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Ticketmaster's "misleading commercial practice" trial over prices for the Oasis 2025 reunion concerts at Croke Park has been delayed while the company obtains an expert report.

An amateur nature photographer's picture of a brood of sleepy goslings at Finnamore Lakes in Co Offaly has been shortlisted for the Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards 2026.

Criminal defence solicitors have renewed calls for talks with the Government as their legal aid dispute continues.

A Co Sligo man has described his family's "traumatic" experience of fleeing a major fire at a popular campsite on the shores of Lake Garda in northern Italy over the weekend.

Gardaí removed a policy requiring whistleblower allegations against garda commissioners to be referred to the Minister for Justice, following representations on behalf of two successive ministers.

American Karl Deisseroth and Germans Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel have won the 2026 ⁠Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discoveries on light and optogenetics that have helped understand how the brain works.

Hundreds of French high schools will begin a second week of closures today as protests over dilapidated schools and classrooms, overcrowding and teacher shortages precede a nationwide day of demonstrations tomorrow.

A shrewd operator who built his career on uncertain wagers, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has repeatedly confounded predictions of his demise while emerging as a prominent figure on the European left.

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is taking legal action against Thames Valley Police in a bid to quash search warrants which led to his arrest.

The Irish Blood Transfusion Service has issued an urgent appeal for people with RhD negative blood to donate, as stocks run particularly low for O negative blood.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has called an early election for 29 November after a fragmented parliament rejected his government's housing measures last week.

More than 500 former EU prime ministers, diplomats and senior officials have called on the bloc to impose sanctions on those involved in a new Israeli settlement construction project in the West Bank which critics say will thwart the possibility of a two-…

A public survey has been launched by the Commission of Investigation into the Handling of Historical Child Sexual Abuse in Schools.

A group representing diabetes patients in the Midlands has expressed serious concern at the temporary closure of a specialist clinic based at Regional Hospital Mullingar.

The residents of Portadown's Garvaghy Road return to the courts this morning in a fresh attempt to overturn permission for an Orange Order parade.

Applications have opened for the Primary Science Fair at the 2027 Stripe Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition.

A young business owner who is a final year college student is hoping for some relief on his transport costs in tomorrow's Budget.

A shooting at a block ⁠party in the US has left two people dead and dozens injured, some critically, according to local and state officials.

The UN "pre-COP" climate gathering has kicked off in the Fijian city of Nadi, where Pacific leaders are seeking to draw the world's attention to life on the frontline of climate change.

Brazilian senator Flavio Bolsonaro, son of the far-right former leader Jair Bolsonaro, finished ahead of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in Brazil's election, which will go to a run-off in three weeks.

The cost of fulltime childcare for young children looks set be cut by at least €1,000 annually per child in the Budget tomorrow.

Primary and secondary schools across the country are likely to experience disruptions from today as teachers begin industrial action.

Israel manager Ran Ben Shimon insists Republic of Ireland midfielder Jayson Molumby was not targeted during the 1-1 Nations League draw in Serbia, and added he did not witness any incident between players and backroom staff at half-time.

The United States removed its B-1 bombers from a UK air base one week after several men were arrested there on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts, a Pentagon official said.

The Republic of Ireland's hopes of pushing for automatic promotion from their UEFA Nations League group suffered a setback after being held to a 1-1 draw by Israel in their behind closed doors match at the TSC Arena in Backa Topola, Serbia.

Former taoiseach Brian Cowen denied that his government knew the full extent of the hole in Anglo Irish Bank's finances.

Primary and secondary teachers across the country begin a work-to-rule tomorrow morning in a dispute over public sector pay.

Caoimhin Kelleher will captain the Republic of Ireland in their UEFA Nations League match against Israel in the absence of Dara O'Shea while Jimmy Dunne replaces the defender in the back five.

The bill to the Government is hosting the six-month EU Presidency to the end of August totals €75.2 million.

The woman who has alleged that she was drugged and raped by Cornell University students has been the target of threats, her lawyer has said.

Tributes have been paid to a "fearless" press photographer after he died in a traffic collision yesterday in Co Meath.

Britain's Conservative Party will "win the next election" because the party will follow a set of key principles set out by Kemi Badenoch, the Tory leader said at the opening of the party's conference.

The government doesn't have to wait on new European Union legislation in order to make children safer online, an expert has said.

Tickets for the Glastonbury Festival 2027 have sold out in less than 45 minutes.

Heimir Hallgrimsson says the wider context of the Republic of Ireland's UEFA Nations League matches against Israel had made it "tough" for Finn Azaz to be able to take to the field.

Senator Flavio Bolsonaro took an early lead as Brazil began reporting results this afternoon in the first round of a tight presidential election.

Latvian Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs' centre-right party emerged as the victor from parliamentary elections.

Jordan Bardella, the 31-year-old top ally of Marine Le Pen, is fighting for his political life after allegations he made antisemitic comments as a teenager in 2013.

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has registered a protest with the United States after a US Marine was arrested on suspicion ⁠of robbing and murdering a Japanese woman in Okinawa.

Four months on from taking the top prize at Enterprise Ireland's Student Entrepreneur Awards, two brothers in their 20s from Co Meath have set their sights on bringing their muscle-recovery cream to the US market.

The Strait of Hormuz will not reopen until ⁠seven Iranian conditions set out in a June interim agreement with the US are met, Iran's parliament speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf said.

Irish rap trio Kneecap visited Portadown to show support for the Garvaghy Road residents at the centre of the contentious Drumcree parade dispute.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has announced ⁠military aid for Ukraine worth around €1 billion and an energy support package during a visit ‌to Kyiv.

The dispute over the Drumcree parade has brought the past into the present, writes Northern Correspondent Conor Macauley.

A new documentary focusing on disgraced entrepreneur Elizabeth Holmes is generating Oscar buzz, bringing the billion-dollar scandal back into the public consciousness, writes Adam Maguire.

Patients with blood cancer such as leukemia are appealing to the HSE to re-instate a stem cell transplant laboratory at Cork University Hospital.

Bačka Topola, a one hour and 40-minute drive north of Belgrade, is an unlikely place to host a competitive international match, especially one as contested as tonight's Republic of Ireland versus Israel fixture.

Rarely has so much cash coalesced with such levels of political angst, writes Political Correspondent Mícheál Lehane.

The cost of full-time childcare for young children is set to be cut by at least €1,000 per year, per child in the Budget.

A man has died after a collision between his motorcycle and a car in Dunboyne, Co Meath.