British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has vowed "to keep going" after the Conservatives lost two parliamentary by-elections, prompting the resignation of the party's chairman.

Dublin Airport is expecting its busiest weekend since before the pandemic, with more than 200,000 people expected to depart from there between now and Monday.

Ukrainian troops will "have to be withdrawn" from the mostly Russian-occupied battleground city of Sievierodonetsk, the regional governor has said.

Migrant workers in Singapore no longer need special permission to leave their dormitories from today, after two years of coronavirus curbs, but campaigners have criticised a decision to maintain some "discriminatory" restrictions.

The ruling by the US Supreme Court restricting states' rights to regulate the carrying of guns by Americans is almost certain to lead to a rush of litigation seeking to overturn other gun laws.

Cost-of-living concerns and rising interest rates will slow the demand for houses in the second half of the year, according to the latest house price report from MyHome.ie.

British Labour Party leader Keir Starmer has said the Conservatives were "absolutely imploding" following the resignation of Tory party co-chairman Oliver Dowden.

Two men are due in court today charged in relation to cash and drugs seizures in Dublin yesterday.

EU leaders resume their two day summit in Brussels today focusing on Europe's worsening economic outlook.

The US Senate has voted in favour of new gun laws, introduced in the wake of the Uvalde school shooting last month in which 19 children and two teachers died.

Today marks exactly one month since the mass shooting at Robb Elementary school in Uvalde, Texas killed 19 children and two teachers.

Almost 5,000 people have applied for asylum in Ireland so far this year. At that pace, 2022 could be a record year for refugee applications. Here are some answers to key questions about the increase.

Authorities in Afghanistan have ended the search for survivors of an earthquake that killed 1,000 people, a senior official has said, adding that supplies of medicine and other critical aid were inadequate.

More than €2m worth of cocaine, cannabis and heroin has been seized - along with at least €500,000 in cash - from alleged organised crime gangs in Dublin.

Around 20 million lives around the world were saved thanks to the Covid-19 jabs in the first year of the vaccine programme, according to new estimates.

The population of the Republic of Ireland increased by 7.6% in the six years between 2016 and 2022, according to the preliminary results of Census 2022.

The number of people with Covid-19 in hospital has more than doubled over the last two weeks.

The Central Bank has fined AIB and EBS a combined €96.7m for their part in the mortgage tracker affair - the largest fine ever levied by the Central Bank.

The Irish Cancer Society has launched a campaign for the laws on maternity leave to be changed for cancer patients.

The US Supreme Court has ruled that Americans have a fundamental right to carry firearms in public in a landmark decision that will prevent states from restricting people carrying guns.