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The Chair of Digital Rights Ireland and Associate Professor at UCD's Sutherland School of Law, Professor TJ McIntyre, has said the main risks associated with AI glasses so far involve "quasi-sexual abuse" and their use as a "harassment tool".
An overall package of €8.5 billion in additional spending will be unveiled by Minister for Finance Simon Harris and Minister for Public Expenditure Jack Chambers.
Russia has sought to downplay reports that a laboratory technician had died of plague, even as US President Donald Trump said Washington was closely monitoring the situation and offered help.
Coco Gauff said she had received an "insane" amount of racial abuse on social media after the two-times Grand Slam champion beat local teenager Sun Xinran at the China Open on Monday in a match where a replayed point sparked an online backlash.
US President Donald Trump has ordered the use of a firing squad to execute the former US Army psychiatrist who killed 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas, in 2009.
The energy from data centres ultimately becomes heat, but the question is how much of this ends up in somebody's radiator
Follow developments as Budget 2027 is announced, with measures on childcare and energy expected.
Budget Day has arrived and many people will be watching carefully for any financial changes that may alleviate the cost of living crisis.
The Budget will be announced at 1pm, with the Government promising a personal tax package, measures on childcare and steps to help on energy costs.
The Budget will include a larger package of tax measures than expected, with Minister for Finance Simon Harris set to announce tax changes of €1.65 billion.
The captains of the European and US Ryder Cup teams have visited a Limerick golf course, as the countdown to next year's tournament at Adare Manor continues.
Tens of thousands of demonstrators have taken to the streets of Paris as France's trade unions join secondary school students rallying for better conditions.
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres called for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza ahead of the third anniversary of the 7 October 2023 Hamas attack on Israel.
Ireland will present a draft seven-year EU budget on Saturday which will go to EU leaders ahead of their summit in Brussels next week, RTÉ News understands.
Former politician and author Jeffrey Archer has died aged 86, his publisher said in a statement.
Donald Trump has said there were "some threats" that led the United States to pull bombers from a UK base.
Niamh O'Brien, who was the lead performer in Lord of the Dance and the wife of Riverdance star Michael Flatley, has died at the age of 52.
MEPs have called for urgent support for civilians trapped in the Russian-occupied Ukrainian town of Oleshky, where conditions have been described as "absolute hell".
Emergency services are advising people not to use illegal fireworks this Halloween.
Three men who admitted planning to blow up a mosque in Galway last year also threatened to attack anyone involved in mosques and accommodation for people seeking international protection, the Special Criminal Court has heard.
The Government is to announce its budget for 2027, telling the nation how they are going to spend money for the next year and how it will be divided amongst the different sectors of Ireland.
Aontú has launched its pre-budget submission which it said is focused on helping families and lowering food and fuel prices.
The Bishop of Derry will petition the Holy See to immediately dismiss a priest who has pleaded guilty to 109 sex offences at Derry Crown Court.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said a Russian drone attack caused a fire on board a commercial vessel that later sank in the Black Sea.
The first Official Playground Tester at Dublin Zoo took up his essential position today, inspecting the Zoo's three brand-new playgrounds.
A sentencing hearing over the manslaughter of Paula Canty has heard how the "brutal death" of the mother of two shattered her family's lives.
A laboratory worker at a plague research institute in Siberia has fallen ill and died in undisclosed circumstances, prompting authorities to quarantine dozens of people.
The DUP has said it will "not abdicate its responsibilities" in the political fallout over the Drumcree dispute.
An Cósan Community Special School will fully reopen tomorrow after additional staffing was secured.
Daniel Kinahan is to be represented by a solicitor from Belfast, the Special Criminal Court has been told.
Ticketmaster's "misleading commercial practice" trial over prices for the Oasis 2025 reunion concerts at Croke Park has been delayed while the company obtains an expert report.
An amateur nature photographer's picture of a brood of sleepy goslings at Finnamore Lakes in Co Offaly has been shortlisted for the Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards 2026.
Chief Justice of Ireland Donal O'Donnell has said the continuation of the dispute between criminal defence solicitors and the Department of Justice is a matter of concern to him and to judges generally.
A Co Sligo man has described his family's "traumatic" experience of fleeing a major fire at a popular campsite on the shores of Lake Garda in northern Italy over the weekend.
