European energy ministers are holding a special meeting in Luxembourg to try to forge agreement on how to emerge from the current crisis in gas supplies, and the knock-on effect to electricity prices.

The mother of an Irishman who went missing while hiking in the US state of Wyoming has appealed for the public's help in finding him.

Government officials and industry stakeholders are meeting this morning to finalise plans for how nightclubs and late-night venues will operate in the coming months.

US President Joe Biden has signed an order imposing new vaccine requirements for most foreign national air travellers and lifting severe travel restrictions on China, India and much of Europe effective 8 November, the White House said.

The pandemic highlighted that often the workers who are most depended upon are under-valued and under-paid, the Irish Congress of Trade Unions has said.

Protesters were defiant on the streets of Sudan this morning demonstrating against a military coup.

Amid concerns that the COP26 summit might fail to achieve the commitments needed to constrain global warming, we asked several young people to send a message to the world leaders who will gather in Scotland for 12 days of talks.

Japan's Princess Mako, the niece of the emperor, has married her college sweetheart Kei Komuro, giving up her royal title.

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has said the country will target net zero carbon emissions by 2050 but added they would not legislate for it.

Investment needs to be made urgently in areas such as decarbonising the electricity system with renewables like offshore winds, according to the Chair of the Climate Change Advisory Council.

Bulgaria reported record numbers of daily coronavirus deaths and infections as a fourth wave of the disease is stretching the health system in the European Union's least vaccinated member state.

Hauliers are threatening to hold protests over climate emission cuts to the transport sector and "astronomical costs".

Police around the world have arrested 150 suspects involved in buying or selling illegal goods online in one of the largest-ever stings targeting the dark web.

David Attenborough has issued a warning ahead of the UN climate summit in Glasgow that leaders must act now or "it'll be too late" for the planet.

The Presbyterian Church in Ireland has joined the Church of Ireland and the Irish Catholic Bishops' Conference in a decision to divest from fossil fuel companies.

The Construction Industry Federation has said employee mental health is at the centre of a week-long initiative on sites across Ireland.

The Climate Change Advisory Council has finalised two five-year carbon budgets which seek to reduce Ireland's greenhouse gas emissions by 51% within a decade.

Twenty pregnant or postpartum women have needed intensive care treatment for Covid-19 since the end of June, according to a leading obstetrician.

There have been 1,845 new cases of Covid-19 reported by the Department of Health.

Facebook will fuel more episodes of violent unrest around the world because of the way its algorithms are designed to promote divisive content, whistleblower Frances Haugen has told the British parliament.