IRELAND BREAKING NEWS

A brother and sister who alleged they were mistreated at a crèche, which became the subject of RTÉ's "Behind Closed Doors" exposé, have been awarded €36,000 damages.

Convicted criminal Martin Foley, also known as The Viper, has had his challenge against the sale of his home by the Criminal Assets Bureau adjourned to next week.

A suspected data breach is being investigated involving the Employment Permit Online System operated by the Department of Enterprise.

US President Donald Trump has described Brazil's presidential election as "disgraceful".

A woman has given evidence at a murder trial of praying over her 80-year-old husband when she found him unconscious and bloodied on the ground outside their home in Tipperary.

Fionnula Flanagan will be among Patrick Kielty's guests on Friday's Late Late Show Halloween Special on RTÉ One and RTÉ Player.

Researchers at the Threecastles Solar Farm near Blessington have discovered what is believed to be the oldest archaeological site ever excavated in Co Wicklow.

A former principal of De La Salle National School in Waterford city has been sentenced to four years and three months in prison for abusing a child, with the final year suspended.

U2 have reassured fans at home that they will be announcing Irish shows as they unveiled UK and European dates for their upcoming tour, Carnaval de Luz Presents: The Greatest Show on Earth.

Enoch Burke has been banned from going within 100 metres of a school in Co Westmeath after a judge amended an order against him.

The High Court has been told that the Sinn Féin TD Aengus Ó Snodaigh in his capacity as chairperson of the charity Liberty Recycling signed off on the establishment of two other related entities which were not charities.

Irish jails were so overcrowded that a proposal to cut 40 days from the sentence of every prisoner in the State was put forward by authorities struggling to find more space.

63-year-old Michael McCoy was found dead in woodland near his home in the Dublin mountains having suffered blunt force trauma to his head and face

A Russian drone slammed into a busy platform at a railway station in Ukraine's Dnipro today, killing at least 14 people in what President Volodymyr Zelensky called a "horrific" attack that demands a response from Kyiv's allies.

Israel's chief opposition candidate Gadi Eisenkot has warned that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was working to delegitimise election results with his allegations of malfeasance by Arab parties.

The Government is planning to repay €8 billion in loans received during the financial crisis ahead of schedule.

The Democratic Unionist Party is to end joint engagements of Stormont's First Ministers' office in a row with Sinn Féin over Drumcree, a move Michelle O'Neill called "arrogant and supremacist".

The death toll from the crash involving two high-speed trains in Spain has risen to 74 from 69, according to the transport ministry.

The EU and Canada want to bring their relationship to the "highest level possible" as they face a "world of growing rivalries," Ursula von der Leyen said ahead of a meeting with Canadian leader Mark Carney.

Criminals are selling drug debts on to other groups who enforce what is allegedly owed at a higher amount, the Garda Commissioner has said.