A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder following the discovery of the body of a man in Sligo last night.

Tributes have been paid to 41-year-old Aidan Moffitt, whose body was found at his home in Sligo on Monday night.

Gardaí have issued advice to the general public around contacts with persons they have met online.

US President Joe Biden said for the first time that Moscow's invasion of Ukraine amounts to genocide, as President Vladimir Putin said Russia would "rhythmically and calmly" continue its operation and achieve its goals.

The Cabinet will hear this morning that more than 22,000 people from Ukraine have arrived here since 25 February.

Follow live updates as US President Joe Biden accuses Russia of 'genocide' and Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said it was not possible to open any humanitarian corridors, saying occupying Russian forces violated a ceasefire and bloc...

New Zealand welcomed hundreds of travellers from Australia with emotional scenes as it opened its borders to its trans-Tasmanian neighbour for the first time since mid-2021.

Pig farmers are set to benefit from a new aid package being proposed at Cabinet today by Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue.

A man has been arrested as part of the investigation into a house fire in Co Donegal in which a woman in her 80s died.

We look at the different categories of the most serious crimes known to man, which the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague was set up to prosecute.

A senior British minister said this morning that Prime Minister Boris Johnson did not set out to break Covid-19 laws with malice and is mortified after he was fined by police for attending a gathering during lockdown, as calls mounted for Mr Johnson ...

Police and federal agents are searching for a man who set off smoke bombs and sprayed fellow passengers with gunfire aboard a New York City subway car, injuring more than 20 people before he fled the scene.

The Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications has said the VAT cut to gas and electricity will help householders.

Another P&O Ferries vessel has been detained, casting doubt on whether the firm will be able to restart the Dover-Calais route before Easter.

The mayor of the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol, Vadym Boichenko, has said in televised remarks that more than 100,000 people remained in the city awaiting evacuation.

Sales, marketing and business process outsourcing firm MarketStar is to create 300 jobs in Dublin.

British consumer price inflation leapt to 7% in March, its highest since March 1992 and up from 6.2% in February, official figures showed today, intensifying the cost-of-living squeeze faced by households.

A murder inquiry is under way in Co Sligo after a 41-year-old man was found with "significant physical injuries" in the town yesterday evening.

Authorities in Bucha say that more than 400 people have so far been found dead in the city since Russian forces withdrew from the area.

A total of 150 salmonella cases have been detected in nine European countries, two specialist European agencies said today, pointing the finger at a Kinder chocolate factory in Belgium that has been closed.