Gardaí have carried out searches in Tullamore and Dublin as part of the investigation into the murder of Ashling Murphy.

Novak Djokovic is back in detention at the Park Hotel ahead of Sunday's appeal against the cancellation of his visa at the Federal Court of Australia.

RTÉ's former Western Editor, Jim Fahy, has died following a short illness.

US actor Alec Baldwin has handed his mobile phone to authorities as they investigate the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the "Rust" movie set, almost a month after a warrant was issued for the device.

Ghislaine Maxwell, the disgraced British socialite convicted of recruiting and grooming young girls to be sexually abused by the late US financier Jeffrey Epstein, will be sentenced in June, a US judge has said.

How can so many be prosecuted by the Metropolitan Police, but nobody in Downing Street has been, writes Sean Whelan.

On the afternoon of the handover of Dublin Castle to the Irish Free State, there was no public ceremony, nor did a flag fly over the castle. In fact, proceedings took about 45 minutes in all, writes Donal Byrne.

Mairéad Staunton loves where she is from and likes to see it looking its best. Every morning, she goes for a swim at Old Head Beach in Louisburgh, Co Mayo.

The fate of Northern Ireland is once again captive to the internal dynamics of the Tory Party, continuing an ignoble line going back to David Cameron and well beyond.

While the 'new year, new me' approach isn't for everyone, many people will be looking to sort out their finances for 2022.

You can feel it in the air now, see it in the brighter days and hear it in the dawn chorus.

Vigils have taken place across the island of Ireland to remember murdered teacher Ashling Murphy.

Two third-year students from Synge Street CBS, Dublin have been announced as the winners of the 58th BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition.

There have been 17,065 new cases of Covid-19 reported by the Department of Health today while over 3,700 positive antigen tests were registered on the Health Service Executive's website.

The United States said it feared Russia was preparing a pretext to invade Ukraine if diplomacy fails to meet its objectives, after a massive cyber attack splashed Ukrainian government websites with a warning to "be afraid and expect the worst".

Images from across the country as people gather to remember the young teacher who was killed while running on a greenway at Tullamore, Co Offaly last Wednesday.

Gardaí have identified a person of interest as part of the investigation into the murder of Ashling Murphy.

Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney has said he would be willing to go before an Oireachtas committee to answer questions about a gathering in his department in June 2020.

The IDA removed a warning on power outages from a joint submission to an EirGrid consultation on managing future demand on the electricity grid.

The Netherlands will ease some of the toughest Covid-19 restrictions in Europe, allowing shops, gyms and hairdressers to reopen.