The deadly bombing of an Iranian school spurred "visceral horror", the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights said today, urging Washington to conclude its probe and demanding justice "for the terrible harm done".

Amid the avalanche of pain that Heimir Hallgrimsson was weighed down by after the agonising World Cup play-off semi-final defeat to Czechia, the Republic of Ireland manager seemed to extract green shoots the longer he talked in the Fortuna Arena's pr...

Follow live developments in the Middle East conflict as Donald Trump pauses attacks on Iranian energy plants for ten days and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio heads to G7 talks in Paris to ask allies for help on reopening the Strait.

Republic of Ireland striker Troy Parrott thanked the country's supporters and implored them to stick with the team after a night when their World Cup dreams ended with a penalty shootout in Prague.

Small and medium-sized Irish businesses lost almost €19 million in email-related scams over the past two years.

US paper currency will soon bear President Donald Trump's signature, the Treasury Department has announced, in a move that would be a first for a sitting US president and coincide with the country's 250th anniversary.

Data from a bog restoration project in Co Wicklow suggests that some of the most effective flood prevention measures may be up in the hills.

Oil prices were on track for a weekly decline today after US President Donald Trump extended a pause in attacks on Iran's energy plants for 10 days, though investors remained on edge as an imminent resolution to the conflict looked unlikely.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said that it was in the "interest" of all G7 nations to push for the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz currently blocked by Iran.

The European Union has agreed to an overhaul of its customs system, including a crackdown on mainly Chinese e-commerce platforms that face potential fines if they sell illegal or unsafe products into the bloc.

The US Senate has moved to end a budget standoff that has forced thousands of airport security staff to work without pay and caused long delays at airports.

Donegal County Council has granted planning permission for a new petrol station adjacent to the site of the Creeslough tragedy in which ten people were killed.

A US federal judge suspended sanctions imposed by the Trump administration on Anthropic, saying the measures likely violated the law in blacklisting the AI company for expressing unease about the Pentagon's use of its technology.

Mexico's navy has said it had activated a search-and-rescue operation in the Caribbean to locate two sailboats carrying humanitarian aid to Cuba after the vessels failed to arrive in Havana as scheduled.

There will be no North American adventure for the Republic of Ireland this summer after penalties punctured their World Cup qualification dreams on a cold Thursday night in Prague.

A bitter war of words between the Tánaiste Simon Harris and Sinn Féin's finance spokesperson Pearse Doherty is continuing this evening.

Sarah Ferguson has lost her Freedom of the City of York title after councillors voted unanimously to remove the honour over her links to paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein.

The Garda Representative Association is calling for an independent public inquiry into the prosecution of one retired garda officer and seven serving gardaí in Limerick.

Lawyers for a Donegal man who has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to murdering his grandfather have reminded a jury that a "just and humane society" seeks not to punish those who are unwell, but to treat them with specialist care.

The funeral ceremony for former RTÉ Sport broadcaster Michael Lyster has taken place in Dublin.