Asylum seekers would be obliged to contribute between 10% and 40% of their weekly income towards their State accommodation costs, under a plan to be considered by the Cabinet tomorrow.

Ukraine and Russia counted casualties this morning after trading deadly overnight strikes, as officials scrambled to revise a framework to end the nearly four-year conflict ahead of a US-imposed deadline.

The Cabinet could approve a scoping inquiry as soon as tomorrow into Michael Shine who worked as a consultant at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda, Co Louth, and was later found guilty of sexual assaults on nine boys.

A legacy body is seeking witnesses to the death of a milkman and his son during rioting linked to the 1981 hunger strikes.

Every ten minutes last year a woman somewhere in the world was killed by a person close to her, the United Nations has said, as it decried a lack of progress in the battle against femicide.

A farmer who had 18 cattle stolen from his farm in west Cork has said he is afraid of being targeted again.

Amnesty international will deliver a global petition to TikTok's office in Dublin this morning calling on the platform to do more to protect children and young people from harmful content.

Naturally, Moscow would have much preferred the original US 28-point peace plan. Some commentators in pro-Kremlin media hailed it as the first framework that almost entirely reflects Russia's demands.

Tributes are being paid to two men who died in a multi-vehicle collision in Co Meath.

An investigation is under way after a man attacked a woman with an axe at a house in Leixlip, Co Kildare.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping pressed the ever-sensitive issue of Taiwan in a phone call with US President Donald Trump, as he stressed the need to build on a fragile trade truce between the two superpowers.

A 55-year-old man has been found guilty of the murder of his mother in Co Kerry more than three years ago.

In Moate, Co Westmeath, the town's only on-street ATM went when the town's last remaining bank closed four years ago.

A man who caused over €9,400 worth of damage at Dublin Airport after he missed his flight has been jailed for one year.

At least nine children and a woman were killed after Pakistani forces bombed the home of a local resident in Afghanistan's Khost province, Afghan Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said.

Joanne McNally is bringing her show Pinotphile to Dublin's 3Arena on 12 December 2026, making her the first Irish female comedian to host a solo show on that iconic stage.

Dublin City Council has voted by a narrow majority to pass its budget after a protest vote by some parties over rent increases for council homes.

A 32-year-old man has admitted his role in the disposal of the remains of 17-year-old Keane Mulready-Woods, who was murdered almost six years ago.

Mid and East Antrim Council has agreed to start the process to change the name of a street which was named after Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.

North Cork Creameries, the dairy co-op, has suspended production at its facility in Kanturk Co Cork after it was issued a notice from the Environment Protection Agency to cease discharging effluent on 14 November.