Follow live updates as counting gets under way in the Dublin Central and Galway West bye-elections.

As boxes open in Dublin's RDS and Salthill's Lawn Tennis Club for the counting of votes in the Dublin Central and Galway West bye-elections, here's five things to look out for as the counts unfold.

A gas explosion at a coal mine in northern China has killed at least 90 people, state media report, the country's biggest mining disaster in 17 years.

Agriculture and Consumer Affairs Correspondent Aengus Cox explores the factors behind why Ireland's electricity prices are the highest in the EU after Eurostat findings for the second half of 2025.

Drug misuse is around us all, legal and illegal, but if people rarely encounter it, or are unaffected by it, it continues at pace, writes Fergal Bowers.