Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said the revision of the text of a draft OECD global corporate tax rate reform plan is a positive step.

Minister for Defence Simon Coveney has said a confidential contact person is being appointed to assist former and serving members of the Defence Forces who make allegations of bullying, harassment, sexual harassment or discrimination in the workplace...

Gardaí are searching for a convicted drug dealer and gunman who escaped from an open prison in Co Cavan on Monday night.

A stronger than expected recovery is forecast to result in activity in the domestic economy returning to pre-pandemic levels this year, according to the Central Bank.

Stephen Kenny is unwilling to take the "radical" decision to only pick Covid-vaccinated players for international duty, following the revelation that a good chunk of his squad have chosen not to take the jab.

The skin condition known as 'Covid toes' may be a side effect of the immune system's response to fighting off the virus, a new study has found.

Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly and Secretary General of the Department of Health Robert Watt are appearing before the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health, to discuss the controversy over the Sláintecare reform programme.

New daily Covid-19 cases in Australia's Victoria and New South Wales states, the epicentres of the country's worst virus outbreak, have fallen as authorities look to start easing tough restrictions amid a rise in vaccination rates.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has hit back at claims the social media giant fuels division, harms children and needs to be regulated.

Pope Francis has expressed his "shame" at the sexual abuse of children by French Catholic clergy, laid bare in a report this week.

A 61-year-old man, who was convicted of murdering three people, was executed in the US state of Missouri, despite pleas for clemency from the Vatican and his lawyers on the grounds that he was intellectually disabled.

Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney said the British government is not likely to trigger Article 16 anytime soon despite "a lot of tough talk" from its lead Brexit negotiator David Frost at the Conservative Party conference in recent days.

Football Australia says it will investigate any allegations of abuse in the women's game after recently retired international striker Lisa de Vanna said she had been the victim of sexual assault, harassment, grooming and bullying during her career.

A boxing sketch in felt pen by the late Muhammad Ali sold for more than $425,000 at an auction in New York of his little-known art works, some of which went for many times over estimates.

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Six Western Balkan countries must be wondering at the moment, Paul Cunningham writes, is the EU actually serious about extending membership to them?

The US State Department yesterday published the number of nuclear warheads the country stockpiles for the first time in four years, after former president Donald Trump placed a blackout on the data.

The country's power system operator has warned that electricity supply will be tight during winter.

RTÉ News understands that the 15% minimum corporate tax rate in the revised draft of the OECD reform plan is "very firm", according to a well-placed source.

Changes will be made to the governance structure of Sláintecare in the wake of recent high-level resignations, as the Government's commitment to universal healthcare remains "absolute and unwavering", according to Minister for Health Stephen Donnell...