Taoiseach Michéal Martin will raise the case of Private Seán Rooney and insist that there must be accountability for his killing - when he meets the Lebanese Prime Minister in Beirut today.

The US Justice Department has released thousands of heavily redacted documents related to the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, which made scant reference to US President Donald Trump but extensively featured former president...

A so-called Reparations Loan was discussed at length by EU leaders but ultimately proved too complex and an EU joint debt plan was put into motion.

GAA President Jarlath Burns said that during the Troubles the people of South Armagh feared the night because of rogue police officers and soldiers working with loyalist paramilitaries.

Australian surf lifeguards lined the shore of Sydney's Bondi Beach and fell silent to honour the 15 people shot and killed when gunmen fired into crowds at a seaside celebration of Hanukkah last week.

Anthony Joshua laboured to a sixth-round victory over Youtuber turned boxer Jake Paul in Miami which did little to suggest the former heavyweight world champion will return to the upper echelons of the sport.

US forces struck more than 70 Islamic State group targets in Syria in what President Donald Trump described as "very serious retaliation" for an attack that killed three Americans last weekend.

A woman who was raped by her former partner has said she is "speaking out because I want to turn my pain into purpose" after he was jailed for eight years.

A 44-year-old man who shot dead his brother-in-law with a submachine gun in the front garden of the victim's home in Ballyfermot, west Dublin, almost four years ago has been sentenced to life in prison.

The GAA has opted to maintain its relationship with Allianz despite calls from a number of county boards to end its association with the insurance group.

David Walliams "strongly denies" allegations of inappropriate behaviour and was not informed about or party to an investigation by publisher HarperCollins, a spokesperson for the author and TV star has said.

A food company has begun legal action against the extension of the Luas to Finglas in west Dublin.

Dublin Airport operator, daa, has said today is the busiest day for the airport ahead of Christmas with 114,000 people expected to travel through arrivals and departures.

The parents of six children who were subjected to almost daily physical and emotional abuse over a number of years have been sentenced at Castlebar Circuit Court in Mayo.

Ukraine said it has hit a Russian "shadow fleet" tanker with aerial drones in neutral waters of the Mediterranean Sea, its first strike in the sea in the nearly four-year war.

Two Opposition TDs have lost their High Court challenge to the attendance of junior ministers at Cabinet meetings.

Ryan Tubridy has finished his Virgin Radio UK programme today, with the UK broadcasting company News Broadcasting announcing a host of new projects for the presenter next year.

Charlie Smyth has been signed to the New Orleans Saints' 53-man active roster on a three-year deal.

Tourists who want to get close to Rome's Trevi Fountain will soon have to pay a €2 fee, the city mayor said, as authorities look to profit from Italy's popular attractions.