Two 16-year-old boys have died in a "tragic drowning incident" at Enagh Lough in Co Derry.

Public sector pay talks have continued through the night at the Workplace Relations Commission.

EU foreign and defence ministers are gathering in Prague for a two-day meeting that will be dominated by the war in Ukraine.

The Oireachtas Joint Committee on Environment and Climate Action will hold a hearing today on energy security amid growing concern over the supply of electricity.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has urged Russian troops to flee for their lives as his forces launched an offensive near the city of Kherson, saying Ukraine's military were taking back their territory though Russia said the assault had failed...

Millions of people in areas surrounding China's capital were ordered into lockdown, with authorities doubling down on efforts to contain Covid-19 ahead of a key ruling Communist Party meeting this year.

A 21-year-old man has died after being stabbed at the Notting Hill Carnival, London's Metropolitan Police said, adding that more than 200 arrests were made during the event.

Half of the world's healthcare facilities lack basic hygiene services, putting nearly four billion people at greater risk of infection, the United Nations has said.

Venom from the Noble False Widow spider is 230 times more potent than species native to Ireland, a new study has found.

A 29-year-old man has been remanded in custody charged with a number of offences against a woman who was allegedly falsely imprisoned and tied up with duct tape in a Dublin city centre laneway on Saturday night.

Shelbourne have contacted An Garda Síochána after a Peamount United player allegedly suffered homophobic and misogynistic abuse during their Women's FAI Cup quarter-final at Tolka Park earlier this month.

A third of Pakistan is under water as a result of flooding caused by record monsoon rains, Climate Change Minister Sherry Rehman has said.

Students at a private Dublin college say they have lost confidence in their course provider and feel "fobbed off" following a meeting this evening aimed at addressing the fact that their degree programme in social care does not meet the required stan...

A special needs assistant at a Dublin secondary school says that the soaring cost of living dominates conversations with colleagues in the staffroom.

Breda Murphy of the Tuam Mother and Baby Home Alliance has described Minister for Children Roderic O'Gorman's decision to shelve an independent review of testimony given by mother-and-baby home survivors as a "kick in the teeth" and an "absolute insu...

Fifteen protesters have been killed and Iraq has declared a nationwide curfew after supporters of Moqtada al-Sadr stormed the government palace in Baghdad's Green Zone today following the powerful Shi'ite leader's declaration that he was quitting pol...

The US government has urged a complete shutdown of Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant as fighting intensifies in the area and international experts plan an inspection visit.

NASA has postponed for at least four days the launch of its colossal next-generation rocket ship on a long-awaited debut test flight, a planned six-week uncrewed voyage around the moon and back.

Liz Truss has pulled out of an interview with UK political journalist Nick Robinson which was due to air tomorrow.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has held a two-hour meeting to discuss energy security, supply and price.