He who is slient, is strongest.

Thailand's prime minister has rejected an ultimatum by tens of thousands of red-shirted protestors to call snap elections.

A powerful cyclone is battering Fiji's northern islands today, damaging homes and forcing thousands to flee to evacuation centres.

Negotiations with public sector trade unions are due to take place at the Labour Relations Commission later today.

Pressure is mounting on Cardinal Séan Brady to resign over revelations he never reported complaints against a paedophile priest to authorities.

Cross-border postal services have been criticised by a UK-based consumer watchdog.

The Construction Industry Federation claims output is set to decline significantly over the next year because Government projects are not being delivered.

The Department of Transport is planning to downgrade the Coast Guard search and rescue helicopter service in the southeast.

Cardinal Séan Brady has defended his role in the Church's handling of child sex abuse allegations against Fr Brendan Smyth.

Tens of thousands of protesters gathered in Bangkok today calling on Thailand's military-backed government to call elections.

Senator Dan Boyle has said it should be open to the Ombudsman to appear before any Oireachtas Committee as a key officer on behalf of the State.

A man was shot in the leg during an attempted armed robbery in Meigh, Co Armagh, last night.

A crewman who became seriously ill on a trawler off the coast of Co Kerry was airlifted to hospital in Tralee this afternoon.

The Equality Authority has called for greater recognition of the diverse situations in which children are being parented in modern Ireland.

Gardaí in Limerick have arrested two men and seized drugs, which could be worth up to €300,000.

Taoiseach Brian Cowen travelled to Silicon Valley and San Jose on the second day of his official visit to the US.

Gardaí have been given more time to question three men about an alleged conspiracy to murder a Swedish artist.

James Bulger's mother has called for the Children's Commissioner in Britain to be sacked for comments about the murder of her son.

13 people were killed yesterday in and around the Mexican beach resort of Acapulco in apparent drug-related violence.

The Chief Executive of the HSE said he is determined to get to the bottom of why X-rays were not read at Tallaght Hospital.

Two women have been killed in separate road accidents in counties Cavan and Antrim.