Gardaí removed a policy requiring whistleblower allegations against garda commissioners to be referred to the Minister for Justice, following representations on behalf of two successive ministers.
American Karl Deisseroth and Germans Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel have won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discoveries on light and optogenetics that have helped understand how the brain works.
A French student lost a hand after a police grenade exploded during school protests nationwide.
A shrewd operator who built his career on uncertain wagers, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has repeatedly confounded predictions of his demise while emerging as a prominent figure on the European left.
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is taking legal action against Thames Valley Police in a bid to quash search warrants which led to his arrest.
The Irish Blood Transfusion Service has issued an urgent appeal for people with RhD negative blood to donate, as stocks run particularly low for O negative blood.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has called an early election for 29 November after a fragmented parliament rejected his government's housing measures last week.
More than 500 former EU prime ministers, diplomats and senior officials have called on the bloc to impose sanctions on those involved in a new Israeli settlement construction project in the West Bank which critics say will thwart the possibility of a two-state solution.
A public survey has been launched by the Commission of Investigation into the Handling of Historical Child Sexual Abuse in Schools.
A group representing diabetes patients in the Midlands has expressed serious concern at the temporary closure of a specialist clinic based at Regional Hospital Mullingar.
A ruling in a legal challenge against the decision to allow an Orange Order parade along the Garvaghy Road in Portadown has been reserved by the Northern Ireland Court of Appeal.
Applications have opened for the Primary Science Fair at the 2027 Stripe Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition.
A young business owner who is a final year college student is hoping for some relief on his transport costs in tomorrow's Budget.
A shooting at a block party in the US has left two people dead and dozens injured, some critically, according to local and state officials.
The UN "pre-COP" climate gathering has kicked off in the Fijian city of Nadi, where Pacific leaders are seeking to draw the world's attention to life on the frontline of climate change.
Brazilian senator Flavio Bolsonaro, son of the far-right former leader Jair Bolsonaro, finished ahead of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in Brazil's election, which will go to a run-off in three weeks.
The General Secretary of the Irish National Teachers' Organisation has said that a second strike day set for 21 October is going ahead.
Coalition leaders have signed off on a new cost of disability payment worth €500.
Israel manager Ran Ben Shimon insists Republic of Ireland midfielder Jayson Molumby was not targeted during the 1-1 Nations League draw in Serbia, and added he did not witness any incident between players and backroom staff at half-time.
The United States removed its B-1 bombers from a UK air base one week after several men were arrested there on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts, a Pentagon official said.
The Republic of Ireland's hopes of pushing for automatic promotion from their UEFA Nations League group suffered a setback after being held to a 1-1 draw by Israel in their behind closed doors match at the TSC Arena in Backa Topola, Serbia.
Former taoiseach Brian Cowen denied that his government knew the full extent of the hole in Anglo Irish Bank's finances.
Primary and secondary teachers across the country begin a work-to-rule tomorrow morning in a dispute over public sector pay.
Caoimhin Kelleher will captain the Republic of Ireland in their UEFA Nations League match against Israel in the absence of Dara O'Shea while Jimmy Dunne replaces the defender in the back five.
The bill to the Government is hosting the six-month EU Presidency to the end of August totals €75.2 million.
The woman who has alleged that she was drugged and raped by Cornell University students has been the target of threats, her lawyer has said.
Tributes have been paid to a "fearless" press photographer after he died in a traffic collision yesterday in Co Meath.
Britain's Conservative Party will "win the next election" because the party will follow a set of key principles set out by Kemi Badenoch, the Tory leader said at the opening of the party's conference.
The government doesn't have to wait on new European Union legislation in order to make children safer online, an expert has said.
Tickets for the Glastonbury Festival 2027 have sold out in less than 45 minutes.
Heimir Hallgrimsson says the wider context of the Republic of Ireland's UEFA Nations League matches against Israel had made it "tough" for Finn Azaz to be able to take to the field.
Senator Flavio Bolsonaro took an early lead as Brazil began reporting results this afternoon in the first round of a tight presidential election.
Latvian Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs' centre-right party emerged as the victor from parliamentary elections.
Jordan Bardella, the 31-year-old top ally of Marine Le Pen, is fighting for his political life after allegations he made antisemitic comments as a teenager in 2013.
