Vacant social homes are to be brought in to use as part of a range of measures to find more places to accommodate Ukrainian refugees.

Emmanuel Macron has comfortably defeated far-right rival Marine Le Pen in the second round of France's presidential election, winning 58.55% of the votes against 41.45% for Ms Le Pen, final interior ministry figures showed this morning.

Russia has failed in its war aims, but Ukraine is succeeding, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said this morning after he and Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelinsky and officials in Kyiv.

Business group Ibec has scaled back its outlook for growth for this year to account for the economic impact of rising costs and supply chain challenges, exacerbated by the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

The first stretch of the country's motorway network to have average speed cameras has gone live today in Co Tipperary.

A Stormont whistleblower who raised concerns about animal welfare and meat traceability has been awarded a £1.25 million payout.

The Minister for Health has spoken to the chair of the finance committee and made it clear that he intends to allow the independent review into Dr Tony Holohan's now abandoned secondment to Trinity College to be completed before addressing any Oireac...

Millions of locked-down Shanghai residents entered their fourth week of a nerve-wracking Covid-19 lockdown, while authorities said on this morning that they were looking to shift to a targeted enforcement of rules in smaller zones around confirmed ca...

Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has confirmed that his department plans to fund IVF fertility treatment for public patients in 2023.

Live coverage of the invasion of Ukraine, as the US pledges more security supports and fires have been reported in Russia close to the Ukraine border.

The blockade of women and children in Mariupol's Azovstal steel plant has been labelled a "crime" by a leading Ukrainian academic and member of Mariupol City Council.

Employees are being asked to take part in the annual 'National Remote Working in Ireland' survey.

European Union leaders were quick to congratulate French President Emmanuel Macron for his election victory over his far-right rival, reflecting relief at avoiding a political shock in one of the bloc's most pivotal countries.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said the Government is not contemplating a cap on the number of Ukrainian refugees arriving into Ireland.

Opposition TDs have said it is "scandalous" that Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly and Secretary General of the Department of Health Robert Watt have declined an invitation to appear before the Finance Committee, which is examining the now-abandon...

Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has welcomed a "significant milestone", as the number of people in hospital with Covid-19 falls below 500.

A civil engineer has said he has "personal knowledge" of five additional counties where properties are affected by defective blocks, and that the total eventual cost of the State's Defective Concrete Blocks Grant Scheme could reach €5 billion.

Millions of Ukrainians have celebrated 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.

A man has appeared in court charged in connection with the investigation into the death of a 48-year-old man in Limerick last week.