Minister for Social Protection Heather Humphreys is bringing proposals to Cabinet to ensure the State pension age remains at 66 - rather than 68 as recommended by the Pension Commission.

The president of the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors has said an incident in Dublin last night in which a garda car was rammed is "very disturbing" and should be "condemned by all politicians and community leaders".

All roads lead to Ratheniska, Co Laois, today as the National Ploughing Championships get under way for the first time since 2019.

Ireland has come second of 113 countries assessed for food security, according to the latest Global Food Security Index.

Ukraine said its troops have marched farther east into territory recently abandoned by Russia, paving the way for a potential assault on Moscow's occupation forces in the Donbas region as Kyiv seeks more Western arms.

There are at least 20 quadrillion ants on Earth, according to a new study that says even that staggering figure likely underestimates the total population of the insects, which are an essential part of ecosystems around the world.

Britain's new Prime Minister Liz Truss has said that a post-Brexit UK-US trade deal is unlikely for years.

Apple has said it will raise prices of apps and in-app purchases on its App Store from next month in all of the euro zone and some countries in Asia and South America.

There is an urgent need for more women-only accommodation, according to the homeless charity Depaul.

The Irish Men's Shed Association has said the cost-of-living crisis is causing "fear and worry" among its members.

The European Court of Human Rights has ruled against the parents of missing British child Madeleine McCann, saying that Portugal did give the parents a fair hearing in their libel case against a former Portuguese policeman.

Residents have been ordered to take shelter on the Turks and Caicos Islands as an increasingly powerful Hurricane Fiona churned towards the Caribbean archipelago, leaving death and destruction in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic.

Uganda's health ministry has announced the country's first death from the highly contagious Ebola virus since 2019, declaring an outbreak in the central district of Mubende.

A US judge has thrown out the conviction of a man who has served over 20 years in prison for his ex-girlfriend's murder in a case that received worldwide attention thanks to the hit podcast "Serial."

The IDA told the Government that some multinationals had suffered "considerable financial loss" due to a decision by the body that operates the national grid to stop connections for new data centres.

World leaders are gathering in New York for the United Nations General Assembly.

A new Environmental Protection Agency report has highlighted continuing problems with air quality in Ireland.

The makers of Grand Theft Auto have said they are "extremely disappointed" after details of the next instalment in the series were leaked.

Diverting grain and other feed for livestock to human consumption could boost food supply sufficiently to feed an additional billion people, according to research.

Four people have been arrested by gardaí in Co Limerick as part of an investigation into the murder of a man in 2010.