The number of termination notices received by the Residential Tenancies Board in the first half of the year rose by 58%, compared with the latter half of 2021.

Any attack on a nuclear plant is "suicidal", United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned, after fresh shelling hit a huge atomic power complex in southern Ukraine.

Non-consultant hospital doctors, or junior doctors, are having difficulties getting paid, due to having to join new payroll systems every time they start at a new post, according to the Irish Medical Organisation.

Two more ships, carrying corn and soybeans, have departed from Ukrainian Black Sea ports, Turkey and Ukraine said, taking the total to ten since the first ship sailed last week under a deal with Russia to unblock Ukrainian grain exports.

Fuel trucks have entered Gaza as an Egypt-brokered truce between Israel and Islamic Jihad militants held this morning, raising hopes that the intense conflict that left dozens of Palestinians dead has ended.

Spending on groceries, restaurants and fuel is increasing month-on-month, according to banking app Revolut, as consumers prioritise while inflation surges.

Wind farms provided 21% of the electricity demand in Ireland last month - twice as much as was generated in July of last year.

Hong Kong will shorten the Covid-19 hotel quarantine period for all arrivals to three days from seven, taking another step to gradually unwind stringent pandemic rules that have isolated the Asian financial hub.

London's Horniman Museum has said it would return 72 artefacts, including 12 brass plaques known as Benin Bronzes, looted from Benin City by British soldiers in 1897 to the Nigerian government.

Thousands of people who have pledged to house refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine are still waiting on garda vetting.

China has carried out fresh military drills around Taiwan this morning, defying calls for it to end its largest-ever exercises encircling the democratic island.

A murder investigation is under way after the body of a man was found at an apartment in north Dublin.

Met Éireann is predicting Ireland may experience "heatwave conditions" starting from Wednesday, with temperatures above 25 degrees Celsius for a period of five days or more.

Two men have appeared in court charged in connection with the seizure of cocaine worth €8.4 million which was flown into Co Longford on a private plane earlier this week.

The Government has said that 3,000 Ukrainian people currently being housed in student accommodation have been told they must leave where they are staying before the end of the month.

Covid has exposed the vulnerabilities of the global trading system on which our prosperity rests. The Ukraine war has done the same for our energy supplies. An Asian war would be much worse.

The action as it happened from Sunday's All-Ireland senior camogie final between Cork and Kilkenny at Croke Park.

After 18 months of arduous negotiations and a marathon night of debate, the US Senate has passed President Joe Biden's ambitious climate, tax and health care plan - a significant victory for the president ahead of crucial midterm elections.

Amnesty International has apologised for "distress and anger" caused by a report accusing Ukraine of endangering civilians which infuriated President Volodymyr Zelensky and triggered the resignation of its Kviy office head.

Four more ships carrying almost 170,000 tonnes of corn and other foodstuffs have set sail from Ukrainian Black Sea ports under a deal to unblock the country's exports after Russia's invasion, Ukrainian and Turkish officials have said.