Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that Russia's massive air and artillery attacks were aimed at destroying the entire Donbas region.

The Central Bank is set to hit AIB with a record fine later today for its role in the tracker mortgage issue.

Travellers' trust in the Irish criminal justice system is "extremely low" amid fears of wrongful arrest and excessive use of force, according to new research.

European Union leaders will formally grant Ukraine candidate status to become a member of the bloc when they meet for a two-day summit in Brussels.

The economy will continue to grow strongly this year based on the performance of multinational companies in Ireland, according to the Economic and Social Research Institute.

The recent spell of dry weather is set to end with a Status Yellow Rain and Thunderstorm warning issued for Munster and Connacht.

The World Health Organization is expected to decide whether to declare monkeypox a global health emergency.

Ireland is among the least critical national delegations towards Russia in the European Parliament, largely because of the influence of left MEPs, according to a report by an influential think tank.

Germany said it would raise the alert level under its emergency gas plan to secure supply following the recent reduction of pipeline supplies from Russia.

The United Nations has awarded the Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme a Public Service Award.

Afghan authorities are struggling to reach a remote area hit by an earthquake that has killed at least 1,000 people with poor communications and a lack of proper roads hampering their efforts, officials have said.

Russia's warning of "serious" consequences to Lithuania for the implementation of European Union sanctions is an open threat to Europe and NATO, an adviser to Ukraine's presidential office has said.

The global food crisis sparked by the war in Ukraine will kill millions by leaving the hungriest more vulnerable to infectious diseases, potentially triggering the world's next health catastrophe, the head of a major aid organisation has warned.

Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved from house arrest to solitary confinement in a prison compound in the military-built capital Naypyidaw, a junta spokesman has said.

Voting is under way into two UK by-elections that could result in the loss of two more seats for the Conservatives.

Eight people who took care of football legend Diego Maradona will be tried in Argentinian courts for homicide, according to a ruling released following an investigation into his November 2020 death due to cardiac arrest.

A report from a Government advisory group has found that net job losses are not expected as a result of the adoption of Artificial Intelligence.

Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Leo Varadkar has said he believes that there is a "good possibility" of striking a pay deal with public sector unions.

The Court of Appeal is likely to give a decision next month on an application by one of two boys convicted of the murder of schoolgirl Ana Kriégel in 2018, to introduce fresh evidence at his appeal against his conviction.

Pope Francis has lamented the spiral of violence engulfing Mexico, after two Jesuit priests and a man seeking sanctuary were gunned down inside a church.