Ten humanitarian corridors to evacuate people from Ukraine's besieged regions have been agreed for today, Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk has said.

A man in his 30s has died following a road traffic incident in Virginia, Co Cavan.

The right to request flexible work arrangements is set to become a reality this year for Irish employees, with the Government due to implement the EU's Work Life Balance Directive.

Secondees continue to be treated as a staff member of the parent organisation for the purposes of internal competitions, pay and progression.

Videos posted on social media showed a queue of waiting passengers stretching from the doors of Terminal 1 down the exit ramp.

Saudi Arabia said it will permit one million Muslims from inside and outside the country to participate in this year's hajj.

By spring 1922, the crises in Northern Ireland and the Free State had moved beyond anyone's control.

EU countries are not doing enough to help Ukraine, according to the President of the European Parliament who is calling for more military help and a ban on Russian oil and gas imports.

As the war rages in Ukraine, long held assumptions in the West about Russia, about Vladimir Putin and about Russian energy have been falling like ninepins, writes Tony Connelly.

In a week when the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warned that it is "now or never" if global warming is to be limited to 1.5°C, there has been much attention on how we can become a low-carbon economy and society.

The Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has announced the establishment of the new Covid-19 advisory group to replace the National Public Health Emergency Team.

A group of Ukrainian refugees are huddled around a temporary information stand in Košice train station. There is a sense of urgency and their faces reveal flashes of mild panic.

A Tipperary farmer is returning to Ukraine to start his spring sowing operation on his farm there and to assist with efforts to provide crops and food for the Ukrainian domestic market.

Shane Lowry ends round two in a tie for second place behind leader Scottie Scheffler, while Seamus Power and Rory McIlroy booked weekend slots at the Masters.

Will Smith has been banned from the Oscars for 10 years following his "unprecedented" behaviour at the 94th Academy Awards.

Belgian authorities have ordered the closure of a Kinder chocolate factory behind a wave of Salmonella cases in several European countries and the United States.

US President Joe Biden accused Russia of carrying out a "horrific atrocity," after a rocket attack on a train station packed with conflict evacuees in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk left at least 52 dead - including five children.

World food prices jumped nearly 13% in March to a new record high as the war in Ukraine caused turmoil in markets for staple grains and edible oils, the UN food agency said today.

The Taoiseach has said there has to be greater transparency around the planned academic role for outgoing Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan at Trinity College.

The European Union has agreed to freeze the assets in the EU of the boss of Russia's top lender Sberbank, Vladimir Putin's two daughters and more oligarchs, according to a document published in the EU's official journal today.