A 34-year-old man has died after he was attacked and severely beaten by a group of other prisoners in Dublin's Mountjoy Prison.

China has furiously condemned the highest-level US visit to Taiwan in 25 years as House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi hailed the self-ruled island as "one of the freest societies in the world" and pledged US solidarity.

Abortion rights advocates celebrated as the midwestern US state of Kansas voted to maintain the right to the procedure, the first major poll on the issue since the Supreme Court overturned nationwide access in June.

A Fianna Fáil senator has called on Sabina Higgins, the wife of President Michael D Higgins, to apologise for posting her own private opinion on the President's official website.

Members of the Stormont Assembly will meet today in another bid to elect a Speaker to enable it to resume business.

The Irish-language movie An Cailín Ciúin (The Quiet Girl) has been selected by the Irish Film and Television Academy (IFTA) as Ireland's entry for the Best International Feature Film at next year's Academy Awards.

A team of inspectors has boarded the first grain-carrying ship to leave Ukrainian ports since the Russian invasion began, before it continues to its final destination in Lebanon under a UN-brokered deal that aims to ease a global food crisis.

Shane Lowry's preparations for this week's Wyndham Championship in North Carolina have been disrupted after his clubs were lost en route to the USA.

Bank of Ireland has reported an underlying profit before tax of €419 million for the first six months of 2022.

Former British finance minister Rishi Sunak said it was still "early days" in the leadership contest to replace Prime Minister Boris Johnson, a day after an opinion poll showed him trailing rival Liz Truss by 34 points.

Demand for electric heating, driven by an increased use of heat pumps, will see generation costs rise by as much as 46%, a new study by the ESRI has found.

The former president of the High Court, Peter Kelly, has said he has decided to resign as a judge of the Dubai International Financial Centre Courts.

A Galway man has finished a coast-to-coast run across the US carrying the ashes of his friend who died unexpectedly last year.

The US has killed al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in a strike in Afghanistan, President Joe Biden said, the biggest blow to the militant group since its founder Osama bin Laden was killed in 2011.

The Natural History Museum in Dublin has reopened after a two-year closure for refurbishment works.

Yemen's warring parties have agreed to extend a four-month long truce just hours before it was due to expire, the UN envoy announced, vowing to "intensify" efforts to secure lasting peace.

Chilean authorities are investigating a mysterious sinkhole about 25 metres (82 feet) in diameter that appeared over the weekend in a mining area in the north of the country.

A 20-year-old man has been charged under Britain's treason act after he was arrested while carrying a crossbow in the grounds of Windsor Castle on Christmas Day, the Crown Prosecution Service has said.

US President Joe Biden has continued to test positive for Covid-19, his White House doctor said, and is experiencing a return of at least one symptom, described as a "loose cough".

A snorkeler has suffered a suspected shark attack in what they described as a "very scary incident" off the coast of England.