The number of breaches of court protection orders in domestic abuse cases reported to gardaí increased by more than 60% during the pandemic, when compared with 2018 and 2019, according to figures released to RTÉ Investigates.

A friend of a 73-year-old man who was attacked during a robbery at his home in Co Sligo last month, has said he has been inundated with phone calls from older people in the area who are concerned for their safety.

Australia will reopen its borders to tourists from 21 February, Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced, ending some of the world's strictest and longest-running pandemic travel restrictions.

The FAI will be part of a joint bid with England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales to host Euro 2028.

RTÉ Investigates spent time in a number of women's refuges across the country, hearing stories of women who had suffered domestic abuse.

Russia expects no decisive breakthrough from today's talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron.

The Irish Penal Reform Trust has said Covid-19 has had a devastating impact on family contact for people in Irish prisons.

Employers are being asked to consider signing up to the DSPCA's Pets at Work Scheme (PAWS) and extend a welcome to all "canine colleagues".

Illegal dumping in Dublin city is costing nearly €1 million a year, but a report to city councillors has stated that the tonnage of dumped rubbish has decreased by 26% over a two-year period.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said the Government will look to see what it can do to alleviate pressure quickly on those who are hardest hit by inflation.

A scientific breakthrough may enable paralysed people to walk again as researchers have created human spinal cord implants in a world first.

Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai has denied she ever accused anyone of sexual assault, adding that she herself had deleted her social media post in November that had appeared to make such a claim.

It is a long way from the Drumlins of Co Monaghan to the Hills of Hollywood, but Caitríona Balfe has made that journey and is now tipped to get an Oscar nomination for her role as 'Ma' in Belfast.

A new retrofitting scheme to make homes warmer and cheaper to heat goes to Cabinet tomorrow.

The number of cars on Irish roads has hit pre-pandemic levels, but there are fewer people travelling on public transport.

The trial of an Australian police officer accused of murdering an Aboriginal teenager has opened in Darwin.

A man in his 60s has died and another man has been injured following a two-van crash in Moyvalley, Co Kildare, in the early hours of this morning.

A motorcyclist in his 50s has died following a road collision in Co Cork.