Trócaire's Chief Executive Officer Caoimhe de Barra says coronavirus could rapidly spread to countries which lack even the most basic resources to fight it.
The annual St Patrick's reception at the White House has been cancelled, as have several St Patrick's Day parades including those in Dublin and New York.
President Donald Trump said last night he is suspending all travel between the United States and Europe - excluding the UK and Ireland - for 30 days starting tomorrow as he seeks to combat the coronavirus.
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte called on citizens of the Netherlands to stop shaking hands to prevent spreading Covid-19 and then somewhat undermined his message
Pope Francis did not deliver his usual blessing and remarks from a window in the Vatican on Sunday, in a move aimed at discouraging crowds amid the coronavirus outbreak.
Gunmen killed at least 27 people and wounded 29 more at a remembrance ceremony for a minority Shiite leader in Afghanistan's capital on Friday, officials said.
The Turkish and Russian presidents sat down for talks in Moscow aimed at ending hostilities in northwestern Syria involving their forces along with proxies that threaten to pit Turkey against Russia in a direct military conflict Before the latest crisis, President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had managed to coordinate their interests in Syria even though Moscow backed Syrian President Bashar Assad while Ankara supported its foes throughout Syria's nine-year war.
FORMER president Mary McAleese has written to Pope Francis saying she will leave the Catholic Church if it emerges the Holy See did not protect the members of an organisation for people with disabilities.
