Thirty-four people were killed in Thailand today in a mass shooting at a daycare centre by a former policeman, who killed his wife and child before shooting himself dead, police said.

A man in his 30s has been arrested in Cork city in connection with the death of the man who was fatally attacked at a funeral in Tralee yesterday.

The electricity system will face a shortfall of supply over demand for the next decade, according to grid operator EirGrid.

Ukraine said its forces have retaken more settlements in Kherson, one of four partially Russian-occupied regions that President Vladimir Putin formally incorporated into Russia in Europe's biggest annexation since World War II.

The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has called for safe access zones to be legislated for without further delay.

The formation of the Giant's Causeway may have taken just a few days rather than thousands of years, according to a new theory by Dr Mike Simms.

The ESRI has warned that the residential property market in Ireland may be overvalued by over 7%.

Irish Catholic Bishops say there has been a "lack of assistance" for community facilities, including parish centres, community halls and church buildings in Budget 2023.

North Korea fired two ballistic missiles today as it claimed its recent round of tests were necessary countermeasures against joint military drills by the United States and South Korea.

Sydney recorded its wettest year in 164 years as authorities braced for major floods in Australia's east, with more heavy downpours expected to fall over the next three days.

Service interventions for children by Aoibhneas, a charity which supports women and children subject to domestic violence, rose by 324% last year.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin is joining 43 other European leaders in Prague for the inaugural summit of the European Political Community.

The bodies of 16 people have been recovered in two separate migrant boat sinkings, with several more feared missing, Greece's coast guard has said.

Afghanistan's formal economy has suffered a "catastrophic collapse" since the Taliban came to power, wiping out in less than a year what had taken 10 years to build, the United Nations has said.

Gunmen in southern Mexico killed at least 18 people in an attack, including the town's mayor, authorities said.

The Fianna Fáil parliamentary party has cleared the way to re-admit Sligo-Leitrim TD Marc MacSharry, an outspoken critic of Taoiseach Micheál Martin.

The Oireachtas Gender Equality Committee will today hear from representatives of Ibec, SIPTU and WorkEqual to discuss the recommendations of the Citizens' Assembly on Gender Equality regarding pay and workplace conditions.

A 35-year-old man has admitted that his actions caused the death of his partner who died after she was violently attacked in Co Clare last year, and that her killing was unlawful.

Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney will meet the new British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly for talks for the first time in London tomorrow night.

Actor Alec Baldwin has said he has reached a civil settlement with the family of the woman he fatally shot with a prop gun on the set of the film Rust last year.