A hearse carrying the body of assassinated former prime minister Shinzo Abe has this morning arrived in Tokyo from the western Japanese city where he was shot at close range on the campaign trail.

Keep up to date with Ireland's second Test against New Zealand from Forsyth Barr Stadium in Dunedin.

The Department of Housing has confirmed that the deputy chair of An Bord Pleanála Paul Hyde has resigned.

There is a general wish to get the leadership contest over as quickly as possible, with a new leader in place by September, writes London Correspondent John Kilraine.

This weekend it is "definitely time for sunscreen", Met Éireann has said, with temperatures of between 23C and 24C forecast.

Signalling that the Kremlin was in no mood for compromise, Russian President Vladimir Putin said sanctions against Russia for the invasion it launched in February risked causing "catastrophic" energy price rises.

The 'Buy Now, Pay Later' market is booming, with big names like Apple and Revolut entering the fray; but experts are warning consumers to be careful of falling into a credit trap, writes Adam Maguire.

Elon Musk, the chief executive officer of Tesla and the world's richest person, said last night that he was terminating his $44 billion deal to buy Twitter, because the social media company had breached multiple provisions of the merger agreement.

A former Irish rugby player is embarking on a driving challenge around Ireland in an electric car.

Actor Tony Sirico, who played the lovable but murderous gangster Paulie Walnuts on the HBO series 'The Sopranos' and was frequently cast in Woody Allen films, died yesterday at age 79, his family said.

Emma O Kelly reflects on Michael Martin's trip to Kyiv and the impact Russia's invasion has had on Ukraine.

A devastating pandemic forced many into the world of remote work. Now the Government faces a challenge of a different kind, passing legislation that maintains a working model that has become so important to so many, writes Brian O'Donovan.

Conservative Party MPs in the UK are rushing to take sides in the race to become the new prime minister after Rishi Sunak declared he has set his sights on the top job.

Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk said today he was terminating his $44 billion deal for Twitter, saying that the social media company had failed to provide information about fake accounts on the platform.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said he welcomes next week's motion of no confidence in the Government as an "opportunity" to lay out its achievements to date.

Aer Lingus has apologised for cancelling 11 flights today and tomorrow due to industrial action in France and a spike in Covid cases.

Passengers who have GPS trackers on their luggage pinpointing the location of their bags say that they are still being prevented from entering the lost and found section at Dublin Airport to retrieve their possessions.

A woman who was coercively controlled and raped has described how the man took just six weeks to destroy her life.

Ukraine has urged its allies to send more weapons as its forces dug in to slow Russia's military advance through the eastern Donbas region, while a belligerent Moscow warned Western nations of consequences for their reprisals over its invasion.

A 31-year-old man described as an "extremely dangerous individual" has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a young man who was pushing his baby in a buggy in Dublin three years ago.