A group of prominent Fine Gael TDs and senators have warned that "finger-pointing" runs the risk of tarnishing Ireland's reputation as one of the world's most sustainable producers of quality food.

Pope Francis will visit a former residential school in Canada today, where he is expected to make a historic personal apology to Indigenous survivors of abuse committed over decades at the Catholic-run institutions.

Iarnród Éireann said it will be investigating everything that happened yesterday when DART services had to be suspended for a time.

A fierce California wildfire expanded yesterday, burning several thousand acres and forcing evacuations as tens of millions of Americans sweltered through scorching heat.

Iarnród Éireann will lodge plans this week for the extension of the electrified DART network from the Connolly/Spencer Dock area to west of Maynooth and on to the M3 Parkway in Co Meath.

Kerry players have been paying tribute to four-time All-Ireland winning manager Jack O'Connor who repeated his year one trick to end the county's eight-year wait for Sam Maguire.

Russia said its missile barrage on a Ukrainian port central to a landmark grain export deal had destroyed Western-supplied weapons, after the attack sparked an outcry from Ukraine's allies.

Timing for the approval of a third booster dose of the Covid-19 vaccine for the over 65s is a "little bit of a surprise", according to a Professor of Immunology.

The two Tory leadership hopefuls in the UK have been engaged in bitter clashes over immigration, China and tax cuts ahead of a crunch TV debate this evening.

Cities across China are on red alert for heatwaves, as tens of millions of people were warned to stay indoors and record temperatures strained energy supply.

Myanmar's military junta said it had executed four democracy activists accused of helping to carry out "terror acts" in the Southeast Asian nation's first executions in decades, sparking widespread condemnation.

Danish biotechnology company Bavarian Nordic has confirmed that the European Commission has given permission for its Imvanex vaccine to be marketed as protection against monkeypox, as recommended last week by the European Medicines Agency.

The public is being urged to heed water safety advice on what is World Drowning Prevention Day today.

EU member states should start preparing now for a new wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in autumn and winter, the bloc's health chief has said, saying there had been a "worrying increase" in outbreaks.

The commission for regulating electricity warned the risk to security of supply of power in Ireland was "acute" amid fears of significant outages and collateral damage to Government policy on climate change.

A teenager has died in a road collision in Co Kerry.

DART services to and from Bray were suspended for a time this afternoon after passengers "forced doors open and walked onto the track".

Kerry held firm in the closing stages to edge out a thrilling decider against Pádraic Joyce's exuberant Galway side to end an eight year wait for an All-Ireland crown.

A Ukrainian woman has been rescued from her war-torn homeland by an Irish church she worked with three years ago.

Greece is today battling three wildfires across the country which have forced hundreds to evacuate, as soaring temperatures raised fears of more blazes.