Minister for Justice Helen McEntee has said she has spoken to the Garda Commissioner over what she called a "disgusting" situation yesterday in which a group of protesters wearing masks gathered outside Minister Roderic O'Gorman's home.

Forty-one families who sued the Hyde & Seek crèche chain in north Dublin over the alleged treatment of their children have settled their cases for €15,000 each at the High Court, bringing the total sum awarded to €615,000.

None of the soldiers who gave evidence to the Bloody Sunday inquiry will face perjury charges over their testimony to the tribunal.

Explosions echoed over an Iranian city this morning in what sources described as an Israeli attack, but Tehran has played down the incident and indicated it had no plans for retaliation - a response that appeared gauged towards averting region-wide war.

A motorist was detected driving at 112km/h in a 50km/h zone on the Main Street, Charleville, Co Cork during the first five hours of National Slow Down Day.

While Children's Health Ireland disputes Sinn Féin's claims behind figures on hospital appointments, and the arguments about what makes a cancellation or not, there are individuals, families and children awaiting lifesaving cancer care but experiencing delays and cancellations.

The Labour Party's small business spokesperson Juliet O'Connell underpaid a Bolivian seamstress who said she resigned out of fear of being deported, a tribunal has noted in awarding the worker over €11,000 for multiple breaches of her employment rights.

After a verdict of unlawful killing was returned at the inquests into the deaths of 48 people who died in the Stardust fire in 1981, RTÉ reporter Conor Hunt asks what next for the Stardust families and does their campaign end here?

FAI Director of Football Marc Canham has apologised to Republic of Ireland supporters for the delay in appointing a new manager to the men's senior team as he revealed that he does not now expect an appointment until September.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has condemned the United States for vetoing a draft resolution that would have granted Palestinians full membership of the global body.

Taoiseach Simon Harris has said that he hopes to meet the families of the people who died in the Stardust fire tomorrow.

A substantial number of Indians voted in the first phase of the world's largest election, authorities said, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeks a historic third term on the back of issues such as growth, welfare and Hindu nationalism.

Follow live updates as sources say Israel has carried out a strike on Iran, as explosions are heard near an Iranian army base.

Two former senior executives of the National Association of General Practitioners have appeared in court charged with company law offences.

Taylor Swift has surprised her fans by releasing a secret "double album" expansion of The Tortured Poets Department.

Farmers who grow commercial forestry are calling for the suspension of log imports from Scotland until better safeguards are in place to prevent the spread of the spruce bark beetle to this country.

A 16-year-old boy has been charged with a terrorism offence for allegedly stabbing an Assyrian church bishop in Sydney during a church service, Australian police have said, as investigations continued into a riot after the knife attack.

The Irish Red Cross has renewed its appeal for members of the public to consider pledging a room in their homes for Ukrainians.

Russian strikes on Ukraine in the early hours of this morning killed at least nine people, including three children, as Kyiv said it shot down a Russian strategic bomber for the first time.

Dubai's main airport has said it is limiting the number of flights arriving for two days, as it continues to struggle to clear a backlog three days after a record storm swept the United Arab Emirates.