Brazilian president-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has called for "peace and unity" after narrowly winning a divisive runoff election yesterday.

At least 132 people have died in India when a colonial-era pedestrian bridge packed with revellers collapsed into the river below, police said.

Met Éireann has issued a Status Orange rainfall warning for Cork, Kilkenny, Tipperary and Waterford.

The first of three €200 electricity credits will appear on residential bills from tomorrow. The Government says more than 2.2 million accounts will benefit from the initiative.

The average mortgage stood at €284,623 in the third quarter of the year, surpassing levels seen during the peak of the market in 2008 when it was €268,220.

The Government has announced that a new law designed to protect tips received by workers will come into effect on 1 December.

Further cancellations of operations and procedures for children are "likely" in the coming weeks according to Dr. Paddy Fitzpatrick, a paediatrician with Children's Health Ireland.

There's been an almost 25% fall in the number of dentists claiming reimbursement through the Dental Treatment Services Scheme since December 2020.

South Korea's president has vowed a full investigation into one of the country's worst-ever disasters after more than 150 people were killed in a stampede at a Halloween event in central Seoul.

The head of the United Nations has said he was "deeply concerned" by Russia's decision to suspend its participation in a UN-brokered grain deal and delayed a foreign visit to try to revive the agreement, which aims to ease a global food crisis.

The Irish Life Dublin Marathon has returned to the streets of the capital for the first time since 2019.

Katie Taylor reaffirmed her desire for a rematch with Amanda Serrano in Dublin after comfortably beating Argentina's Karen Elizabeth Carbajal at Wembley Arena.

10,679 patients who were admitted to hospitals in October spent time on a trolley before securing a bed, the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation has said.

Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Chris Heaton-Harris has confirmed that he will hold talks with Northern Ireland's party leaders on Tuesday.

Sinn Féin's leader in Northern Ireland has indicated that she does not want to see another election but it is necessary because the result of the last poll in May has not been respected.

The two car bombs that exploded at Somalia's education ministry next to a busy market intersection killed at least 100 people and wounded 300, President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has said, warning the death toll could rise.

The first of the 500 modular homes for Ukrainian refugees will be completed early in the new year, according to Minister of State Patrick O'Donovan.

British Cabinet Secretary Michael Gove has declined to deny a report that former Prime Minister Liz Truss's personal phone was hacked by Russian spies, as the British government faced accusations of "ill discipline" and not taking national security "...

A calm may have descended upon the UK's fiscal position in the last week or so as Liz Truss vacated Number 10 and Rishi Sunak moved in. However, Mr Sunak is likely have a short honeymoon as the government faces the prospect of having to raise taxes a...

Weeks of protest in Iran have entered a more violent phase as students defied an ultimatum by the Revolutionary Guards and were met with teargas, beatings and gunfire from riot police and militia, videos posted on social media showed.