The European Union will set out emergency plans to reduce gas demand within months, warning countries that without deep cuts now they could struggle for fuel during winter if Russia cuts off deliveries.

The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission has said Ulster Bank and KBC current account customers need to take action and switch banks to avoid being left without banking services.

Two people have died after a light aircraft crashed at Newtownards Airport in Co Down.

Any change to how methane emissions are calculated could "perversely reward historically high methane polluters", an Oireachtas committee will hear today.

The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission is warning that workers' rights in Ireland need to be addressed.

Jake Wightman clinched a stunning 1500m gold medal at the World Championships - with dad Geoff commentating on his shock victory.

Met Éireann has said that weather is set to return to "a fairly average summer week".

Taoiseach Micheál Martin and Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida have agreed a joint statement on a roadmap to improving and strengthening ties between Ireland and Japan over the next number of years.

Australians admitted to hospitals from Covid-19 neared record levels as authorities urged businesses to let staff work from home and recommended people wear masks indoors and get booster shots urgently amid a major coronavirus outbreak.

A university in Texas has announced it will be offering a course based on the work of singer Harry Styles from 2023.

A final vote of Tory MPs later today will select the two candidates to be put to the party's membership in the race for No 10.

Sri Lankan lawmakers have voted in acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe as the new president, hoping his long experience in government will help pull the country out of a crippling economic and political crisis.

Greece, scorched by a heatwave ravaging parts of Europe, has deployed planes and helicopters to stop wildfires from spreading to mountainside suburbs north of Athens.

Russia's offensive in the eastern Donbas region continues to make minimal gains as Ukrainian forces hold the line, British military intelligence has said.

Intellectual disability and mental health services provider, Nua Healthcare, is to create 470 jobs.

British consumer price inflation surged again in June to hit an annual rate of 9.4%, the highest rate since early 1982, according to official figures that underline the chances of an bigger than usual Bank of England interest rate hike next month.

Fires are continuing to ravage through houses and buildings across the UK after temperatures topped 40C in the UK for the first time.

Europe is in the grip of a record-breaking heatwave and wildfires are raging across the Mediterranean. Here's how climate change drives these events.

Europe's heatwave looks set to peak today, but temperatures may remain above normal into the middle of next week, the World Meteorological Organization said, warning that such events could occur with greater frequency in the future.

Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda has apologised to the parents of a baby boy who died four days after his birth in October 2017.