The Climate Change Advisory Council is meeting this morning to consider signing off on a series of carbon budgets aimed at slashing Ireland's greenhouse gas emissions.

Reports say soldiers have arrested most of the members of Sudan's cabinet and a large number of pro-government party leaders in an apparent military coup, throwing a fragile transition towards democracy into disarray.

The head of the Health Service Executive's Covid-19 vaccination programme has said that, since Thursday, the number of people coming forward for a vaccine has increased from 800-1,000 per day to around 2,000 a day.

Australian telecommunications firm Telstra will buy Digicel Pacific for $1.6 billion, in a government-supported move reportedly aimed at shutting out China-backed players from acquiring the regionally dominant company.

The death has been announced of the American actor James Michael Tyler, best known for his role as Gunther in Friends. He was 59 and had been diagnosed with stage 4 prostate cancer.

More than 22 million Afghans will suffer "acute food insecurity" this winter, United Nations agencies have said, warning the already unstable country faces one of the world's worst humanitarian crises.

A powerful storm has drenched wildfire-scarred northern California, triggering mudslides and flooding, while heavy winds toppled utility poles and downed trees in what meteorologists called a "bomb cyclone".

Northern Ireland's health service needs additional funding so it does not have to continually call for military assistance during times of crisis, Health Minister Robin Swann has warned.

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation has said frontline healthcare workers must be prioritised for a Covid-19 booster vaccine.

Eirgrid has confirmed that the Huntstown power station in Dublin is back in operation this weekend feeding electricity into the national grid.

Ireland have qualified for next year's Hockey World Cup after edging past Wales 2-1 in Pisa.

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.

A new study has found that a large proportion of online crowdfunding for cancer treatment is for unlicensed or for alternative treatments.

Residents of a Belfast care home say they are reveling in the chance to have a drink and a chat after a pub was opened in it to give them a lift after lockdown.

Calls were multiplying in Hollywood today to ban the use of firearms on film sets, three days after actor Alec Baldwin fatally shot cinematographer Halyna Hutchins in a shocking on-set tragedy.

The British government has ruled out an immediate move to its coronavirus Plan B, as an expert advising on vaccinations warned that the vaccination programme will not be enough to bring current infection rates in England under control.

Ireland's first carbon budgets are expected to be published tomorrow after a meeting of the Climate Change Advisory Council to agree the final sign off.

The Vintners' Federation of Ireland chief has said there is lack of clarity regarding what venues have to issue tickets to customers as part of Ireland's latest phase of reopening.

Gardaí have renewed an appeal for assistance in identifying human remains discovered on a Wexford beach in 1995.

The great grandson of former Italian fascist dictator Benito Mussolini has been named in the Lazio squad for the first time for their Serie A clash with Hellas Verona on Sunday.