The Green Party leader and Minister for the Climate Eamon Ryan has tested positive for Covid-19 and has had to cancel his plans to travel to the COP26 conference in Glasgow.

A drone laden with explosives targeted the residence of Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi in Baghdad early this morning in what the Iraqi military called an attempted assassination, but said Kadhimi escaped unhurt.

A 41-year-old British man arrested on suspicion of making threats to kill a British MP is due before a special sitting of Cork District Court this morning.

Concerns about the environment and our own health has boosted the ranks of those seeing a meat-free life, with numerous Irish companies trying to take a piece of the pie, writes Adam Maguire

The world's worst UN Climate Conference took place more than a decade ago in Copenhagen. I had the misfortune to attend COP15 in 2009, which was a catastrophe from beginning to end.

A team from Ireland's Refugee Protection Programme has arrived in Jordan today to interview up to 300 refugees from Syria, who are expected to come to Ireland by the end of this year.

Authorities in Texas have opened a criminal investigation into a tragedy in which the crowd at a huge Travis Scott rap concert surged toward the stage in a crush that killed eight people and sent dozens to the hospital.

Two precious years of a teenager's life - their valuable educational experience - are subjugated to such a mean purpose: The gaining of points for college entry.

A man has appeared in court charged with the murder of his wife in their home in Finglas, Dublin.

The Department of Health has reported a further 3,685 confirmed cases of Covid-19. There are 444 Covid patients in hospital, down 19 from yesterday, while the number of patients in ICU is down two, to 74.

The Economic and Social Research Institute has found that the percentage of people reporting that their Digital Covid Cert was not checked in pubs increased from 21% last month to 37% .

A massive fireball sparked by a fuel tanker explosion killed 92 people in Sierra Leone's capital Freetown, the west African country's vice president said this afternoon.

Gardaí have arrested a British man on suspicion of making threats to kill a British MP.

Spanish police have detained 11 people who fled a plane following an emergency landing that prompted Mallorca to close its airport, in what appeared to be an elaborate scheme by would-be migrants.

A US federal appeals court has halted a vaccine mandate by President Joe Biden's administration that is intended to push millions of workers at businesses with more than 100 employees into getting Covid-19 vaccines.

Authorities in Texas are investigating a tragedy in which the crowd at a huge Travis Scott rap concert surged toward the stage in a crush that killed eight people and wounded at least 17 more.

A police officer was injured and six police vehicles were damaged during public disorder in west Belfast overnight.

Tens of thousands of protesters braved rain and wind in Glasgow today as part of worldwide demonstrations against what campaigners say is a failure of crunch UN climate talks to act fast enough to tame global warming.

The head of a European delegation which spent three days in Taiwan this week said they had a very "simple message: "You are not alone." Raphael Glucksmann, a French member of the European Parliament, told Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen at a news con...

Entering the climate summit in Glasgow, you feel entirely disconnected from the city which is hosting it.