Enough renewable electricity to power almost half a million Irish homes was lost during the first nine months of this year because of limitations on the electricity system.

Australian MP Helen Haines, who was deliberately hit by a car on Monday, has had both her legs amputated following the attack, her husband said.

Public hospitals are losing millions of euro a year due to unpaid bills from private health insurers, new figures show.

The UK government has approved plans to begin drilling in the Jackdaw gas field in the North Sea.

The Latino vote is key to US mid-term election results in Florida's Miami-Dade county, but how will it play out, as Latino voters appear to be trending more and more conservative?