The Minister for Finance has said that a new support scheme for employers facing rising energy bills will be announced in today's budget.

Live updates as Ireland prepares for Budget 2023, set to be announced in the Dáil this afternoon.

Japanese and foreign dignitaries have paid tribute to assassinated former prime minister Shinzo Abe at a controversial state funeral, as long queues of people gathered to offer flowers and prayers.

Ukrainians who help Russian-backed referendums to annexe large swathes of the country will face treason charges and at least five years in jail, Ukraine's presidential adviser said, as voting in four regions entered its last day.

Two women who were viciously assaulted by former partners have spoken out as the PSNI launches a new plan to tackle violence against women and girls.

World chess champion Magnus Carlsen has accused fellow player Hans Niemann of cheating, stating that he had "cheated more - and more recently - than he has publicly admitted".

A NASA spaceship has struck an asteroid seven million miles away in order to deflect its orbit, succeeding in a historic test of humanity's ability to prevent a celestial object from devastating life on Earth.

JD Sports, Elite Sports and Rangers have been fined a total of more than £2 million by the UK's competition watchdog after it found they fixed the prices of replica football kits.

A new organisation has been launched to offer every person in Ireland, at risk of or living with dementia, the opportunity to access clinical trials.

The Government has promised a multi-billion euro package to ease the cost of living crisis as it unveils Budget 2023 today - and RTÉ will bring you extensive coverage across online, television and radio.

Sterling steadied this morning but was perched above its record low only thanks to soaring yields on British debt and the hope of a response from policymakers or politicians.

Around 60% of employees are not experiencing a better work-life balance despite a shift to hybrid working, according to new research.

Officials have described a "humanitarian catastrophe" in Haiti to the UN Security Council as the nation hits "new levels of desperation" after two weeks of violence and attacks on food aid warehouses.

A gunman with a swastika on his t-shirt killed 15 people, including 11 children, and wounded 24 at a school in Russia today before dying by suicide, investigators said.

Far-right leader Giorgia Meloni has said she was ready to govern for "all Italians" after her eurosceptic populists swept to victory in general elections, putting her on course to guide Italy's most right-wing government since World War II.

The Bank of England has said it would not hesitate to change interest rates and was monitoring markets "very closely" after the pound plunged to a record low and British bond prices collapsed in response to the new government's financial plans.

There has been an increase in most categories of recorded crime in the year up to the end of June this year, according to the latest crime figures released today by the Central Statistics Office.

Ukraine has discovered two more mass burial sites containing the bodies of hundreds of people in the northeastern town of Izium, which Kyiv recaptured from Russia this month, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree granting Russian citizenship to former US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden.

A new guide for trade unions on gender pay gap reporting has been launched.