Russia's offensive in Ukraine is continuing but at a significantly slower pace as a second senior Russian commander has been killed, according to Ukrainian intelligence.

Follow the developments on the 13th day of Russia's invasion of Ukraine

Minster for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney said he expects the European Union to agree on a fourth round of sanctions against Russia by the end of this week.

The Tánaiste has condemned an attack yesterday by a protester at the Russian embassy in Dublin and has appealed to people to protest peacefully.

The death toll from week-long floods battering Australia's east coast has risen to 20, after the bodies of a man and a woman were discovered in floodwaters in Sydney.

The Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth Roderic O'Gorman has said there has been a huge surge of support from Irish people for people coming from Ukraine.

The Government has announced a pledge register which will enable the public to give support to Ukrainian refugees. The online portal, run in conjunction with the Red Cross, will include offers of accommodation.

Travelling through Afghanistan, women are noticeably absent from society, writes Eimear Lowe in Kabul.

The families of healthcare workers who died with Covid-19 in the first phases of the pandemic will be eligible for a €100,000 payment from the State.

Strong winds and heavy rains are set to sweep across the country as Met Éireann issued a nationwide Status Yellow wind and rain warning.

For Ukrainians living in Ireland, International Women's Day would normally be a big day of celebration, with women receiving flowers and gifts. This year, 8 March is nothing of the sort.

Almost a third of board members of the 20 biggest publicly listed companies in Ireland are now women, up from 18% four years ago.

A Ukrainian-Russian, who has fled her home in Kyiv, has hit out against the Russian invasion of her country.

Higher security standards for certain card payments have come into effect as part of the ongoing rollout of Strong Customer Authentication.

The Pandemic Unemployment Payment will be reduced to €208 a week from today, in the next step in the winding down of the scheme.

Seven farming organisations and farm advisory service Teagasc will attend a meeting at the Department of Agriculture later to discuss options to address supply chain issues and vulnerabilities in food and animal feed provision.

More than 34,000 children were waiting over a year to access a community health service up to the end of September.

A Syrian woman who runs a soap and skincare business has pledged to donate all proceeds from sales of a new soap in the colours of the Ukrainian flag to the Irish Red Cross Ukraine Appeal.

The portal for pledges of accommodation to Ukrainians fleeing the Russian invasion crashed this evening, according to the Secretary General of the Irish Red Cross Liam O'Dwyer.

The criminal gang behind a series of ATM robberies in the northeast caused devastation and destruction but ultimately their brazen activity was disrupted by gardaí.