Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe is in "grave condition" after being shot while campaigning for a parliamentary election, with media saying a man opened fire with an apparently homemade gun.

Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter and one-time UEFA president Michel Platini were both cleared of corruption charges by a Swiss court.

The Criminal Assets Bureau says it deprived criminals of almost €11 million last year, according to its annual report released this morning.

Sinn Féin Leader Mary Lou McDonald has said that her party will be lodging a motion of no confidence in the Government this morning.

Would-be contenders to lead the Conservative Party are assessing whether they have the support to mount leadership bids following the resignation of Boris Johnson.

When asked how he went bankrupt a character in an Ernest Hemingway novel replied, "Two ways, gradually then suddenly."

The HSE's Chief Clinical Officer has said just over half of people with Covid-19 in hospitals across the country are "actually in hospital because they are sick with Covid".

Sacha Baron Cohen has defeated an appeal in a multimillion-dollar lawsuit brought by a former US Supreme Court judge who he mocked in his satirical comedy series Who Is America?

New British Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Shailesh Vara has been described by a DUP MP as someone who "will do what is needed".

The euro neared parity with the dollar this morning, as traders bet on the prospect of a eurozone recession caused by soaring inflation.

The shooting of Japan's former premier, Shinzo Abe, was an unforgiveable act, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said, condemning it in the "strongest terms" as having happened during an election exercise, one of the foundational elements of democracy.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov walked out of a Group of 20 session as his German counterpart Annalena Baerbock was criticising Moscow over the Ukraine war, diplomats said.

The resignation of Prime Minister Boris Johnson deepens the uncertainty hanging over Britain's economy, already under strain from an inflation rate heading for double digits, the risk of a recession and Brexit.

Twitter removes more than one million spam accounts each day, executives told reporters in a briefing, providing new insight into efforts to reduce harmful automated bots as billionaire Elon Musk has demanded more details from the social media compan...

Ireland's growth outlook remains positive after a strong rebound from the Covid-19 pandemic, the International Monetary Fund has concluded.

The former manager of Rush Credit Union has appeared in court charged with theft following an investigation into fraud at the financial institution.

Sinn Féin is considering tabling a motion of no confidence in the Government next week before the Dáil goes into recess.

When Boris Johnson was elected leader of the Tory party on 23 July 2019 there were plenty of sharp intakes of breath in Dublin and Brussels, writes Europe Editor Tony Connelly.

American actor James Caan, who was famed for his roles in The Godfather and Misery, has died at the age of 82.

The political turmoil at Westminster could make the crisis at Stormont more difficult to resolve.