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Around half of the rape and sexual assault cases due to go on trial at the Central Criminal Court in Dublin today have been disrupted due to the dispute between solicitors and the Minister for Justice.

Talks on a new public sector pay deal have concluded for the evening after about five hours of negotiations.

An amateur kickboxer suffering a drug-induced hallucination that he was Jesus Christ held a butcher's knife to a terrified grandmother's neck just five weeks before he killed his own mother, a court has heard.

Iran's Revolutionary Guards said that they had struck a tanker attempting to take an "illegal route" through the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran has sought to blockade since the outset of the Middle East war.

A shop in Cork is celebrating after selling a Lotto ticket worth more than €5.6m in the first jackpot win since the National Lottery removed two numbers.

A former US soldier charged with murdering Co Kerry sheep farmer Mike Gaine wants new barristers ahead of his nine-week trial next January, the Central Criminal Court has heard.

Irish public hospital waiting lists have surpassed one million patients for the first time.

Sinn Féin leaders Mary Lou McDonald and Michelle O'Neill have said they expect to receive letters from the PSNI asking them to attend voluntary interviews under caution in connection with protests on the Garvaghy Road in Portadown.

A man who threw a bottle at a PSNI Land Rover on the Garvaghy Road, "out of frustration" because he could not get to the off licence, has been handed jail sentences totalling six months.

The Republic of Ireland turned on the style to hammer Kazakhstan 8-0 in the first leg of their World Cup play-off semi-final in Astana.

The Irish government is not fully meeting the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so according to the latest Trafficking in Persons Report.

Two paintings by French master Pierre-Auguste Renoir have been recovered, weeks after they were stolen from a museum in southern France, according to the town's mayor.

SIPTU has announced further notice of strike action on all public sector workplaces for 21 October.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said that the Government wants to honour the funding agreement made with RTÉ and he said he believed the issue can be resolved.

Three members of a terrorist organisation who were planning to blow up a mosque in Galway were at an advanced stage of preparation when they were arrested, the Special Criminal Court was told.

Saudi Arabia has said three Saudi nationals, including a pilot, have been killed in attacks on Riyadh's international airport.

The Republic of Ireland are in Astana as they try to build up an advantage ahead of Tuesday's second leg in Cork.

Courtney Brosnan will captain the Republic of Ireland in their World Cup play-off semi-final first leg against Kazakhstan today, with Jamie Finn making her first start under Carla Ward.

Director of the National Cyber Security Centre, Dr Richard Browne, has said there are likely to be more serious cybersecurity incidents due to the ease with which bad actors can deploy artificial intelligence.

Life for people in Gaza "remains absolutely horrendous" with 90% of people living in temporary shelters, a high-ranking UN official has said.

The Republic of Ireland Under-21s will play Finland for a place in at the place 2027 European Championships in Albania and Serbia.

The Nobel Peace Prize for 2026 has been awarded to Navanethem 'Navi' Pillay.

Irish officials say they are confident a deal is close between EU finance ministers on a key element of the proposed Savings and Investment Union.

A French junior minister has said there is a "climate of discontent" among the public over high energy costs and cost-of-living pressures, which has led to violent protests.

Isaias has strengthened to a Category 2 hurricane as it headed toward the US Gulf Coast, prompting mandatory evacuations and disrupting oil and gas production.

Kilkenny goalkeeper Eoin Murphy has announced his retirement from inter-county hurling after a hugely successful 16-year spell between the posts.

The CEO of Screen Producers Ireland has warned that the Government's decision to withhold €20 million in funding from RTÉ could have serious consequences for independent television producers and audiences.

US immigration agents shot and wounded a man in his car with a child present in the Marble Hill neighbourhood of New York ⁠City, according to the mayor, city police and eyewitnesses.

While US Republicans and Democrats remain deeply divided on most issues, there is one issue where they appear to be increasingly aligned - data centres.

An annual architecture festival which gives access to places in the capital not normally open to the public gets under way this weekend.

While US Republicans and Democrats remain deeply divided on most issues, there is one issue where they appear to be increasingly aligned: data centres.

Ukraine's negotiators will hold talks with US President Donald Trump's envoys in the United States today and tomorrow, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said.

The US will livestream the army's upcoming firing squad execution of Nidal Hasan, who fatally shot 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas in 2009, according to a Pentagon official.

Charles Manson acolyte Patricia Krenwinkel, who has spent nearly six decades in prison for murder, has been preliminarily granted parole, California prison authorities said.

Charles Manson acolyte Patricia Krenwinkel, who has spent nearly six decades in prison for murder, was preliminarily granted parole, California prison authorities have said.

The UK Labour party retained the Holborn and St Pancras seat in a London by-election called after former prime minister Keir Starmer stepped down, with the Green Party conceding defeat.

Counting has begun in the Holborn and St Pancras by-election to replace former Labour Party leader and British prime minister Keir Starmer as an MP.

Researchers from Dublin City University are exploring how processes originally developed for the manufacturing of computer chips could be used to extract oxygen from lunar soil.

Job openings across Ireland were down on an annual basis by 4.8% in the third quarter of the year, according to the latest employment monitor from recruitment firm Morgan McKinley.

Changes to direct taxes, welfare measures, and childcare supports in this week's Budget announcement will result in "small income gains" for people, according to an analysis by the ESRI.

The US will livestream the army's upcoming firing squad execution of Nidal Hasan, who fatally shot 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas in 2009, a Pentagon official said.

Former Cork hurling great Patrick Horgan hit out at the Cork county board over the sequence of events which led to Pat Ryan's resignation as manager following the 2025 season.

Two window cleaners were rescued from the 15th floor of a London skyscraper after their cradle malfunctioned and they became trapped.

The Republic of Ireland's quest to reach Brazil has taken them to Central Asia for a clash with lowly Kazakhstan.

Gaza's Hamas-run civil defence rescue service said that seven people were killed in separate Israeli strikes, while the Israeli army said three of the victims were "military operatives".

Former GAA president John Horan has been announced as the new chairperson of the Steering Group on Integration (SGI), replacing Dr Mary McAleese who recently stepped down from the role.

Richard E Grant's fate on The Celebrity Traitors looks clearer after a tense week of second-guessing and bad answers.

Elon Musk's X, formerly known as Twitter, has failed in a High Court bid challenging how the media regulator, Comisiún na Meán, deals with user complaints against social media platforms.

Former Northern Ireland police ombudsman Nuala O'Loan resisted "high level" political pressure from the then Northern Ireland secretary not to publish her critical report into the Omagh bombing investigation, the public inquiry has heard.

A 68-year-old man has been remanded in custody after being charged with raping a woman during a violent burglary in Dublin over 23 years ago.