A stampede at the world's largest religious gathering in India killed at least 15 people with many more injured, a doctor at the Kumbh Mela festival in Prayagraj told AFP.
After the drama of a new Government being formed last week, this week the spotlight turns to the Seanad and who will take a seat in the Upper House of the Oireachtas.
The healthcare system for millions of low-income Americans and rafts of other programs were thrown into disarray after President Donald Trump ordered a freeze on federal funding, a move opponents blasted as unconstitutional.
A World Weather Attribution study by 32 international wildfire scientists has confirmed that human-caused climate change worsened the ferocious wildfires that devastated parts of Los Angeles in recent weeks.
Caroline Kennedy, daughter of former US President John F Kennedy, has sent a scathing letter about her cousin Robert Kennedy Jr to US senators, ahead of his senate confirmation hearing tomorrow.
A man who was caught with over 1,800 images of child abuse material after gardaí were alerted to an exchange of material on an instant messaging app has been given a suspended sentence.
Conamara is one of the areas worst affected by Storm Éowyn and people in An Cheathrú Rua, Co Galway have been venting their anger and frustration during a visit by Minister Dara Calleary.
Two members of the Hutch family have told Prime Time about their experience living through the Hutch-Kinahan feud, which saw several of their relatives killed, others the target of attempted murders, and gunshots fired at their home.
Israel will cease all contact with the UN's Palestinian relief agency UNRWA and any other body acting on its behalf, Israel's envoy to the UN said after repeatedly accusing the organisation of undermining its security.
The parents of a baby girl who was stillborn at Portiuncula University Hospital in Co Galway in 2008 have described their devastation at news of a fresh review at the hospital.
The HSE has insisted that Portiuncula University Hospital is safe and continuing to provide services as normal amid external reviews having been ordered into the delivery of nine babies there, including two who were stillborn.
