US President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff held productive talks with Ukraine's senior negotiator Rustem Umerov in Miami over the past two days, US officials said, with further talks scheduled.

Talks earlier week between US envoys and Russian President Vladimir Putin did not lead to a breakthrough to end the war in Ukraine. Moscow's hardline demands remain an obstacle to peace

CMAT announced that The Late Late Toy Show viewers donated over €4m to the Toy Show Appeal during Friday night's show.

Wildfires in Australia's New South Wales burnt through thousands of hectares of bushland, prompting the authorities to urge evacuations at the highest danger rating for thousands of residents in the nation's most-populous state.

US President Donald Trump met with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, with the talks partly focused on the future of a North American free trade deal.

Hollywood unions and theatre owners sounded the alarm over Netflix's proposed $72bn takeover of Warner Bros Discovery, warning the deal would cut jobs, concentrate power and reduce theatrical movie releases if the deal passes regulatory review.

A protective shield at the Chornobyl nuclear plant in war-torn Ukraine, built to contain radioactive material from the 1986 disaster, can no longer perform its main safety function due to drone damage, the UN nuclear watchdog said, a strike Ukraine h...

Companies big and small are turning to trademark law to protect their patch, with disputes often boiling down to small details like colour schemes and prefixes, writes Adam Maguire.

Fifty years after it began as "an accidental hit" in 1975, the Late Late Toy Show has become a bit of a TV monster. It's watched by millions all over the world and marks the "official start" of Christmas in Ireland.

Australia will become the first country to implement a social media ban for under-16s on 10 December.

EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has said that the United States was still Europe's main ally as she sought to downplay a new US National Security Strategy critical of European institutions.

The Republic of Ireland will face co-hosts Mexico, South Africa and South Korea if they qualify via the play-offs for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

A 90-year-old man who died after pushing a woman from the direct path of an oncoming car has posthumously been given a National Bravery Award.

Gardaí have launched an investigation after several drones were spotted operating off Howth as the Ukrainian president arrived in Dublin earlier this week.

Architect Frank Gehry, who designed some of the most imaginative buildings ever constructed and achieved worldwide acclaim, has died aged 96.

Text messages between Limerick hurler Seán Finn and a garda superintendent about an alleged speeding offence have been shown to a jury in the trial of the superintendent, Eamon O'Neill, and four gardaí who are charged with perverting the course of ...

A man who assaulted three gardaí and threw a gas canister at a Public Order Unit vehicle after being "swept up in the frenzy" of the 2023 Dublin riots has been jailed for two and a half years.

The third time really was the charm for host Patrick Kielty - and us - as he presided over one of the best Late Late Toy Shows in recent memory. Here are 10 of our favourite moments from the still-tops TV treat, forever young as it turns 50.

Uisce Éireann has announced it has reached a legal agreement which means a major sewage treatment project, critical to the provision of housing in the capital in future, will proceed.

Infant remains, dating from the time a Mother and Baby Home operated in Tuam, have been found on the site where the institution once stood.