Former US president Donald Trump has rejected calls for tighter gun controls just days after a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers at the Robb Elementary school in Uvalde in Texas.

Ukrainian forces may have to retreat from their last pocket in the Luhansk region to avoid being captured, a Ukrainian official has said, as Russian troops press an advance in the east that has shifted the momentum of the three-month-old war.

Members of the Irish Medical Organisation will gather in Dublin today for their annual general meeting amid the threat of strike action by non-consultant hospital doctors (NCHDs), formerly known as junior doctors.

Deaths linked to radon continue, despite considerable efforts to raise public awareness of the gas and its potential effects, writes Political Correspondent Paul Cunningham.

Dublin Airport operator daa has said that despite "another busy weekend" at the airport, queues through security are moving well and it is taking under 45 minutes for passengers to get through security in both Terminal 1 and 2.

Irish people are going up, up and away in huge numbers this summer as travel abroad is close to pre-pandemic levels.

There's more than a hint of irony that the first thing the Leinster fans saw as they walked through the doors of Shannon Airport was the sight of three of Munster's finest.

While the world watches on in shock and horror in the aftermath of the Texas school shooting, one Irish man explains how the tragedy cut too close to home.

While many column inches are being devoted to the return of the reality dating show 'Love Island' to television screens early next month, speculation around the contestant line-up hasn't been the only talking point.

Liverpool and Real Madrid will go head-to-head at Stade de France in Paris tonight to contest the Champions League final.

This week the topic which had the high-powered fretting in Davos was the bold question: Is Globalisation Dead?

Up to 25,000 people are expected to take part in an Orange Order parade in Belfast today to mark the centenary of Northern Ireland.

More than €13 million has been spent on a major upgrade of technology and "customer service improvements" for the passport service in the past five years.

Post-Brexit, post-pandemic and with a national pent-up yearn to travel after being confined to home for the best part of two years, the Passport Office finds itself at the centre of a perfect storm.

Police made the "wrong decision" in waiting nearly an hour for additional officers before breaching the classroom where a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers, a law enforcement official has said.

The governor of Ukraine's eastern Luhansk province, now almost completely under Russian control, has said that Kyiv's forces might have to retreat from their final pocket of resistance there to avoid being captured.

Protesters holding signs and crosses with photos of victims from this week's Texas school shooting, converged outside the gun lobby National Rifle Association's annual convention in Houston.

The number of people in emergency accommodation across the country has exceeded 10,000 for the first time in two years.

A shortage of affordable hotel rooms in Dublin means that Kerry's county hurlers - finalists in next month's Joe McDonagh Cup - will be travelling to and from home in the one day for their Croke Park fixture.

At least two girls cowering in their classrooms at Robb Elementary School in Texas called the police emergency number 911 during the shooting, a law enforcement official said.