The global climate conference COP26 gets under way in Glasgow later today, with around 120 world leaders expected to attend the early sessions as part of a major push to tackle global warming.

G20 leaders gather for a second day of their Rome summit on Sunday, with all eyes on whether they can deliver a meaningful commitment on climate change ahead of crucial UN talks.

In his first public comments since he accidentally shot dead cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on a film set earlier this month, US actor Alec Baldwin has said that the tragedy was a "one in a trillion episode".

A woman has died after being struck by a car in Dublin, in the early hours of this morning.

We're seeing more 'eco-friendly' and 'all natural' products on our shelves, as consumers demand more sustainable choices.

If concrete were a country, it would be the third largest emitter of greenhouse gases on Earth, behind only China and the United States.

Two Irish environmentalists are cycling from Dublin to Glasgow for the COP26 climate conference.

World leaders and national negotiators are set to meet over a two-week period in Glasgow to discuss the fightback against climate change. Here's what you need you know.

Gunmen identifying themselves as Taliban attacked a wedding in eastern Afghanistan to stop music being played and killed at least three people, the government said.

As the consequences of climate change become ever more apparent, psychologists have recorded a surge in "eco anxiety", feelings of fear and hopelessness brought on by the scale of the threat.

The Department of Health has been notified of 2,966 new cases of Covid-19, the highest number of cases recorded since January.

The Sinn Fein leader has said she wants to be a Taoiseach leading a Sinn Féin government which would put workers and families first.

The first women enlisted to the Defence Forces have been recalling how times have changed in the 40 years since they joined.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has complained to EU chief Ursula Von Der Leyen that French threats over fishing were "completely unjustified", as he held out the option of invoking a Brexit dispute tool for the first time.

Security forces have shot dead three people during nationwide protests in Sudan, a doctors committee said, as hundreds of thousands of people demanded the restoration of a civilian-led government after a military coup.

'Winter time' is to officially begin this weekend with the clocks going back by one hour on Sunday morning.

The point of COP26 is to take another big, decisive step forward in driving what is the biggest shared project in the history of humanity - saving our own planet from ourselves, for ourselves. Failure is not an option.

Leaders of the world's 20 biggest economies have endorsed a global minimum tax aimed at stopping big business from hiding profits in tax havens, and have also agreed to get more Covid-19 vaccines to poorer nations.

The COP 26 Climate Change Conference opens in Glasgow today.

The UK and France have only two days left to resolve their increasingly fractious differences over fishing rights before Paris' imposed deadline to introduce port restrictions and border checks.