Irish businessman Richard O'Halloran, who had been prevented from leaving China for almost three years in a dispute involving the Chinese authorities and the aircraft leasing firm he worked for, has arrived back in Ireland.

Gardaí have said they are to consider whether there are grounds to commence a criminal investigation into the failures in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in south Kerry, revealed in a review published this week.

Further up the street from Boris Johnson's house, near Trafalgar Square, is the Whitehall Theatre. It's best known for the Whitehall Farces, a long running – and very popular – series of five plays in the low-comedy, English farce tradition. The ...

The Minister for Foreign Affairs Minister has indicated that he believes there are "landing zones" for a deal on the post-Brexit arrangements for Northern Ireland.

Taiwan lives under the constant spectre of invasion by China, and the final quarter of 2021 saw a massive spike in Chinese incursions into Taiwan's air defence identification zone.

As the Russia-Ukraine crisis continues and escalates, questions begins to arise about what an invasion might mean for Ireland, and more specifically its economy and businesses.

President Volodymyr Zelensky has called on the West to avoid creating "panic" in the face of the Russian troop build-up on Ukraine's border.

It is the first time that Fitch has raised its opinion on Ireland since 2017 and returns it to an AA level that was last seen in 2010, as the financial crisis was unfolding

One of the largest low-energy housing projects in the UK and Ireland is nearing completion in Belfast.

It's been a very difficult week for Germany's standing in the EU, NATO and in eastern Europe when it comes to Ukraine.

One week on from the lifting of restrictions on indoor gatherings, over 100 old friends were reunited today at a Dublin hotel.

One third of patients admitted to intensive care with Covid-19 over the past six months did not survive, according to the latest data from the Health Protection Surveillance Centre.

A teenage boy who caused the death of a 16-year-old girl and permanent injury to a 17-year-old male in a crash while driving at 119 kmh in a 50 kmh zone has had his sentence reduced on appeal.

The Chairman of the Oireachtas Finance Committee has described as "outrageous" a trip by Secretary General of the Department of Health Robert Watt and Health Minister Stephen Donnelly to attend the Dubai 2020 expo.

EU inspectors have found that the system of checks on goods entering Northern Ireland from Great Britain under the protocol was "not fit for purpose".

The impact of Covid-19 on child protection in Ireland has been described as "a perfect storm", according to the 2021 Annual Report by Ireland's Special Rapporteur on Child Protection.

The London Metropolitan Police have received the material requested to support the investigation into possible lockdown breaches in Downing Street and Whitehall, the force has said.

A serving DUP minister has failed to be selected to contest a seat he'd wanted to run for in the upcoming Northern Ireland assembly election.

Provisional crime statistics from An Garda Síochána show how the pandemic continued to impact crime last year, with property crimes and robberies down in 2021, while levels of cyber crime soared.

Gardaí released CCTV footage as the renewed their appeal for information following the disappearance of Bernadette Connolly, who was last seen in Donabate in Co Dublin three weeks ago today.