IRELAND BREAKING NEWS

A new initiative is required to challenge all traditions to engage with "hard evidence" on different constitutional frameworks around unity, the Taoiseach has said.

A verdict of death by misadventure has been recorded into the death of a man who became unresponsive after being held in a prone position by gardaí.

A jury has been discharged two weeks into the trial of a man accused of murdering his father at the apartment they shared in Dublin.

A young girl has been attacked by a wolf and badly injured in a German wildlife park, police said, adding that the eight-year-old was taken to hospital by rescue helicopter.

President Vladimir Putin has hailed Elon Musk as a genius, acknowledging Russia is only beginning to roll out its answer to his Starlink satellite internet system.

Revolt has said a "short technical issue" with its app, which meant some customers were unable to log in, has now been resolved.

A 92-year-old Co Clare man who paid out €60,000 two years ago to two orphaned sisters has been found guilty of eight counts of indecent assault.

The controversial bill to remove the triple lock from Irish law will not be debated by an Oireachtas committee until at least the second half of November.

Far-right activist Tommy Robinson has been convicted of harassing two journalists and causing them to fear violence.

Russell Brand told jurors at his rape trial he has dedicated much of his life to "beyond reckless philandering and idiocy", and admitted he had been wrong to use his fame to get sex.

James McClean's second spell at Derry City has come to an end after the player and the club mutually agreed to terminate his contract with immediate effect.

New figures from the Central Statistics Office reveal that eight in ten households are located within two kilometres of a bus stop while almost seven in ten are near a high-frequency bus service.

British finance minister John Healey has announced support to help households through the "global economic storms" with subsidies for energy bills and a freeze in fuel duty for drivers in the first budget plan of Prime Minister Andy Burnham's government.

There has been a further rise in hospital overcrowding with 824 patients waiting for admission to a bed, according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation.

A man is urging people to be aware of the stroke symptoms after he was saved by a colleague who noticed he was speaking "complete gibberish" on a work call.

Tánaiste Simon Harris has confirmed he spoke to Patrick O'Donovan on the phone shortly before the Minister for Culture fell ill and was taken to hospital.

At least 68 people have died after two Spanish high-speed trains collided, with rescuers scouring the wreckage for more bodies.

Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro has declared himself the rightful president-elect of Brazil, saying his victory had been denied by an electoral coup d'etat by leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and the country's Supreme Court.

A Belfast court has ruled that the Northern Secretary made a lawful decision when he banned the Drumcree parade earlier this month.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud accused Arab parties of having stolen the country's election, after partial results showed they could play a kingmaking role in forming a new government.