The Government and unions have failed to reach agreement at public sector pay talks at the Workplace Relations Commission.

Russia has already "strategically lost" the war in Ukraine and is now a "more diminished power", the head of the UK's armed forces has said.

Parts of the UK are expected to see temperatures of 34C as the hot spell of weather reaches its sweltering peak today.

North Korea has said that hundreds of families have fallen ill with an unidentified intestinal disease, heaping pressure on a crumbling healthcare system already strained by Covid-19.

Representatives of Catholic dioceses across Ireland will meet tomorrow to discuss feedback from their parishes about the Church which will be compiled and sent to the Vatican

A 16-year-old girl from Dún Laoghaire is experiencing the joy of regular bike rides for the first time - on a tricycle designed to carry her wheelchair too.

A US cross-party committee to protect the Good Friday Agreement has issued a strongly worded statement criticising the British government's plans to overturn parts of the Northern Ireland Protocol.

In Ireland, there is no public service system of child contact centres to provide a space for children of separated parents to meet with one or both parents, even where the court orders it, writes Aisling Moloney.

China has launched its third aircraft carrier, the first designed and built entirely in the country, marking a major military advance for the Asian superpower.

FIFA has announced the 16 host cities for the 2026 World Cup, which will be staged in the United States, Canada and Mexico.

The Omicron coronavirus variant is less likely to cause long Covid than the Delta strain, new research suggests.

Three Palestinians were killed and ten others were wounded this morning during an Israeli army raid in Jenin, a stronghold of armed Palestinian factions in the occupied West Bank.

Protesters in India threw stones at police and set fire to train coaches this morning as demonstrations against a new military recruitment process raged for a second day, police said.

The World Trade Organization's 164 members approved a series of trade agreements early today that included commitments on fish and pledges on health and food security after more than five gruelling days of negotiations.

Donald Trump pressured Mike Pence to overturn his 2020 election defeat, despite being told repeatedly it was illegal to do so, aides to Mr Pence told the committee investigating the 6 January 2021 attack on the US Capitol.

The home care sector has plenty of funding, but people are still unable to get carers, in part due to poor pay and conditions for workers, explains Conor McMorrow.

The Dutch intelligence service has said it stopped a Russian spy - posing as an intern - from accessing the International Criminal Court, which is investigating war crimes in Ukraine.

France, Germany, Italy and Romania are all in favour of Ukraine receiving "immediate" official candidate status to join the European Union, French President Emmanuel Macron said in Kyiv today.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said October's budget would be the most comprehensive way the Government will deal with rising inflation and cost of living increases.

Yesterday was the warmest day of the year so far, according to Met Éireann, with one weather station in Leinster reaching a temperature of 22.1C.