Rainfall will become more widespread by Sunday, after thunderstorms left some without power

Thousands without power following lightning strikes in parts of country

‘Heat dome’ expected to move eastward over weekend with high temperatures set to hit Germany, Poland and Croatia

On a sweltering day in the capital, visitors bemoan unwisely packed clothing and queue for free ice-creams

Soaring values in France, Italy, Spain, England and other western European states exerting significant strain

Three Ireland intercepted 650,000 fraudulent text messages in first five months of this year

Lack of education about how such lending services work, Oireachtas finance committee told

Barnardos survey finds 30% of respondents did not have enough food to feed children at some point over last year

Michael Rosien, who suffers from vascular dementia, on ‘last vacation to remember’ in Ireland

Items shipped from outside EU to incur €3 fee under new rules targeting deliveries worth less than €150

Census data indicate as many as one in four Irish adults live in single-person households. It’s a high-priced way of life

Long queues form as people line up to dine al fresco on streets normally the preserve of cars and buses

Home and garden shop contacted as many as 7,000 people who made purchases

Traumatic brain injuries among child e-scooter users in Ireland have jumped by 50% in just 12 months. Alarmed medics say it is time to take action

Israeli military carried out a wave of deadly strikes in Lebanon on Friday after planned US-Iran talks in Switzerland were cancelled