“I got a little advance warning of his release and I was numb with shock as it was so unexpected.” The Irish wife of Robert Pether who was released from an Iraqi jail last night has revealed ...

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said that every effort will be made to get Robert Pether home to his family in Roscommon as quickly as possible, following his release from custody in Iraq after four ...

Robert Pether was designing Iraq’s central bank in Baghdad when a contract dispute broke out between his employer the country’s government. The quarrel resulted in Mr Pether and an Egyptian ...

An Australian engineer has been freed after spending four years in an Iraqi prison, officials have confirmed.

Robert Pether was designing Iraq’s central bank in Baghdad when a contract dispute broke out between his employer the country’s government.