The bodies of Russian soldiers killed in Ukraine have been brought to a rail yard outside Kyiv and stacked with hundreds of others in a refrigerated train, waiting for the time when they can be sent back to their families.

Sinn Féin's leader at Stormont has accused the DUP of holding the public to ransom and denying democracy by refusing to elect a Speaker at Stormont or form an Executive in Northern Ireland.

Two men have been arrested after another man was shot and injured in the Finglas area of Dublin.

The Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney has condemned "disgraceful scenes of police brutality" at the funeral of Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh in Jerusalem yesterday.

In time, science will get to the bottom of what is causing the mysterious hepatitis infecting children. Speculation and misinformation, deliberate or otherwise, will not, writes Fergal Bowers.

Ukraine's Kalush Orchestra are the favourites to win the Eurovision Song Contest tonight, but the nation faces tough competition from Sweden, Italy and, most surprisingly, the UK.

Union leaders will meet British government officials next week amid continued anger over Prime Minister Boris Johnson's plan to axe tens of thousands of jobs in the civil service.

Moscow will take adequate precautionary measures if NATO deploys nuclear forces and infrastructure closer to Russia's border, Russian news agencies quoted Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko as saying today.

On Monday Boris Johnson is due to make a speech on the UK's intentions in scrapping parts of the Protocol, while UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss will make a follow up speech on Tuesday.

A Co Wicklow man has been jailed for 11 years for raping his foster daughter three or four times a week over seven years.

With the fashion industry facing calls to boost sustainability measures, circular business models and low carbon strategies, a growing number of Irish brands are reimagining and repurposing discarded materials into desirable and useful products.

North Korea has announced 21 new "fever" deaths and said more than half a million people had been sickened nationwide, two days after confirming its first cases of Covid-19.

At least 27 people died and dozens more were injured in a massive fire in a building in the Indian capital New Delhi on Friday, emergency services said.

Coleen Rooney has told the Rebekah Vardy libel action at the High Court in London that she made her social media post in October 2019 about carrying out her so-called "sting operation" as a "last resort".

Phil Mickelson will not defend his title in next week's US PGA Championship at Southern Hills, tournament organisers have announced.

Green Party deputy leader Catherine Martin is to give her support to the plans for the new National Maternity Hospital when the Cabinet meets next Tuesday.

Former solicitor Michael Lynn has told his trial for the theft of almost €30m that he had waited a long time to tell his story and was not making it up as he went along.

Ukrainian forces destroyed parts of a Russian armoured column as it tried to cross a river in the Donbas region, video from Ukraine's military showed today.

A Ukrainian court is expected to begin hearing the first war crimes case arising from Russia's 24 February invasion after charging a captured Russian soldier with the murder of a 62-year-old civilian.

Elon Musk tweeted that his $44 billion deal for Twitter was "temporarily on hold" today while he waits for data on the proportion of its fake accounts, sending shares in the social media platform plunging.