Ukraine has halted evacuation corridors for a second consecutive day, as multiple explosions were reported in the regions of Lviv and Dinoropetrovsk.

Primary school teachers have called on the Government to discuss further pay rises, with INTO President Joe McKeown saying the 1% pay rise that teachers are due to receive in October will not be enough to combat inflation.

A cruise ship has docked in Sydney Harbour for the first time in more than two years, after a ban imposed in 2020 sparked by a mass Covid-19 outbreak was lifted.

DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson has said the forthcoming Stormont Assembly election is a battle for Northern Ireland itself.

Almost €90,000 was spent on upgrades to Steward's Lodge, the house reserved for the sole use of the Taoiseach.

Sweden has arrested 26 people after weekend clashes between police and protesters rallying against plans by a far-right group to burn copies of the Koran, police have said.

Shanghai said three people had died from Covid-19, the first official announcement of deaths from an outbreak which has plunged the city into a weeks-long lockdown, sparking widespread anger and rare protests.

An illegal rave in the UK that attracted more than 1,000 people was finally dispersed 21 hours after police first ordered revellers to leave the site.

Shane Lowry was left to ruminate on what might have been after he missed out on a play-off in the final round of the RBC Heritage in South Carolina.

A murder investigation is under way after a 64-year-old woman was stabbed to death in Co Antrim.

The funerals of two men killed in Sligo last week will take place today.

Ireland's community growers have called for a doubling in the number of allotments and community gardens to 5,000 by 2025.

Fr Vasyl Kornitsky has found himself leading an ever-increasing Ukrainian congregation in Ireland since the war started.

Minister for Education Norma Foley has said she followed best international practice in announcing a reform of the Leaving Cert system as a teachers' union warned that the "omens are not good" for proposed assessment changes.

A Dublin mother has called for scrambler bikes to be banned after her toddler was run over while walking in the park.

Pope Francis, marking what he called an "Easter of war", has urged leaders to hear the people's plea for peace in Ukraine and implicitly criticised Russia for dragging the country into a "cruel and senseless" conflict.

A ceremony has been held outside the GPO on O'Connell Street in Dublin to commemorate the 1916 Rising.

Ukrainian soldiers resisted a Russian ultimatum to lay down arms today in the port of Mariupol, which Moscow said its forces had almost completely seized in what would be its biggest prize of the nearly two-month war.

The Government is coming under pressure to provide sustainable medium and long-term accommodation for refugees arriving from Ukraine.

Covid deaths on weekends have been higher compared to weekdays during the pandemic, according to a new global study.