Gardaí are warning people not to get scammed by cyber criminals during Black Friday and Cyber Monday.

Russian forces are hitting Ukrainian positions with artillery fire and in the eastern region alone launched almost 400 strikes yesterday, President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a video address.

Police are at the scene of a security alert outside a Derry police station.

Met Éireann has warned of a risk of flooding in places due to heavy rain overnight and much of today.

Police in Northern Ireland say there is no evidence that loyalist paramilitary groups are preparing to end their ceasefires, despite increasingly hostile rhetoric and threats against Irish Government ministers in recent weeks, writes Vincent Kearney.

The football gods did not smile on the hosts Qatar as they slumped to an opening day defeat to Ecuador meaning their chances of emerging from Group A - a group that also includes The Netherlands and Senegal - are slim.

The number of children with illnesses or disabilities aged nine years grew by 13% between 2008 and 2018, according to new research by the Economic and Social Research Institute.

Toll road operators would have to be compensated if planned price increases are deferred, the Minister for the Environment has said.

The form of an inquiry into allegations of abuse by members of the Spiritan Order has yet to be decided, but the Government will meet survivors and opposition parties to discuss options this week.

The British government will today introduce legislation to formally defer a fresh Stormont Assembly election in Northern Ireland by up to three months.

While there have been some positive outcomes from COP27, the progress needed in terms of addressing the root causes of climate change has not been made, the Energy Policy Officer with Friends of the Earth has said.

Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe has formally submitted his candidacy for a second term as President of the Eurogroup.

Shamima Begum is set to begin her appeal over the removal of her UK citizenship.

Bob Iger is returning to Walt Disney as chief executive less than a year after he retired, a surprise comeback that coincides with the entertainment company's attempt to boost investor confidence and profits at its streaming media unit.

The gunman who opened fire inside an LGBTQ Colorado nightclub was stopped by two "heroic" people inside the club, police told a press conference today.

Turkey has announced it had carried out air strikes against the bases of outlawed Kurdish militants across northern Syria and Iraq, which it said were being used to launch "terrorist" attacks on Turkish soil.

Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has said that he would like to see a reduction or deferral of planned increases in road tolls.

Actor Michael J Fox, who charmed audiences in 1980s TV comedy Family Ties and the Back to the Future movies, received an honorary Oscar on Saturday for advocacy work that has raised $1.5 billion for research into Parkinson's disease.

British health minister Steve Barclay has said that he does not recognise a report that the government wants to move towards a Swiss-style relationship with the European Union.

Ireland ended the year with a fortuitous victory in Ta'Qali, as Stephen Kenny's side edged past Malta 1-0 at the National Stadium.