The European Central Bank is expected to increase interest rates later today for the first time in 11 years, with markets expecting an increase of at least 0.25%.

Ireland's greenhouse gas emissions increased by almost 5% last year, according to provisional figures published by the Environmental Protection Agency.

The neolithic passage tomb landscape of Co Sligo, the Transatlantic Cable in Valentia, Co Kerry, and royal sites of Ireland, like the Rock of Cashel in Co Tipperary, have moved one step closer to being considered UNESCO World Heritage sites.

The Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline linking Russia to Germany has restarted after ten days of maintenance work, its operator has said.

There were 263 assaults on healthcare workers in June, with the majority against nurses, according to figures provided to Sinn Féin in response to a parliamentary question.

There is a steady build up to Sunday's All Ireland final in Galway, where Padraig Joyce's men are aiming to lift Sam Maguire for the first time in 21 years.

Today marks the 50th Anniversary of Bloody Friday in Belfast, in which nine people were killed in a series of bombings.

Getting a taxi in Dublin might feel a little like Russian roulette these days.

Asking prices for used cars rose 29% in the year to the end of June, new research from DoneDeal has found.

Around 100 million Americans from New York City to Las Vegas are under heat warnings this week as temperatures rise well above 38 Celsius, part of a trend of extreme weather made worse by climate change.

Russia has resumed supplies of gas via a major pipeline to Europe, the pipeline operator said, as Ukraine reported heavy shelling in areas in the south of the country.

Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi has handed in his resignation to President Sergio Mattarella, who asked him to remain in office in a caretaker capacity, the head of state's office said in a statement.

Fianna Fáil TD James O'Connor has written to members of the parliamentary party, seeking their support for an emergency meeting with the Minister for Finance over the decision by AIB to make 70 of its branches cashless.

The World Health Organization will reconvene its expert monkeypox committee to decide whether the outbreak now constitutes a global health emergency - the highest alarm it can sound.

A new Seanad select committee is to be established by the autumn to scrutinise the transposition of European Union directives into Irish law.

The European Commission has urged EU countries to reduce demand for natural gas by 15% over the coming months to secure winter stocks and defeat Russian "blackmail".

Minister Eamon Ryan is due to liaise with officials from EU Commission tomorrow about its call for a 15% reduction in gas demand.

Spain's prime minister has said "more than 500 people died" during a 10-day heatwave as Europe counts the cost of a record period of extreme temperatures.

Attempts to effectively tear up parts of the Northern Ireland Protocol have moved closer to becoming law, as the UK government labelled it their "top legislative priority".

Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss will battle it out in the coming weeks to be the UK's next prime minister.