The US Supreme Court is poised to strike down the right to abortion, according to a bombshell leaked draft of a majority opinion that would shred nearly 50 years of constitutional protections.

A look at how the original Roe v Wade abortion case played out in 1973.

Fighting continued in the critical port city of Odesa and across Ukraine's east as fresh evacuations of civilians from the besieged city of Mariupol were expected today.

Farmers are set to benefit from a new silage support scheme that is being brought to the Cabinet for approval by Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue.

A community group in a small town in west Waterford is transforming a former parochial house into a home for Ukrainian refugees.

The Met Gala has returned to its rightful spot on the first Monday in May.

Follow all the latest developments on Day 69 of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

People whose Census forms have not yet been collected, have been asked to post it back to the Central Statistics Office.

Taliban officials in Afghanistan's most progressive city have told driving instructors to stop issuing licences to women, professionals from the sector told AFP.

Some of Shanghai's 25 million people came out for brief walks and grocery shopping today after enduring more than a month under a Covid lockdown.

The DUP and Alliance Party are neck-and-neck in second place among voters, according to a new opinion poll ahead of Thursday's Stormont election.

Minister for Higher and Further Education Simon Harris will bring proposals to the Cabinet on the level of investment required in third level education and how that should be funded.

US law enforcement officials are searching for an Alabama murder suspect and a female corrections officer who authorities say participated in his escape, warning that both individuals were extremely dangerous.

A worsening drought has revealed a four-decade-old body dumped in a US lake, police said, warning that falling water levels would lead to the uncovering of more corpses.

The Irish Council for Civil Liberties has lodged a complaint with the Data Protection Commission relating to GeoDirectory, the location address data service established by An Post and Ordnance Survey Ireland.

Trade union members working in the community sector and for Section 39 healthcare organisations are to hold a protest in Dublin today.

The European Union was preparing sanctions on Russian oil, with possible exemptions, and warned that complying in full with Moscow's proposed scheme to receive gas payments in roubles would breach existing EU sanctions.

The Cabinet is set to sign-off on proposals tomorrow to develop the National Maternity Hospital at the Saint Vincent's Hospital campus.

Israel denounced Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov today for suggesting that the Nazi leader Adolf Hitler had Jewish origins, saying his comments were anti-Semitic and dangerous.

Minister for the Environment Eamon Ryan has said he is confident the Government will get new turf legislation right and that it will be introduced later this year.