Three more ministers have resigned from the UK government, piling further pressure on Prime Minister Boris Johnson following the departure of his health and finance ministers.

The 21-year-old man charged with killing seven people at a Chicago-area 4 July parade slipped past the safeguards of an Illinois "red flag" law designed to prevent people deemed to have violent tendencies from getting guns, officials said.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin is in Ukraine on what is the first official visit of a taoiseach to the country and will meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky later today.

A senior garda is to be appointed as a liaison officer to the capital of the United Arab Emirates, where the leadership of the Kinahan organised crime group is based.

Russian troops are engaged in heavy fighting and making their way into Ukraine's Donetsk region after taking control of the last two towns in neighbouring Luhansk, the regional governor has said.

In recent weeks, many passengers have landed at Dublin Airport without their bags, explains Louise Byrne. Baggage handlers say they're adding additional resources to fix the problem.

A report from the Economic and Social Research Institute suggests that there has been a marked drop in the level of home ownership in recent years.

The Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy has made 32 recommendations following a three-month examination of international surrogacy in Ireland.

Cost of living increases are impacting parents budgeting for back-to-school expenses, according to a new survey for the Irish League of Credit Unions.

The European Parliament will decide later today whether to classify certain gas and nuclear energy activities as environmentally sustainable.

G20 foreign ministers travel to the resort island of Bali this week for a meeting that will be overshadowed by the war in Ukraine, with Russia's attendance creating rifts in the bloc as host Indonesia tries to mediate.

Veteran US guitarist Carlos Santana is "doing well" as he recovers in hospital after collapsing onstage during a performance in Michigan.

SIPTU members employed in 19 community schemes across nine counties are going on strike in a dispute over pay.

Macau has locked down one of the city's most famous hotels, the Grand Lisboa, after more than a dozen Covid-19 cases were found there, with infections spreading rapidly in the world's biggest gambling hub.

Our current shots could soon be updated to target new variants rather than the ancestral strain

John Kilraine writes that the allegations about his deputy chief whip seem to have sealed Boris Johnson's fate as British Prime Minister.

The back-to-school clothing allowance will be increased by €100 per child from August, under plans agreed by Government this evening.

The Acting Chief Medical Officer has said Ireland is currently experiencing a surge in Covid cases and the latest sub variant is even more transmissible than previous variants.

A 31-year-old man has been convicted of the murder of Jordan Davis in Dublin three years ago.