Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that peace talks were sounding more realistic but more time was needed, as Russian air strikes killed five people in the capital Kyiv and the number of refugees fleeing Ukraine reached three million.

NATO is set to tell its military commanders to draw up plans for new ways to deter Russia following Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, including more troops and missile defences in eastern Europe, officials and diplomats said.

Live updates on the 21st day of Russia's invasion of Ukraine

North Korea fired a suspected ballistic missile that exploded mid-air shortly after launch, South Korea has said, with analysts warning it was likely a failed test of Pyongyang's so-called "monster missile".

Twelve months later, some illegal adoptees are still searching for answers and struggling to discover their true identities.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin and other political leaders are continuing their visits to the United States for St Patrick's week.

In Russian-occupied towns, evacuees from the besieged city of Mariupol find near-empty streets, where locals search for increasingly scarce food and supplies, explains Oonagh Smyth.

Price increases for gas and electricity announced by Bord Gáis are difficult, but reflect the underlying volatility of wholesale prices in the market, according to the chairperson for the Commission for Regulation of Utilities.

A group of Bhangra dancers whose performance stole hearts last St Patrick's Day are hoping they have another viral hit on their hands.

China has moved to free up hospital beds as officials reported thousands of new cases from an Omicron-led coronavirus outbreak that has put millions under lockdown and raised fears for the health system.

Agricultural land prices surged by as much as a third in the last two years, according to an analysis of values carried out by the Irish Farmers Journal.

An Irish cameraman working for Fox News, Pierre Zakrzewski, has been killed outside Kyiv in Ukraine, the US network said.

The prime ministers of the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovenia arrived in Kyiv yesterday in a show of high-level backing for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who briefed them on the war with Russia.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Wednesday said New Zealand will reopen its borders much earlier than expected, with Australians allowed to travel there from 12 April.

The European Union has formally approved a new barrage of sanctions against Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, which include bans on investments in the Russian energy sector, luxury goods exports and imports of steel products from Russia.

The retail chain Dealz is recalling thousands of toy dolls due to a "chemical risk".

Ed Sheeran was targeted with a "concerted plan" to secure his interest in a songwriter who later accused him of copying one of his songs, the UK High Court has been told.

Honeysuckle successfully defended her title when becoming the first mare to win a second Champion Hurdle on the opening day of the Cheltenham Festival.

There has been another slight rise in the number of people with Covid-19 in hospitals.

Bord Gáis Energy is increasing its rates for both electricity and gas customers from next month.