Israeli defence minister Israel Katz said the offensive is intended to ‘crush and clean the area’ of militants.

Remarks by the Minister of Social Development, Ms Nokuzola Sisisi Tolashe, MP on the occasion of the Media Briefing on South Africa’s State of Readiness to host the Africa Child ...

Review says current system of environmental regulations not working, but conservationists warn of ‘high risk’ to nature in planning reforms.

The Irish Government has won a vote of confidence in the speaker of the parliament. The Government brought the motion after opposition parties initially proposed a no confidence motion in Ceann ...

Tom Crowther was named in January as someone who would help the Government with their work to tackle child sex abuse and grooming gangs.

Mr Booker’s speech was not a filibuster, which is a speech meant to halt the advance of a specific piece of legislation. Instead, Mr Booker’s performance was a broader critique of Mr Trump’s agenda, ...

Ireland and European leaders are braced for US President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” for the US economy, when he is expected to announce a range of tariffs on imports from other countries. He is ...

Several private schools, children who attend them and their parents are bringing legal action against the Treasury over the imposition of VAT ...

The boss of Scottish Water has told MSPs the company’s “door is open” following strikes last week as unions were urged to put a pay offer to its members. Workers walked out of the public body last ...

Richard Nodwell, 37, of Oakfield, Cwmbran, was jailed for six years and four months after assaulting a police officer, fracturing his eye socket.

Export of pharmaceutical products from Ireland to the US could reduce by around a half if the US President imposes a 20% tariff and the EU responds by applying the same tariff, the deputy Irish ...

The Prime Minister suggested that retaliatory tariffs were possible but stressed that he does not want to see a trade war.