The United States has granted Hungary a one-year exemption from US sanctions for using Russian oil and gas, a White House official has said, after Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán pressed his case for a reprieve during a meeting with President ...

The European Commission is attempting to keep the accession process within its procedural guardrails, much to the frustration of those who believe that Europe faces a defining moment, writes Tony Connolly.

Firms are spending hundreds of billions of dollars on artificial intelligence with little to show for it, leading many major tech and trading exports to conclude that the industry is in a bubble, writes Adam Maguire.

US President Donald Trump unlawfully ordered National Guard troops to Portland in Oregon, a federal judge has ruled, in a legal setback to the administration's use of the military in American cities.

A man, in his 40s, is due to appear in court over the seizure of firearms, ammunition and cocaine in Cork city.

The United Nations has warned of "intensified hostilities" ahead in Sudan, despite paramilitary forces endorsing a truce proposal from mediators after more than two years of war with the regular army.

James Watson, the Nobel laureate co-credited with the pivotal discovery of DNA's double-helix structure, has died aged 97, his former lab said.

A Dublin woman who has crocheted thousands of 'Michael Tea Higgins' tea cosies is preparing for a new presidency.

Kerry's David Clifford has been named 2025 Footballer of the Year while Tipperary's John McGrath has collected the Hurler of the Year award at the PwC All-Star Awards ceremony at the RDS tonight.

UPS and FedEx said they have grounded their combined fleet of more than 50 McDonnell Douglas MD-11 cargo planes following a crash in Louisville, Kentucky this week that killed at least 14 people.

Neil Treacy looks ahead at Ireland's Quilter Nations Series meeting with Japan at Aviva Stadium this afternoon.

Israel has identified the latest body returned from Gaza by Hamas and Islamic Jihad as Israeli-Argentinian hostage Lior Rudaeff, the Israeli army said.

Having now undisputedly broken free of the vice-like grip of London's recent big three, North London Shamrocks are spreading their wings and heading for Ireland to face Mayo champions Ballina in Saturday's Connacht club SFC quarter-final clash at Bek...

A "violent" right-wing extremist group threatened on video to attack a Galway mosque, IPAS centres and hotels housing migrants around Ireland, a court has heard.

A "monster" who raped his daughter and threatened to kill her and move on to abusing her younger sister if she told anyone has been jailed for 12 years.

Mourners at Sr Stanislaus Kennedy's funeral have heard how a "truly great soul has passed from this world".

Earth can no longer sustain a development model based on intensive use of fossil fuels responsible for planet-harming emissions, Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva told a climate summit today.

RTÉ News Environment Correspondent George Lee reports on the second day of the COP30 leaders summit in Belém, Brazil.

Joe Duffy surprised Kieran Cuddihy with a good luck message on Friday night's Late Late Show, while the new Liveline presenter has said the reaction to his gig has been "almost life-affirming".

A young man stole a Bus Éireann vehicle in Co Donegal and drove it to Dublin after being told another bus was full.