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The FAI is to tell the Oireachtas Sports Committee how the decision to proceed with the controversial fixtures against Israel was made in the best interests of Irish football.

Éamonn Fitzmaurice is in advanced talks with the Galway County Board to take over the manager's position vacated by Pádraic Joyce in early September.

Donald Trump has stressed self-regulation over government rules at a major gathering of AI executives and government officials at the White House.

UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham faces pressure to commit Labour to rejoining the EU after he promised to look at all options for a closer relationship with the bloc.

A set of unheard archive Oasis recordings have been pulled from an auction after the band "sued."

Manchester City have been found guilty of all charges related to breaches of Premier League financial rules between 2009-10 and 2017-18 by an independent commission, the league has said.

The board and CEO of the Football Association of Ireland should resign over its "shambolic, arrogant, and incompetent" dealing with the Irish team's fixtures against Israel, according to People Before Profit-Solidarity TD Ruth Coppinger.

Revenue has confirmed that from 1 November any goods bought from outside the EU will be subject to a new "union handling fee" of €2 per distinct item.

The EU's energy commissioner has warned the bloc was headed for a tough winter with "very high" oil and gas prices owing to the US-Iran war, but did not forecast security of supply issues.

Parents from across Ireland gathered at Leinster House earlier to protest against the lack of disability services for children.

Six men aged between their 20s and 50s have been arrested over drug related intimidation and the false imprisonment and assault of a man earlier this month.

Every Government department "needs to change" to adapt to an ageing population ahead of the Budget, national charity for older people Alone has said.

Consumers could see a small reduction in insurance-policy costs, after the Central Bank announced the Insurance Compensation Fund (ICF) Levy is to be reduced to 0% from the beginning of next year.

A man has been arrested following an alleged serious assault in Dublin yesterday, in which a woman sustainted serious injuries.

Minister for Housing James Browne is to seek Cabinet approval for an overhaul of a scheme which encourages owners of rundown vacant buildings to lease their properties for social housing.

A man and a woman have been charged with perjury following an investigation by gardaí into evidence filed in Conor McGregor's failed appeal against a civil court jury's finding that he raped Nikita Hand.

The father and daughter who died in a workplace incident at Banagher Precast Concrete in Co Offaly have been named as 49-year-old Mihai Chinez and his 24-year-old daughter, Denisa Chinez.

Former world snooker champion Graeme Dott has been sentenced to seven years in jail after being found guilty of sexually abusing two primary school-age children.

Former taoiseach Bertie Ahern has said that it was clear a month ago where the dispute over the Drumcree parade was going and the Parades Commission decision was made far too tight to the deadline for the march.

Saved By The Bell actor Dennis Haskins, who played school principal Richard Belding in the hit US sitcom, has died aged 75.

FIFA accused UEFA of waging a "misinformation campaign" and trying to influence the race ⁠for its presidency as world soccer's governing body urged a US court to reject a discovery request linked to a controversial investment proposal.

An Israeli airstrike killed Izz al-Din Al-Beik, the head of Hamas' armed wing in northern Gaza, Israeli and Palestinian officials said.

Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan have donated €150,000 to the three GAA clubs which are located closest to Strancally Castle in Co Waterford.

Spain's coalition government has said it had agreed proposals including banning evictions until 2030 to address the country's housing crisis.

Republic of Ireland boss Heimir Hallgrimsson has revealed his side remain uncertain about how they will approach Sunday's 'home' behind-closed-doors Nations League fixture with Israel in Serbia.

Keep up to date with all of the latest developments as residents remain on the Garvaghy Road on the third day of the Drumcree dispute.

Anthropic plans to caution potential investors in its IPO that advanced AI could pose "catastrophic or ⁠existential risks to humanity," an extraordinary warning by a company seeking to profit from the same technology.

A new language tool that allows non-verbal children to communicate in the Irish language is being made freely available online.

Over recent months, Prime Time has been meeting with online groups which use decoy accounts to try to expose individuals with an apparent sexual interest in children.

A suspected terror plot against an RAF base used by American forces "clearly involves the hand of a foreign actor", US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has claimed, but refused to provide further details.

OpenAI will not release its newest artificial intelligence model, known as Astra 6.1, after internal testing by the ChatGPT-maker revealed it did not meet safety standards, the company confirmed.

US President Donald ⁠Trump has said he has offered Iran nothing to end the war, rejecting media reports that cited US officials saying he was willing to ease sanctions and release frozen funds for "concrete" steps regarding Iran's nuclear programme.

Ireland must stop treating floods, storms, droughts and extreme heat as individual emergencies and begin preparing systematically for a climate of increasingly severe extremes, the Climate Change Advisory Council has warned.

Consumers face the threat of higher food prices with inflation remaining above 3% next year, according to the Economic and Social Research Institute.

The Head of OpenAI Ireland, Emma Redmond, has told a conference in Maynooth that the work the company puts into safeguarding is "truly immense".

Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Bryant has called for all sides to "double down on compromise" to find a resolution to the Drumcree parading stalemate.

Concern among workers about their jobs being taken by artificial intelligence remains high, according to new research from recruitment firm Morgan McKinley.

The Government has approved a significant expansion of home energy grants, including a new additional €2,000 payment to encourage households to scrap fossil fuel heating systems and switch to heat pumps or other renewable heating.

Pope Leo XIV wrapped up a historic four-day visit to France today after warning that relations between nations were becoming increasingly uncivilised and urging Europe to help break the spiral of "lies and deceit".

The Omagh Bombing Inquiry has heard that the British army's vehicle monitoring system was failing to record every vehicle crossing the border in Co Tyrone.

Russian drone attack damages Kyiv's science academy as strikes across Ukraine kill five people and wound many more.

The Garvaghy Road parade dispute in Portadown is continuing as protesters in the mostly nationalist area block an Orange Order march that had been granted permission in the courts to go ahead.

European energy ministers are to hold talks in Dublin tomorrow as the EU looks to cushion the impact of soaring energy prices ahead of a winter that promises to be difficult for consumers.

A French investigative website has alleged that far-right National Rally leader Jordan Bardella made antisemitic comments in writing in 2013, but the close ally of presidential frontrunner Marine Le Pen dismissed the claims as fake

SpaceX's Starship overcame an engine problem to reach orbit and deploy Starlink satellites on its first payload mission.

The Parades Commission's Drumcree decision shocked many.

Members of the Fórsa trade union employed at Oberstown Children Detention Campus in Dublin are to stage a three-day strike from Monday, 5 October.

A meeting of Coalition leaders ahead of next week's Budget has concluded at Government Buildings.

A Dublin-based subsidiary of the operator of Pornhub is a co-defendant in a case where the group has agreed to pay €105.5m to settle a legal class action in the US concerning allegations of possession of child abuse images and sex trafficking.

Pharmacists say that due to a current shortage of flu vaccine supplies, they are restricting immunisation to those over 65.