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has registered a protest with the United States after a US Marine was arrested on suspicion of robbing and murdering a Japanese woman in Okinawa.
Four months on from taking the top prize at Enterprise Ireland's Student Entrepreneur Awards, two brothers in their 20s from Co Meath have set their sights on bringing their muscle-recovery cream to the US market.
The Strait of Hormuz will not reopen until seven Iranian conditions set out in a June interim agreement with the US are met, Iran's parliament speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf said.
Irish rap trio Kneecap visited Portadown to show support for the Garvaghy Road residents at the centre of the contentious Drumcree parade dispute.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has announced military aid for Ukraine worth around €1 billion and an energy support package during a visit to Kyiv.
The dispute over the Drumcree parade has brought the past into the present, writes Northern Correspondent Conor Macauley.
A new documentary focusing on disgraced entrepreneur Elizabeth Holmes is generating Oscar buzz, bringing the billion-dollar scandal back into the public consciousness, writes Adam Maguire.
Bačka Topola, a one hour and 40-minute drive north of Belgrade, is an unlikely place to host a competitive international match, especially one as contested as tonight's Republic of Ireland versus Israel fixture.
Patients with blood cancer such as leukemia are appealing to the HSE to re-instate a stem cell transplant laboratory at Cork University Hospital.
Rarely has so much cash coalesced with such levels of political angst, writes Political Correspondent Mícheál Lehane.
The cost of full-time childcare for young children is set to be cut by at least €1,000 per year, per child in the Budget.
A person has died after a house fire in Dublin, gardaí have said.
A man has died after a collision between his motorcycle and a car in Dunboyne, Co Meath.
Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said that the Government is leaning towards a pause on carbon tax on home heating oil for the remainder of its lifetime.
When the final whistle goes in Serbia this evening, Heimir Hallgrimsson and his squad will finally be able to breathe a sigh of relief.
Béibhinn Parsons and Brittany Hogan were back among the scorers as Ireland delivered an improved performance to record their second victory in seven days over Japan at Virgin Media Park.
Alison Hammond has revealed she had to leave the set of This Morning after suffering a "massive panic attack".
Gaza's civil defence agency and a hospital have said that an overnight Israeli airstrike on an apartment in Gaza City killed five Palestinians, including four women.
Two men who died when a trench they were working in collapsed in Crossnacreevy, Co Down yesterday, have been named by police.
Ireland and Japan will meet again today after last week's 31-24 victory for the hosts in Galway.
During a press conference that ended abruptly with the FAI strongly denying racism claims from an Israeli journalist, Ireland manager Heimir Hallgrimsson has hailed the "togetherness" within the group as his squad prepare to conclude this block of Nations League games.
The Government looks set to agree on a €10 increase to the State pension and core welfare payments as discussions around Budget 2027 continue.
Russia has issued a new call for diplomats and foreigners to leave Kyiv, warning the Ukrainian capital of "massive" strikes, in a statement by its foreign ministry.
Heimir Hallgrimsson addressed the media ahead of Ireland's 'home' game against Israel in the Nations League.
Tens of thousands of protesters marched in Madrid and other cities in Spain to demand affordable housing, a day after MPs rejected relief measures for tenants.
Latvians are voting in a parliamentary election that is likely to keep power in the hands of pro-Ukrainian Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs.
A large crowd gathered in Portadown in support of the residents of the Garvaghy Road.
Back in 2009, the Republic of Ireland travelled to Kazakhstan for the first time as they looked to qualify for the 2011 World Cup. It was Katie Taylor's last game for the Girls in Green, and a different era for the women's game.
UAE investigators have said the co-pilot of a flydubai flight to Israel this week was planning a "terrorist act" and used the cockpit's emergency axe to attack the captain, but they did not reveal his motive.
Andy Burham's speech to the Labour Party conference secured widespread praise for its skillful construction, rich content and superb delivery, but it was put at risk of being overshadowed by some ill-chosen words on the topic of football, writes London Correspondent Sean Whelan.
RTÉ's Europe Editor Tony Connelly assesses how the EU is dealing with the energy price shock and what choices governments face in trying to alleviate the pressure on households.
Cucumber producer Shane Halpin has been reflecting on the "whirlwind" few weeks since he was crowned FBD Young Farmer of the Year.