Rockets have been fired at Kabul's airport where US troops were racing to complete their withdrawal from Afghanistan and evacuate allies under the threat of Islamic State group attacks.

A review into the deaths of a mother and her baby at Cork University Maternity Hospital has recommended the appointment of an epilepsy clinical nurse specialist or advanced nurse practitioner to the hub maternity hospital in the seven hospital groups...

At least one person has died as Hurricane Ida continues to batter the southern US state of Louisiana.

Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney has said that Irish citizens and residents in Afghanistan should await guidance from Irish consular teams in relation to plans to leave the country.

The Cabinet Committee on Covid-19 is to meet again today to discuss the further easing of restrictions.

This week we are shining a light on some of Ireland's most inspiring teenagers in our 'Quaran-teen' series of reports. They tell us about their experiences and stories of navigating life through the pandemic.

It's Day 6 at the Paralympic Games in Tokyo and Team Ireland ar eon the hunt for more medals. Follow the latest right here.

Representatives of all the main political parties on the island of Ireland will meet victims of the Troubles in Belfast this afternoon to discuss their opposition to British government plans for an end to prosecutions.

Nuclear-armed North Korea appears to have restarted its plutonium-producing reprocessing reactor in a "deeply troubling" development, the UN atomic agency has said.

New Zealand has reported its first recorded death linked to Pfizer/BioNTech's Covid-19 vaccine, the health ministry said, after a woman suffered a rare side effect leading to inflammation of her heart muscle.

KBC Bank Ireland has agreed a deal to sell a non-performing mortgage loan portfolio of about €1.1 billion to private equity fund CarVal Investors.

The Department of Health has confirmed 1,706 new cases of Covid-19.

Ireland's Jason Smyth added to his outstanding record at Paralympic Games as he won gold for the sixth time after a dramatic T13 100m final in Tokyo.

The Minister for Transport Eamon Ryan has said that public transport will return to 100% capacity next week.

The Taliban will allow all foreign nationals and Afghan citizens with travel authorisation from another country to leave Afghanistan, according to a joint statement issued by the United States, Britain and dozens of other countries including Ireland.

The President and Taoiseach have led tributes to the journalist and broadcaster Rodney Rice, who has died at the age of 76 following a short illness.

A museum in the US state of Connecticut, which houses the world's largest collection of art related to the Irish Famine, is to close.

The Department of Health has said that the Mandatory Hotel Quarantine system will continue to operate for as long as is considered necessary, although arrivals from just seven countries are now required to enter the system.

Bookmakers are set to ban the use of credit card payment methods for betting in shops and online betting along with restrictions on advertising during live sport.

Hurricane Ida has rapidly intensified and is now a dangerous Category 4 hurricane on the five-step Saffir-Simpson scale as it headed toward the US Gulf Coast, according to the US National Hurricane Center.