A man who spent ten hours in the water near a beach in Co Louth, before being rescued late last night after his inflatable dinghy capsized, is said to be "pretty stressed but stable" after his ordeal.

Mona McSharry clocked a time of 1:06.94 as she came home in eighth place in a competitive 100m breaststroke final at the Tokyo Olympics.

The family of Olympic swimmer Mona McSharry say they have been on an emotional rollercoaster over the past few days as she competed in Tokyo 2020.

The Minister for Health said it will be "good news" for brides and grooms, when the numbers allowed to attend a wedding are expected to be discussed at Cabinet.

Olympic host city Tokyo has asked hospitals to prepare more beds for Covid-19 patients, as the number of cases in the Japanese capital hit a daily record high of 2,848.

An Australian swimming coach whose wild victory celebrations at the Tokyo Olympics went viral online has apologised for tearing off his mask in defiance of strict coronavirus rules.

Day four of the Tokyo Olympics saw boxer Aidan Walsh stroll into the welterweight quarter-finals, Mona McSharry finished eighth in the 100m breaststroke final. Keep up to date with all the action here.

A 18m artwork featuring a 21-year-old woman with Down syndrome will be unveiled in Dublin city centre to mark Down Syndrome Ireland's 50th birthday.

A financial scandal involving an opaque, loss-making Vatican property deal paid for with charity funds goes to trial today after a two-year inquiry that has implicated a once-powerful cardinal.

Britney Spears has launched a legal bid to remove her father from a controversial guardianship controlling her finances and replace him with an independent accountant, according to court documents filed Monday.

Billionaire businessman Jeff Bezos has offered to cover up to $2 billion in NASA costs if the US space agency awards his company Blue Origin a contract to make a spacecraft designed to land astronauts back on the moon.

The number of claims made to the Personal Injuries Assessment Board decreased last year, mainly as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. There was also a reduction in the level of awards paid out to claimants.

Ireland has made it to a final list of potential locations to hold the America's Cup sailing competition in 2024.

Melbourne's coronavirus lockdown will be lifted later today, as authorities signalled a Delta variant outbreak in Australia's second-biggest city had been contained.

Police officers assaulted during the US Capitol insurrection of 6 January will testify today, as a congressional panel investigating the deadly attack kicks off its work in Washington's acutely partisan environment.

Facebook is creating a product team to work on the "metaverse," a digital world where people can move between different devices and communicate in a virtual environment, CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced.

US President Joe Biden declared relations with Iraq would enter a new phase with American troops exiting combat operations in the country by year-end as he held talks with Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi.

A wall of sand over 100 metres high swallowed a city on the fringes of the Gobi desert in northwestern China on Sunday.

A man trying to 'run' all the way from central Florida across the sea to New York in a specially designed vessel washed ashore on a beach elsewhere in Florida on Saturday.

North and South Korea signalled a surprise thaw in relations, announcing the restoration of cross-border communications that were severed more than a year ago and an agreement between their two leaders to improve ties.