The first woman to be elected Ceann Comhairle of the Dáil, Verona Murphy, will host a celebration at Leinster House today to mark the approaching St Brigid's bank holiday weekend - named after Ireland's first female patron saint.
A US passenger jet carrying 64 people has crashed into Washington's Potomac River after colliding mid-air with a military helicopter near Reagan National Airport, prompting a major emergency response and the grounding of all flights.
Indian authorities have ordered a probe into the stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela Hindu festival that killed dozens of devotees as millions gathered for a "holy dip" in sacred river waters as part of the six-week event, said officials.
President Donald Trump has announced that the US will hold migrants at the notorious Guantanamo military detention facility in Cuba as part of his administration's crackdown on illegal immigration.
US President Donald Trump has said that he will order the Pentagon and the Department of Homeland Security to prepare a migrant facility at Guantanamo Bay for as many as 30,000 migrants.
The joy of thousands of Palestinian families who returned from southern to northern Gaza after a ceasefire began is turning to despair as the cold reality of uninhabitable, bombed-out homes and dire shortages of basic supplies sets in.
Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael have rejected suggestions that the Coalition leaders have failed when it comes to ensuring gender equality in their ministerial appointments.
Sinn Féin TD Pa Daly has been given permission by the High Court to take his legal challenge to the attendance of so called super-junior ministers at Cabinet meetings.
A Palestinian prisoners advocacy group has said Israeli authorities would release 110 prisoners, including 30 minors, tomorrow as part of an exchange under a Gaza ceasefire deal agreed with Hamas.
US President Donald Trump's choice for health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, has been accused by Democratic politicians of covering up his anti-vaccine views and embracing conspiracy theories to dissuade use of life-saving medicines.
The new ministers of state have been announced after a Cabinet meeting this afternoon. The appointment of the 23 ministers of state is an increase of three on the last Coalition.
