Nuclear-armed North Korea has fired a ballistic missile over Japan for the first time in five years, prompting a warning for residents to take cover and a temporary suspension of train operations in northern Japan.

It took six months for Kate Murray to become hooked on codeine painkillers. Soon, she found her consumption spiraling. Now, she is warning others, explains Conor McMorrow.

The Cabinet is to discuss this morning how the energy assistance measures in Budget 2023 will be implemented.

The HSE has announced that a free national home testing service for sexually transmitted infections for those aged 17 and over, which was piloted last year, has now been expanded to all counties in the Republic of Ireland.

A solo voyage across the Atlantic ended in the early hours of this morning, when rower Damian Browne came ashore near Galway.

Four women are to travel to a distant part of Antarctica to take up jobs including running the world's most remote post office and counting the island's penguins.

Ukrainian forces have broken through Russian defences in the south of the country while expanding their rapid offensive in the east, seizing back more territory in areas annexed by Russia and threatening supply lines for its troops.

The main retail banks, An Post Money and Credit Unions have opened 434,000 personal current accounts so far this year, as customers of Ulster Bank and KBC Bank Ireland continue switching providers ahead of the exit of the two banks from the Irish mar...

Bereaved families in the UK are set to attend the first in-person hearing of a coronavirus inquiry, amid concerns that their testimonies may not be directly heard by the former judge heading the probe.

Jeremy Paxman's doctor diagnosed him with Parkinson's disease after noticing that he was less "exuberant" on University Challenge, the veteran broadcaster has revealed.

The Health Service Executive has urged people to be aware of the symptoms of meningitis.

The new Common Agricultural Policy that will give Irish farmers nearly €10 billion over five years is due to be signed off at Cabinet later this morning.

The Irish Blood Transfusion Service has warned that supplies of certain blood types are "critically" low and has issued a pre-amber alert to hospitals as it appeals for donors.

Australia's government has vowed to stop plant and animal extinctions, as it listed the grey snake and a small wallaby among 15 new threatened species.

Not one of 18 pharmacies visited as part of a Prime Time report adhered to all of the guidelines surrounding the sale of over-the-counter codeine medicines.

There is no reason why the Northern Ireland Assembly and Executive should not be re-established at Stormont now, UK Prime Minister Liz Truss has said.

A former Sinn Féin councillor is willing to testify in the forthcoming trial of others in connection with the murder of David Byrne at the Regency Hotel over six years ago, the Special Criminal Court has heard.

Former US president Donald Trump has sued CNN for defamation, seeking $475 million in punitive damages and claiming the network had carried out a "campaign of libel and slander" against him.

Three male juveniles have been charged as part of the investigation into an incident in Dublin last month in which a garda vehicle was rammed.

The International Monetary Fund's executive board will consider Ukraine's request for $1.3 billion in additional emergency funding on Friday as Russia's war against the country continues, two sources familiar with the matter said.