The United States government has imposed sanctions on the three most senior members of the Kinahan organised crime group as part of a co-ordinated international strategy to target transnational drug trafficking.

Ukraine is pleading for more weapons from the West to help it end the siege of Mariupol and fend off an expected Russian offensive in the east, as more reports emerged of rape and brutality against Ukrainian civilians by Russian forces.

The Kinahan organised crime group - seven individuals and three companies - has been named by the US Department of the Treasury as a Significant Transnational Criminal Organisation.

As we move to a low-carbon world, entire industries are likely to face seismic changes, explains Conor Wilson. Could this be a future of less choice and less opportunity?

The post office network has the skills, capacity and willingness to provide additional services for the Government in return for investment that could take the form of an annual contract fee, according to analysis carried out on behalf of the Irish P...

Live updates from day 48 of Russia's invasion of Ukraine

The use of holiday homes to house Ukrainian refugees is being examined, according to the Minister for Housing.

Demand for land around the country brought significant price increases in 2021, according to a survey by the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland and food and agri-research body Teagasc.

A report by the Economic and Social Research Institute has found that Rent Pressure Zones have been successful in limiting rent inflation.

More than one-third of business leaders do not believe the Government's proposed new Right to Request Remote Working Bill balances the rights and requirements of both employees and employers.

Some residents of Shanghai stepped out of their homes for the first time in more than two weeks today, as the city took tentative steps towards easing a Covid-19 lockdown amid mounting worries over the economic impact of the strict curbs.

The three coalition party leaders have discussed plans to use domestic legislation to reduce the VAT rate on energy from 13.5% to 9%.

The Department of Transport has issued a directive to all Irish ports and harbour masters to deny entry to Russian-registered vessels from next Sunday.

A verdict of death by natural causes has been returned at an inquest for Co Mayo student Sally Maaz, who died two years ago.

As a punishing, record-breaking drought enters its 13th year, Chile has announced an unprecedented plan to ration water for the capital of Santiago, a city of nearly six million people.

The country's latest greenway routes are due to open to the public in Co Kerry this summer.

Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has received a briefing from a senior civil servant on the abandoned move of Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan to Trinity College.

Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer said his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin did not leave him optimistic after he arrived in Moscow seeking either an end to the conflict in Ukraine or humanitarian solutions for civilians there.

An investigation is under way into a suspected homophobic attack in Dublin at the weekend, which left a young man hospitalised.

SDLP Party leader Colum Eastwood urged voters to concentrate on day to day issues and not the battle between the DUP and Sinn Fein to be the largest party.