Reports from Turkey say at least 14 people have been killed in violent demonstrations - as Kurdish protestors call for action to stop Islamic State in neighbouring Syria.
Turkey's president insists a full ground operation is needed to stop a Syrian town on the Turkish border being completely taken over - but is refusing to send his own troops in to help.
At least three million people have fled Syria to neighbouring countries in he conflict.
Chairman of the Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs, Pat Breen, says a coherent EU approach is needed to deal with both the refugee problem and the rise of Islamic State:
