It has emerged that the Spiritans in Ireland - also known as the Holy Ghost Order - has paid over €5 million in settlement claims and towards abuse and support services since 2004.

Facebook parent Meta is planning to begin large-scale layoffs this week that will affect thousands of employees, the Wall Street Journal has reported citing people familiar with the matter.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin will arrive at the COP27 Climate Conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt later this morning and will stay for two days to outline Ireland's climate priorities.

The official global population will hit eight billion people on 15 November, according to the UN, raising stark questions about how humans are handling the planet's limited resources.

Almost 90% of those living with Long Covid in Ireland have not returned to their pre-Covid level of health, a new report has found.

An official portrait of former SDLP leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner John Hume is to be unveiled in Westminster.

Singing sensation, Mary Black, is set to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2022 RTÉ Radio 1 Folk Awards in Vicar Street, Dublin on Thursday, 17 November.

An order for poultry flock owners to house their birds due to a rising number of bird flu cases in wild birds has come into force.

French President Emmanuel Macron has urged the United States, China and other non-European rich nations ahead of COP27 talks to pay their fair share to help poorer countries deal with climate change.

Eurozone finance ministers will begin the process of electing a president of the Eurogroup when Ireland's Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe's term ends in December.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has warned against more potential Russian attacks on energy infrastructure, while the mayor of Kyiv urged residents to consider preparing to leave temporarily if the capital lost water and power supplies.

Apple expects lower shipments of its premium iPhone 14 than previously anticipated following a significant production cut at a virus-blighted plant in China, dampening its sales outlook for the busy Christmas season.

North Korean forces said they would respond to joint exercises by the United States and South Korea with "sustained, resolute and overwhelming" military measures, its state media has reported.

Each of the last eight years, if projections for 2022 hold, will be hotter than any prior to 2015, the UN has said, detailing a dramatic increase in the rate of global warming.

More than €42m in public funds was paid out in prize money at horse races last year.

US President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump headlined rallies in New York and Florida today to fire up voters two days before a tight midterm election in which Republicans are pushing to flip both chambers of Congress.

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has not ruled out forming a government with any other party after the next general election.

At least 19 people were killed when a plane operated by Tanzania's Precision Air crash-landed into Lake Victoria on approach to the lakeside city of Bukoba, the country's prime minister said.

The Irish community in Britain has been in long-term decline since a peak in 1961, when the number of people living in Britain but born in the Republic of Ireland reached 683,000. The latest census shows this has more than halved to under 325,000.

Met Éireann has warned of gusts of up to 110km/h as it issues a Status Yellow wind warning for five counties for tomorrow.