Russian missiles pounded more than 40 Ukrainian cities and towns, officials have said, after a UN General Assembly resolution called Moscow's annexation of Ukrainian territory "illegal" and Ukraine's allies committed more military aid.

It will be years before Ireland has enough secure liquid natural gas storage, Minister for the Environment Eamon Ryan has said.

Students at third level colleges across the country will walk out of lectures and tutorials this morning in protest at the accommodation and cost-of-living crises.

Right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones must pay at least $965 million in damages to numerous families of victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook mass shooting for falsely claiming they were actors who faked the tragedy, a Connecticut jury said.

Minister for Further and Higher Education Simon Harris has announced €1.5 million in funding for Higher Education Institutions to create new posts to drive zero tolerance of sexual harassment and violence on college campuses.

Chloe Mustaki paid tribute to the Republic of Ireland players who campaigned and fought for fair treatment from the FAI five years ago, after Vera Pauw's side secured their place in the 2023 World Cup.

The funerals of Martina Martin and Leona Harper, who died in the explosion in Creeslough last Friday, will take place later today.

The Citywest transit hub in Dublin is the first port of call for most newly arrived asylum seekers and Ukranian refugees.

School dental screening services for children here are "virtually non-existent" the Irish Dental Association has said, with backlogs of almost ten years in some parts of the country.

Even as extreme weather and climate disasters are multiplying, half of countries lack the advanced early warning systems needed to save lives, the United Nations has warned.

British Prime Minister Liz Truss has come under fire from her own MPs as they demanded more U-turns on her tax-slashing agenda after she ruled out spending cuts to balance the books.

A former UK culture minister has said he is confident that a "deal is within reach" on returning the Parthenon Marbles to Greece.

New research published by Threshold, the national housing charity and the Citizen's Information Board (CIB) has found that tenancy termination is the most prevalent issue facing private renters, with vulnerable clients on fixed incomes most likely to...

Taiwan has welcomed its first batch of international tour groups after the island fully reopened its borders, ending strict quarantine rules in place since the coronavirus pandemic began.

Wales has a "direct interest" in talks around the Northern Ireland Protocol succeeding and talks needs to be focused on "problem solving", according to the Welsh First Minister.

Covid-19 PCR testing is to be wound down this autumn and will no longer be recommended for people who are either well or have mild illness, under revised Department of Health plans published today.

A Dublin woman arrested in South Africa as part of a garda investigation into a double murder in Co Meath over eight years ago has said she is willing to be extradited to Ireland.

North Korea has test-fired a pair of long-range strategic cruise missiles, state media has reported.

The young son of James O'Flaherty, who died in Friday's explosion at a service station in Creeslough, told mourners at his father's funeral that "we should be grateful for our families, cherish them, they won't be there forever".

Scientists have successfully implanted and integrated human brain cells into newborn rats, creating a new way to study complex psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia and autism, and perhaps eventually test treatments.