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A Pentagon official detailed confusion and concern in the US national security system after the White House blocked aid to Ukraine without explanation, according to testimony released by the congressional impeachment panel into US President Donald Trump.

A man has been arrested after gardaí seized what they believe is cocaine worth an estimated €1.4 million in Drogheda, Co Louth.

A "mouse-deer" that has not been documented alive for three decades has been discovered living in the wild in Vietnam.

Musician Liam Gallagher has partnered with a Dublin homeless charity to encourage people to donate warm winter clothing.

France, Britain and Germany have said they would consider a dispute resolution mechanism enshrined in the 2015 Iran nuclear deal that could lead to United Nations sanctions being reimposed for recent breaches of the pact.

Bolivia's armed forces said in a statement today that it would launch plans to protect essential public services amid escalating violence in the South American nation after leftist leader Evo Morales resigned as President yesterday.

A Russian historian who confessed to murdering and dismembering his ex-student lover was put in pre-trial detention on Monday.

Met Éireann has accused the media of over-sensationalising the potential impact of Storm Lorenzo and contributing to the fear that some people already had in the run-up to the event.

Boeing has said it expects US regulators to approve the return to commercial service of its grounded 737 MAX jet in the coming weeks.

This is a win for Boris Johnson. In a trial of strength between him and Nigel Farage, it is Mr Farage who has blinked first.

Fianna Fáil has said it does not have any plans to discipline its senator and by-election candidate, Lorraine Clifford-Lee, over tweets she wrote eight years ago.

Dublin City Council is proposing a 36% increase in the toll for the East-Link bridge among a number of revenue-gathering measures being put forward.

The leader of the DUP has said said her party is aiming to increase its representation at Westminster in next month's election.

Up to 20 students at University College Cork are availing of a food bank service on a weekly basis.

A taxi driver ripped off passengers 280 times by secretly using a remote control to add €9 to fares without their knowledge, a court has heard.

Speed camera operatives employed by GoSafe who are members of SIPTU have suspended their industrial action.

Irish woman Lisa Smith, who travelled to Syria three years ago to join the Islamic State group, is expected to be back in Ireland in the next few weeks.

A 24-year-old man with cerebral palsy has received a settlement of €17.5m over the circumstances of his birth at a Cork hospital.

The Supreme Court has ruled that employees who want to have their lawyers present at internal workplace disciplinary proceedings must establish an "exceptional" case that the process could not be fair without such legal representation.

Eight novels from Ireland are among 156 books nominated by libraries around the world for the 2020 International DUBLIN Literary Award. With the winner receiving €100,000.