Russian shelling of the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson has killed 15 civilians, officials have said, as engineers across the country are trying to restore heat, water and power to major cities.

RTÉ Crime Correspondent Paul Reynolds was at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin this week where covert garda recordings were played of conversations between Gerard 'The Monk' Hutch and former Sinn Féin councillor Jonathan Dowdall.

An Irish-based senior executive with Twitter has secured a temporary High Court injunction preventing the social networking giant from terminating her employment.

The CervicalCheck crisis has been a bruising period for patients, their families and also the vital screening service on which people rely.

When Russian tanks rolled into Ukraine, Viktoria Volynets was taken completely unaware: she was on holiday with her husband and two children in the Carpathian mountains.

A couple who in five years transformed agricultural land in Co Wicklow into a nature reserve hope to inspire others to take action to halt biodiversity loss.

The Late Late Toy Show delivered its trademark magic on Friday night, raising over €3.1 million - and counting - for its annual charity appeal.

The Biden administration has banned approvals of new telecommunications equipment from China's Huawei Technologies and ZTE because they pose "an unacceptable risk" to US national security.

The Green Party's Annual Convention is taking place in Athlone this weekend, with Minister for the Environment Eamon Ryan due to make his leader's address this evening.

Rare protests broke out in China's far western Xinjiang region, with crowds shouting at hazmat-suited guards, after a deadly fire triggered anger over their prolonged Covid-19 lockdown.

Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan is expected to address thousands of supporters today at his first public appearance since being shot earlier this month in an assassination attempt he blamed on his successor.

Boos greeted the final whistle as England blew their chance to qualify for the World Cup knockout phase with a match to spare in a turgid 0-0 draw with the United States.

At least three people, including a teenage girl, have been killed and 11 others wounded when a suspected 16-year-old shooter opened fire on two schools in southeastern Brazil.

A former head of finance at Our Lady's Hospice has been handed a two-year prison sentence for his role in a "devious" scheme to sell a Spanish property left to the charity at a "grossly undervalued" price.

The Attorney General has told the Supreme Court he is to step down from his position.

A senior cardinal on trial for fraud secretly taped a conversation with Pope Francis where he asked the pontiff to confirm he had approved some secret financial transactions, it has emerged.

A former British soldier has been found guilty of the manslaughter of a man who was shot dead as he walked through a checkpoint on the Tyrone-Monaghan border on his way to a GAA match in February 1988.

An investigation has found that the organs of 18 babies were sent from Cork University Hospital for incineration abroad alongside adult body parts without the consent or knowledge of their bereaved parents, because of a "misguided" decision and a dev...

Young homeless people describe their experience living in a Depaul Ireland facility in Dublin.

The number of people in emergency accommodation in Ireland surpassed 11,000 last month, the highest number ever recorded.