Dancing with the Stars has announced that Oti Mabuse will join the show as the new head judge, while Laura Fox will stand in for presenter Doireann Garrihy for the upcoming season. South African ...

Taoiseach Micheál Martin is attending an informal meeting of EU leaders in Copenhagen, Denmark, which will focus on the growing threat of Russian incursions into European airspace, as well as long ...

A US judge rejected a bid by Sean "Diddy" Combs to overturn his criminal conviction on felony prostitution-related charges, after prosecutors said the hip-hop mogul should spend more than 11 years in ...

Sinn Féin has accused Independent Ireland of attempting to censor Bob Vylan after one of its councillors initiated legal proceedings aimed at halting a gig by the punk-rap duo in Dublin.

The Appeals Centre Europe, a Dublin-based social media appeals body, has issued more than 1,500 decisions since it began operating in November 2024.

A powerful 6.9-magnitude earthquake jolted the central Philippines, collapsing buildings and killing at least 31 people on the island of Cebu, authorities said, with fears the toll could rise as ...

The international flotilla trying to deliver aid to Gaza said early that drone activity is increasing over the flotilla as it nears the destination. "We have now entered the high-risk zone, the area ...

A new post-primary schools' applications system for five towns opens this morning. From today, instead of applying to schools individually, families in Athenry, Celbridge, Clonakilty, Greystones and ...

A 64-year-old man was put to death by lethal injection in Florida last night for the 1990 murders of his employers, marking the 34th execution in the United States this year.

In her latest report on disability services, our Social Affairs Correspondent Ailbhe Conneely examines the impact that the lack of planned residential places is having on families.

EY said the economy of Northern Ireland will grow by 1.3% this year and 1.2% in 2026. It said the jobs market in the north has performed well this year so far, and consumer sentiment has improved, ...

Visitors to Irish lighthouses have more than doubled since 2018 - attracting 350,000 visitors annually and lighthouse tourism is generating more than €33 million per year.