The Irish Parliament has been dissolved for a General Election. Taoiseach Simon Harris said it had been the honour of his life to serve in the role, and he believed the time was right to seek a new ...

Veteran actress June Spencer delighted The Archers listeners and the Queen with her role as strong-minded Peggy Woolley for decades. She died “peacefully in her sleep” in the early hours of Friday at ...

Officials said there has been a sharp rise in illegal sales of counterfeit merchandise ahead of the release of Paddington In Peru on Friday.

A Spanish research vessel that investigates marine ecosystems has been deployed to search for people missing after catastrophic flooding. The 24 crew members aboard the Ramon Margalef will use its ...

A £20,000 reward has been offered for information which could help catch and convict whoever murdered a mother 30 years ago. Shona Stevens, 31, was found with serious injuries on a footpath in a ...

A woman who claims she was raped by Irish mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor in a Dublin hotel has been accused of telling a “web of lies” in the hours following the alleged incident.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has predicted that a new US administration under Donald Trump will cease providing support to Ukraine in its fight against Russia’s full-scale invasion. His ...

June Spencer, who played matriarch Peggy Woolley in BBC Radio 4’s The Archers, has died at the age of 105, her family has said. Spencer had played the character since the show’s first episode in 1951, ...