Five members of a family were this week convicted on a range of charges including the rape, sexual assault and exploitation of three children after a trial at the Central Criminal Court. Guilty verdicts were returned in 77 of 78 charges. Vivienne Tra...

The Health Service Executive is operating walk-in vaccination clinics across Ireland this weekend for anyone aged 16 or older who needs their first dose of vaccine.

A Status Yellow weather warning for heavy, slow-moving and thundery showers in Ulster, Connacht and north Leinster will remain in place for today.

A huge wildfire tearing through northern California has become the third-largest in the state's history.

The gradual lifting of restrictions has given many of us the chance to go out this summer. Of course, it hasn't been without its restrictions and various complications.

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Where once the scientific community said that it was difficult to say climate change was responsible for individual weather incidents, scientists are increasingly finding that events like heatwaves and extreme rain are influenced by human-induced cli...

Stephanie Meadow finished an excellent seventh in the golf, while Fionnuala McCormack crossed the line in 25th place in the marathon. Track cyclists Felix English and Mark Downey represent Ireland in the madison later in the day.

Deputy Chief Medical Officer Dr Ronan Glynn has said Ireland's 14-day Covid-19 incidence rate has now risen to 386 per 100,000 people - the highest it has been since early February.

The man alleged to have wounded 10 people in a knife attack on a Tokyo commuter train last night told police he became incensed when he saw women who "looked happy" and wanted to kill them.

Thousands of tourists and residents were evacuated and a thick cloud of smoke and ash hung over Athens this morning, as forest fires that have already killed two people raged for an 11th day in parts of Greece.

A man in his late teens is expected to appear in court today after Gardaí seized a gun and €2,000 worth of heroin yesterday afternoon in Dublin.

Family members of the 11 September attack victims are opposing US President Joe Biden's participation in memorial events unless he declassifies government documents.

More than a thousand homes were damaged and about 5,000 people evacuated in North Korea after flooding caused by heavy rains, with swathes of farmland also inundated by the deluge.

A man saved from the jaws of a crocodile is recovering in hospital alongside his rescuer this morning after being mauled in Australia's remote northeast.

Five members of a family have been convicted on a range of charges including the rape, sexual assault and exploitation of three children after a trial at the Central Criminal Court.

Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has said he regrets attending an event held last month at the Merrion Hotel in Dublin, but has said it was not in breach of Government regulations, and "probably" not in breach of Fáilte Ireland guidelines.

The family at the centre of this case came to the attention of social services in 2011, five years before the children were taken into care.

New guidelines from Fáilte Ireland around organised outdoor events state that venues can now cater for a maximum of 200 people.