The Department of Transport has issued a Marine Notice advising all seafarers that the Russian Navy will carry out manoeuvres off the southwest coast of Ireland from next Thursday, 3 February, for five days.

Gardaí in Carlow have charged a man in connection with an attempt to collect a dead man's pension in the town last week.

Ukraine has welcomed Russia's plans to continue talks in early February as "good news" and a sign that Moscow was intent on finding a diplomatic solution to the current crisis.

After an uncomfortable but relatively brief return to coronavirus restrictions triggered by the Omicron variant, England is going back to "Plan A" - learning to live with a disease that is probably here to stay.

North Korea fired two suspected ballistic missiles today, Seoul said, its sixth weapons test this month in one of the most intense spates of launches on record that has delivered an emphatic rejection of Washington's offers for talks on its nuclear p...

An Post has issued two new stamps to celebrate the centenary of the publication of James Joyce's book, Ulysses.

North Korea has begun 2022 by launching a barrage of missiles in a flurry of activity not seen for several years, writes Eleanor Burnhill.

Allies of UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson sought to bolster his position as wrangling continued over the highly anticipated report on the "partygate" row.

A hospital in Boston has refused to perform a heart transplant on a patient who had not been vaccinated for Covid-19.

A motorist in his 40s has died in a road incident at Donore, Co Meath.

Britain's Prince Andrew has demanded a trial by jury in the civil sex case brought against him by Virginia Giuffre.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has described a review of the care of more than 1,300 children who attended the HSE-run South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service as "very, very serious" and "unacceptable".

US biotech company Moderna announced today that it has begun clinical trials of a booster dose of vaccine designed specifically to combat the Omicron variant of the coronavirus.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said Washington's written response to Russia's security demands sets out a diplomatic path forward if Moscow were to approach it seriously.

Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney has spoken of his surprise that the Defence Forces Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General Seán Clancy, met the Russian ambassador to Ireland, Yury Filatov, last Friday.

Gardaí in Carlow have arrested two men in connection with an attempt to collect a dead man's pension

The Minister for Housing has said that increasing housing supply alone will not be enough to reduce prices.

The Department of Health has been notified of a further 10,414 cases of Covid-19, comprising of 5,605 PCR-confirmed cases, and 4,809 antigen tests logged to the system.

Westminster is still waiting for Sue Gray's report.