British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to meet his Cabinet as he seeks to keep his premiership afloat by putting a bruising confidence ballot firmly behind him.

Ukrainian troops are engaged in fierce street fighting with Russian soldiers in the industrial city of Sievierodonetsk, President Volodymyr Zelensky said, in what is a pivotal battle in the Kremlin's attempt to control the eastern Donbas region.

Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney has said he hoped planned legislation to override parts of the Northern Ireland Protocol would not become the "price" of Conservative Party support for Boris Johnson.

A pedestrian has died after he was struck by an articulated truck in the early hours of this morning on the N1 in Co Louth.

Despite the loud cheers of Boris Johnson's supporters, it is clear that the result was a lot tighter than expected and it leaves him in an awkward situation.

As Ulster Bank and KBC prepare to leave the Irish market, pensioners Jane and Michael from Co Meath, say more face-to-face supports are needed for older people when it comes to switching banks.

Toilet paper is a modern essential - but it relies on a raw material that is very much in-demand at the moment. That means we're seeing the price jump quite dramatically.

Ryanair is requiring South African passengers to prove their nationality before travelling by completing a test in Afrikaans, a language used by just 12% of the population that has long been identified with apartheid and the white minority.

A two-year-old boy accidentally shot and killed his father in Florida after his parents left a loaded gun unattended, local authorities said yesterday.

An increase in the supply of housing may be contributing to an easing in the pace of growth in property prices, an analysis from the Banking and Payments Federation Ireland shows.

South Korea and the United States have staged a joint air power demonstration during a visit by US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman, who said there would be a strong and clear response if North Korea were to conduct a nuclear test.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin will travel to Strasbourg for engagements in the Council of Europe and in the European Parliament today and tomorrow.

Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence Simon Coveney is visiting Helsinki and Stockholm, with the war in Ukraine expected to be top of the agenda.

AIB said it has seen the largest number of account openings in a single week as customers of both Ulster Bank and KBC Bank Ireland look for a new bank.

Elon Musk may walk away from his €41 billion deal to acquire Twitter Inc if the social media network fails to provide data on spam and fake accounts, the billionaire warned in a letter to the company today.

Ireland is among a number of countries taking part in a worldwide initiative trialling a four-day week with no loss of pay.

The family of the author whose article inspired the 1986 Tom Cruise movie Top Gun is suing Paramount Pictures for alleged copyright infringement over this year's blockbuster sequel Top Gun: Maverick.

Gardaí have issued an appeal for road users to take extra care following what has been described as an "appalling weekend" on Irish roads.

Tributes have been paid to a six-year-old boy from Belfast who has died on holiday following an incident at a swimming pool in Majorca.