A Status Yellow warning has been issued for eight counties as temperatures are forecast to hit up to 30C in some areas, Met Éireann has said.

Former DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson has arrived at Newry Crown Court for his trial on sex offence charges.

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei has said that regional countries would no longer be shields for US bases, in a written statement carried by state television.

The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission has said it has identified a number of potential breaches of consumer law during 80 unannounced inspections of businesses in six counties.

A search is to get under way in Armagh for the remains of Seamus Maguire, one of the so-called Disappeared.