Pregnant women and people over 60 will begin receiving their second booster vaccination against Covid-19 from today.

Two men have appeared in court charged in relation to the fatal assault of a man in Athlone over the weekend.

There have been widespread thunderstorms across Ireland overnight, a Met Éireann forecaster has said.

Revelations that Australia's former prime minister secretly appointed himself to several ministerial posts during the Covid-19 pandemic have sparked a political firestorm, with his successor promising a rapid investigation.

Iran has "categorically" denied any link with the attacker who stabbed British writer Salman Rushdie, author of the novel "The Satanic Verses", but blamed the writer himself.

Michael Collins' diaries have been made available to the public for the first time, after being loaned to the National Archives by his family.

All gardaí, sergeants and inspectors around the country will begin to wear a new uniform from today.

The Taliban marked a year in power today with small-scale celebrations by the group's fighters as Afghanistan struggles with rising poverty, drought, malnutrition and fading hope among women that they will have a decisive role in the country's future...

The Government has "rolled out the red carpet for data centres" in recent years, according to a Social Democrats TD who questioned how many more will be allowed to be built.

Hollywood actress Anne Heche has been "peacefully taken off life support" nine days after suffering a "severe anoxic brain injury" in a car crash.

After four inconclusive sessions, UN member states are to resume talks aimed at finally completing a treaty to protect the world's high seas, a vital yet fragile resource that covers nearly half the planet.

Ukrainian forces have reported heavy Russian shelling and attempts to advance on several towns in the eastern region of Donetsk.

China has said it has organised fresh military drills around Taiwan, as a delegation of visiting United States politicians are set to meet the island's leader.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has told North Korean leader Kim Jong Un that the two countries will "expand the comprehensive and constructive bilateral relations with common efforts," Pyongyang's state media has reported.

Ireland's lightweight double sculls crew of Paul O'Donovan and Fintan McCarthy cruised to victory in their final at the European Rowing Championships in Munich.

Geraldine Mullan calls it her "Field of Hope" - a 2.5 acre field in Co Donegal, normally used to grow potatoes and barley, now home to thousands of sunflowers reaching for the sky.

At least 41 people were killed and 45 injured in a fire inside a church in the Egyptian city of Giza, according to security sources.

A man in his 40s has died after he got into difficulty while swimming in a lake in Co Clare.

A year after US and Western forces withdrew from Afghanistan, Fiona Mitchell looks at the challenges facing the country.

A walrus nicknamed Freya that attracted crowds while basking in the Oslo fjord was euthanised, with Norway officials saying it was the only option but experts slamming an "infinitely sad" decision.