Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has said that the number of coronavirus infections in Ireland is running into hundreds of thousands a week.

Air raid sirens sounded across Ukraine before dawn today as Ukrainian and Russian negotiators prepared to meet in Turkey for face-to-face talks, with Kyiv seeking a ceasefire without compromising on territory or sovereignty.

The Government estimates that it will cost €2.5bn to look after 100,000 Ukrainian refugees next year.

Ireland's pig farmers will converge on the Department of Agriculture this morning for an IFA demonstration seeking a €100 million Government bailout for the sector.

A look at the 34th day of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Actor Will Smith has issued a public apology to Chris Rock after slapping the comedian at the Oscars.

Downing Street is braced for the first wave of police fines over lockdown-busting parties at Number 10 and Whitehall.

Mariupol's deputy mayor tells Cian McCormack his city his "in ruins", as he calls for the besieged city to be rebuilt using Russian money.

Academics in UCC have published a unique study into the barriers for Irish Traveller women attending breast cancer screening.

President Michael D Higgins will today highlight that rising inflation is resulting in the cost of living soaring, while wages for many remain stagnant or declining in real terms.

A 16-year-old boy has admitted killing a 48-year-old woman in Dublin city centre last year.

A 42-year-old man has been before the district court in Cork charged with the murder of his brother and the attempted murder of his father.

Almost two-thirds of Irish people favour the reintroduction of mandatory mask-wearing in indoor settings, according to a poll carried out for Claire Byrne Live by Amárach Research.

Chelsea Football Club owner Roman Abramovich was among a group who suffered symptoms consistent with poisoning after attending peace talks in Ukraine.

The General Secretary of SIPTU, Joe Cunningham, has said that soaring inflation will be a test of social solidarity.

The head of the Kinahan organised crime group in the UK, who presided over the importation of over €36 million worth of cocaine and cannabis in a year, has been sentenced to 21 years in prison.

A US judge has ruled that former president Donald Trump "more likely than not" committed a felony by trying to pressure his then vice president to obstruct Congress and overturn his election defeat on 6 January 2021.

The Emergency Department Taskforce is to request that public health measures are reconsidered by the Government.

At least 5,000 people have died in the besieged port city of Mariupol in southern Ukraine since Russia launched its invasion last month, according to senior Ukrainian official.

As Ukraine and Russia prepare for face-to-face peace talks in Turkey, the US President has clarified remarks which had been seen as suggesting that Vladimir Putin should be removed from power.