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The leaders of the country's largest public sector trade unions have written to Minister for Public Expenditure Jack Chambers saying there is currently no basis for them to engage in a negotiation on a new public sector pay deal.

A dual UK-Iranian national has become the sixth person to be arrested in connection with the suspected RAF Fairford terror plot.

Republic of Ireland look to make it successive wins in the UEFA Nations League as Austria come to Dublin.

Former RTÉ Foreign Editor and London Correspondent Andrew, or Andy, Sheppard has died.

The Minister for Justice has sought legal advice following allegations made about the handling of a protected disclosure concerning Garda equipment, Tánaiste Simon Harris has told the Dáil.

A drop in recorded sexual crime is "hugely concerning", according to the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre.

Anyone earning €70,000 or less a year should receive a €400 energy credit as part of next week's budget, the Social Democrats has said.

A woman in her 30s has died from injuries she sustained during a serious assault in north Dublin.

A small group of protesters from the Stop the Game campaign have gathered in Ballsbridge ahead of the Ireland Austria game in the Aviva Stadium this evening.

Labour leader Ivana Bacik has said her party is "relentlessly focused on keeping household bills down in the cost of living crisis".

The funeral mass of the father and daughter who died in a workplace accident in Banagher has heard how they had a "special bond".

Niamh Dunne of the Irish trad band Beoga has told RTÉ Radio 1's News at One that the group "remain friends" with Ed Sheeran, despite their decision to leave his North American tour in solidarity with the American rapper Macklemore .

The European Commission has opened infringement proceedings against Ireland because it says the Government's tax regime discourages Irish residents from buying bonds issued by other EU states.

Hundreds of students from across the country are protesting in Dublin, demanding greater Government investment in higher education.

A Russian drone smashed into a school ⁠in Kyiv and set it ablaze this morning, but no pupils were injured, according to Ukrainian authorities.

Republic of Ireland manager Heimir Hallgrimsson sees promise in the way the forward trio of Troy Parrott, Adam Idah and Jack Moylan dovetailed against Austria on Thursday night, having all scored against Israel in Debrecen three days earlier.

Munster Rugby chief executive Ian Flanagan has confirmed he will resign from his position at the end of the month.

Tusla CEO Kate Duggan has said that the child and family agency "regrets sincerely" that it has been unable to meet statutory targets for special care provision.

The planned commission of investigation into significant delays for child scoliosis and spina bifida surgeries must not "airbrush" out promises made by Simon Harris in 2017 when he was minister for health, Social Democrats health spokesperson Pádraig Rice…

An intensive surveillance and monitoring operation to locate and remove an Asian hornet nest in the Ringaskiddy area of Co Cork is under way.

Demographic change will place increasing pressure on both family carers and formal care services according to research by the ESRI.

The cost of policing the Drumcree stand-off has so far cost £3 million, PSNI Chief Constable Jon Boutcher has said.

Annual consumer price inflation rose to a three-year high of 3.9% in August from 3.4% a month earlier after a jump in energy prices, a flash estimate from the CSO shows today

An informal meeting of EU health ministers in Dublin today is discussing boosting manufacturing capacity for medicines and growing the number of clinical trials in Europe.

Children's Health Ireland (CHI) has been found to be in breach of data protection rules over the storage of children's health records within a CHI facility at Tallaght University Hospital.

Ireland's so-called 'rape shield' law is failing to protect complainants from being cross-examined about their sexual history, according to Rape Crisis Ireland.

Sinn Féin is proposing a permanent ten cent reduction in petrol and diesel as well as extending excise cuts for another six months as part of its €13.4 billion alternative budget package.

Sinn Féin is proposing a permanent ten cent reduction in petrol and diesel as well as extending excise cuts for another six months as part of its €13.4 billion alternative budget package.

Ireland's prison system is "sinking under the weight of prison numbers", according to a report by the Irish Penal Reform Trust.

Before drought took hold, Koroneia Lake in northern Greece was a protected wetland, a ⁠refuge for thousands of migratory and water birds including flamingos, and a magnet for tourists as well as local fishermen and farmers.

The Chief Executive of the Irish Tourism Industry Confederation has said that the number of people visiting the country is up but the number coming from North America is down.

Portadown Orange Order District Master Nigel Dawson has said there are "no talks" and that a document proposed at Hillsborough Castle did not move the Drumcree stand-off forward at all.

A solution to the stand-off over the Orange Order parade at Drumcree hangs in the balance this morning as representatives for Garvaghy Road residents and the Order return to Hillsborough Castle for further talks.

The US government's AI chatbot has stopped answering some political questions after it drew attention for contradicting some of President Donald Trump's contentious political claims.

Luas Red Line services are back operating, following a power failure on the line earlier this morning.

The US government's AI chatbot has stopped answering some political questions after it drew attention for contradicting some of President Donald Trump's contentious political claims.

All Luas Red Line services are currently disrupted due to a power failure on the line.

Switzerland's glaciers, which are disproportionately impacted by climate change, have lost nearly 20% of their mass in five years, experts have said, with 2026 registering the second-biggest melt on record.

Two schools based in the midlands will represent Ireland at the World STEM Racing Finals in Singapore over the coming week.

Off the north Mayo coast, around 4km out in Killala Bay, we're on our way to the site of the smuggler's ship now lying at the bottom of the seabed.

A mixture of "history, coincidence and fan engagement" have led to a historic friendly soccer match between Drogheda United and Turkish side Trabzonspor in Turkey this evening.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israel will get to the "root" of the co-pilot who engaged ⁠in a foiled attempt to crash an Israel-bound flydubai flight.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that an Israeli plumber helped avert disaster after a fight broke out in the cockpit of a jetliner taking 174 passengers from Dubai to Tel Aviv.

Pupils protest over timetables, class sizes and a shortage of teachers with the government accusing hard-left politicians of encouraging the unrest.

French security forces detained over 600 people while dozens of police and gendarmes were wounded as protests that have seen blockades of high schools and violent clashes escalated, the interior minister said.

Tennessee woman Christa Pike is in hospital today after authorities "failed" to carry out her execution, her lawyers said, with witnesses reporting the convicted murderer was breathing despite the injections intended to kill her.

The US Supreme Court has reversed a lower-court order and ruled that Tennessee could proceed with its first execution ‌of a ⁠woman in 200 years, clearing the way for Christa Pike to be put to death by lethal injection for murdering a schoolmate three deca…

Just under 5% of all job postings on the Indeed hiring platform now mention data centres, according to hiring platform Indeed.

Just under 5% of all job postings on the Indeed hiring platform now mention data centres, according to hiring platform Indeed.

Financial services firms are struggling to meet accessibility requirements that came into law last year, according to new research.