A 36-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel, Merseyside Police said.

The US has warned Russia against diverting energy from a nuclear plant that Ukraine said was cut off from its grid, as calls for an independent inspection of the facility mount.

Less than a fifth of children and teenagers with disabilities on the island of Ireland are getting their recommended daily exercise, a report has found.

A senior research officer with the ESRI has said nobody can say for certain that power blackouts can be avoided this winter, adding that if there are to be interruptions to demand, they will certainly happen at peak times.

Up to 45 sectors and sub-sectors of the economy are struggling to get insurance cover for their activities, or are limited to just a single underwriter.

It's been announced that Bob Dylan is to bring his Rough and Rowdy Ways tour to Dublin for an appearance at the 3Arena.

Long Covid has already cost the Australian economy three million working days this year, according to a government analysis seen by AFP, significantly worsening the country's acute labour shortages.

There are fears for 140 jobs at the Arrabawn Dairies in Galway following reports that the plant has been sold.

The number of mortgages approved in July fell by almost 12% when compared to the previous month, according to new figures from Banking and Payments Federation Ireland.

A food bank in Cork city has said that on average 10 new families are registering for support every week.

Australian police said they had seized some A$1.6 billion (€1.1bn) worth of crystal meth, also known as 'ice', concealed within marble stones in several sea freight containers, in what it said was the biggest ever haul of the drug in the country.

Many families will be feeling the pinch after shelling out on back-to-school costs on top of all the other current cost of living pressures.

US President Joe Biden has described the right-wing populism of Republicans under Donald Trump as "semi-fascism."

A man in his 40s has been arrested in connection with the theft of a car in Cabra on Sunday night, which had an infant inside at the time of the incident.

The mother of 11-year-old twins with autism who have been denied appropriate schooling has said she is "devastated by the news" that the boys will once again not have a school to go to this September.

On a flat piece of land in west Dublin, 96 black container like structures sit in perfectly straight rows.

Abortion became illegal in three more US states today, further restricting access to elective terminations for millions of women despite some signs of popular and judicial pushback.

Spain has toughened its rape laws, pushing through legislation requiring explicit consent for sex in a move driven by its left-wing government following a notorious gang rape that outraged the country.