An investigation is under way in north Kerry into the deaths of three people, all from the same family, at a house near the village of Lixnaw.

There was an outburst of cheers, tears and applause at Dublin airport late last night as Team Ireland returned home, among them, medal-winning swimmers and cyclists.

A herd of goats - and a newly employed goat herder - are being deployed in North County Dublin this morning, in a groundbreaking conservation grazing project.

Samaritans' volunteers in Ireland answered a call for help every 56 seconds last year, according to its latest Impact Report.

The biggest trial in France's modern legal history will begin today over the November 2015 attacks on Paris that saw 130 people killed at bars, restaurants and the Bataclan concert hall.

Met Éireann has issued a Status Yellow rain and thunderstorm warning for the entire country.

The father of Britney Spears has filed a petition to end the conservatorship that has controlled the pop superstar's life and career since 2008.

Plastic packaging and discarded fishing nets bob in the tranquil waters of the Mediterranean, signs of the pollution that has stirred strong feelings at the world conservation congress in the French port city Marseille this week.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will hold talks in Germany, following a visit to Qatar, the largest transit hub in a massive airlift from Afghanistan.

Hong Kong police have arrested four members of the group behind the city's Tiananmen Square vigils, a day after they refused to cooperate with a national security investigation.

At least 41 people were killed and dozens of others were injured when a fire broke out at an overcrowded Indonesian prison when most inmates were asleep.

The US state of Idaho has activated "crisis standards of care" to allow for healthcare rationing at hospitals in northern parts of the state due to a surge in Covid-19 patients requiring hospitalisation.

At least one man has died after a 7.0 magnitude quake struck southwestern Mexico near the beach resort of Acapulco.

The HSE has appealed to people to book appointments online for Covid-19 tests rather than just attending walk-in swabbing centres around the country.

There has been a significant rise in the points requirement for most third level courses this year, with three quarters of Level 8 courses and almost two thirds of level 7/6 courses recording an increase.

The Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney has apologised to an Oireachtas committee over what he described as the "political fiasco" surrounding the appointment of Katherine Zappone to a UN role.

The Department of Health has been notified of 1,470 new cases of Covid-19.

New standards for domestic solid fuels will be introduced across the State within a year, so that the most polluting solid fuels will no longer be available on the Irish market.

There was late drama at the Aviva Stadium as Ireland battled back to earn a point in tonight's World Cup qualifier against Serbia.

The HSE has said that around 14,000 children are out of school and restricting their movements, as a result of being identified as a close contact of a confirmed case.