A post-mortem examination is due to be carried out on the body of a 75-year-old woman who was found dead in what gardaí said were unexplained circumstances at a house in Co Kerry yesterday.

The US Justice Department has opposed requests to unseal the affidavit used to justify last week's FBI search of Donald Trump's Florida residence.

The ship 'Brave Commander' has left the Ukrainian port of Pivdennyi, carrying the first cargo of humanitarian food aid bound for Africa from Ukraine since Russia's invasion, Refinitiv Eikon data showed.

The Water Advisory Body, set up to advise on measures to improve Irish Water, has said it is concerned at the number of long-term boil water notices being issued.

More than half of Active Travel funding allocated to rural local authorities in 2021 was unspent by the end of the year.

Just two possible Covid-19 cases have sparked chaotic scenes in Shanghai, with crowds of people seen running out of a building and an Ikea store to try and escape a lockdown under China's strict coronavirus rules.

US rapper A$AP Rocky has been charged with two counts of assault with a firearm, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office has announced.

A senior UN official began a visit to Myanmar this week, the United Nations said, on a rare visit that comes amid domestic political turmoil and fraying ties between Myanmar and its Southeast Asian neighbours.

Nearly 50 years after she was booed off the Oscars stage for declining Marlon Brando's award on his behalf in protest at the film industry's treatment of Native Americans, Sacheen Littlefeather has received an apology from the Academy of Motion Pictu...

Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has said that his predecessor secretly seized control of five ministerial posts, labelling it an "unprecedented trashing of our democracy".

Health Service Executive CEO Paul Reid has announced that he will leave the position on 3 October.

The Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage has referred a report in relation to certain decisions at An Bord Pleanála to the Director of Public Prosecutions, An Garda Síochána and the Standards in Public Office Commission.

Kenyans are braced for a potentially turbulent time ahead after the disputed outcome of the country's presidential election triggered violent protests in some areas

The recently formed Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra performed in Dublin tonight as part of an international tour to show solidarity and raise money for Ukrainian artists.

An unpublished HSE workforce plan warns of an urgent need to recruit more staff into the National Ambulance Service and states that at present recruitment efforts are being surpassed by service demands.

A year ago, Latifa Jawadi was in the office in Kabul going about her work like every other day. Eventually word got round that the Taliban had taken over the capital and Latifa's life changed instantly.

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

The United Nations has implored the world to not forget the plight of Afghanistan's women and children despite other international crises, one year after the Taliban's return to power.

Passengers flying from Dublin Airport are being advised to arrive two hours before short-haul flights and three hours before long-haul trips in a relaxation of the recommendations from airport management.

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