Taoiseach Micheál Martin has told the United Nations General Assembly that the climate crisis threatens our very existence on the planet.

Two Canadians imprisoned in what China's Western critics criticised as "hostage diplomacy" and a senior Huawei executive have all been released and are flying home.

It is a measure of the influence of Angela Merkel that the German election campaign may be decided on which candidate can appear most like her.

The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops has apologised "unequivocally" to Canada's indigenous peoples for a century of abuses at church-run residential schools set up by the government to assimilate children into the mainstream.

Terms like 'code red', 'alarm bells' and 'existential threat' were used repeatedly to describe some of the biggest challenges facing the world right now, not least the crises of the pandemic and climate change.

A special recognition bonus is on the cards for those who shouldered the greatest burden during the pandemic.

Britain is expected to announce plans to issue temporary visas to truck drivers to alleviate an acute labour shortage that has led to fuel rationing at some filling stations and warnings from retailers of significant disruption in the run-up to Chris...

We stopped and took stock and wondered, 'What's it all about?'. The Covid-19 pandemic made us reassess our lives and question what matters to us most.

It's the biggest health reform plan the country has ever seen and Sláintecare is now facing its biggest crisis since being approved.

The DUP has called for a unionist pact in the next Northern Ireland Assembly election.

Iceland votes today in an election that could see its unprecedented left-right coalition lose its majority, despite bringing four years of stability after a decade of crises.

Britain's Prince Andrew has officially received court papers relating to a sexual assault lawsuit, US officials have confirmed.

The Government is listening to the message from students and young people who protested for climate action around the country today, according to the Minister for the Environment, Eamon Ryan.

The Garda Commissioner has said the kidnapping of Don Tidey in 1983 is still under investigation and a serious crime review of the case is under way.

Hillary Clinton has said Northern Ireland has become a symbol of peace and hope, as she was formally installed as chancellor of Queen's University.

Chinese telecoms executive Meng Wanzhou, the Chief Financial Officer with Huawei, was freed today after three years of house arrest in Canada.

The trial of a man accused of murder on Dublin's O'Connell Street has collapsed after one of the jurors believed they overheard gardaí discussing witness statements in the courtroom.

The home team make the early running at Whistling Straits as Europe will begin the second day trailing 6-2.

The Department of Health has been notified of a further 1,163 new cases of Covid-19. There are 297 people in hospital with the virus, up 11 on yesterday, of whom 61 are in ICU, up two.

The Government has no plans to change its schedule for unwinding the Pandemic Unemployment Payment, Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has said.