Two men have appeared before court charged with arson offences in connection with a fire at an IPAS centre in Drogheda last week. They were arrested by gardaí investigating the fire which happened in the Co Louth town on Halloween night

Tesla shareholders have approved a massive pay package for CEO Elon Musk that could reach $1 trillion. The pay package won more than 75% support from shareholders, a Tesla official said at the company's annual meeting

As people turn to thinking of preparing their Christmas parcels to send, An Post is advising customers of new rules which mean certain items can no longer be mailed to the United States. Prohibited items include teabags, crisps and chocolate

The stars and filmmakers behind Saipan, a new film charting the explosive fallout between Roy Keane and Mick McCarthy during Ireland's 2002 World Cup preparations, opened the Cork International Film Festival this evening

Dublin city is set to become a "citywide canvas" this weekend, as the country's largest showcase of visual art takes over the streets, galleries and cultural spaces in a celebration of Ireland's contemporary art scene

Dublin Zoo has said it "vehemently disputes" allegations of animal mistreatment, financial irregularities and sexual harassment against workers made by People Before Profit TD Paul Murphy under Dáil privilege

The Inspector of Prisons has described conditions in Irish prisons as "inhuman and degrading" and says overcrowding has contributed to the increase in deaths in custody

Typhoon Kalmaegi made landfall in Vietnam's already storm-battered central belt today, where thousands have been evacuated from areas in the path of one of the world's deadliest cyclones this year

Members of the Financial Services Union (FSU) in AIB have voted overwhelmingly to reject new hybrid working principles proposed by the bank

A 21-year-old man who knocked down and killed student Joe Drennan at a bus stop in Limerick two years ago has had his sentence increased by five years by the Court of Appeal

The Government has set up a €200m fund to finance infrastructure in an effort to restart stalled building sites

This year is on track to be the second or third warmest globally as an "unprecedented streak" of high temperatures continues, UN scientists have warned

An agreement has been reached to provide interim funding that will keep Limerick's community CCTV network running next year

Britain's King Charles III has officially stripped his disgraced brother Andrew Mountbatten Windsor of both his HRH style and his prince title

Gardaí have arrested two men in Co Laois as part of a cross-border terrorism investigation

Nancy Pelosi, the first woman to serve as the powerful Speaker of the US House of Representatives, said today that she will not run for re-election to Congress in 2026, ending a four-decade career of a progressive Democratic icon often vilified by the right

A man and a woman have gone on trial at the Central Criminal Court charged with the murder of a 61-year-old father-of-four at his home in Macroom, Co Cork, last year

Russia's defence ministry has said that its forces had advanced in the battered Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk and were fighting house-to-house battles in a bid to eject Ukrainian forces from the city

The UK government has announced the freezing of assets associated with the New IRA and a Northern Ireland man, saying it had reasonable grounds to suspect that he was involved in terrorist activity.

One of two prisoners mistakenly released from Wandsworth Prison in London has handed himself back in, while the hunt continues for another prisoner also released in error

Tánaiste Simon Harris has said that he does not believe a referendum is necessary to change the Triple Lock.

A poultry farmer in east Cork has warned "it will be devastating" if there are more outbreaks of the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of avian influenza on commercial farms.

Two men in their 20s have been arrested in connection with the investigation into a fire at a building housing International Protection applicants in Co Louth on Halloween night.

After avian influenza was confirmed at two commercial turkey farms, Aengus Cox looks at what bird flu is and what the possible implications of its spread may have on the poultry industry here.

A manhunt is continuing in the UK for two prisoners released by mistake

A new policy and a plan to strengthen the teaching, learning and use of Irish language in schools is due to be launched

The Irish Farmers' Association has called on poultry flock owners across the country to adopt a "laser-like focus on biosecurity" after confirmation yesterday of a case of avian influenza, or bird flu, on a second commercial turkey farm

Typhoon Kalmaegi has killed at least 140 people and left another 127 missing after unleashing devastating flooding across the central Philippines

A little more than ten years ago, the US and China's joint commitment to combat climate change paved the way for the Paris Agreement. Now, the US has turned its back on climate policy while China forges ahead with renewables.

A new report from a Government advisory group has found that artificial intelligence (AI) jobs have doubled in Ireland since 2023

US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has said that he would order 10% of flights at 40 major US airports to be cut starting on Friday, unless a deal to end the federal government shutdown is reached

Several Fianna Fáil TDs have expressed anger that their names were included on a putative list of rebels plotting a no confidence motion in party leader Micheál Martin

A European Parliament hearing on the housing crisis has heard testimony about the scale of homelessness and the lack of affordable homes across the EU, with one delegate describing a warehouse in Slovakia where 100 people sleep each night

Bureaucracy, indecisiveness, and institutional inertia is acting as a hidden tax on progress, Minister of State Robert Troy has warned

Another outbreak of avian influenza, or bird flu, on a commercial turkey farm has been confirmed by the Department of Agriculture. The latest cases of the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of the virus were detected in the flock on the farm near Kells, Co Meath

US Supreme Court justices has raised doubts over the legality of President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs in a case with implications for the global economy that marks a major test of Mr Trump's powers

Two people have been sentenced for their roles in conning a 90-year-old man was out of almost €25,000 in an online romance fraud

Gerry Stevens, who was just 50 years old when he had a stroke at home in Co Meath, said the speedy response was the "key thing" in his recovery and treatment

A woman accused of the murder of a four-year-old boy had assaulted him previously and her behaviour towards him escalated in the weeks before his death, the Central Criminal Court has heard

Total taxes collected so far this year reached €77 billion, which is 5.3% ahead of the same period in 2024 indicating the economy continues to perform well

A judge has said the High Court should consider "afresh" whether Enoch Burke should be sent back to prison

Drivers on learner permits for longer than four years will have to take a driving test before they can renew their permit under new regulations. The move will close a loophole which allows learners to drive indefinitely without ever having to sit a test

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that Russia would consider resuming nuclear tests if the United States did so, convening a security council meeting after US President Donald Trump's comments on testing

Fastway couriers and employees are calling for Government support after its parent company went into receivership last week.

People Before Profit TD Richard Boyd Barrett has called for new radiation oncology machines, which he said had 'basically given me my life back'

The Oireachtas Committee on Health has heard that a business case for Ireland to have full electronic health records for every patient is due to go to Government soon

President Michael D Higgins has met president-elect Catherine Connolly in Áras an Uachtaráin.

Evidence of medieval life, believed to date from between 400AD and 1400AD, has been discovered at a site in Co Westmeath.

The Department of Agriculture has announced a compulsory housing order for poultry and captive birds amid the heightened risk from avian influenza, or bird flu.

High rents, rising insurance costs and soaring energy bills are all hitting households, the Dáil has heard.