Advertised rents for homes were 12.6% higher between April and June than they were in the same three-month period last year.

An amber alert has been issued on the electricity market for the second day in a row.

People aged 60 and over are being invited to come forward for their next Covid-19 booster vaccine.

A beluga whale stranded in the river Seine in northern France for more than a week was removed from the water early this morning in the first stage of an ambitious rescue operation to return it to the sea.

Former US President Donald Trump has indicated that he would testify in a New York investigation by the state's attorney general into his family's business practices, with the possible testimony coming amid a flurry of legal woes for him.

A grand jury in Mississippi declined to indict a white woman whose accusation that black teenager Emmett Till propositioned her in 1955 led to his abduction and murder.

Author and illustrator Raymond Briggs - creator of the much-loved 1978 children's picture book The Snowman - has died at the age of 88.

Victims of text message scams were left out of pocket to the tune of €1,700 on average during the first six months of this year, according to FraudSMART - a fraud awareness initiative led by the Banking and Payments Federation.

Britain is making plans for organised blackouts for industry and households over winter when cold weather may coincide with gas shortages, according to Bloomberg News.

The "robustness and security" of Ireland's crime-solving DNA database will be "kept under active review" by an oversight group tasked with monitoring its operation and security.

Russia has "almost certainly" established a major new ground forces formation to support its operations in Ukraine, British military intelligence has said.

China's military said it has "successfully completed" various tasks around Taiwan after around a week of drills.

Gardaí in a number of divisions have failed to submit forensic data satisfactorily to the National DNA Database System, according to a new report.

Ireland's DNA Database System has grown by 20% and contains 58,703 DNA profiles, a new report has found.

The HSE has defended its relationship with the Tavistock clinic in the UK, which provides psychological assessment and support for children with gender identity issues.

Met Éireann has said heatwave conditions can be expected in Ireland from Thursday onwards as it issued a Status Yellow weather warning.

Thousands of people have attended the funeral of 24-year-old Tipperary hurler Dillon Quirke in his home village of Clonoulty.

The FBI raided Donald Trump's home in Florida - a heavy-handed move that has put new energy into his base of true believers and radical populists.

Gardaí are appealing for information about an 11-year-old Ukrainian girl who is missing in Co Dublin.

Shamrock Rovers marched into the Europa League play-off round, and guaranteed themselves a place in the Europa Conference League group stage at the very least, after they beat Shkupi 2-1 to wrap up a 5-2 aggregate victory on Tuesday night.