Investigators are working to identify the victims of a fire that tore through a bar in the Swiss town of Crans-Montana, turning a New Year's celebration into one of the country's worst tragedies.

A record number of consular assistance cases were dealt with by the Department of Foreign Affairs last year.

If January 2025 began with European trepidation about the incoming second Trump presidency, the impact of his return to the White House has been more severe on Europe than even the pessimists could have imagined.

US President Donald ⁠Trump has said that if Iran shoots and violently kills peaceful protesters that the United States ‍of America will come to their rescue.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's daughter, Ju Ae, who is likely being prepared as his successor, accompanied her parents on her first public visit to the Kumsusan mausoleum to pay respects to former leaders, state media photos showed.

Mick McCarthy and Roy Keane infamously volcanic relationship is revisited in all its grubby glory in the movie Saipan.

While most of us were indulging over Christmas and New Year, for some GAA players it has been a period of hard training and abstinence ahead of major club finals in camogie and hurling.

Growing Chinese auto giant BYD stands poised to officially surpass Tesla as the world's biggest electric vehicle company in annual sales.

OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, has signed up to an Irish Government charter on digital inclusion.

If your New Year's resolution is to watch more films, you're going to be busy.

President Nicolas Maduro dodged a question about an alleged US attack on a dock in Venezuela but said he was open to cooperation with Washington after weeks of American military pressure.

US President Donald Trump has said that he is taking a larger daily dose of aspirin ⁠than his doctors recommend.

Extreme weather events driven by human-induced climate change continued to disproportionately hit poorer communities in 2025, a group of international scientists found.

China has removed a three-decade-old tax exemption on contraceptive drugs and devices from 1 January in ⁠new steps to increase the country's birth rate.

Zohran Mamdani has promised to show left-wing politics can succeed as he took over as New York mayor for a term sure to see him cross swords with US President Donald Trump.

A different world will confront Ireland in 2026. In no particular order, our Economics and Public Affairs Editor David Murphy examines five threats.

EU Foreign Affairs chief Kaja Kallas has said that Europe "remains vigilant" as its critical infrastructure was "at high risk of sabotage".

Hundreds of people gathered in silence in the freezing night in Crans-Montana, laying flowers and lighting candles to remember those killed in a blaze as they celebrated the New Year.

2025 has been described as a "devastating" year on Irish roads, as concern has been expressed about the number of fatalities recorded.

We have 40 multiple-choice questions to test your knowledge of the sporting highs and a few lows over what has been an eventful 12 months.