National News

A US judge delayed a trial for the suspect in the second assassination attempt of President-elect Donald Trump until September 2025, according to a court order.

Posted: December 24, 2024, 12:49 am

The Independent TDs set to support the next government might not get a full Cabinet position and could have to settle for a super junior role instead.

Posted: December 24, 2024, 12:00 am

A 33-year-old man was charged with murder and arson after allegedly lighting a woman on fire and watching her burn to death on a New York City subway train over the weekend, police and federal officials said.

Posted: December 23, 2024, 11:40 pm

Two women have been arrested after cannabis worth around €1.28m was seized at Shannon Airport.

Posted: December 23, 2024, 8:44 pm

French President Emmanuel Macron has named a new government, putting together a team under Francois Bayrou, his fourth prime minister of the year, to drag the second-largest EU economy out of political crisis.

Posted: December 23, 2024, 8:03 pm

United Nations peacekeepers and Lebanon's prime minister called for the Israeli army to speed up its withdrawal from the country, nearly a month into a fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah

Posted: December 23, 2024, 6:01 pm

Taoiseach Simon Harris has pledged to continue direct relations with Israel on attaining a ceasefire in Gaza after the Israeli embassy in Dublin announced it would close.

Posted: December 23, 2024, 4:02 pm

Germany is still searching for answers on possible security lapses after a man drove his car into a Christmas market, killing at least five people and casting a renewed spotlight on security and immigration ahead of a snap election.

Posted: December 23, 2024, 3:34 pm

Former Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz paid tens of thousands of dollars to women for drugs and sex that were violations of a series of House rules and included obstruction of Congress, the US House of Representatives' Ethics Committee has said in a report.

Posted: December 23, 2024, 3:15 pm

A driver doing at 150km/h in an 80km/h zone in Co Limerick was one of more than 1,200 motorists detected for speeding offences last weekend, An Garda Síochána has said.

Posted: December 23, 2024, 2:54 pm

Luigi Mangione has pleaded not guilty to state murder charges that brand him a terrorist in New York.

Posted: December 23, 2024, 2:48 pm

Greenland is not for sale, its elected leader has said, responding to comments made by US president-elect Donald Trump regarding the "ownership and control" of the vast Arctic island that has been part of Denmark for over 600 years.

Posted: December 23, 2024, 2:12 pm

Christmas can be a tough time of year for many people, but there is support out there if you need it.

Posted: December 23, 2024, 1:10 pm

Researchers in Siberia are conducting tests on a juvenile mammoth whose remarkably well-preserved remains were discovered in thawing permafrost after more than 50,000 years.

Posted: December 23, 2024, 12:26 pm

A man in his 40s has been arrested by gardaí as part of the investigation into a fatal hit-and-run incident in Co Limerick at the weekend.

Posted: December 23, 2024, 12:11 pm

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told politicians that "some progress" had been made in negotiations to secure the release of hostages held in Gaza.

Posted: December 23, 2024, 11:10 am

Tributes have been paid to a man who died after the car he was driving entered the Grand Canal in Co Kildare.

Posted: December 23, 2024, 10:14 am

US President Joe Biden has commuted the sentences for 37 out of 40 federal inmates on death row, converting them to life in prison without parole before he hands over power to president-elect Donald Trump on 20 January.

Posted: December 23, 2024, 10:13 am

It is up to the haulage industry to put forward a proposal for State supports to cover losses following the closure of Holyhead Port, Minister for State at the Department of Transport James Lawless has said.

Posted: December 23, 2024, 8:53 am

Irish consumer sentiment held steady in December, according to the latest Credit Union Consumer Sentiment Index.

Posted: December 23, 2024, 7:39 am