Powerful explosions were heard in Kyiv today and fighting raged in the east after Ukraine claimed responsibility for the sinking of the Russian navy's Black Sea flagship in what would be one of the heaviest blows of the war.

Vigils are due to take place in Sligo, Dublin and other towns and cities across the country today and in the next few days, in memory of Michael Snee and Aidan Moffitt who were murdered in Sligo earlier this week.

Gardaí have charged a woman in her 40s, who was arrested on Wednesday following the discovery of the body of a woman at a residence in Seville Place in Dublin.

Leinster House is soon going to open its doors to young people for a series of debates on climate action.

As the Russian invasion of Ukraine enters its eighth week, the EU is under pressure to increase sanctions on Russian energy over warnings EU consumption is subsidising Vladimir Putin's war.

Over €34 million will be spent buying over 11 million Easter eggs in Ireland this year, according to figures from Kantar.

The Secretary General of the Irish Red Cross Liam O'Dwyer has said 5,700 empty homes were offered as accommodation for Ukrainian refugees.

At least 152 Palestinians have been injured in clashes with Israeli riot police at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound, the Palestine Red Crescent said, two weeks into the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

Keep up-to-date with all today's developments in Ukraine.

Gardaí investigating a fatal house fire in Doochary, Co Donegal on Tuesday have charged a man in his 60s, who was arrested in respect of an alleged offence of criminal damage.

The daily tally of Covid-19 cases in Shanghai, which is at the centre of China's epidemic, has fallen slightly, authorities said today, as the city's lockdown threatened to exact a heavier toll on the world's second-biggest economy.

Many refugees have questions about how to access jobs, health benefits, transport and about how to travel to the EU and/or visit Ukraine. Here are some answers.

Profiles of each of the 18 constituencies in the Northern Ireland Assembly Elections.

Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney has visited the town of Bucha, where Russian forces' suspected killing of civilians has been broadly condemned.

The Department of Health has been notified of 4,195 new cases of Covid-19, including 1,936 PCR-confirmed cases of the virus and 2,259 positive antigen tests registered through the HSE portal.

Five members of a family are in hospital following a house fire in Tallaght in Dublin overnight, with a father and son in critical condition.

Electric vehicles are key to the Government's plans to cut transport emissions, explains Oonagh Smyth. But can we really tackle climate change by putting more cars on the roads?

Young Ukrainian refugees have been enjoying a kickabout in the Phoenix Park in Dublin, thanks to a new football integration initiative.

Covid-19 is far from becoming an endemic disease and could still trigger large epidemics around the globe, the World Health Organization has said.

Live updates from the 50th day of Russia's invasion of Ukraine