Tánaiste and Minister for Finance Simon Harris is to discuss the economic impact of the ongoing war in the Middle East at a two-day summit of EU finance ministers, which begins later today.
Three people have died on a cruise ship in the Atlantic, the WHO has said, including one confirmed case of hantavirus - an illness usually transmitted to humans from rodents.
Returned emigrants and people who have moved from the United States to Ireland are urging the Government to simplify a "painful" and "burdensome" process for obtaining an Irish driving licence.
People who work to aid survivors of sexual assault in the immediate hours and days following an attack fear that too few people know about their services, despite the fact that demand is growing.
Holocaust Awareness Ireland has criticised Late Late Show host Patrick Kielty for his interview on Friday with performer Boy George, for what it described as a "lack of empathy when speaking about Jews".
The Irish women's 4x400m relay team of Rachel McCann, Sophie Becker, Arlene Crossan and Sharlene Mawdsley have secured a place at next year's World Championships after winning the repechage race at the World Athletics Relays in Botswana.
A man and a woman have died and three people, including a child, were taken to hospital following a "suspicious" explosion at a house in Bristol in England.
A man in his 20s, who was arrested as part of an investigation into the deaths of a four-year-old boy and his grand-aunt in Co Offaly last year, has been released without charge.