Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney will brief his EU counterparts on Russia's plans to hold naval exercises 240km off the southwest coast of Ireland.

The United States has ordered the families of its diplomats to leave Ukraine, as rising fears of a Russian invasion pushed Western officials to meet today in a bid to coordinate their response.

Employers can start bringing staff back into the workplace from today onwards, following the announcement of the easing of Covid-19 restrictions on Friday.

Gardaí in Sligo are investigating a number of alleged sexual assaults on teenage girls near the town on Saturday evening.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is facing a make-or-break week for his premiership with his future in No 10 hanging in the balance.

Bohemian FC has announced it has secured the rights to use an image of Bob Marley on its 2022 away kit, after initially being forced to abandon the design for copyright reasons in 2018.

A women's refuge in Waterford city has experienced a 134% increase in calls to their 24-hour helpline since the beginning of the pandemic.

The head of the World Health Organization has urged countries to work together to bring the acute phase of the pandemic to an end, saying that they now have all the tools available to do so.

Gardaí responded to 48,400 incidents of domestic abuse calls last year, a 10% increase on 2020, according to new figures from An Garda Síochána.

A man on trial for abducting a four-year-old girl from a remote Australian campsite confessed to her kidnapping this morning.

Beijing has warned that heavy air pollution is likely during the Winter Olympics, but said emergency plans were in place to ensure the Games are not disrupted by smog.

The Tonga volcanic eruption unleashed explosive forces that dwarfed the power of the Hiroshima atomic bomb, NASA scientists have said.

Organisers of some of Ireland's most popular events have announced they will be returning this year.

The Irish Penal Reform Trust has called for prison visits to return to pre-pandemic conditions.

Polish police have fined a Dutch tourist for giving a nazi salute at the site of the former Auschwitz-Birkenau camp.

The UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss will travel to Brussels later today for talks with the EU's chief Brexit negotiator Maroš Šefcovic, amid continuing deadlock over the Northern Ireland Protocol.

A new €35 million scheme to rejuvenate public piers and harbours has been announced.

Australia has recorded another surge of deaths due to Covid-19 as an outbreak of the highly contagious Omicron variant peaked, and authorities warned numbers could rise further when schools return from end-of-year holidays next week.

Restrictions on the construction of Build To Rent apartment blocks are being proposed as part of Dublin City Council's new development plan.

A swift rebound in consumer and business spending is in prospect for 2022 as almost all pandemic restrictions come to an end, according to Goodbody's latest quarterly outlook.