Tens of thousands of medical procedures and appointments are being cancelled today and tomorrow due to strike action by medical scientists.

A doctor who worked at Naas General Hospital was removed from the medical register in 2015 after two patients alleged they were sexually assaulted by him, RTÉ Investigates has learned.

Russian forces have stepped up their offensive today on the last pocket of resistance around Luhansk in Ukraine's eastern Donbas region, as the conflict entered its fourth month.

The Garda Representative Association is calling for all frontline officers to be trained to enable them to drive a patrol car in an emergency situation using blue lights and sirens.

Three months on from the start of the war in Ukraine, three Ukrainian music students who are now living in Ireland have been reflecting on how their lives have changed.

A man who was being questioned as part of the investigation into the death of a 53-year-old man in Tralee, Co Kerry, has been released without charge.

An Irish disability activist has said she will launch a new initiative - the Valuable 500- at the World Economic Forum, which is under way in Davos.

Undocumented migrants are more likely to face material deprivation and are more vulnerable to exploitation and crime than legal residents, according to research.

Amber Heard was "on the precipice of a meteoric rise" before the negative press caused by allegedly defamatory comments made by Johnny Depp's legal team, a court has heard.

There have been 131 confirmed monkeypox cases and 106 further suspected cases since the first case was reported on 7 May outside the countries where it usually spreads, the World Health Organization has said.

New mortgage customers now need significantly higher incomes to buy a home, compared to the property price peak over a decade ago, a new analysis from the Banking and Payments Federation has found.

There are fears that contaminated drinking water could spread disease in the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol.

Multiple threats to the global economy are topping the worries of the world's well-heeled at the annual Davos think-fest, with some flagging the risk of a worldwide recession.

The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission has cleared, subject to a number of legally binding conditions, the proposed €5 billion acquisition by Bank of Ireland of KBC Bank Ireland's performing loans and deposits.

The rising cost of construction could mean that the Government's 'Housing for All' targets will not be met, the Society of Chartered Surveyors has warned.

The Cabinet is due to consider measures today aimed at protecting the integrity of the electoral system.

Gardaí are continuing to question two men in connection with the fatal stabbing of a man outside his home at the Abbey Court apartment complex in Tralee.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said there is "a deep well of support from our partners across the world" for the EU and UK to come to a "joint, pragmatic solution" over the Northern Ireland Protocol.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson can be seen in pictures raising a glass at a leaving party in Downing Street during the second lockdown.