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 Scottish politician faces a 30-day suspension from the British parliament after its standards committee said she had broken the rules when she made a long train journey when she had Covid-19, in a move which could end up triggering a by-election.
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.
Almost 1,000 lives a year could be saved on the island of Ireland if authorities adopt and meet World Health Organization guidelines on air pollution, a report has stated.
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.
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.
The governor of Kentucky has said fatalities were expected after two US Army Black Hawk helicopters crashed during a routine training mission over the state late yesterday.
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.
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.
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.
Stigma towards people who self-harm can impact on their ability to rent an apartment, find a job or enter a new relationship, according to new research from Samaritans Ireland.
