The first funerals of the victims of the explosion at a service station in Co Donegal will take place later today.

Rising homelessness is the result of the wrong political decisions, according to the President of Focus Ireland Sr. Stanislaus Kennedy.

Emergency services have put all of Ukraine on alert for more missile strikes, a day after heavy Russian attacks.

The Government will today outline the payment dates for the €1.2 billion worth of lump sum social protection supports announced in last month's Budget.

New documents obtained by RTÉ Investigates reveal, in Richard Flynn's own words, the extent of his assault on Fr Molloy and a possible motive.

The Republic of Ireland face a huge challenge at Hampden Park against a strong Scottish side as their World Cup journey heads for a nerve-jangling climax.

President Michael D Higgins will this morning call for the European Convention on Human Rights to be strengthened and extended to cope with the catalogue of crises facing universal rights.

Neighbours have helped rescue teams comb through mud and debris for signs of dozens of people missing after a landslide swept through a town in Venezuela, killing at least 36.

Belfast stars Jamie Dornan and Jude Hill are reuniting with the film's Oscar-winning writer-director Kenneth Branagh for Branagh's upcoming Agatha Christie adaptation, A Haunting in Venice.

Japan has reopened its doors to tourists after two-and-a-half years of tough Covid-19 restrictions, with officials hoping an influx of travellers enticed by a weak yen will boost the economy.

British Deputy Prime Minister Therese Coffey said today she was confident that people's pensions were safe, after the Bank of England stepped into the bond market again warning of a risk to the country's financial stability.

Minister for Transport Eamon Ryan will bring a plan to Cabinet today which seeks to deliver 30 of the most transformative public transport projects by the year 2025.

Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly will bring the HSE's Winter Plan to Cabinet today which aims to provide additional capacity in public hospitals, as well as availing of services in the private system.

Research focusing on people who have lost loved ones to suicide has highlighted the need for affordable and timely support to help those who are bereaved.

A serial sex offender has been jailed for a further six years for assaulting and falsely imprisoning a woman out on a walk in a Dublin park, bringing his total jail time to more than 34 years.

A French criminal court opened the historic manslaughter trial of Air France and plane manufacturer Airbus today, with relatives demanding justice more than 13 years after an A330 passenger jet plunged into the Atlantic, killing everyone on board.

The death toll of a landslide in Venezuela has risen to 36 with another 56 people missing after a river overflowed, in the latest deadly disaster caused by heavy rains to hit the country.

Heatwaves will become so extreme in certain regions of the world within decades that human life there will be unsustainable, the United Nations and the Red Cross have warned in a new report.

The trial of Gerard Hutch - the man known as 'The Monk' - and two other men in connection with the murder of David Byrne at the Regency Hotel in Dublin more than six years ago is expected to begin next week.

The leaders of the IMF and World Bank have said much of the world will slide into recession next year, and that lost output between now and 2026 will amount to some four trillion dollars – equivalent to the entire German economy.