New laws governing the practice of tipping come into force from today, providing a boost to workers' rights.

Graham Dwyer, who was convicted more than seven years ago of the murder of Elaine O'Hara in 2012, will finally have his appeal against his conviction heard today.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will address a joint sitting of the Houses of the Oireachtas today to mark 50 years of Ireland's membership of the European Union.

Vanuatu's government has identified "dozens" of villages in "at-risk areas" to be relocated "within the next 24 months" while other settlements have also been earmarked to move in the longer term.

The UK's Prince and Princess of Wales were subjected to booing as they attended a basketball game in Boston at the end of the first day of their visit to the US.

The first four celebrity contestants for the next run of Dancing with the Stars - which begins on RTÉ One in January - have been unveiled and will be exclusively interviewed on Friday night's Late Late Show.

Gardaí are deploying a new drug testing device for drivers from today, to coincide with the start of their Christmas and New Year road safety campaign.

Jeffrey Epstein's estate has reached a nine-figure settlement with the US Virgin Islands to settle claims the disgraced late financier used the territory as a base for his decades-long sex-trafficking operation.

Research on prostitution in Ireland has found that 79% of women involved in Ireland want to leave the sex trade for a better life.

China's top Covid official has signalled a possible relaxing of the country's strict zero-tolerance approach to the virus, after nationwide protests calling for an end to lockdowns and greater political freedom.

Elon Musk has said he expects a wireless brain chip developed by his company Neuralink to begin human clinical trials in six months, after the company missed earlier timelines set by him.

At least two people were killed and dozens more are missing after a landslide ripped across a section of highway in southern Brazil, sweeping some 20 cars and trucks along with it, authorities said.

Former FTX Chief Executive Sam Bankman-Fried has apologised for a "lot of mistakes" in the abrupt collapse of the cryptocurrency firm and said he did not knowingly behave fraudulently.

Former billionaire businessman Sean Quinn says he knew of a notorious violent gangster called 'Dublin Jimmy' but they weren't friends, and he did not enlist his help to attack business rivals in an attempt to regain his corporate empire.

A former golf tour operator was "robbing Peter to pay Paul", the Circuit Criminal Court was told, when he persuaded by deception two finance companies to loan him a total of €150,000 which he used to try and keep his company afloat.

The annual rate of inflation across the euro area eased back to 10% in November, according to an initial 'flash' estimate from the EU's statistical agency Eurostat.

Fleetwood Mac star Christine McVie has died following a short illness at the age of 79, her family has confirmed.

A man has been charged with making threats to kill in Enniscorthy on Sunday evening following an incident in which a nine-year-old boy was attacked by a pitbull.