Europe Edition

An independent investigation into the Olympic boxing competition at Rio 2016 has determined that an informal bout manipulation system existed, with Michael Conlan's match against Russia's Vladimir Nikitin among those deemed "suspicious"....

An officer who strangled Sarah Everard with his police belt after kidnapping her under the guise of a fake arrest for breaking lockdown rules is facing a whole life sentence....

Former police officer Wayne Couzens has been handed a whole life order at the Old Bailey in London for the kidnap, rape and murder of Sarah Everard....

Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe has said that Ireland will enter the OECD's global tax agreement if certainty and stability on corporation tax rates can be assured and if not "we will stay where we are"....

The death toll from bloody clashes between rival gangs in an Ecuador prison reached 116, with nearly 80 more wounded, President Guillermo Lasso said....

A 96-year-old former secretary at a concentration camp will go on trial in Germany Thursday, one of the first women implicated in Nazi-era crimes to be prosecuted in decades....

Covid-19 cases in Australia's Victoria state surged to record levels today despite Melbourne, the state capital, being stuck in a hard lockdown for nearly two months as officials race to vaccinate the population before easing curbs....

Campaigners seeking 100% redress for damage to their homes caused by defective blocks will protest outside Leinster House again today....

The construction industry has warned that there are too many systemic barriers that are adding costs and delays to Government-related infrastructure and housing to result in their timely and cost-effective delivery....

An emergency measure that suspended the right of workers laid off by their employers during the Covid-19 pandemic to receive a redundancy payment will be removed after today....

A Status Yellow rain warning has been issued for three counties....

Drugmaker company, Perrigo, has settled its long-running dispute with Revenue over a 1.64bn tax bill, for just under 300m....

The father of Britney Spears has been suspended from the pop superstar's conservatorship, a judge in the US has ruled....

Plans for a new city in Dublin, involving homes for up to 80,000 people, are undergoing public consultation....

A senior government official has defended how ambassadorial and special envoy appointments are made, as he answered questions surrounding the decision to appoint Katherine Zappone as Special Envoy to the United Nations....

Museums and galleries should be used to enhance the night-time economy and become places where people can "simply hang-out", an Oireachtas Committee has heard....

The Minister for Finance has said the process of negotiating a new deal on global corporation tax reform is entering a very important period and next week would be a critical moment....

The Houses of the Oireachtas Commission, the organisation which operates the Dil and Seanad, has proposed increasing staff numbers by 111 between now and 2024....

The EMA will decide on Monday whether to approve Pfizer's Covid-19 booster vaccine, but it is unlikely to give precise guidance on who should receive it, according to an internal document and two officials....

Air pollution from industries in Europe causes health and environmental damage estimated at up to 430 billion for a single year, the European Environment Agency (EEA) said today....

A Danish museum loaned an artist 534,000 kroner (over 71,800) in cash to recreate old artworks of his using the banknotes, but he ended up pocketing the money and sending blank canvasses with a new title: "Take the Money and Run"....

Gerard Hutch, the man known as the Monk, is being flown back to Ireland to face court proceedings in connection with the gun attack at the Regency Hotel five years ago...

A 39-year-old man has been found guilty of the murder of his wife in Dublin four years ago....

Slovenia has temporarily suspended use of the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine after a 20-year-old woman died of a brain hemorrhage and blood clots just days after getting the jab....

Irish citizens vaccinated outside of the EU will be able to obtain a Digital COVID Certificate valid in Ireland and across the EU, under a new service being introduced in two phases....

The Director General of the Environmental Protection Agency has said any further plans to expand the dairy herd are unsustainable, pending evidence and the implementation of effective solutions to greenhouse gas emissions....

The Taoiseach has told the Dil that allegations that a former judge abused his power with a woman who was before his court "is a very serious issue"....

A verdict of medical misadventure has been returned at the inquest into the death of a 28-year-old woman, who died hours after giving birth....

A serving police officer kidnapped and murdered Sarah Everard after accusing her of breaking the Covid-19 lockdown in a "false arrest", a court has heard....

The Sinn Fin leader has said that no affordable homes to rent or buy were delivered in 2019 and 2020....

The Catholic Diocese of Dromore in Northern Ireland is establishing a redress scheme for victims and survivors of clerical sexual abuse....

Daniel Craig revels in his final James Bond movie as the spy comes out of retirement to try and save the world, one martini at a time....

The Minister for the Environment and Climate has told the Dil that the role of data centres in enterprise policy will be reviewed shortly....

There has been an increase of over 40% in cases of reported fraud in the year to June, according to the latest crime figures published by the Central Statistics Office....

EirGrid publishes a Generation Capacity Statement every year and this year's report sets out very clearly the potential shortfall in supply over the coming years....

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation has said that the union has had "absolutely no engagement with the [HSE] in a meaningful way" on the issue of compensation for work during the pandemic....

Russia has threatened to block YouTube after state-backed broadcaster RT's German-language channels were deleted and said it was weighing possible retaliation against the German media....

YouTube has said it will remove videos that falsely claim approved vaccines are dangerous, as social networks seek to crack down on health misinformation around Covid-19 and other diseases....

The largest number of Covid-19 cases were seen in those aged 0-12 years in the two weeks to last Monday, latest figures show....

The Commission for the Regulation of Utilities has warned that customers face higher charges for their electricity in the coming years due to record demand and reduced supply....

A joint report by two national disability organisations highlights the stark challenges facing people with disabilities who are trying to secure housing....

Lengthy queues have formed outside fuel stations across London again as the strain on fuel supplies continued despite Prime Minister Boris Johnson saying the situation was improving....

Almost 8 million was scammed from people in online investment fraud in the first seven months of this year, according to new Garda figures....

North Korea has successfully tested a new hypersonic gliding missile, state media has said, in what would be the nuclear-armed nation's latest advance in weapons technology....

US Senate Republicans for a second day in a row blocked a bid by President Joe Biden's Democrats to head off a potentially crippling US credit default, as partisan tensions rattled an economy recovering from the Covid-19 pandemic....

Lava from an erupting volcano in the Canary Islands has reached the ocean, volcanologists said, raising fears of toxic gases being released as the magma hits the seawater....

The migrant women's networking group, AkiDwA, is reiterating its call for a national action plan on female genital mutilation (FGM)....

The US Senate Foreign Relations Committee will hold a confirmation hearing today for the nomination to the post of US Ambassador to Ireland....

The Minister for Housing Darragh O'Brien will meet homeowners from Donegal and Mayo later today, who are seeking 100% redress for the damage to their homes caused by the presence of the mineral mica in concrete blocks....

Worker representatives in Local Employment Services and Job Clubs will go before an Oireachtas committee this morning to outline their concerns about a tendering process for the service by the Department of Social Protection....