Ukraine's military has said it is working to evacuate all remaining troops from their last stronghold in the besieged port of Mariupol, ceding control of the city to Russia after months of bombardment.

The Taoiseach has said it is "very important" that Cabinet approves a plan today to relocate the National Maternity Hospital to a site beside St Vincent's Hospital in Dublin.

Justice Minister Helen McEntee will today seek Cabinet approval to extend the operation of outdoor seating areas for pubs and restaurants as the hospitality industry enters the summer season.

British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss will today declare her intention to bring forward legislation that rips up parts of the Northern Ireland Protocol.

A new coffee truck in Dublin city centre is training homeless people to become baristas.

The mother of a man with an intellectual disability who has been put on a five-year waiting list to attend a weight management service has appealed for help from the HSE and the Government.

Gardaí investigating the murder of a 52-year-old woman in Dublin are calling on a man who contacted a station last week to come forward.

Ukraine's Kalush Orchestra have returned home after their emotional Eurovision Song Contest victory, with frontman Oleh Psiuk saying he hoped to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for the war effort by selling the Eurovision trophy.

The Irish Universities' Association has written to Education Minister Norma Foley urging her to confirm the date for the release of this year's Leaving Cert results as soon as possible.

North Korean military medics ramped up the distribution of medicines to fight a growing coronavirus outbreak, state media said, with the number of reported cases of "fever" nearing 1.5 million.

Remaining Ukrainian troops evacuated from Mariupol, while fighting continues in Lviv and Kharkiv. Here are the latest updates on Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

There was a 79% increase in the number of complaints to the Ombudsman for Children's Office in 2021.

The British government is to legislate on dealing with the legacy of Troubles murders.

The Irish Congress of Trade Unions will meet today to discuss pay increases for workers in the private sector.

The village of Ruska Lozova, about 18km from the frontier and just north of Ukraine's second city Kharkiv, was recaptured by Kyiv's forces in late April after being under Russian control for two months.

Fergal Bowers looks at the key timeline of the ongoing controversy surrounding the new National Maternity Hospital.

A 38-year-old woman has been found guilty at the Central Criminal Court in Cork of the murder of two-year-old Santina Cawley.

The mother of two-year-old Santina Cawley O Donoghue has said she was "loved and adored" by her family from the moment they saw her.

Blackpool's Jake Daniels has become the UK's first active male professional footballer to come out as gay.

Sweden will formally apply for NATO membership in the next few days, Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson has said, but its accession process, and that of Finland, hit a snag when NATO member Turkey's president said he would not approve either bid.