The Cabinet is set to sign-off on a €210 million legislative plan at their weekly meeting this morning, which aims to assist households struggling with the rising cost of electricity bills.

Learner drivers are facing an average wait of 10 weeks for a driving test, according to Road Safety Authority figures seen by RTÉ's Morning Ireland.

The first of a number of legal cases related to school structural defects, which have cost the State more than €100 million to date to repair, is due to begin in the Commercial Court today.

The Chief Executive Officer of the Irish South and West Fish Producers Organisation has said some of their members plan to peacefully disrupt Russia's plans to conduct a military exercise in waters off the Irish coast next month.

Australia has recorded one of its highest number of deaths in a day from Covid-19 as an outbreak of the Omicron variant spread through the country, which marked two years since its first coronavirus case.

US President Joe Biden has been caught on a live microphone calling a Fox News journalist a "stupid son of a b****" on the sidelines of a White House photo op.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is facing fresh allegations that he broke Covid lockdown rules by attending a surprise birthday party in Downing Street when social gatherings indoors were banned.

Spectators at the Australian Open are welcome to wear T-shirts supporting Peng Shuai, tournament director Craig Tiley has said.

Rescue crews, including the army, have worked through the night to move thousands of people stranded in their cars on an Athens motorway to safety, after a severe snowstorm swept across Greece, blanketing the capital and causing traffic chaos.

A member of the Women of Honour group has described the review proposed by the Department of Defence in relation to the group's allegations of sexism, bullying, sexual assault and rape within the Defence Forces as nothing more than a "paper exercise ...

Russia's Ambassador to Ireland has said that the controversy about the Russian military exercise that is due to take place in waters off the Irish coast next month is "hugely overblown".

Lawyers for Alec Baldwin have appealed to have the second lawsuit brought against the actor over the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins thrown out.

The Health Service Executive has said it will publish a report tomorrow of a review into the treatment of more than 1,300 children and young people who attended its South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services over a three-and-a-half year ...

The State is failing to protect sex workers in Ireland from violence, according to Amnesty International.

A Covid-19 outbreak on an Australian warship has threatened to disrupt aid efforts to Tonga, as the international relief operation following the 15 January eruption and tsunami continues.

North Korea has fired what appeared to be two cruise missiles into the sea off its east coast, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said, days after a flurry of ballistic missile tests.

NATO has said it is putting forces on standby and reinforcing eastern Europe with more ships and fighter jets as tensions over a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine escalate.

The Special Criminal Court has rejected an application by former Defence Forces member Lisa Smith to have the charges against her dismissed.

The Department of Health has reported 3,692 new cases of Covid-19, with an additional 4,347 people registering a positive antigen test through the HSE portal.

A Kinahan gangster has failed in an attempt to have the Criminal Assets Bureau hand back €75,000 it seized from him.