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Facebook-owner Meta has said its quarterly profits soared last quarter as the company continued to see stellar ad growth across its family of world-leading social media apps.
24 April 2024
Israeli forces are carrying out "offensive action" across southern Lebanon, Defence Minister Yoav Gallant has said, without specifying whether ground troops had crossed the border.
24 April 2024
Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has said that he will suspend public duties until next week to decide whether he wants to continue leading the government after a court launched an investigation of his wife.
24 April 2024
Róisín Ní Riain clinched a second gold medal at the 2024 European Para Swimming Championships in Madeira with a powerful display in the 100m backstroke S13 final.
24 April 2024
Two Irish authors have been shortlisted for the prestigious 2024 'Women's Prize for Fiction' in the UK.
24 April 2024
Irish Times journalist Kitty Holland is suing former colleague John Waters for damages of up to €75,000 for defamation of character.
24 April 2024
The Director of Public Prosecutions has directed no prosecution following an investigation into the fatal shooting of a man by a garda in Dublin three-and-a-half years ago
24 April 2024
A man convicted of stirring up hatred by taking part in singing a song which mocked the murder of Michaela McAreavey has avoided being sent to jail.
24 April 2024
President Michael D Higgins says he will be completely recovered from a mild stroke within two to three weeks.
24 April 2024
The mother of an 11-year-old girl who died by suicide eight years ago has settled her legal action against the HSE, a GP and a number of providers of psychiatric services for children and adolescents.
24 April 2024
The trial into the rape and murder of Armagh showjumper Katie Simpson was halted this morning before the prosecution had concluded their opening statement, after the accused was found dead.
24 April 2024
A 43-year-old man has been found not guilty by reason of insanity of murdering his brother and attempting to murder his father at their home in Co Cork two years ago
24 April 2024
A consultant microbiologist at University Hospital Limerick has told the inquest into the death of Aoife Johnston that it's "highly likely" the earlier administration of antibiotics would have saved her life.
24 April 2024
Military horses caused "total mayhem" in central London and injured a number of people after they were startled by builders moving rubble.
24 April 2024
Clouds of dust blown in from the Sahara desert covered Athens and other Greek cities, one of the worst such episodes to hit the country since 2018, officials have said.
24 April 2024
Counselling services have been in put in place for those impacted by the Stardust disaster. The families' solicitor has said this is the first time they have been provided with the necessary support to accompany them "on this deeply traumatic journey".
24 April 2024
Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheál Martin has said some 90 dependents of Irish citizens in Gaza have been evacuated to date, with around 40 remaining.
24 April 2024
Former DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson has appeared in court in Newry, Co Down, and been charged with 11 historical sexual offences, including one count of rape.
24 April 2024
The Chair of the NUJ's Dublin Broadcasting Branch has told the Oireachtas Media Committee that revelations around RTÉ which emerged last summer were "devastating" for staff, adding that "it was like a dam bursting".
24 April 2024
Gaza could surpass famine thresholds of food insecurity, malnutrition and mortality in six weeks, according to an official from the World Food Programme.
23 April 2024