Marc MacSharry has resigned from Fianna Fáil following a row over the handling of a bullying complaint against him.

North Korea has fired at least 17 missiles into the sea, including one that landed less than 60 km off South Korea's coast, which the South's President Yoon Suk-yeol described as "territorial encroachment" by Pyongyang.

Chinese authorities have locked down the area surrounding the world's largest iPhone factory after workers had fled the facility to avoid Covid restrictions.

The High Court will give its judgment this morning in a challenge to the new inquest into the deaths of 48 people at the Stardust nightclub in 1981.

Denmark's left-wing bloc led by Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen reached out to the centre for broader collaboration after winning a one-seat majority in a nail-biter general election.

Five lions managed a short escape from their enclosure at Sydney's Taronga Zoo early today, prompting the zoo to sound a "code one" alert and rush guests of its "Roar and Snore" overnight stay programme to safety.

Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney is to meet the Northern Ireland Secretary for the first time since he backtracked on a pledge to trigger a fresh Stormont Assembly election before Christmas.

South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-soo has vowed to hold police accountable for Seoul's deadly Halloween crowd surge, after a log of emergency calls showed authorities were slow to respond.

Minister for the Environment Eamon Ryan will seek Cabinet approval to provide for Ireland's full participation in the COP27 Climate Summit.

The world must respond firmly to any Russian attempts to disrupt Ukraine's grain export corridor, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said, as more ships were loading despite Moscow suspending its participation in a UN-brokered deal.

The Central Bank of Ireland is hosting a major conference this week to discuss and debate the driving forces shaping the financial system.

Gardaí are awaiting the results of a post mortem due to be carried out today on the body of a 25-year-old man who was found dead outside a hotel in Co Monaghan yesterday morning.

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro has avoided conceding defeat to rival Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in his first public remarks since Sunday's election, but his chief of staff confirmed they would begin the transfer of power.

The man charged with breaking into US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's San Francisco home and hitting her husband on the head with a hammer has pleaded not guilty to attempted murder and other charges.

Russia has told civilians to leave an area along the eastern bank of the Dnipro River in the Ukrainian province of Kherson, a major extension of an evacuation order that Kyiv says amounts to the forced depopulation of occupied territory.

The Taoiseach has said that a breakthrough in negotiations on the Northern Ireland Protocol could pave the way for a restoration of the Stormont Executive.

Former UK health secretary Matt Hancock has been stripped of the Tory whip after signing up to join the reality television show 'I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here'.

A 35-year-old man who admits trying to hire a hit man to kill two Canadian women his wife had befriended online will be sentenced next year.

Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared well placed to return to power after exit polls showed his right-wing bloc heading for a narrow majority lifted by a strong showing from his far-right allies.

At least one person died and 65 were missing after two migrant boats capsized off Greece, the coastguard said today with rescuers facing gale-force conditions.