More than 55,000 homes and businesses are without power as Storm Eunice tracks across Ireland with gusts of more than 130km/h reported in some areas, along with rain, sleet and snow.

Universities, schools and childcare services in nine counties have been advised to close, and flights, ferry and bus services all face disruption as Storm Eunice hits Ireland

A live visual from Windy.com tracking Storm Eunice as it moves over Ireland.

Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly will today consider a recommendation from the National Public Health Emergency Team that the requirement to wear masks in most areas, where currently regulated, should end.

The Ukrainian military and their Russian-backed separatist foes traded allegations of fresh ceasefire breaches today, a day after the shelling of a kindergarten sent international tensions soaring.

As the Government considers relaxing almost all Covid-19 restrictions, many people who are medically vulnerable feel they have no choice but to continue to shield at home.

The UK's Met Office has issued its first "danger to life" weather warning for London and the army was placed on standby as Storm Eunice makes landfall.

€500 million was spent in the Irish economy across film, television drama, documentary and animation production last year, according to Fís Éireann / Screen Ireland.

A five-year-old boy trapped for three days down a well in a remote Afghan village has died, several Taliban officials have said.

Last week, an ad appeared offering tenants an opportunity to live in St Joseph's School, in New Ross, Co Wexford, for €275 a month, Louise Byrne explains.

Canadian police lastnight began arresting leaders of the trucker-led protest that has choked the capital's streets for three weeks and provoked the government into calling on rarely used emergency powers.

Ulster Bank has reported an operating loss of €259m for 2021 as it said it continues to make progress on its phased withdrawal from the Irish market.

Brad Pitt is suing his ex-wife, Angelina Jolie, for selling her stake in their co-owned vineyard to a Russian oligarch.

The Minister for Health has said he is making an extra €19m in funding available for children who are in need of orthopaedic surgery.

A New York judge ruled today that former US President Donald Trump and two of his adult children must answer questions under oath in the state attorney general's civil probe into their family company's business.

NPHET has recommended an end to mandatory mask-wearing in schools. It is understood it has also recommended to Government a loosening of some classroom social distancing measures, such as arranging children into 'pods' or small groups.

Financial documents of Careysfort Asset Estates, which conned vulnerable homeowners, show lavish spending on personal items using money paid by clients of the firm.

A man who attacked the partner of a woman with whom he had an affair has been jailed for three years at Trim Circuit Court.

Rescue workers are searching for any remaining survivors among mud and wreckage after devastating flash floods and landslides hit the picturesque Brazilian city of Petropolis, killing at least 104 people.

The jury in the trial of a 20-year-old man who said he was acting in self defence when he stabbed a man who entered his home in the early hours of the morning on 26 July 2018 has failed to reach a verdict.