At least 19 children and two teachers were killed after a teenager opened fire at a primary school in Texas, in the worst school shooting in the US in nearly a decade.

President Joe Biden has said the US needs to stand up to the gun lobby after a shooting at a primary school in Texas left at least 19 children and two adults dead.

A teacher killed in a shooting at a primary school in Texas has been named as Eva Mireles.

Exploratory talks aimed at resolving an industrial dispute involving medical scientists will be held at the Labour Court.

Democratic US Senator Chris Murphy implored his colleagues to act to combat gun violence hours after a mass shooter killed 19 children and two adults at a primary school in Texas.

Events are being held in Ireland and across the world for Africa Day.

The Financial Services Union, which represents bank workers, has said its members are at breaking point dealing with the increased workload caused by the exits of Ulster Bank and KBC.

Russian forces sought to encircle Ukrainian troops in twin eastern cities straddling a river as President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that Moscow was seeking to destroy the industrial Donbas region where it has focused its attacks.

Young men may be attracted into the murky world of drug dealing because of "easy money" and "bling" but they all die young, a priest working in Finglas has warned.

Nineteen students and two teachers were shot dead when an 18-year-old gunman opened fire at their Texas elementary school, the latest in the United States' cycle of school mass shootings.

The Minister for Justice plans to introduce facial recognition technology to enable gardaí conduct rapid automated searches for suspects in criminal investigations.

Complaints to the Ombudsman about public services reached a record high in 2021.

Kate Moss is due to give evidence in Johnny Depp's defamation case against his former wife Amber Heard.

Matthew McConaughey has said the spate of mass shootings across America is "an epidemic we can control" as he paid tribute to the victims of the atrocity in his Texas hometown of Uvalde.

The British government will today introduce legislation to officially recognise and protect the Irish language in Northern Ireland for the first time.

China's capital Beijing has further tightened its Covid-19 restrictions, with zero community transmission the target, punishing workplaces that flout rules or circumvent curbs and imploring residents to police their own movements.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin is attending the World Economic Forum in the Swiss resort of Davos, which is being dominated this year by Russia's invasion of Ukraine and fears of a global food shortage.

North Korea has fired three missiles, including one thought to be an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), after US President Joe Biden left Asia following a trip in which he agreed to new measures to deter the nuclear-armed state.

The value of a meeting between Northern Ireland's DUP and US Congressman Richard Neal and his delegation has been "diminished", according to the party's MLA for South Belfast, Edwin Poots.

European Union leaders are unlikely to strike a deal on an oil embargo against Russia at their summit next week, according to the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen.