An Irish marine biologist has been Highly Commended in the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2026 competition.

A 32-year-old man accused of murdering three members of his family in their Co Louth home described to gardaí how his mother had asked him to let his younger brother with additional needs go as he held them by knife point, a jury has heard.

Tributes have been paid to the strength and resilience of the community in Aberfan, Wales, on the 60th anniversary of a disaster which claimed the lives of 116 children and 28 adults.

With the prospect of an unprecedented El Niño event over the coming months, the UN is warning of widespread disruption to global weather patterns, increased drought and flooding.

OpenAI has revealed that two of its artificial intelligence agents disabled or weakened systems built to catch them misbehaving.

Police are investigating an allegation that former DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson raped a woman in the Houses of Parliament in the UK, according to sources.

Normal People stars Paul Mescal and Daisy Edgar-Jones have signed an open letter supporting Irish author Sally Rooney after her publisher stopped supplying her books in the UK.

A US Democratic party congressional candidate has been detained in the occupied-West Bank by Israeli forces, rights groups have said.

University Hospital Galway has apologised to a 28-year-old woman for deficiencies in radiology care after her diagnosis of cancer was delayed for two years.

Legislation to scrap the Triple Lock has passed its first vote in the Dáil after 79 TDs backed the change and 71 opposed it.

The EU is taking action against online travel agency Booking.com over how the reservations platform combats scams amid evidence of a surge in alleged fraud cases this year.

The bears, rescued from unsuitable conditions in Dagestan, are settling into a forest home in Burnfoot after a five-year rescue effort.

An investigation is under way after the bodies of a man and a woman were discovered at a house in Co Dublin, this morning.

Pope Leo XIV will not need therapy following an operation last week to remove a cancerous tumour from his lung, his doctors said in a statement released by the Vatican.

Prison officer Brian Stack was "badly failed" by the investigation into his murder in the 1980s, the Taoiseach has said as he delivered a State apology to his family.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has agreed to resume three-way negotiations next month with the United States and Ukraine aimed at ending the war in Ukraine, a Kremlin official has said.

Two Status Orange rain warnings have been issued for six counties as Storm Austen is set to hit Ireland tomorrow evening.