has joined Pope Francis's plea for the 49 migrants, which include children, to be brought ashore. |
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AQUAMAN - TWO STARS - (PG-13) Director James Wan helms the DC Comics tale of half-human, half-Atlantean Arthur Curry with Jason Momoa in the title role. “Aquaman” weighs in somewhere between the lugubrious “Justice League” and the less leaden “Wonder Woman” on the uneven scales of recent DC films. (143 min. |
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“The Comelec calls on politicians, if possible, to leave these kinds of observances alone,” Comelec spokesman James Jimenez said in a mix of Filipino and English. “There is a time for politics. The campaign period is coming up very fast and many politicians have already been campaigning anyway. |
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15:00/7 January/2019. Skopje – Orthodox Christians in Macedonia are celebrating Monday the Birth of Jesus Christ – Christmas. Skopje – Prime Minister Zoran Zaev in a Christmas greeting says that it is a day that ‘reminds us to open our hearts to experience the joy of the birth of Jesus that is omnipresent in these holy days. |
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The Gabonese government has put down a coup attempt after a group of soldiers briefly took over state radio and broadcast a statement calling on people to “rise up” while the president, Ali Bongo, is in Morocco recovering from a stroke. Authorities have regained control of the state broadcasting.... |
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One of them is Charles Byrne, who took an unsuccessful legal challenge to the outcome of the referendum on the Eighth Amendment. Mr Byrne said today they were a group of concerned citizens and he is protesting because, “I deeply and profoundly care about the right to life of every human being... |
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Pope Francis on Sunday urged EU leaders to show "concrete solidarity" with 49 migrants stranded on NGO ships off the coast of Malta who have been refused permission to land. But both Italy and Malta, who have refused port access to the rescue vessels, on Sunday reiterated their positions. |
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In the latest omen of a deepening political crisis, Democratic Republic of the Congo’s election commission has delayed the scheduled release of official results in a crucial presidential election, lending credence to growing reports that an opposition candidate may have won a clear victory. The first results from the Dec. |
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The Catholic Church, an influential voice in this heavily Catholic nation, turned up the pressure by saying it already knows there is a clear victor, based on data compiled by the church’s 40,000 election observers. Because Congo’s regulations say only the electoral commission can announce election results, the church did not name the winner. |
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