Talks between Ukraine and Russia are confrontational but moving forward, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said, as the West plans to announce more sanctions against the Kremlin amid a worsening humanitarian crisis.

The Taliban has backtracked on its announcement that schools would open for girls, saying they would remain closed until a plan was drawn up in accordance with Islamic law for them to reopen.

The Economic and Social Research Institute has lowered its forecasts for growth in the economy this year and increased its outlook for inflation as a result of the ongoing war in Ukraine.

World number one Ash Barty has announced her retirement from professional tennis at the age of 25.

Britain's Prince Charles and his wife Camilla begin a three-day visit to Ireland today, as part of a series of royal tours for Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee year.

A new era of accountability in local government was promised ten years ago, but has yet to be delivered.

Ukraine's government has urged Russia to allow the evacuation of at least 100,000 civilians who want to leave Mariupol.

An Oireachtas committee will hear that in the aftermath of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, there was a point where there was only one day of commercial stock of diesel at Dublin Port.

The Air Corps will stage a flyover of Dublin today to mark the 100th anniversary of its foundation.

The Dutch publisher of a discredited cold case investigation into the betrayal of teenage Jewish diarist Anne Frank said it was recalling the book following a critical report on its findings.

After fleeing the war in Ukraine and reaching Warsaw by car and on foot, 22-year-old Khrystyna Trach had no idea how she would make it to Spain where her sister lives.

New Zealand will relax its strict Covid-19 rules this week because case numbers have peaked and the population has high levels of immunity, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has said.

US President Joe Biden is travelling to Europe on a mission to bolster Western unity and increase unprecedented sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine.

A man in his 80s has died following a collision in Co Wexford yesterday evening.

At least one person was killed and homes destroyed as a tornado ripped through New Orleans, in another setback for an area that has yet to fully recover from last year's Hurricane Ida.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and his fiancée Stella Moris will get married later today at the high-security London prison where he is being held during his extradition case.

A schoolgirl who suffered a severe brain injury after being knocked down by a doctor who drove at speed through a pedestrian crossing has been awarded almost €3 million at the High Court.

A Government spokesman has confirmed that the Government has issued a letter of support for Ireland's bid to co-host Euro 2028.

The Department of Health has been notified of 7,729 PCR-confirmed cases of Covid-19, as well as 15,973 positive antigen tests logged through the HSE portal.

Several European countries, including Ireland, lifted their Covid curbs too "brutally" and are now seeing a rise in cases likely due to the more transmissible BA2 variant, the World Health Organization has said.