On January 1, the country will become the first in the EU to introduce a ban on health and environmental grounds.

Ninety-six people have been confirmed dead after a plane caught fire during a landing at an airport in South Korea. The National Fire Agency confirmed the death toll in the southern city of Maun. The ...

A plane veered off the runway, hit a fence and caught fire at an airport in southern South Korea, killing at least 28 people. The country’s emergency office said the fire was almost put out and rescue ...

Cabinet minister Lucy Powell told the PA news agency that Westminster “definitely had a perception” of a poor working culture but a new cohort of MPs presents an “opportunity to establish better ...

The property booking platform has used technology to disrupt attempts to set up unauthorised parties around New Year since 2020.

The viral moments from 2024 demonstrated the “power of social media” from rescuing a bee to reuniting with old friends and raising money for important fundraisers. From a wine-tasting runner to a man ...

The absence of an Israeli embassy in Dublin was a source of concern for Ireland’s small Jewish population at the time.

Papers contained in the annual release of documents from the National Archives in Dublin show that Janet Reno, the attorney general at the time, wanted to stop Mr Adams from fundraising because of a ...

The CrowdStrike outages, which brought infrastructure around the world to a standstill, placed new focus on IT supply chains.

The UK will be “brighter” on Sunday, ahead of a blast of snow and rain towards New Year’s Eve, the Met Office has said. Highs of 12C are expected in Exeter, Devon, with 10C across other parts of the ...

A 33-year-old woman and 36-year-old man are due to appear before a district judge at Downpatrick Magistrates’ Court on Monday.