US Vice President JD Vance has contacted Iran's security chief in a bid to revive peace talks that could head off a renewed American assault on the Islamic republic, the Wall Street Journal has reported.

A man is to appear in court tomorrow charged with the attempted murder of a man in west Belfast last year.

A new initiative is required to challenge all traditions to engage with "hard evidence" on different constitutional frameworks around unity, the Taoiseach has said.

Northern Ireland is set to miss out on a cost-of-living payment included in an additional £270 million for the region unless Stormont ministers can agree a budget, the UK's Northern Secretary Chris Bryant has indicated.

A verdict of death by misadventure has been recorded into the death of a man who became unresponsive after being held in a prone position by gardaí.

A jury has been discharged two weeks into the trial of a man accused of murdering his father at the apartment they shared in Dublin.

Voters turned out in their highest numbers in decades in an election that was described as make-or-break for Israel, but provisional results suggested no clear path to power for either of the main parties.

A young girl has been attacked by a wolf and badly injured in a German wildlife park, police said, adding that the eight-year-old was taken to hospital by rescue helicopter.

President Vladimir Putin has hailed Elon Musk as a genius, acknowledging Russia is only beginning to roll out its answer to his Starlink satellite internet system.

The jury in the trial of a man accused of murdering three members of his family at their Co Louth home have been shown videos of his garda interviews.

Two men charged with explosives offences in Co Louth last week have been further remanded in custody.

Europe's benchmark natural gas contract briefly touched €100 per megawatt hour (MWh) today for the first time since December 2022, as disruptions to Middle East shipping of liquefied natural gas keep supply tight ahead of winter.

Revolt has said a "short technical issue" with its app, which meant some customers were unable to log in, has now been resolved.

A 92-year-old Co Clare man who paid out €60,000 two years ago to two orphaned sisters has been found guilty of eight counts of indecent assault.

New figures from the Central Statistics Office reveal that eight in ten households are located within two kilometres of a bus stop while almost seven in ten are near a high-frequency bus service.

The controversial bill to remove the triple lock from Irish law will not be debated by an Oireachtas committee until at least the second half of November.

A jury at the Central Criminal Court in Co Cork has heard that 80-year-old Timothy 'Teddy' Murnane sustained multiple blows to the face and skull outside his Co Tipperary home in September 2025.

Far-right activist Tommy Robinson has been convicted of harassing two journalists and causing them to fear violence.

Russell Brand told jurors at his rape trial he has dedicated much of his life to "beyond reckless philandering and idiocy", and admitted he had been wrong to use his fame to get sex.

British finance minister John Healey has announced support to help households through the "global economic storms" with subsidies for energy bills and a freeze in fuel duty for drivers in the first budget plan of Prime Minister Andy Burnham's government.