As we hurtled towards Wednesday's public sector strike, seasoned political and industrial relations observers were asking the same question: "Where are the back-channel discussions?"

A Scaramucci has often been used as a tongue-in-cheek measure of time in politics, particularly in the Trump era.

Tánaiste Simon Harris has said he is looking forward to welcoming Minister for Media Patrick O'Donovan "back to his Cabinet duties as soon as possible" amid his ongoing health situation.

A man has entered a plea of guilty to murder, in association with a criminal organisation, of a young man who was shot twice at close range and buried in a shallow grave in Limerick in 2010.

International human rights lawyer Caoilfhionn Gallagher explains why Sally Rooney's books are off the UK book shelves and Evelyn O'Rourke takes us behind the scenes as the US's biggest morning show comes live from Kerry.

A factory worker who sexually and physically abused his partner's two children, holding their heads under bathwater and locking one in a hot press, has been jailed for over 12 years.

Tributes have been paid to a homeless woman who has been described as a "kind little soul" following her death in Dublin city centre over the weekend.

Minister for Justice Jim O'Callaghan said he would consider a public inquiry into the issuing of allegedly defective gun holsters to gardaí, following calls from the family of murdered Detective Colm Horkan.

America's number one morning television programme, NBC's TODAY show, was broadcast live from Kenmare, Co Kerry today.

A mother and children have escaped injury after a pipe bomb exploded when it was pushed through the letterbox of a north Belfast house.

A man has been handed a six-and-a-half-year prison sentence for killing a man who was "set on" and attacked with repeated punches and kicks while on a stag night in Athlone over four years ago.

The opening round of this season's Investec Champions Cup has been rocked by tragedy, after the sudden death of a player for the South African Lions, ahead of their meeting with La Rochelle on Saturday.

Pope Leo XIV is showing "steady improvement" in hospital after undergoing surgery for lung cancer, the Vatican has said.

Gardaí have seized €3 million worth of illegal vapes and cannabis-based products following searches in properties in a number of counties.

Joseph Butler, 43, stabbed Paula Canty with a kitchen knife and left her to die, after an argument between the two at her apartment in Mallow

Gardaí have warned that some workers may be wearing masks at nail bars to cover up that they are victims of human trafficking, adding that victims are being hidden in "plain sight".

The family of a man shot dead on the way home from a GAA match in Croke Park during the Troubles have settled their civil action against the police.

Solicitors working in criminal defence intend to withdraw their services from all work from Monday in an escalation of their dispute with the Minister for Justice over a new payment scheme for criminal legal aid.

Solicitors working in criminal defence intend to withdraw their services from all work from Monday in an escalation of their dispute with the Minister for Justice over a new payment scheme for criminal legal aid.

Clad in black and with their faces masked, dozens of militant Israeli settlers burned olive trees and threw rocks at Palestinians in a coordinated attack on a West Bank village's annual harvest that injured at least two people including a journalist.