The Orange Order is seeking urgent meetings following the banning of its parade along the Garvaghy Road in Portadown following an almost two-week stand-off.

US President Donald Trump has said that Russia had agreed to supply diesel to global markets in an effort ⁠to lower fuel prices.

The money is there and both sides say they want to do a deal so how are we facing into a massively disruptive public sector strike on Wednesday, asks Work Correspondent Brian O'Donovan.

The Dáil business committee will hold an emergency meeting this afternoon to discuss whether to cancel the Dáil sitting on Wednesday or move it to a different day because of the imminent public sector strike picket lines.

The Irish Government will this morning present an eagerly awaited draft outline of the next seven-year EU budget, what officials are calling a "major milestone" of Ireland's EU Presidency.