An Irish man has been "killed in action" in Ukraine, his family has confirmed.

The Central Bank has reduced its forecasts for growth in the domestic economy next year and raised its outlook for inflation.

The new National Paediatric Hospital will be substantially complete by March 2024, the builders have said.

President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine's military had made major, rapid advances against Russian forces in the past week, taking back dozens of towns in regions in the south and east that Russia has declared annexed.

The Irish protection system is in crisis, according to the Irish Refugee Council.

The James Webb and Hubble telescopes have revealed their first images of a spacecraft deliberately smashing into an asteroid, as astronomers indicated that the impact looks to have been much greater than expected.

A section of Dublin's original 18th century sea wall has been discovered beneath a former electricity substation in the city's port.

Claiming Jobseeker's Allowance and having previously been on a Community Employment scheme are among eight key characteristics associated with the risk of long-term unemployment, according to new research.

A new study of the melting of vast ice sheets, which once covered Ireland over 20,000 years ago, could have implications for understanding how glaciers and ice sheets will respond to climate warming today, according to the British Antarctic Survey.

There are hopes that Ireland's first-ever satellite will tell us more about how the universe is formed.

Divisions in the Conservative Party are threatening to overshadow British Prime Minister Liz Truss' first party conference speech as leader.

.The South Korean and US militaries fired a volley of missiles into the sea in response to North Korea firing a ballistic missile over Japan, Seoul has said, as global condemnation mounted over Pyongyang's likely longest-ever test.

Elon Musk has offered to push through with his buyout of Twitter at the original agreed price of $44 billion (€44.1bn), just weeks before the scheduled start of a bitter court case over his efforts to withdraw from the deal.

The association representing enlisted members of the Army, Naval Service and Air Corps has called on the Government to fully implement the findings of the Commission on the Future of the Defences Forces as they relate to pay and conditions.

Donald Trump has asked the US Supreme Court to intervene in his fight with the Justice Department over classified documents seized from his Florida home as part of a criminal investigation into his handling of government records.

More than 300 cyber security professionals will attend a major conference in Cork today.

The launch of the country's first-ever satellite has moved a step closer following discussions at Cabinet today.

Loretta Lynn, America's groundbreaking country titan whose frank lyricism delving into women's experiences with sex, infidelity and pregnancy touched the nerve of a nation, has died. She was 90 years old.

Sinn Féin's housing spokesperson Eoin Ó Broin has appealed to the Government to abandon what he termed a "badly designed levy" on concrete products which would "punish" first-time buyers and also push small building contractors "over the edge".

A retired garda superintendent has been jailed for six and a half years for possessing cannabis worth almost €260,000.