Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has said the situation at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant remains "very risky" after two of its six reactors were reconnected to the grid following shelling that caused it to be disconnected for the first time in...

UN member states have ended two weeks of negotiations without a treaty to protect biodiversity in the high seas, an agreement that would have addressed growing environmental and economic challenges.

Police have arrested a second man on suspicion of the murder of nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel, who was shot dead in her home in Liverpool.

An event to mark the centenary of the transfer of policing duties at Dublin Castle will take place later today.

The US Department of Justice has said it was investigating former president Donald Trump for removing White House records because it believed he had illegally retained documents, including some pertaining to government intelligence-gathering and sour...

In a sparse, windswept pasture at the frigid tip of South America lives a tiny bird whose quiet life is shedding light on the importance of studying the world's most remote places.

Mutinous rumblings provided a challenge to the authority of the newly-established Garda Síochána in 1922, with the bitter divide between the pro- and anti-Treaty sides threatening to scupper the force.

In 1923, then Garda Commissioner Eoin O'Duffy visited New York where he met a noted philanthropist and honorary Commissioner of the city's police department.

The less well-off have borne the brunt of rising prices, but the financial disadvantages facing those who have less are already baked in to our day-to-day lives, writes Adam Maguire.

Europe's most severe drought in centuries, a 'staggering' rate of global tree losses from fires, and a dire prognosis for Germany's five alpine glaciers.

The Peak Tram, Hong Kong's famed public transport and a popular tourist draw, has reopened after a year-long $102 million facelift, even as the city's Covid-19 curbs continue to keep overseas visitors at bay.

The workplace has gone through many changes during the Covid-19 pandemic, chief among them remote working which emptied offices and forced people to work from home during lockdowns.

The release of this heavily redacted FBI affidavit will not quiet down the controversy surrounding the "raid" on Donald Trump's Florida home. Far from it.

The dust was still hanging in the air on Wednesday night, following Robert Troy's resignation as Minister of State, when opposition parties turned their focus onto the two men that had stood steadfastly behind the embattled Longford-Westmeath TD.

The number of people in emergency accommodation across the country reached more than 10,500 last month - the highest number ever recorded.

SSE Airtricity has announced that it is to increase prices for its customers from 1 October, with average electricity bills to rise by over 35%, and gas bills to increase by 39%.

A major row has erupted between the country's grid operator Eirgrid and the Commission for the Regulation of Utilities (CRU).

Harry Styles has just announced that he will be returning to Ireland next year to headline Slane Castle in June.

A 45-year-old man has been remanded in custody after he was charged in connection with the theft of a car in Cabra in Dublin, on Sunday night which had an infant inside at the time of the incident.

Ukraine's president urged the world to act much faster to force Russian troops to vacate Europe's largest nuclear power plant after the site was cut from electricity for hours in an incident he said risked an international radiation disaster.