Large energy users and residential customers on 'smart tariffs' will see higher electricity costs during the peak hours from 5pm to 7pm.

Hurricane Ian intensified to just shy of catastrophic Category 5 strength as its heavy winds began pummelling the US state of Florida, with forecasters warning of life-threatening storm surges after leaving millions without power in Cuba.

A former Sinn Féin councillor has pleaded guilty at the Special Criminal Court to facilitating the murder of David Byrne at the Regency Hotel in Dublin in 2016.

The EU's executive has proposed a new round of sanctions on Moscow over its latest "escalation" in Ukraine, including an oil price cap and ban on Russian exports worth €7 billion.

It might sometimes be viewed as a house filled with hot air but Leinster House bosses are resisting calls to switch on the heat this week.

UP to 3,000 couples may be able to avail of publicly funded IVF treatment next year under funding announced in Budget 2023.

An investigation is continuing into what happened to an eight-year-old girl who sustained severe injuries in a violent incident at a house in Clarecastle in Co Clare yesterday.

Almost 30% of people took up a new outdoor activity since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic in Ireland, according to figures released by the Central Statistics Office.

People who earn the median household income of €46,000 or less will be eligible for a free GP card under a new Budget measure.

Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has said he does not envisage a mini-budget being implemented next year.

The Kremlin said it was "stupid and absurd" to suspect that Russia was behind gas leaks on the Nord Stream pipelines to Europe, deemed to be a "deliberate act" by the EU.

Almost half of all bird species are in decline globally and one in eight are threatened with extinction, according to a major new report.

The Irish Foster Care Association has said it is "disappointed" that foster carers received nothing in the budget announced yesterday.

Gardaí are investigating the circumstances surrounding the discovery of skeletal remains in east Cork.

Additional funding has been made available in the budget to provide free school transport to children who had concessionary tickets for bus transport last year and who had applied in time for inclusion in this year's scheme.

Repair works on tens of thousands of apartments with building defects could take up to a decade to complete, the Minister for Housing has indicated in the Dáil.

Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney has said he believes the UK is up for a serious dialogue on the Northern Ireland Protocol and is optimistic progress can be made.

The parents of Mahsa Amini have filed a complaint against the police who arrested their daughter for allegedly breaching Iran's strict dress code before she died in custody, their lawyer has said.

The Central Bank is expected to impose a large fine on Bank of Ireland tomorrow over the lender's handling of its tracker mortgage customers.

Ryanair has announced plans to grow its workforce in Ireland by 2,000 over the next eight years.