Follow the latest updates as 300,000 public sector workers are taking strike action around the country over delays in agreeing a new public sector pay deal.

Gardaí have carried out searches in connection with the investigation into the murders of four members of a family in Co Waterford following an arson attack on their home.

More than 300,000 public sector workers, including nurses, doctors, teachers and civil servants, are taking strike action over delays in agreeing a new public sector pay deal.

Virtually every primary and post-primary school in the country are closed as teachers and SNAs join the public sector one-day work stoppage.

One of the largest pickets in the country has been placed on Cork University Hospital, where around 5,000 people are employed, the majority of them trade union members.

Former US president Barack Obama has told crowds in Belfast to "insist that we can do better than we're doing right now" as he spoke about striving for peace at a time of global instability.

Around 1,500 people are expected to attend a major international artificial intelligence summit at the RDS in Dublin.

Ireland's industrial greenhouse gas emissions are projected to rise again in the coming years, according to the Climate Change Advisory Council.

Cornell University will ban parties and social events at fraternity houses until the end of the academic year, its president has said, responding to the outcry over an alleged gang rape on campus in 2024.

This time two years ago property prices were accelerating at a breakneck speed of 10% annually, but the rate of increase has now slowed to 5%.

Pope Leo XIV is recovering in Rome's Gemelli hospital after undergoing surgery to remove a cancerous tumour from his right lung.

US President Donald Trump said that "massive" ⁠oil, gas and mineral exploration is getting ready to begin in Greenland.

British Prime Minister Andy Burnham will welcome Volodymyr Zelensky to Downing Street in a show of support after US President Donald Trump's diesel deal with Russia.

Prosecutors are set to open their case against British comedian Russell Brand as he faces trial on charges of rape and sexual assault.

Irish graduate Ella Flanagan has been shortlisted in the global top 20 for the James Dyson Award 2026 for her invention Noli which supports the safety of mental health nurses.

Batches of popular breakfast cereals Ready Brek Original and Tesco Super Smooth Porridge have been recalled due to the presence of flour beetles.

Heavy spells of rain and strong winds expected to sweep across parts of the west, northwest and south of the country as three separate Status Yellow warnings are in effect for seven counties.

Minister Jack Chambers has said that pay can "absolutely" be the starting point for negotiations on a new public sector pay deal, in an apparent shift in position.

The Republic of Ireland's sauntered past Kazakhstan 4-0 at SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh to set up a World Cup play-off final against Poland.

A former gang leader has been sentenced to 40 years to life in prison for orchestrating the 1996 drive-by shooting death of hip-hop star Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas