Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has said he does not envisage a mini-budget being implemented next year.

An investigation is continuing after an eight-year-old girl sustained severe injuries in a violent incident in Co Clare yesterday morning.

The US state of Florida is preparing for widespread flooding when a strong hurricane makes landfall later today, between the cities of Fort Myers and Tampa.

The Association of Garda Superintendents has called on the Minister for Justice and the Garda Commissioner to address the problem of defamatory and false allegations made against senior officers in An Garda Síochána.

Live updates with reaction and fresh developments after the announcement of a Budget package worth €11 billion.

A new €35 million fund has been established to help Irish sports clubs with rising energy costs this winter.

It became clear that by the time the winter bills started to land, the public expectation would be such that anything less than the kind of "meaningful support" announced yesterday would not wash, politically.

The Government has pledged to spend billions - but how much of all this extra monetary support will make it into your pocket?

Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe and Sinn Féin's Pearse Doherty went head to head – in what was arguably their most tense exchange to date, explains Louise Byrne.

The EU considers leaks from two Russia-Germany undersea gas pipelines this week "are not a coincidence", with indications they were "a deliberate act", the bloc's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has said.

Ukraine has said today that Russian-staged votes in four Ukrainian regions on becoming part of Russia were "null and worthless", and that Kyiv would press on with efforts to liberate Ukrainian territory occupied by Russian forces.

The Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment will meet today to discuss the cost of living, the minimum wage increase and the Low Pay Commission report.

The Minister for Foreign Affairs will meet the new Northern Secretary for talks later today.

Elon Musk's review of Twitter accounts by his advisers did not back up the billionaire's allegation that the number of fake users was "wildly higher" than 5% as he claimed, a Twitter lawyer has told a US judge.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has criticised the UK government's tax-cutting financial measures and said the move will likely increase inequality.

Authorities in Ireland are being urged by the Council of Europe's group of experts on human trafficking (GRETA) to take further action against human trafficking.

The US military killed 12 civilians and injured five more in 2021, all in Afghanistan, according to a Pentagon report.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said that the leaks on the Nord Stream gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea were an "act of sabotage".

Electricity credits for all households totalling €600 and a double Child Benefit payment for November are among the measures announced in Budget 2023.

Government opposition has welcomed aspects of the Budget - but has been very critical overall of what it has characterised as a wasted opportunity.