Voting is under way in France in the second round of the presidential election, with incumbent president Emmanuel Macron facing the far right leader Marine Le Pen.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin were to visit Kyiv to discuss Ukraine's request for more powerful weapons after months of combat with invading Russian forces.

All ten people found so far from a Japanese tour boat missing off the country's northern coast have been confirmed dead, the coast guard said.

Today, millions of Ukrainians celebrate Orthodox Easter, one of the most important days in their religious calendars and a holiday they share with Russia and its massive Orthodox Christian population.

Shanghai reported 39 Covid deaths, official data showed, its highest daily toll since a weeks-long lockdown started, while China's capital Beijing warned of a "grim" situation with rising infections.

Irish lamb could soon be on US menus after agreement was reached with the US Department of Agriculture to allow Irish sheep meat plants formally apply for export permits.

Research that was published by the Alliance for Insurance Reform this week indicates that many firms continue to struggle with high or rising insurance costs.

Slashing energy costs doesn't always involve a large investment with a slow return; there are ways for businesses to make significant - and immediate - energy cuts to their monthly bills.

Across the US, school boards have become the latest battleground in the so-called culture wars - the use of hot-button issues to corral voters into liberal or conservative causes, with the aim of rounding up a bigger group and thereby winning electio...

A woman aged in her 50s has died after she got into difficulty while swimming off a beach in Co Wicklow.

Gardaí have confirmed they have submitted a file to the Director of Public Prosecutions in the investigation surrounding the disclosure of a confidential Government document to a friend of Tánaiste Leo Varadkar almost three years ago.

An investigation is under way after two men were injured in a suspected arson attack at a house in Dublin overnight.

The death of a man who had been reported missing from the Finglas area of Dublin earlier this week has been referred to the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission.

Japan's coast guard has dispatched patrol ships and aircraft to search for a sightseeing boat that went missing with 26 people on board after reporting it was sinking off the northern island of Hokkaido this morning, public broadcaster NHK has report...

EU member states, the European Commission, and the European Parliament have finalised new legislation that will better combat abuses of the internet such as hate speech and disinformation campaigns.

Hundreds of people gathered in the Phoenix Park in Dublin this afternoon calling for safe and legal access to cannabis.

Government parties will have to "work together" to agree rules banning the sale of turf, according to a Green Party Minister of State.

France on Saturday prepared to choose between centrist President Emmanuel Macron and far-right challenger Marine Le Pen to rule the country for the next five years after a bitterly contested and polarising election campaign.

Ed Sheeran has played the first of two shows at Croke Park in Dublin today, the first music event at the venue since the pandemic.

Jacob Rees-Mogg, Britain's Brexit Opportunities minister, made the startling announcement last Wednesday that the UK had only signed the Northern Ireland Protocol on the basis that it would be reformed.