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Pope Francis is expected to delight Catholics all over the world during Easter celebrations at the Vatican, just weeks after he was fighting for his life in hospital while suffering from pneumonia.
20 April 2025
Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky said his forces would observe a surprise Easter truce announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin set to last until midnight, even as air-raid sirens sounded in Kyiv.
20 April 2025
Thousands of protesters have marched in New York and other cities across the United States for a second major round of demonstrations against Donald Trump and his policies.
19 April 2025
Gaza's civil defence agency reported that Israeli air strikes killed at least 54 people, adding the toll was expected to climb.
19 April 2025
Thousands of people rallied in London and Edinburgh in support of trans rights, after a landmark UK court ruling on the definition of a woman.
19 April 2025
Twenty-one humanoid robots joined thousands of runners at the Yizhuang half-marathon in Beijing today, the first time these machines have raced alongside humans over a 21km course.
19 April 2025
Former 'The Late Late Show' host Ryan Tubridy and his agent Noel Kelly have submitted data access requests to RTÉ, the broadcaster has confirmed.
19 April 2025
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said his forces would observe a surprise Easter truce announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin that is set to last until midnight tomorrow, even as air-raid sirens sounded in Kyiv.
19 April 2025
Northern Irish singer and actress Clodagh Rodgers, who represented the UK in the 1971 Eurovision Song Contest, has died at the age of 78.
19 April 2025
Julian Benson, dancer, choreographer, talent agent and former judge of RTÉ One TV series Dancing with the Stars has died this morning in Dublin aged 54.
19 April 2025
A 58-year-old Catholic priest from Donegal has appeared in court charged with attempted sexual communication with a child.
19 April 2025
It is a traditional staple of Easter dinner, but this year some sellers are not stocking lamb due to a spike in price - saying consumers are not willing to pay more for the product.
19 April 2025
The US Supreme Court, in a dramatic night-time intervention, paused President Donald Trump's unprecedented use of an obscure law to deport Venezuelan migrants without due process.
19 April 2025
A whistleblower says the narrative surrounding the publication of the 'Grace' case report overlooks the fact that people failed Grace and not the system.
19 April 2025
US aid funding cuts have had a devastating impact on Irish aid agencies working in developing countries, according to documents seen by RTÉ News.
19 April 2025
RTÉ's Economics and Public Affairs Editor David Murphy examines some of the key issues around how US President Donald Trump's trade policies could play out.
19 April 2025
Through the centuries, Easter in Ireland has always had a strong historical, but particularly spiritual and political impact.
19 April 2025
The EU is embarking on its 17th package of sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, but the ground on which the West has maintained economic pressure on Moscow has been shaken by US President Donald Trump.
19 April 2025
This Easter weekend, as families troop into cinemas across the country to take refuge from the rain for a few hours, Warner Bros Pictures will be closely monitoring ticket sales for its global smash hit: 'A Minecraft movie'.
19 April 2025
Iran and the United States have agreed to hold another round of talks next week over Tehran's nuclear ambitions, Iranian state TV reported, as they ended their second round of negotiations in Rome over their decades-long standoff.
19 April 2025