European Union countries will stop importing Russian oil and refined products by the end of the year, Ursula von der Leyen has told the European Parliament.

Russian forces have pounded targets in eastern Ukraine, firing rockets on a steel plant that is the last holdout for resistance in the port city of Mariupol.

The Minister for Health has said he can "100% guarantee" that every service provided for by law, including termination of pregnancy, tubal ligation, assisted reproduction and gender affirming surgery, will be provided for at the new National Maternit...

Bernard Dunne has left his role as the Irish Athletic Boxing Association's (IABA) high performance director.

US comedian Dave Chappelle has been attacked during an event at the Hollywood Bowl theatre in Los Angeles.

Follow today's developments on day 70 of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Future budgets will increase the amount of public funding for the third level sector, and reduce the cost burden for students and their families, according to a new policy agreed by Government.

North Korea fired a ballistic missile, South Korea's military said, just a week after leader Kim Jong-un vowed to boost Pyongyang's nuclear arsenal at the "fastest possible speed".

The rise of social media has allowed dangerous propaganda to flourish and left professional journalists facing constant threat of attack, according to Philippine journalist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Maria Ressa.

A man remains in custody following a stabbing incident in Kilkenny city yesterday, in which a 40-year-old man died.

Beijing closed dozens of subway stations, as Covid restrictions slowly constrict movement across the Chinese capital of over 21 million people.

The state of Missouri has executed a man sentenced to death three separate times for murdering a couple more than a quarter of a century ago.

The Communications Workers' Union has warned that the future of An Post is "gravely uncertain" without Government investment to protect and maintain vital services.

New investment and more staff for the National Parks & Wildlife Service are to be announced following a review of the organisation.

A New Zealand judge has cleared the nation's emergency management agency of safety breaches related to the 2019 White Island volcano eruption, which claimed 22 lives.

Elon Musk said that Twitter might charge a "slight" fee for commercial and government users, part of the billionaire entrepreneur's push to grow revenue which has lagged behind larger rivals like Meta Platforms' Facebook.

The Taoiseach has described the mock-up of a Russian nuclear attack destroying Ireland and Britain as "very sinister, intimidatory-type tactics by the Russian Federation".

The top civil servant at the Department of Health will tell an Oireachtas committee that he regrets that Dr Tony Holohan's "knowledge and skills" will not be available to the public service now that the proposed secondment of the Chief Medical Office...

Questions about whether the Northern Ireland Protocol could prevent the DUP from going back into power sharing at Stormont have dominated a television pre-election debate.

There will be absolutely no ambiguity regarding the clinical and operational independence of the new National Maternity Hospital in Dublin, the Minister for Health has said.