A 58-year-old farmer has been found not guilty of the murder of his elderly aunt by running her over with a teleporter following a long running dispute about land but guilty of her manslaughter.
Fianna Fáil TD Barry Cowen has said he is sorry if people were offended by a statement he made in the Dáil yesterday during a debate on the eviction ban.
The number of private jet flights across Europe from 2020 to 2022 caused the same amount of CO2 as the entire annual emissions of Leeds city, according to new research.
Inflation in Ireland, as measured by the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices, is estimated to have moderated to an annual rate of 7% in March, the latest figures from the Central Statistics Office show.
A US journalist working for the Wall Street Journal has been arrested in Russia on charges of spying for Washington, Russia's FSB security services has said.
Pope Francis spent a calm night in hospital after being admitted for a respiratory infection and is expected to remain there for a few days for treatment, a Vatican source has said.
A man who became homeless more than five months ago after a relationship breakdown has said he is "going to die a homeless man" as he cannot see himself finding housing in the future.
Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro has returned from the US, greeted by hundreds of supporters at capital Brasilia's airport to welcome him back after three months.
Inconsistencies in Government policy on the use of social media apps on public service devices exposes government departments to cyberattacks, an expert has claimed.
Russian forces have had some success in the eastern frontline city of Bakhmut, Ukrainian military officials said, adding that their fighters were still holding on in a months-long battle in which both sides have suffered heavy casualties.
European Union negotiators have struck a political deal on more ambitious targets to expand the use of renewable energy by 2030, an important pillar of the bloc's plans to fight climate change and end the use of Russian fossil fuels
Progress is being made to transfer 70 hippos to overseas sanctuaries, officials in Colombia have said, but mitigating the havoc caused by this unusual legacy of deceased drug lord Pablo Escobar carries a hefty price tag: $3.5 million (€3.2m).
Mexican prosecutors have announced a homicide investigation into the deaths of 39 migrants earlier this week in a detention center fire, accusing the people in charge of doing nothing to evacuate them.
The Government has been urged by budgetary watchdog the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council to take steps now to ensure State and public sector pensions are funded into the future.
The lowest number of properties available to rent through the Housing Assistant Payment Scheme has been recorded by the Simon Communities, with just 29 HAP rentals available over a three-day period last month.
Every child in the country should receive one free hot meal in school every day, a Government commissioned evaluation of the State's school meals scheme has recommended.
Arsenal overcame Bayern Munich to reach the Champions League semi-final but Republic of Ireland supporters will have been concerned by the sight of Katie McCabe limping off the pitch in the final 10 minutes.
