Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said that Moscow does not want war with Ukraine, and has this morning spoken positively about security proposals received from the United States.

Pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly is to invest €400m in a new manufacturing plant in Limerick which will employ 300 permanent staff when it is completed.

High staff absences caused by Covid-19 and staff shortages are forcing crèches around the country to close or reduce opening hours.

Australia has unveiled a billion-dollar package to protect the climate-ravaged Great Barrier Reef, hoping to prevent the vast network of corals from being removed from UNESCO's World Heritage list.

Twenty-five people are preparing to take on one of the toughest swimming tests on the planet - an 'ice mile' at the Clontarf Baths in Dublin.

A renewed appeal has been issued for help in locating 45-year-old Bernadette Connolly, who has been missing from the Swords area of Dublin since Friday 7 January.

A bomb warning aboard a Ryanair flight last May, which saw the aircraft rerouted to Belarus where a journalist was arrested, was "deliberately false," United Nations investigators have found in a report to be delivered to the body's aviation agency.

At least 86 people have died across southern and eastern Africa following Tropical Storm Ana, with recovery operations still ongoing as another storm threatens more severe weather.

Police in Northern Ireland are appealing for information about the murder of an RUC officer in Co Tyrone 33 years ago.

Women experiencing difficulties during menopause are being urged to seek advice from their GP as doctors can now refer patients with complex health effects to a new dedicated menopause clinic at the National Maternity Hospital.

Scotland Yard has asked for the Whitehall inquiry into allegations of lockdown-breaking parties in Downing Street to make only "minimal reference" to the events being investigated by police.

Finland will scale back some of its coronavirus restrictions early, the government announced as the strain on the healthcare system eases despite the Omicron wave sweeping the continent.

HSE Chief Executive Paul Reid has said that he is "very grateful" to whistleblowers for bringing attention to matters that need to be addressed.

Reigning Irish road race champion Imogen Cotter says she feels "lucky to be alive" as she recovers from injuries sustained after being hit by a car while training.

A three-day search for 34 people lost at sea off Florida from a boat that capsized while engaged in what officials suspect was an attempt to smuggle migrants into the United States from the Bahamas has been called off.

A US appeals court has thrown out the convictions of two former Deutsche Bank traders for rigging Libor, once among the world's most important financial benchmarks, and ordered acquittals for both men.

The Department of Housing will encourage local authorities across the country to scale up their use of compulsory purchase orders to take over vacant and derelict housing.

Katie Taylor will put her undisputed world lightweight title on the line against Amanda Serrano in a blockbuster battle at Madison Square Garden on Saturday 30 April.

Russia's troops on Ukraine's borders are poised for invasion, according to NATO.

The European Union's drug regulator has given the green light to Pfizer Inc's antiviral COVID-19 pill for treating adults at risk of severe illness.