Bank of Ireland has been fined €100.5m by the Central Bank over its handling of its tracker mortgage customers.

A man in his 30s has been arrested in Cork after a number of garda cars were rammed in the areas of Mahon and Carrs Hill yesterday which resulted in the injuries of a number of people, including children.

Hurricane Ian has ploughed into Florida's Gulf Coast with catastrophic force, unleashing howling winds, torrential rains and a treacherous surge of ocean surf that made it one of the most powerful US storms in recent years.

Russia's foreign ministry has said that leaks on the Nord Stream pipelines occurred in a zone controlled by US intelligence services.

Coolio, the US rapper best known for the chart-topping 1995 song Gangsta's Paradise, has died aged 59, his manager has said.

UK Prime Minister Liz Truss has defended finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng's mini-budget saying "urgent action" was needed to protect the country from rising energy bills and to get the economy growing.

US Vice President Kamala Harris has arrived in South Korea to strengthen Washington's alliance with Seoul, a day after nuclear-armed North Korea tested more ballistic missiles.

At least 19 people have died and dozens of others were hospitalised after consuming toxic alcohol from a roadside kiosk in northern Morocco, local media have reported.

Tánaiste Leo Varadkar is to appear before the Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality today to discuss the recommendations of the Citizens' Assembly on Gender Equality regarding pay and workplace conditions.

A new survey has indicated that 60% of children would never tell their parents if they were cyberbullied and do not know how to have this conversation.

Asian share markets rose today after Britain's central bank launched an emergency bond buying programme to stabilise a furious sell-off in gilts, though trade was skittish and sterling remained under pressure.

Large energy users and residential customers on 'smart tariffs' will see higher electricity costs during the peak hours from 5pm to 7pm.

Gardaí are investigating the circumstances surrounding the discovery of infant skeletal remains in a village in east Cork.

US entertainment trade publication the Hollywood Reporter has tipped Irish actors Jessie Buckley, Kerry Condon, Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson to be among next year's Oscar nominees.

It might sometimes be viewed as a house filled with hot air but Leinster House bosses are resisting calls to switch on the heat this week.

An investigation is continuing into what happened to an eight-year-old girl who sustained severe injuries in a violent incident at a house in Clarecastle in Co Clare yesterday.

Gardaí have arrested a man in his 50s on suspicion of organised crime related offences.

Russia was poised to annex a swath of Ukraine, releasing what it called vote tallies showing support in four partially occupied provinces to join Russia, after what Kyiv and the West denounced as illegal sham referendums held at gunpoint.

Around 50 people turned out to protest in Dublin this evening against the death of Mahsa Amini in Iran.

Additional funding has been made available in the budget to provide free school transport to children who had concessionary tickets for bus transport last year and who had applied in time for inclusion in this year's scheme.