The counting of votes in the Dublin Bay South by-election is under way with a result expected later this evening.

After weeks of campaigning, today we will find out who Ireland's newest TD will be. Here are five things we will look out for as the Dublin Bay South by-election count takes place.

A number of hospital emergency departments are under "significant pressure", with some seeing record numbers of attendances in recent weeks, according to a consultant in Emergency Medicine at Sligo University Hospital.

The Government is continuing to work on legislation to allow people who are fully vaccinated against Covid-19 to eat and drink inside restaurants and bars.

The British government has challenged a €47.5 billion divorce bill for leaving the European Union.

Several subway stations were flooded and major roads have been cut in New York ahead of the expected arrival of Storm Elsa, which has moved up the US East Coast.

The world's youngest country, South Sudan, is marking its first decade in existence today, but while there will be official celebrations, it is a country deeply scarred by conflict and hunger.

Two sisters from Co Cavan say the pandemic has given them the opportunity to realise a dream - by opening the county's first zero waste shop.

A 14-year-old girl has become the first African American to win the 90-year-old Scripps National Spelling Bee by correctly spelling 'Murraya,' a genus of plants, staying cool after a near miss with a botanical word in a previous round.

All nine people on board a plane that crashed in Sweden have been found dead, police said.

A 28-member hit squad made up of Americans and Colombians assassinated President Jovenel Moise, according to Haitian police, adding that eight were still at large as the country lurched into political chaos.

Pfizer and BioNTech have announced that it will seek regulatory approval for a third dose of their Covid-19 vaccine.

Finance ministers and central bankers from the group of 20 rich countries are to meet face-to-face for the first time since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic at a gathering in Venice where corporate tax reform will top the agenda.

A lockdown in Australia's largest city was tightened, as new Covid-19 infections hit a record and authorities warned an outbreak of the Delta variant was spinning out of control.

Live updates as the counting of votes gets under way in the Dublin Bay South by-election.

The head of the Health Service Executive has said it is in a "real race to get the vaccine out ahead of the spread of the Delta variant" of Covid-19.

In 1988, Stewart Kenny co-founded Paddy Power. But now the 69-year-old says he has 'deep regrets' about the rise of online gambling, Conor McMorrow explains.

From the spread of the Delta variant outpacing the vaccine roll-out to the vaccination "flood wall" holding tight in nursing and care homes, here are five things we learned from the latest HSE briefing on Covid-19.

An investigation is under way after three men were killed in a collision between a car and a lorry on the N7 at Rathcoole in Dublin.

UEFA has opened disciplinary proceedings against England after a laser pointer was shone in the face of Denmark goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel in Wednesday night's Euro 2020 semi-final.