Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that Moscow was ready to look for "diplomatic solutions" amid tensions with the West over Ukraine but stressed that the country's interests were non-negotiable.

Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe has said the Government and the European Union expect to confirm later today what sanctions will be imposed on Russia.

A man in his 50s is still being detained in connection with the shooting a man in Co Dublin yesterday afternoon.

Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen is expected to call for an independent review of the Data Protection Commission when she appears before an Oireachtas committee.

A project that aims to improve the mental health of people living in Direct Provision through cycling has passed a significant milestone.

The number of major wildfires worldwide will rise sharply in coming decades due to global warming, and governments are ill-prepared for the death and destruction such mega-blazes trail in their wake, the UN has warned.

Mexican television host and model Michelle Perez Tadeo, known as Michell Simon, was found dead yesterday south of the capital, Mexico City, authorities said.

Temperatures will drop below freezing overnight as a Status Yellow snow and ice warning has been issued for the northwest.

The death toll from flash floods and landslides that hit the Brazilian city of Petropolis has risen to 186, authorities have said, one week after torrential rains lashed the tourist town.

The energy sector's overall emissions of methane are massively underreported, the International Energy Agency has said, as it promoted cuts to the most potent greenhouse gas as a quick way to make a major impact on global warming.

Almost all parents and pregnant women in China, Vietnam and the UK are exposed to "aggressive" formula milk marketing campaigns that breach global rules set up after scandals more than 40 years ago, according to a new report.

The mother of a 22-year-old student who fell 60 feet to his death down a blowhole while camping in Garretstown, Co Cork, has paid an emotional tribute to his friends who made heroic efforts to save him.

It is a sector that is crying out for skilled professionals, and a Galway teenager, said to be the country's only fully licensed female crane driver, has urged other women to consider a career in construction.

The State took on an additional €33 billion in debt over the two years of the pandemic, according to a new report from the Department of Finance.

NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg has said that Russian forces continue to prepare for a potential attack on Ukraine after Moscow recognised two separatist regions as independent.

US President Joe Biden said the United States was imposing a first tranche of sanctions against Russia for "the beginning of a Russian invasion of Ukraine".

The Cabinet has agreed to end almost all remaining health restrictions from next Monday.

A serving member of the Defence Forces has said that members who raised concerns in the wake of allegations of sexual assault at a controversial 2020 barbecue are being silenced.

Mark Lanegan, former frontman of nineties grunge act Screaming Trees and a member of Queens of The Stone Age, has died at his home in Killarney at the age of 57.

A man in his 30s is in a critical condition after a shooting on farmland outside Tallaght in Dublin.