If yesterday's Israeli general election was a referendum on Benjamin Netanyahu, the result is far less clear-cut than the country's opposition would have wanted.

After a five-year wait, it is the moment A Court of Thorns and Roses (ACOTAR) fans have been waiting for.

A 47-year-old man has appeared in court charged with the murder of his partner, whose body was found in Finglas in Dublin yesterday morning.

James McClean says he has "no interest" in attending the FAI Cup final and that "the damage is done" regarding his relationship with Derry City.

Africa's latest outbreak of Ebola has passed 10,000 confirmed cases, the vast majority of them in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the Congolese health authorities said, resulting in almost 5,000 fatalities.

Three men have appeared in court charged in relation to child cruelty offences.

The High Court has appointed provisional liquidators to a charity at the centre of a garda investigation into money laundering.

Halloween star Jamie Lee Curtis has paid tribute to actress Susan Saint James after her death at the age of 80.

New legislation banning the sale of flavoured vapes and restrictions on eye-catching packaging have officially been signed into law, though full enforcement could take up to a year.

An 89-year-old woman who was killed in her council house was contacted by the local authority in the months before her death over the illegal occupancy of the property by the man accused of her murder, a court has heard.

The US State Department has said it would issue visas to Brazil's Flavio Bolsonaro and his family amid reports he has left Brazil after refusing to accept election defeat.

Russell Brand told police his "very promiscuous" celebrity lifestyle of kissing fans and sleeping with countless women has now been "reframed" into rape and sexual assault claims.

Rank-and-file gardaí say they are so dissatisfied with their working conditions that they are prepared to commence a work-to-rule for the remaining events of Ireland's EU Presidency.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has insisted Ireland has "no intention of joining NATO", despite former president Michael D Higgins warning that Ireland risks "sliding" into losing its neutrality if the Triple Lock is removed.

Children's Health Ireland has reported the theft of 36 computers from its unfinished National Children's Hospital over two days in July to gardaí.

The European Union wants to give its border agency greater powers, including handling deportations.

The judge presiding over the Central Criminal Court list has said it is "not acceptable" that cases are not able to proceed because solicitors have withdrawn their services due to their dispute with the Minister for Justice over the criminal legal aid payment scheme.

The High Court has overturned a decision by the Minister for Justice to refuse a study visa to a Gazan student and ordered that the application be reconsidered and a decision made within ten days.

The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) has written to retailers reminding them to display prices for paper bags as is set out in consumer law.

There are 777 admitted patients without a bed in hospitals around the country, according to figures from the INMO.