US President Donald Trump has suggested it would be premature to give Ukraine Tomahawk missiles, saying as he hosted Volodymyr Zelensky that he hoped to secure peace with Russia first

Hamas said it would transfer the body of another hostage to the Red Cross, with Israel confirming the handover would occur just after midnight (10pm Irish time)

Ireland faces a considerable challenge to meet the future skills needs of its indigenous IT sector, according to a new report

A Status Orange rain warning has been issued for Cork, with three other counties set to be under a Status Yellow rain warning this weekend

A campaign encouraging people to spoil their vote in the upcoming Presidential Election has been launched in Dublin city centre

Extending voting rights in Irish Presidential Elections to citizens living in Northern Ireland would be overstepping the mark, Stormont's deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly has warned

A 43-year-old man has been sentenced to 15 years for attempted robbery in Co Antrim

A coroner investigating the death of a 14-year-old Belfast schoolboy has released video footage of him from the night before he disappeared

A teenager has been arrested on suspicion of murder after an incident at a Tusla care facility in Donaghmede, Dublin

A US woman who a judge describe as an "incorrigible fraudster", betraying the trust of clients she went on to befriend and defraud of more than £100,000, has been jailed in Northern Ireland.

There is excitement in the Kremlin about a new round of US-Russia talks, which Russian commentators see as suggesting that all of Ukraine's European allies are sidelined in the negotiations, writes Tania Reut.

Criminal proceedings have been issued against a roadworks company following the deaths of a father and two children in a road incident in Co Donegal

Aontú has decided not to bring forward a motion of no confidence in the Government next week and will instead use Dáil time to push for reforms of the Presidential Election nomination process.

The High Court has approved an interim settlement of €5m in the case of a now five-year-old boy who suffered a catastrophic brain injury due to a failure to diagnose an obstruction of his airways he had since birth

Russian President Vladimir Putin held a phone call with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban to discuss the upcoming summit with US President Donald Trump, which is expected to take place in Budapest, the Kremlin said.

The UN World Food Programme said it has brought about 560 tonnes of food per day on average into Gaza since the Israel-Hamas ceasefire took effect, but that still fell short of the scale of need in the Palestinian territory.

Heavy rain is set to hit southern areas over the weekend with Status Yellow warnings issued for Cork, Kerry and Waterford.

We're not quite drinking at the last chance saloon stage just yet, but this Morning Ireland presidential debate means the race is now closing in on that round being called - Fiachra Ó Cionnaith has seven key takeaways from the debate.

The two Presidential candidates clashed over the cost-of-living, housing and migration in the latest election debate, with both facing a couple of sticky moments too, writes Paul Cunningham.

Dublin's Mater Hospital recorded a 68% increase in knife-related injuries in its Emergency Department over the past five years, prompting calls from ED doctors for more measures to deal with the issue.

A Brazilian sailor says she encountered "very little" sea ice on a solo sail through the Northwest Passage - a rare feat that would have been impossible without an icebreaker ship three decades ago.

France and Britain, in coordination with the US, are working to finalise a UN Security Council resolution in the coming days that would lay the foundation for a future international force in Gaza, France has said.

Fifty-five children have been identified as victims of online sexual abuse, in a review of thousands of videos and images, by specialist garda units.

Minster for Finance Paschal Donohoe has warned that the restrictions China has placed on exports of rare earths and other minerals used in advanced manufacturing could create a shock to global economic activity.

Plans have been announced to create a snapshot of the health of people living on the island of Ireland by combining genetic information with lifestyle, environmental, biomarker and healthcare outcome data

Community Alert is celebrating its 50th Anniversary this year. The crime prevention initiative was set up following a particularly brutal attack on two elderly brothers in east Cork in 1984. It has helped to provide a safer environment in rural Ireland.

The Irish Patients' Association has said the inquest into the death of baby Luke Kelly has exposed not just individual shortcomings in the health service but 'a deeper systemic failure'

The Criminal Assets Bureau has seized two houses in Limerick from criminal gang member Kieran Keane Junior

British singer-songwriter Sam Fender has won the Mercury Prize 2025 for his album 'People Watching', beating competition from Irish artists CMAT and Fontaines D.C.

The Russian embassy to Ireland has warned that the "Western economy" risks collapse should the EU press ahead with plans to convert tens of billions of frozen Russian assets into a loan for Ukraine

The grandson of Oscar Wilde will collect a British Library pass symbolically reinstated to the celebrated Irish writer 130 years after it was revoked when he was convicted for being gay

A narrative verdict was recorded at the inquest into the death of a Clare woman who died at University Hospital Limerick a day after suffering a miscarriage

As a fragile ceasefire holds, displaced Palestinian residents of Gaza City have returned to their homes only to find rubble, with many of them forced to camp out in makeshift shelters

Victims of clerical sex abuse still face "disturbing" retaliation from Catholic Church leaders for speaking out despite years of efforts to tackle the global scourge, according to a Vatican panel

The High Court has been told that gardaí will reconsider a decision not to proceed with an investigation into a complaint by a Palestinian man that Airbnb allowed Israeli settlers to advertise cabins for rent, built on land stolen from him in the West Bank

Fine Gael presidential candidate Heather Humphreys has said that she will not be deterred by opinion polls and that she believes she is connecting with the public

The Director of Fota Wildlife Park in Cork has described the confirmation of avian flu in four geese there as a "complex" and "dynamic" situation

A planning application for a new service station adjacent to the site of the Creeslough tragedy is to be lodged by the owners of the original site on which ten people died in October 2022

The European Commission has proposed a roadmap towards deepening defence readiness by 2030 with an initial focus on drone defence as well as air, space and maritime defence

The Ukrainian embassy has said it is providing consular assistance to the family of the Ukrainian teenager who was stabbed to death at an emergency residential care unit in Dublin yesterday

A state-of-the-art sporting facility in Cavan has received a major funding boost through the announcement of an extra €15 million for the project.

Restrictions to safeguard public health are to remain in place at The Lough in Cork, following another suspected case of bird flu there

Judgment has been reserved in the case of a former British soldier accused of two counts of murder on Bloody Sunday in 1972

A motorcyclist in his 30s has died following a crash involving a car in Co Wicklow.

People Before Profit TD Paul Murphy has begun defamation proceedings against Fine Gael presidential candidate Heather Humphreys

French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu survived the first of two no-confidence votes in parliament, after winning crucial backing from the Socialist Party, thanks to his pledge to suspend President Emmanuel Macron's contested pension reform

The judge in the Bloody Sunday murder trial has decided the case can continue

A poultry farmer based near Fota Wildlife Park in Cork has said migrating birds fly over his farm every day and his concern is that the disease will spread to his flock after several cases of bird flu were reported at the park

Israel's military aid agency COGAT has said preparations are ongoing with Egypt to open the major Rafah border crossing with Gaza for the movement of people, with the date to be announced at a later stage

A specially designed earthquake simulator aims to educate Californians about what to do when the earth begins to move in one of the most seismically active parts of the world.