Developments from the Middle East as the US-Israeli war with Iran enters its fifth day.

Preparations are under way to bring home Irish people who have been stranded in the Middle East by the widespread cancellation of flights there.

The Israeli military has said it had begun a wave of strikes targeting Iranian launch sites, aerial defence systems and infrastructure as well as launching air strikes on Lebanon.

The cost of repairing local and regional roads damaged during Storm Chandra and the following wet weather could cost almost €59 million, the local authorities worst hit have said.

An assessment of a drug for a rare muscular condition was removed from the website of the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics, at the request of the Department of Health.

As the anguish of a cruel defeat subsided a little, Republic of Ireland boss Carla Ward could talk up the pride she felt in her side's impressive performanc against France.

The Master of the Rotunda Hospital has said he hopes the decision not to relocate it to west Dublin will enable the hospital to get planning permission to expand on its current site.

The Teachers' Union of Ireland has accused the Department of Education and Youth of a continuing failure to address what it has said is a teacher recruitment and retention crisis at post-primary level.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has doubled down on his opposition to the attack on ⁠Iran by the US and Israel, warning that the conflict risked playing "Russian roulette" with the lives of millions.

The State has created a "two-tier" asylum accommodation system resulting in significant gaps in oversight and regulation, according to research published today.

A UCD medical student has described how a sexually explicit image of her was sent anonymously to more than 170 university staff accounts — and later shared among hundreds of students.

A 53-year-old man who was convicted of killing a police officer in the US has been executed by lethal injection in Florida.

Irish Catholics rank towards the higher end of European countries on measures of weekly Mass attendance and daily prayer, according to research commissioned by the Irish Catholic Bishops' Conference.

A garda detective who was suspended for more than three years for giving a man a loan of a bicycle during the Covid-19 pandemic is to receive over €250,000 in damages.

A US judge granted preliminary approval to an agreement for Jeffrey Epstein's estate to pay as much as $35 million (€30m) to resolve a class action lawsuit that accused two of the disgraced financier's advisers of ‌aiding and abetting ⁠his sex ...

Oil prices rose 3% today as the US-Israeli war on Iran disrupted Middle East supplies, but the pace of gains slowed from past sessions after President Donald Trump suggested the US Navy could escort vessels through the Strait of Hormuz.

Cuban prosecutors said that terrorism charges had been brought against six crew members of a US-flagged speedboat that was intercepted by Cuba's coast guard in a shootout last week.

Oil prices have surged on world markets since the conflict in the Middle East started on Saturday. While oil prices are up, the surge in gas has been even more dramatic.

The Government will charter a flight from Oman in the coming days for Irish people to return from the Middle East, Minister for Foreign Affairs Helen McEntee has said.

The Republic of Ireland suffered an agonising 2-1 defeat to France in their opening World Cup qualifier at Tallaght Stadium tonight, cursing the gods after a remarkable climax.