Post-mortem examinations will be carried out on the bodies of five teenage boys killed in a head-on collision yesterday when their car was driven the wrong way down the M9 motorway.

The EU intends to significantly expand sanctions against Russia ⁠in the coming months, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has said.

US actress Hayden Panettiere, best known for her roles in Heroes and Nashville, has died aged 36.

Australian toxic mushroom killer Erin Patterson will launch an appeal on Wednesday against her conviction in a triple-murder case that made headlines worldwide.

Ireland's latest gold medal winner Kate O'Connor is excited to relax, reset, and then return to action in 2027 striving to become the best in the business in time for the next Olympics.

Festivities are in full swing in Kerry as the countdown begins for this evening's Rose of Tralee, which will be broadcast live on RTÉ One and the RTÉ Player.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is due to meet Donald Trump's envoy and son-in-law Jared Kushner, a day after he held a rare meeting with Hamas officials in Egypt, in a bid to push forward the US President's Gaza peace plan.

Rain falling over eastern Belgium is bringing crucial help to firefighters who have been battling ⁠to contain Belgium's biggest ever wildfire which has threatened to reach the German border.

Rescuers in eastern Indonesia are combing through collapsed buildings to find anyone who might still be trapped under rubble after a deadly quake that killed at least 53 people.

The Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo has killed 2,325 people, surpassing the toll from the 2018-2020 outbreak to become the deadliest in the country's history.

Opening arguments are expected later in the trial of a former gang leader accused of orchestrating the murder of Tupac Shakur, 30 years after one of America's most influential rappers was gunned down in Las Vegas.

US President Donald Trump has said he ordered the Pentagon to scale back "inappropriate and hostile" military drills with South Korea, hours before the exercises began.

Mona McSharry has won her third individual medal of the week at the European Aquatics Championships in Paris.

Former minister Michael Healy-Rae has described the actions of his older brother, Danny, as akin to those of a "scud missile" blaming them for leading to his resignation as a junior minister.

Raleigh was once the biggest bike company in the world - now its only hope of survival is a cut-price buy-out; but that's a fate that's befallen many other iconic brands, writes Adam Maguire.

The Garda Representative Association has said gardaí are not trained to pursue stolen cars "going down the wrong way" on a motorway.

European Champion Kate O'Connor has said she wants to "enjoy this moment" after she won a gold medal in the women's heptathlon at the 2026 European Athletics Championships in Birmingham.

An investigation is under way after a Garda patrol car was rammed by a stolen vehicle in the early hours of this morning in Co Dublin.

More than 30 children and young people in Co Galway are set to begin the new school year without access to school transport, prompting parents to call for urgent intervention from the Minister for Education.

Two people have died and hundreds were evacuated as two fires broke out on the Greek island of Salamis near Athens, the fire department said.