North Korea unsuccessfully fired an intercontinental ballistic missile during a new salvo of launches, the South Korean military said, with the US urging all nations to enforce sanctions on Pyongyang.

US President Joe Biden has said that threats by some Republican candidates to refuse to accept results from the 8 November elections if they lose is a threat to democracy and he blamed former president Donald Trump for inspiring them.

Two decades after Ireland's first organ-retention scandal, RTÉ Investigates reveals new failings in the country's post-mortem system.

The housing charity Threshold has said evictions remain the largest issue facing private renters.

A new report from Bord Bia reveals that the numbers of people dining out has almost returned to pre-pandemic levels, with lunch and early bird dinners replacing late night eating.

Mars Wrigley is to remove Bounty bars from its Celebrations chocolate tubs in a pre-Christmas trial in the UK, after finding 39% of consumers want the coconut-flavoured treats axed for good.

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has asked protesters blocking roads nationwide to lift blockades as demonstrations are restricting people's right to come and go and bringing losses to the economy.

Glaciers at many UNESCO World Heritage sites including Yellowstone and Kilimanjaro National Park will likely vanish by 2050, the UN agency has warned, urging leaders to act fast to save the rest.

"Dad, I'm going out" were the last words Jung Hae-moon heard his daughter utter, at the end of a chat they had on the telephone on Saturday as she turned down an invitation to dinner.

Business group Ibec has downgraded its forecast for domestic demand due to rising costs and a weaker outlook for the global economy.

Russian attacks have been reported across large areas of Ukraine, with heavy shelling in numerous regions damaging infrastructure, including power supplies to Europe's largest nuclear power plant, Ukrainian officials have said.

A man in his 30s, arrested in connection with an incident which led to a nine-week-old baby girl being admitted to hospital with serious injuries, has been released without charge.

The death of a woman who was killed with a hatchet by her son with autism could potentially have been avoided "with better supports", the victim's daughter told the Central Criminal Court.

A new study has suggested that the psychoactive ingredient in magic mushrooms, along with psychological support, could help people with treatment resistant depression.

With Christmas around the corner, farmers John and Fiona Curran from Fordstown, Co Meath are observing their flock of free-range bronze turkeys.

Temperatures in Europe have increased at more than twice the global average over the past three decades, showing the fastest rise of any continent on earth, the UN has said.

The Minister for Foreign Affairs has called for an apology for "disgraceful" comments made by a priest in Co Kerry during a mass in Listowel at the weekend.

Britain is considering either calling an election in Northern Ireland or changing legislation to allow it to delay a vote, Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney has said, after a meeting with the British government's minister for the North.

Many countries are bracing for a sharp fall in property prices in the next year, but a continued lack of supply means few are predicting the same for Ireland, writes Adam Maguire.

The number of Irish people in Britain has dropped by 20% - the biggest drop of any nationality - according to the latest official statistics.