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.

Even after writing off €50m, Iarnród Éireann still finds itself embroiled in a battle over a failed signalling project that could end up costing even more, despite never having been operational.

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.

"Exclusionary policies" are preventing transgender people from playing sport, an Oireachtas committee has heard.

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.

A student doctor attending exams in Dublin was punched in an unprovoked attack with "troubling racial aspects", a court has heard.

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.

The sentence hearing of a man who punched broadcaster Brendan Courtney several times has been adjourned to allow his suitability for community service to be assessed.

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

Uncapped Ulster pair James McNabney and Jamie Benson have both been included in Ireland's squad for next month's Nations Championship games, with Jack Conan ruled out due to injury.

Stephen Hubbard, a 74-year-old retired US schoolteacher in Russian custody since 2022, was freed from prison today and taken to St Petersburg's Pulkovo airport, President of Russia Vladimir Putin 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.

A group of working disabled people has said that a cost of disability payment should be universal and non-means tested.

Defences Forces Chief of Staff Rossa Mulcahy said that the drawdown of the UNIFIL mission will be a challenge, but "it is not the end of our overseas service"

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

Iarnród Éireann has rejected reports that it owes a contracting firm €30 million.

A judge hearing a judicial review of a Minister for Justice decision to deny a study visa to a student in Gaza has said there is "a substantial hole" in the case being put forward by the minister in defence of that decision.