Three ships loaded with grain, one of which is bound for Ireland, have left Ukrainian ports under a recently concluded safe passage deal, the Turkish defen?e ministry said.

Post-mortem examinations are to be carried out on the bodies of a brother and sister who died in a drowning incident at Ballybunion beach in Co Kerry, yesterday evening.

The GAA has said a Government call for sporting organisations to make temporary accommodation available for people seeking refuge in Ireland comes at a "difficult time" for the association.

Taiwan blasted its "evil neighbour next door" today after China encircled the island with a series of huge military drills that were condemned by the United States and other Western allies.

As students prepare to return to college, many refugees who have been housed in campus accommodation now face uncertainty about where they will live, explains Louise Byrne.

Almost €19m was provided by The Community Foundation for Ireland in grants to voluntary, community and charitable groups last year.

Russia is "ready" to discuss a prisoner swap with Washington at the presidential level, its foreign minister said, a day after the drug conviction of US basketball player Brittney Griner.

Moscow and Washington have been in talks about a new prisoner exchange, in a rare moment of dialogue with tensions soaring over Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Kevin Spacey has lost his appeal to have a 31 million dollar (€30 million) arbitration award to the producers of House Of Cards overturned.

Ending the war in Ukraine and starting a new one in Syria are expected to dominate talks today between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Four people were in critical condition after an apparent lightning strike at Washington's Lafayette Square next to the White House grounds, fire officials said.

Lidl Ireland has removed its mandatory retirement age clause for current and new employees from today.

Thailand's prime minister has ordered an investigation into a massive blaze that tore through a nightclub, killing at least 13 people.

One in eight people who get coronavirus develop at least one symptom of long Covid, one of the most comprehensive studies on the condition to date suggested.

US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi has said that her trip through Asia, which prompted China to hold live-fire military drills in the waters off Taiwan, was never about changing the status quo in Taiwan or the region.

The main retail banks have opened 297,000 personal current accounts so far this year, as customers of Ulster Bank and KBC Bank Ireland continue switching providers ahead of the exit of the two banks from the Irish market.

A 31-year-old swimming coach has appeared in court charged with the sexual exploitation of children over a six-month period last year and this year.

A Russian court has sentenced US basketball player Brittney Griner to nine years prison on drugs charges.

US conspiracy theorist Alex Jones should pay parents of a child killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre at least $4.1 million (€4m) for falsely claiming the shooting was a hoax, a Texas jury has said.

An Irish man who fought for Ukraine following the Russian invasion has told how he witnessed death and serious injury on the frontline of the conflict.