A Status Yellow warning has been issued for eight counties as temperatures are forecast to hit up to 30C in some areas, Met Éireann has said.

Former DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson has arrived at Newry Crown Court for his trial on sex offence charges.

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei has said that regional countries would no longer be shields for US bases, in a written statement carried by state television.

The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission has said it has identified a number of potential breaches of consumer law during 80 unannounced inspections of businesses in six counties.

A search is to get under way in Armagh for the remains of Seamus Maguire, one of the so-called Disappeared.

Forecasters in Europe have warned of exceptional heat as record temperatures driven by a "heat dome" push temperatures well above seasonal norms across the continent.

Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Helen McEntee will bring legislation to the Cabinet this morning to prohibit the import of goods from Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories.

Members of the Scottish Parliament are expected to back a call for Westminster to hand over the powers to allow a second Scottish independence referendum.

Apprenticeship programmes should include workshops that educate on the issue of consent in sexual relations, according to a study.

Sonny Rollins, the 'Saxophone Colossus' whose hard-charging yet flowingly meditative works made him the last in a golden era of jazz greats, died on Monday. He was 95.

The threat of a toxic chemical tank explosion in southern California has subsided enough to allow some of the 50,000 residents who were evacuated to return to their homes, officials said.

A fresh appeal for information has been issued on the 35th anniversary of the murder of former Sinn Féin councillor Eddie Fullerton at his home in Buncrana, Co Donegal.

Thousands of people prayed on Mount Arafat at the climax of the hajj pilgrimage, as a punishing desert sun sent temperatures soaring towards 40C.

Ferrari has presented its first fully electric car, marking a high-stakes shift by the luxury sports carmaker as competitors including Porsche and Lamborghini scale back their EV ambitions, citing weak demand.

The ECB should raise interest rates in June, even if ongoing peace talks with Iran yield a deal, as the conflict has been far longer than projected and high energy prices are spilling into the broader economy, board member Isabel Schnabel said.

Minister for Justice and Migration Jim O'Callaghan will seek Government approval to change how people from Ukraine are accommodated in Ireland.

The parents of a 15-year-old girl who died while swimming at a beach in Co Dublin on Sunday have thanked the community for their support.

Countries neighbouring the Democratic Republic of Congo are at great danger from Ebola and should act immediately to counter the deadly virus, the head of the World Health Organization has said.

A woman in her 50s has been arrested as part of the investigation into the disappearance and murder of six-year-old Kyran Durnin.

In the last three years, more than 700 people annually have availed of the services provided by Support After Homicide.