Pope Francis, who often pleads for compassion to prisoners, washed the feet of 12 incarcerated women in Rome yesterday in a rite marking Holy Thursday before Easter.
Israeli strikes on the northern Syrian city of Aleppo early this morning killed 38 people, including five members of Lebanese armed group Hezbollah, two security sources said.
US President Joe Biden and his democratic predecessor Barack Obama, headlined a star-studded fundraiser with former president Bill Clinton, offering a robust defence of the White House's handling of the Gaza crisis as protesters interrupted the event.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said that Ukraine's proposed peace plan was pointless as it was based on unacceptable notions like Russia's withdrawal from areas it has captured.
The US government has awarded the state of Maryland an initial $60 million in emergency funds to clear debris and begin rebuilding the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore.
Gardaí have renewed their warning to road users of the increased risk of being involved in a fatal or serious road traffic collision over bank holiday weekends.
The Minister for Housing has told RTÉ's Prime Time he is confident that a Government bill aimed at curbing short-term letting will be passed before the Oireachtas summer recess, despite concerns expressed by the European Commission.
At least 45 people have died after a passenger bus plunged off a bridge into a ravine and caught fire in South Africa, the country's transport ministry has said.
The daughter of a man who may have been dead for over an hour at University Hospital Limerick before being found on the floor by staff has said she does not know if she will ever get over him dying "with no dignity".
Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheál Martin has appealed to Israel to "show humanity" and allow more aid into Gaza amid a catastrophic humanitarian situation.
A High Court challenge has been taken against An Bord Pleanála's refusal to grant planning permission for a crematorium at the site of the former Tayto factory in Coolock, Dublin.
The number of people accessing emergency accommodation reached another record high last month, with 13,841 people recorded as homeless, of whom 4,170 were children.
Greece's parliament rejected a censure motion against the conservative government of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, accused of trying to manipulate the investigation of the February 2023 train collision that killed 57 people.
The International Court of Justice has unanimously ordered Israel to take all necessary and effective action to ensure basic food supplies to the territory's Palestinian population and stop spreading famine.
University of Limerick is entering a period of "extreme oversight" by the HEA as a result of a "shocking and alarming" overspend related to the purchase of 20 houses in 2022, Chancellor Brigid Laffan has told staff at the university at a strongly attended meeting on the college campus.
Sam Bankman-Fried has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for stealing $8 billion from customers of the now-bankrupt FTX cryptocurrency exchange he founded, the last step in the former billionaire wunderkind's downfall.