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A Dublin City Councillor has said the situation around rickshaws in the city is like the "wild west" where "anyone can grab a rickshaw and go".

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The Minister for Social Protection has said that he wants the Government's new €500 cost-of-disability payment to come into effect by the end of next March or "as early as possible".

Derry City midfielder James McClean has hit out at what he claims is the club's "incomprehensible" attempt to terminate his contract and insisted that he will decide when he retires in a statement released via the PFA Ireland.

A court ruling that halted Northern Ireland's biggest roads project has been overturned.

Hundreds of drones hit Moscow overnight, killing two men on the outskirts of the capital and injuring nine others, Russian authorities have said.

Thousands of Asos customers have been sent a phone alert saying the retailer has been hacked.

Yemen's Houthis have claimed an attack on the main airport in the Saudi capital while also denying losing territory to government forces, as fighting intensified.

Yemen's Houthis have claimed an attack on the main airport in the Saudi capital while also denying losing territory to government forces, as fighting intensified.

UEFA has opened an investigation into the flashpoint at half-time of Sunday's Nations League clash in Serbia, with a member of the Republic of Ireland backroom team alleging he was spat at.

UEFA has opened an investigation into allegations that an Israeli player spat at a member of the Republic of Ireland backroom team during Sunday's Nations League clash in Serbia.

The Chair of Digital Rights Ireland and Associate Professor at UCD's Sutherland School of Law, Professor TJ McIntyre, has said the main risks associated with AI glasses so far involve "quasi-sexual abuse" and their use as a "harassment tool".

The Chair of Digital Rights Ireland and Associate Professor in UCD's Sutherland School of Law Professor TJ McIntyre has said the main risks with AI glasses seen so far have been of a "quasi-sexual abuse" nature which are being used as a "harassment tool".

An overall package of €8.5 billion in additional spending will be unveiled by Minister for Finance Simon Harris and Minister for Public Expenditure Jack Chambers.

An overall package of €8.5 billion in additional spending will be unveiled by Minister for Finance Simon Harris and Minister for Public Expenditure Jack Chambers at lunchtime.

The World Health Organization has said that it deemed the public health risk in Russia to be low, following reports that a laboratory technician had died of plague.

Russia has sought to downplay reports that a laboratory technician had died of plague, even as US President Donald Trump said Washington was closely monitoring the situation and offered help.

Coco Gauff said she had received an "insane" amount of racial abuse on social media after the two-times Grand Slam champion beat local teenager Sun Xinran at the China Open on Monday in a match where a replayed point sparked an online backlash.

US President Donald Trump has ordered the use of a firing squad to execute ⁠the former US Army psychiatrist who killed 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas, in 2009.

The energy from data centres ultimately becomes heat, but the question is how much of this ends up in somebody's radiator

Opposition parties, unions and other bodies are reacting to the Budget package, which includes an increase to social welfare, minimum wage and transport fuel supports.

Follow developments as Budget 2027 is announced, with measures on childcare and energy expected.

Budget Day has arrived and many people will be watching carefully for any financial changes that may alleviate the cost of living crisis.

The Budget will be announced at 1pm, with the Government promising a personal tax package, measures on childcare and steps to help on energy costs.

The Budget will include a larger package of tax measures than expected, with Minister for Finance Simon Harris set to announce tax changes of €1.65 billion.

The Budget will be announced at lunchtime today with the Coalition promising a personal tax package, measures on childcare and steps to help on energy costs.

The captains of the European and US Ryder Cup teams have visited a Limerick golf course where the focus is firmly on the next generation, as the countdown to next year's tournament at Adare Manor continues.

Tens of thousands of demonstrators are expected on the streets of Paris as France's powerful trade unions join high school students rallying for better conditions in a wave of protests marked by clashes with police.

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres called for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza ahead of the third anniversary of the 7 October 2023 Hamas attack on Israel.

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres called for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza ahead of the third anniversary of the 7 October 2023 Hamas attack on Israel.

Ireland will present a draft seven-year EU budget on Saturday which will go to EU leaders ahead of their summit in Brussels next week, RTÉ News understands.

Former politician and author Jeffrey Archer has died aged 86, his publisher said in a statement.

Donald Trump has said there were "some threats" that led the United States to pull bombers from a UK base.

In July this year, a €3 customs charge came into effect on goods bought online that originated outside the EU.

Niamh O'Brien, who was the lead performer in 'Lord of the Dance' and the wife of Riverdance star Michael Flatley, has died at the age of 52.

MEPs have called for urgent support for civilians trapped in the Russian-occupied Ukrainian town of Oleshky, where conditions have been described as "absolute hell".

Emergency services are advising people not to use illegal fireworks this Halloween.

Three men who admitted planning to blow up a mosque in Galway last year also threatened to attack anyone involved in mosques and accommodation for people seeking international protection, the Special Criminal Court has heard.

The Government is to announce its budget for 2027, telling the nation how they are going to spend money for the next year and how it will be divided amongst the different sectors of Ireland.

Aontú has launched its pre-budget submission which it said is focused on helping families and lowering food and fuel prices.

The Bishop of Derry will petition the Holy See to immediately dismiss a priest who has pleaded guilty to 109 sex offences at Derry Crown Court.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said a Russian drone attack caused a fire on board a commercial vessel that later sank in the Black Sea.

The first Official Playground Tester at Dublin Zoo took up his essential position today, inspecting the Zoo's three brand-new playgrounds.

A sentencing hearing over the manslaughter of Paula Canty has heard how the "brutal death" of the mother of two shattered her family's lives.

A laboratory worker at a plague research institute in Siberia has fallen ill and died in undisclosed circumstances, prompting authorities to quarantine dozens of people.

The DUP has said it will "not abdicate its responsibilities" in the political fallout over the Drumcree dispute.

Staff shortages have forced a Dublin special school to cut pupils' attendance to two days weekly.

Staff shortages have forced a Dublin special school to cut pupils' attendance to two days weekly.

Daniel Kinahan is to be represented by a solicitor from Belfast, the Special Criminal Court has been told.