Fishing organisations have described the outcome of the EU fishing quota agreement for next year as "catastrophic" for the Irish industry.

A series of rain warnings have been issued for the country with the first warning due to come into effect for 10 counties along the west coast this evening.

Something striking happened at the Kenova families' news conference and I watched it unfold. An intervention by a woman who spoke from the floor which made journalists snap round to see.

US President Donald Trump's special envoy will meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and other European leaders in Berlin this weekend, the White House has said, as Washington presses for a plan to end Russia's war in Ukraine.

The Government's €1.7bn defence spending plan, announced this week, comes at a time when there is a widespread perception that Ireland lags far behind its neighbours when it comes to defence and security, writes Joe Mag Raollaigh.