The US Supreme Court rejected an application for a stay of execution on Tuesday.

The US president is reportedly considering resuming strikes on Iran after the 3 November midterm elections.

The Taoiseach also defended New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani ahead of a meeting with him later today.

The broadcaster said Ireland’s participation could not be justified given the ongoing loss of life and humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

The GRA, AGSI and garda management appeared before the Oireachtas justice committee to discuss the issues associated with pursuit training.

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Uplift members from across Ireland have drawn a line in the sand and made it clear to everybody around the world that Trump is not welcome here in Ireland.

The latest poll gave the party a commanding lead of 41%.

The crew disembarked in a resort town with a seedy reputation after a lengthy Middle East deployment that sparked concerns over conditions on board.

Officials said the deal will bring nearly $100 billion in private investment to Venezuela.

An Irish student turned a school water-monitoring project into an award-winning attempt to solve the biggest problem with plastic pollution.

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The EU said today it had released another €6.1 billion in military aid for Ukraine.

Hind’s killing became a focal point for people around the world protesting Israel’s genocidal war in the Gaza Strip.

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There have been calls today for gardaí to be given additional resources to deal with road crimes.

Foreign Affairs Minister Helen McEntee has said she is “deeply concerned” by the human rights situation in Afghanistan five years on from the Taliban taking power.

The book’s author is military historian Dan Harvey who is a retired Lieutenant Colonel in the Irish Defence Forces.

Israel’s military said the strikes in the early morning were in retaliation for an attack by the Iran-backed militant group on its troops in south Lebanon.

Israeli settlers at Qusra near Nablus began blockading Palestinian homes on Sunday and have defied attempts to remove them.

Half of Afghan women now leave their homes only once or twice a month as Taliban-imposed restrictions curtail their freedom of movement, according to data released by UN Women.

The association has decided to rescind a letter of support supplied earlier this year.

The arrest of Dr Hussam Abu Safiya in 2024 is part of a wider pattern of attacks by Israel on Gaza’s healthcare workers, who have also acted as witnesses to the atrocities unfolding around them.

This follows Hamas agreeing on Friday to a deal to end the war, championed by US President Donald Trump.

Boy George released a song this week which expressed support for Israel and its war in Gaza.

Friedrich Merz said he is confident judicial processes in Germany are conducted according to internationally valid standards.

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Concern is growing in Irish universities over a high rate of refusal of study visas to students in Gaza who are due to take up college scholarships in Ireland this September.

Environmental activists have long raised concerns about the €4.5 billion project to build luxury hotels amid flamingo colonies and on a deserted island.

Israel has mostly destroyed and depopulated the half of Gaza it controls

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The European Commission president presented a paper by an expert panel, which made a number of recommendations on the matter.

The Republican politician’s office said in a statement that Graham died on Saturday evening.

As part of the agreement, the long-disempowered Lebanese military will take full control of two small areas dubbed pilot zones.

The US president had agreed to further negotiations with Iran, even as he repeated his assertion that the ceasefire was over.

A statement shared on her website said her family is “heartbroken”.

He was under pressure following reports that his long-term ally, George Cottrell, had provided funding for security and staffing in the year before he was elected.

It’s understood that the woman suffered a violent death, and that gardaí are searching for a male suspect believed to have fled the scene.

Vance’s speech came as dozens of tall ships from more than 20 countries sailed into New York harbour to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has warned that Iranian tolls on ships passing the Strait of Hormuz would spread to other waterways, risking "total chaos".

After winning the Makerfield byelection, Burnham is due to be sworn in as the Greater Manchester constituency’s MP and is expected to press Starmer to set out plans to stand down.

With almost all the votes counted, Abelardo de la Espriella held 49.66% of the vote versus left-wing Senator Ivan Cepeda’s 48.70%.

Universities are panicking about AI, but the real question is whether traditional essays ever measured genuine critical thinking in the first place.