Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that he thought the Ukraine war was coming to an end, remarks that came just hours after he had vowed victory in Ukraine at Moscow's most scaled-back Victory Day parade in years

Hundreds of people are taking part in a peaceful protest for animal welfare in Co Tipperary today. The rally follows the death of a horse in a collision with a car while it was involved in a sulky race in Clonmel in March.

Fine Gael MEP Maria Walsh has confirmed she is 16 weeks pregnant after undergoing fertility and sperm donation treatment, saying she hopes her personal journey may help other single women and those who are LGBTQI+ to become mothers if they wish to do so.

Government officials are finalising plans to send a plane to Spain in the coming days to evacuate two Irish citizens on board the cruise ship at the centre of a hantavirus outbreak.

Any prospective nuclear deal between the US and Iran will probably not look much different to the one that US President Trump pulled out of in 2018, writes Tony Connelly

This week saw some lesser-spotted moments of unity in the Dáil amid an increasingly fractious atmosphere in Leinster House, writes Mícheál Lehane

Around 80,00 people are expected to take part in Darkness Into Light events around Ireland and across the world today

A US fighter jet disabled two Iranian-flagged tankers, prompting retaliatory attacks and rattling a shaky truce

World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus will travel to the Spanish island of Tenerife tomorrow to coordinate the evacuation of passengers from the cruise ship hit by hantavirus, interior ministry sources said

Gript Media has confirmed it has suspended its editor John McGuirk "pending an internal process concerning governance and related issues"

US President Donald Trump has announced a three-day ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia starting tomorrow, saying he hoped it could lead to a long-term deal to end Moscow's war

A woman involved in a hit-and-run incident in Louth last year was identified by gardaí after leaving her car into to a garage to be repaired

Podcast: Earlier this week, Prime Time examined how parking shortages are causing disputes between neighbours. Dr Lorraine D'Arcy tells Behind the Story how we have 'normalised' the idea that people can park anywhere

Eluned Morgan, the First Minister of Wales, has lost her seat in the Senedd in a dire set of elections for Welsh Labour

A woman who ingested €80,000 of cocaine was brought to a Dublin hospital after she told staff at the hotel where she was staying that she was concerned a pellet could burst

Gardaí are investigating the circumstances surrounding the discovery of the bodies of a woman and a newly born baby at a house in Co Tipperary this afternoon

Iran has accused the United States of breaching their truce, as both sides blamed the other for triggering an overnight clash in the Strait of Hormuz

Students from six different counties have been honoured for their interest in and understanding of the political system, as part of the annual Oireachtas essay competition.

A woman ⁠in Alicante has symptoms consistent with a hantavirus infection, ‌Spain's health ministry has said.

SIPTU has met with TDs and senators ahead of planned strike action at the National Ambulance Service next week in a dispute over pay.

An Coimisiún Pleánála has refused planning permission for a wind farm in Clare that was opposed by the Irish Aviation Authority, Shannon Airport and AirNav Ireland due to aviation safety concerns.

Police in Germany say that several people have been taken hostage during a bank robbery in the western town of Sinzig

The CEO of the Health Service Executive has said she recognises that many nurses are working in environments where they feel compromised by trolley waits and trying to admit patients without beds.

Reform UK party leader Nigel Farage has said local election results are a "historic shift in British politics".

Three men who were arrested earlier this week in relation to an attack on a 44-year-old woman at her home in Dublin last year have been released without charge.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said "there was not even a token attempt to cease fire on the front" despite Russia announcing a unilateral truce from midnight www.rte.ie/news/world/2...

Over a dozen wind farm projects are now waiting more than a year for a planning decision, while just three have gained planning approval so far this year, according to Wind Energy Ireland's latest quarterly report.

Three hikers, including two foreigners, were killed and 10 were missing after a volcano on Indonesia's eastern Halmahera island erupted, spewing an ash cloud into the air, a local police spokesperson said.

A man will appear in court after being charged with allegedly threatening Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor near his new home on the Sandringham Estate.

The Environmental Protection Agency is predicting that a very substantial increase in the rate of recycling of municipal waste will be required for Ireland to achieve its 2030 recycling target.

With just two weeks to go before polling stations open across Galway West, candidates and their supporters have been stepping up efforts to get their different messages across to voters, writes Pat McGrath.

Nigel Farage suggested Reform UK was on course for a general election victory after taking council seats from Labour in early local election results.

US ally the United Arab Emirates said its air defences ⁠were engaging missile and drone threats from Iran early on in a further test of the shaky, month-long ceasefire between the US and Iran.

Beloved British environmentalist David Attenborough has been flooded with congratulations as he celebrates his 100th birthday.

Iran has accused the United States of violating a ceasefire ⁠by targeting two ships at the Strait of Hormuz and attacking civilian areas, the country's top joint military command has said

Singer Bonnie Tyler has been placed into an induced coma to aid her recovery following emergency intestinal surgery, a spokesman for the star has said

The World Health Organization has insisted that a deadly hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship in the Atlantic did not mark the beginning of a Covid-like crisis

A Drogheda businessman who had a pipe bomb and bullets left at his front door and was threatened that he would "end up like Kevin Lunny", has described the devastating impact of threats to his life has had on him and his family

A Superbike competitor has died following an accident at today's qualifying run at Coleraine's North West 200 international road race

A man in his 30s has been found dead in a Co Mayo home

The World Health Organization has said it expects a deadly hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship in the Atlantic to be "limited", as long as public health measures and "solidarity" are implemented

The Government has been urged to conduct an investigation and issue economic sanctions against Israel in response to its actions against a flotilla bound for Gaza

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has left the ⁠Vatican after meeting Pope Leo XIV in what was expected to have been a fraught meeting following President Donald Trump's repeated attacks on the pontiff over the Iran war.

The building of a bicycle shelter costing €127,000 at University Hospital Kerry is a "pure waste" and another slap in the face to families who are at breaking point, Sinn Féin has said.

Israel has repeatedly struck southern Lebanon, state media said, a day after it targeted a Hezbollah commander in its first strike on Beirut's southern suburbs since a ceasefire began

Ireland will go it alone if agreement is not reached at EU level to ban social media for children under 16, the Minister for Communications has said.

Meta has "fundamentally changed" how teenagers use Instagram and Facebook, an Oireachtas committee has heard

A man in his 30s has been arrested after guns and ammunition were seized in Co Kildare.

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation has passed an emergency motion on cost-of-living pressures on nurses and midwives.

A temporary train station is to be constructed in Adare, Co Limerick, as part of plans for hosting the Ryder Cup.