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- Ukrainian negotiator rules out ceasefire
Ukraine ruled out a ceasefire or concessions to Moscow while Russia intensified an offensive in the eastern Donbas region and stopped providing gas to Finland, as Polish President Andrzej Duda prepared to address the Ukrainian parliament today. - Poland calls for more EU unity on refugee crisis
Political Correspondent Paul Cunningham speaks to Poland's Secretary of State for Europe about the country's response to the Ukrainian refugee crisis. - Heartache of Nicola Furlong's mum as killer to be freed
The mother of Nicola Furlong has told of her heartache ten years after the Wexford student was murdered in Japan. - Three people released in Co Down murder investigation
Police have released three people unconditionally as part of the investigation into the fatal stabbing in Co Down of north Belfast's Eamonn Darren O'Hanlon. - UK detecting more cases of monkeypox every day
- Prospect of rate hikes impacting national debt too
As the European Central Bank readies to hike interest rates, the cost of longer term borrowing is starting to rise. That applies to our national debt where the cost of borrowing over 10 years has doubled in recent months. Bond yields are likely to continue to move upwards as ECB rates rise. - Incoming Australian PM Albanese to meet Biden
Australia's incoming prime minister Anthony Albanese said he will meet one-on-one with the US, Japanese and Indian leaders in Tokyo on Tuesday, 24 hours after he is scheduled to be sworn in. - From paradise to pandemonium: 20 years on from Saipan
Sent to Saipan to capture some pretty, tropical pre-World Cup package for the television news, RTÉ Soccer correspondent Tony O'Donoghue recalls a frantic week spent covering the most divisive story in Irish sport's history - Twin foals defy 10,000-1 odds in Co Wicklow
A former champion mare at the Dublin Horse Show has defied 10,000-1 odds by giving birth to healthy twin foals. - Female TV presenters cover faces on air in Afghanistan
Female presenters on Afghanistan's leading news channels went on air today with their faces covered, a day after defying a Taliban order to conceal their appearance on television. - WHO working on more monkeypox guidance as cases rise
The World Health Organization is working on further guidance for countries on how to mitigate the spread of monkeypox, amid concerns cases could spike further in the summer months, a senior adviser for the UN agency has said. - Memorial ceremony for gardaí killed in line of duty
Members of An Garda Síochána who died in the line of duty are being remembered at a ceremony in Dublin Castle. - Moscow may swap Ukraine prisoners for Putin ally
Moscow will consider exchanging prisoners from Ukraine's Azov battalion for Viktor Medvedchuk, a wealthy Ukrainian businessman close to President Vladimir Putin, a Russian negotiator said today. - Thousands rally in support of Irish language laws
Thousands of people are gathering in Belfast for a rally in support of Irish language legislation in Northern Ireland. - Munster set for road trip after loss to Leinster
Munster will face an away trip to Ulster in the quarter-finals of the URC after losing 35-25 to Leinster at the Aviva Stadium. - Joyous homecoming for Broadhurst and O'Rourke
Boxers Amy Broadhurst and Lisa O'Rourke received a huge welcome home from family, friends and supporters at Dublin Airport on Saturday evening as the world champions returned from Istanbul proudly wearing their gold medals. - Australia's Albanese: a pragmatist who promises unity
Anthony Albanese, who is set to be Australia's next prime minister, is a pragmatic leader from a working-class background who has pledged to end divisions in the country. - Australian PM Scott Morrison concedes defeat to Labor
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison conceded defeat after an election which saw the opposition Labor Party set to end almost a decade of conservative rule, possibly with the support of pro-environment independents. - How concerned should we be about monkeypox?
Global health officials have sounded the alarm over rising cases in Europe and elsewhere of monkeypox, a type of viral infection more common to west and central Africa. - Truss meets senior US Democrat amid protocol tensions
The UK's Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has met with US Democrat Richard Neal amid tensions over the post-Brexit deal with Northern Ireland.