The Taoiseach has described the legislation on the Northern Ireland Protocol published by the British government yesterday, as "anti-business and anti-industry".

Sinn Féin's leader in Northern Ireland Michelle O'Neill has described the actions of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Foreign Secretary Liz Truss over the Northern Ireland Protocol as "disgraceful and utterly reckless".

Russian forces have cut off all routes for evacuating citizens from the eastern Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk by destroying the last bridge linking it to a Ukrainian-held city on the other side of the river, Ukrainian officials have said.

Former US President Donald Trump has decried the congressional probe into the riot by his supporters last year at the US Capitol as a "mockery of justice".

Ryanair Group chief executive Michael O'Leary said bookings for Europe's biggest budget airline have continued to strengthen and he expects summer fares to be between 7% and 9% higher than pre-pandemic levels.

Hollywood stars including Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo and Amy Schumer have signed a letter published on Monday calling for movies and television shows to depict responsible gun ownership and to limit scenes involving children with firearms.

Minister for Housing Darragh O'Brien will bring a proposal to Cabinet today to extend the Government's defective block redress scheme to counties Clare and Limerick.

The British government is to send a first plane carrying asylum seekers to Rwanda today despite last-gasp legal bids and protests against the controversial policy.

There were over 33,000 disclosures of domestic violence - including coercive control - made to Women's Aid last year, according to its latest annual report.

A cross-party group of Ukrainian MPs is due to address the Seanad and meet with Cabinet ministers and the Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Survivors and families of the victims of Britain's worst residential fire since World War II will gather to mark the fifth anniversary of the tragedy.

The quality of interaction between prisoners, their partners and children strengthened following a pilot project that was carried out in Mountjoy.

Formal public sector pay talks between the Government and unions will resume at the Workplace Relations Commission.

The European Union will not renegotiate the Northern Ireland Protocol agreement, European Commission Vice-President Maros Šefcovic has said, in response to Britain's decision to override some of the post-Brexit trade rules for the region.

Spain is in the grips of a heatwave expected to reach "extreme" levels this week, and France is bracing for one too, as meteorologists blame the unusually high seasonal temperatures on global warming.

A man who drove a rented van into dozens of people on a busy Toronto street in 2018, killing 11, has been sentenced to life in prison.

A proposal to significantly increase Ireland's electricity supply next year, at a cost of possibly hundreds of millions of euro, will be brought to Cabinet tomorrow by the Minister for Climate Eamon Ryan.

British Foreign Minister Liz Truss has presented the Northern Ireland Protocol bill to the UK parliament and said "we are acting within international law".

Russian forces tightened their grip on the eastern Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk today, a Ukrainian official said, cutting off the last routes for evacuating citizens in a scene that echoed last month's siege of the port of Mariupol.

Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney has said Ireland will not be the collateral damage for irresponsible action taken by the British government over the Northern Ireland Protocol.