The new owner of Twitter has defended his decision to sack about half the company's global workforce.

North Korea fired four short-range ballistic missiles into the western sea this morning, said South Korean military, adding the missiles flew about 130kms with altitude of about 20kms.

With the coalition Government poised to switch top Cabinet positions in December, the delicate question of Paschal Donohoe's role as president of the Eurogroup will be on the agenda of next Monday's meeting of eurozone finance ministers in Brussels.

Candlelight vigils and rallies were expected in South Korea to commemorate the 156 people killed in a Halloween crowd crush, with public anger growing over one of the country's deadliest peacetime disasters.

What makes the US mid-term elections different is that it is not just the mechanics of elections under scrutiny, but a peaceful transfer of power is in doubt.

Discussions on housing, a united Ireland and the cost-of-living crisis will all feature on the agenda of the Sinn Féin Ard Fheis which takes place at the RDS in Dublin.

The House of Representatives committee investigating the 6 January 2021 attack on the US Capitol by supporters of Donald Trump, said it had given the former president until next week to begin producing documents requested under a subpoena.

About 30,000 joined an open-air mass held by Pope Francis in mainly Muslim Bahrain, the highlight of his outreach mission to the Gulf.

Three Dublin men have been sentenced for the rape of a "vulnerable" 18-year-old woman on Dollymount Strand on 5 January 2016.

A quiet corner of the National Botanic Gardens on a mild autumnal morning isn't the first place you might expect to hear the word 'doomsday' crop up in conversation.

A former civilian employee of An Garda Síochána has been handed a prison sentence for forwarding photos of information on the PULSE system to an individual known to gardaí.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has publicly endorsed the evacuation of civilians from parts of Ukraine's southern Kherson region, the latest sign of Russia's retreat in one of the most bitterly contested areas in Ukraine.

The Government will nominate Minister Paschal Donohoe for a second term as President of the Eurogroup.

The US Powerball jackpot grand prize that could pay out as soon as tomorrow has climbed to $1.6 billion, the world's largest lotto prize ever.

The sister of the man accused of murdering Garda Colm Horkan in June 2020 knew her brother was becoming mentally unwell the day before the shooting and planned to have him admitted to a psychiatric hospital, the Central Criminal Court has heard.

Twitter has begun laying off members of its Irish workforce with staff in the Dublin office who are losing their jobs starting to receive emails this morning telling them that they were being made redundant.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has expressed his concern about the employees of Twitter in Ireland and the manner in which they were notified of job losses at its Dublin office.

Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has said he did raise public health concerns with his Government colleagues before they decided to relax the country's licensing laws.

The long-awaited new Central Mental Hospital is officially opening, after being relocated to a new €200m campus in Portrane in north Dublin.

A fresh Stormont Assembly election will not take place before Christmas, the Northern Ireland Secretary has announced.