Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and First Lady Olena Zelenska are in Ireland for their first official visit, with the president due to address a joint sitting of the Oireachtas this afternoon.

The Government is set to introduce emergency legislation to fast-track key projects through the planning process under a plan Minister for Public Expenditure Jack Chambers will outline to the Cabinet.

An independent committee is to be established to investigate the cause of Hong Kong's deadliest fire in decades, which claimed 156 lives, the city's leader has said.

Follow live updates as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and First Lady Olena Zelenska make their first official visit to Ireland.

Ireland's prison system is "overwhelmed, overstretched and inhumane", according to a new report by The Irish Penal Reform Trust.

Irish presenter Vogue Williams has become the third celebrity to be voted off I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here!

Transport Infrastructure Ireland says there is almost nothing it can do to address traffic gridlock on the M50, while accepting that the road has reached capacity

RTÉ Gaelic Games Correspondent Marty Morrissey examines rural depopulation and migration in the GAA, visiting Cork city's north side and Midleton, in the second of a three-part series.

Three in four adults in Ireland have savings or deposit accounts separate to current accounts, according to a new survey.

Gardaí have warned the public of road closures and potential traffic disruption stemming from the visit of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to Ireland.

When Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addressed a joint sitting of the Houses of the Oireachtas via video link in early April 2022, the then ceann comhairle Seán Ó Fearghaíl was the man who warmly introduced him.

US President Donald Trump's special envoy, Steve Witkoff, and son-in-law Jared Kushner are due to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow for talks on a possible way to end the deadliest European conflict since World War II.

Children living in statutory residential care, foster care, special care and detention generally received good-quality, safe care throughout 2024, according to the Health Information and Quality Authority.

Ahead of President Zelensky's first visit to Ireland, Political Coverage Editor Joe Mag Raollaigh outlines the schedule for him and First Lady Olena Zelenska, and the large security operation that has swung into place.

An outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza, or bird flu, has been detected on a turkey farm in Co Cavan, the fifth such outbreak in the country in less than a month.

A garda detective who loaned an unclaimed bicycle out of garda storage to an elderly neighbour during Covid has successfully applied to the High Court to argue that an investigation into the incident caused his mental and physical deterioration, amou...

Architect and television presenter Hugh Wallace, best known to RTÉ audiences as a long-serving judge on Home of the Year, has died at the age of 68.

Dublin City Council has removed the proposal to change the name of Herzog Park in Rathgar from the Council agenda and did not take a vote on the planned change.

The proposal is now paused, but questions continue to be asked about Chaim Herzog's legacy and whether the renaming should proceed at a later date. Several councillors have publicly said they still support the plan to change the name.

A US admiral acting under the authority of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the "double-tap" military operation that targeted survivors of an initial attack on an alleged drug smuggling boat, the White House said today.