Russian troops continue to fight to take complete control of the eastern industrial city of Sievierodonetsk, as the US said it will provide Ukraine with advanced rockets to help it force Moscow to negotiate an end to the war.

Measures aimed at resolving the lengthy queues at Dublin Airport are to be outlined later today.

The Environmental Protection Agency has said that urgent implementation of all climate plans and policies, plus further new measures, are needed for Ireland to meet the 51% emissions reduction target for 2030.

An inquest into the deaths of four Coast Guard crew members will resume this morning in Co Mayo.

Newly crowned European middleweight boxing champion Gabriel Dossen was greeted at Dublin Airport with a rapturous welcome from family and friends.

KBC Bank Ireland is to begin writing to customers from today to tell them that they have six months to shut their accounts ahead of its exit from the Irish market.

The Santa Claus theme park in his "hometown" in the snowy north of Finland is ready to stand down its elves and revert to its original function - an emergency bomb shelter in case of attack.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has faced criticism from his ethics adviser over his handling of gatherings in Downing Street during England's Covid-19 lockdown, as the prospect of a leadership challenge moved closer.

Exploratory talks between the Government and unions on public sector pay are moving to the Workplace Relations Commission.

At least 106 people have died in flooding and landslides triggered by torrential rain in northeastern Brazil, officials said as emergency workers continued to search for survivors.

Shanghai slowly whirred back to life as a range of Covid-19 restrictions were eased after a two-month lockdown that confined residents to their homes and battered the Chinese economy.

A nine-year-old girl has survived a very rare attack from a cougar during a camping trip in the western United States.

Denmark is going to the polls in a referendum that could potentially reverse its three decades-long policy of staying out of the European Union's common defence policy.

The Chief Executive of the HSE said record attendances at emergency departments around the country is likely to continue over the next while but that every effort is being made to address the situation for hospitals under severe pressure.

A food delivery cyclist accused of murdering schoolboy Josh Dunne has denied that he acted the "hard man" on the night and wanted to deal with the situation himself while armed with a knife, rather than involve gardaí.

Amid surging inflation, people in Ireland are struggling to make ends meet. Rising energy costs and food prices mean that many face a cost-of-living crisis, explains Conor McMorrow.

Exploratory talks between the Government and unions on public sector pay will move to the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) tomorrow.

The Government has agreed to lease the Citywest Hotel in Dublin for two years to accommodate people arriving here from Ukraine.

Russian forces now control "most" of eastern Ukraine's Sievierodonetsk, the scene of fierce battles for days as the Russian army tries to seize it, the local governor has said.

Iberdrola's announcement that it plans to cease offering gas and electricity here is a signal of a wide and growing set of complex problems such providers now face.