Colombia's most-wanted drug trafficker, Dairo Antonio Usuga, who headed the country's largest narco-trafficking gang, was captured near one of his main outposts.

New proposals have been put forward that would allow the State to take control of the site of the new National Maternity Hospital from St Vincent's Healthcare Group via a lease for 299 years, RTÉ News understands.

The full return to offices has been delayed until next spring, so where does the Government policy on return to workplaces stand now and what about the right to request remote working?

The number of people registering for a Covid-19 vaccination has risen from around 1,000 a day to between 2,000-2,500 daily, according to the HSE Chief Executive.

Eleven Picasso paintings and other works that helped turn Las Vegas into an unlikely destination for art were sold at auction last night for more than $100 million.

As October draws to a close, the deadline is fast approaching for filing your self-assessed tax return with Revenue.

The movie director who was shot and injured in an on-set accident involving actor Alec Baldwin said that he was "gutted" by the death of the cinematographer.

Twenty years ago, RTÉ reporter Paul Cunningham and cameraman Neilus Dennehy were situated on the Pakistan border as the invasion of neighbouring Afghanistan was about to begin.

Talks are set to continue between the UK and the EU as it was warned the two sides were still far apart on issues surrounding the Northern Ireland Protocol.

A strong earthquake struck northeastern Taiwan this morning, with residents reporting violent shaking in the capital Taipei but there were no immediate reports of widespread damage.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has defended the decision to introduce ticketing for nightclubs in the face of industry criticism that it is not workable.

World 200 metres bronze medallist Alex Quinonez has been killed in his home country of Ecuador.

Gardaí have issued an appeal for information in relation to the disappearance of Philip Cairns, who went missing 35 years ago today.

Italy's former interior minister and far-right leader Matteo Salvini went on trial on today for allegedly illegally blocking 147 rescued migrants from disembarking from a rescue ship and holding them in dire conditions.

The World Health Organization has warned that the vaccine alone will not be able to lift the world out of the pandemic.

The number of people receiving treatment for Covid-19 in hospital ICUs has risen as HSE chief Paul Reid said: "This is going to be probably one of the most difficult winters we faced for many years."

The police investigation into a fatal shooting with a prop gun fired by actor Alec Baldwin on a film set was focusing on the specialist in charge of the weapon and the assistant director who handed it to Mr Baldwin.

Special Congress has rejected the opportunity to revamp the All-Ireland football championship after voting to revert to the system last seen in 2017, with qualifiers and quarter-finals, but no Super 8s.

The White House has said it would delay the release of long-classified documents related to the assassination of US President John F Kennedy.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has told his foreign minister to expel the ambassadors of ten countries, including Germany and the United States, who appealed for the release of a jailed civil society leader.