Outgoing British Prime Minister Boris Johnson compared himself to a "booster rocket" jetting off into distant lands as he delivered his farewell speech outside No 10 Downing Street.

The Climate Change Advisory Council has called for swift and decisive action to support people and communities this winter by reducing Ireland's dependence on harmful fossil fuels.

There are 22 million people experiencing crisis levels of hunger in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia in the Horn of Africa, with 4.6 million children acutely malnourished.

A 24-year-old man has appeared in court charged with the murders of his two sisters and brother in Tallaght in the early hours of yesterday.

Almost a third of pre-teen boys are playing over-18s online games and are more likely to be exposed to violent imagery and harmful content, according to new research.

Newly-elected British Conservative party leader Liz Truss will become UK prime minister later today after being formally invited by Queen Elizabeth to form a government.

More than 50,000 housing units could be completed here in the two years to the end of 2023, if house building continues at levels seen recently, according to the Banking and Payments Federation Ireland.

Typhoon Hinnamnor departed South Korea today after making landfall in the country's south, leaving thousands of people displaced and one dead, authorities said.

A Dublin man who battled depression, alcohol abuse and homelessness for almost six years has shaved off his distinctive long beard to raise money for charity.

Jailed Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny's chief of staff said worsening prison conditions were threatening his health as his Anti-Corruption Foundation prepares to turn upcoming local elections in Moscow into an anti-war vote.

US President Joe Biden has said Russia should not be designated a state sponsor of terrorism, a label Ukraine has pushed for amid Russia's ongoing invasion while Moscow has warned it would rupture US-Russian ties.

Spain's controversial bull-running festivals have once again hit the headlines after a deadly summer in which at least ten people lost their lives, exacerbating divisions over the centuries-old tradition.

The so-called Islamic State has claimed responsibility for an attack near the entrance of the Russian embassy in Kabul, according to the militant group's channel on Telegram.

The Irish Data Protection Commission has fined social media platform Instagram €405 million for violations of the General Data Protection Regulation.

Secondary school teacher Enoch Burke has been sent to prison for breaching a High Court order.

Canadian police one of the suspects involved in a mass stabbing is dead, while the other suspect, his brother, remains at large.

A US federal judge has agreed to appoint a 'special master' to review records seized by the FBI during its unprecedented search of former president Donald Trump's Florida estate, a move that is likely to delay the Justice Department's ongoing crimina...

The Israeli army has conceded for the first time that one of its soldiers had likely shot Palestinian-American reporter Shireen Abu Akleh after having mistaken her for a militant.

The first day of a new job is challenging for anyone. But for the new British prime minister the in-tray is overflowing and the job spec is daunting.

Liz Truss has been confirmed as the new leader of Britain's Conservative Party, and will be the next UK Prime Minister.