At leat 9a people were arrested across Russia yesterday after demonstrations were held as the funerla of opposition leader Alexei Navalny took place in Moscow. President Vladimir Putin’s fiercest critic inside Russia, died at the age of 47 in an Arctic penal colony on 16 February, sparking accusations from his …

It was 1996 and a 19-year-old Cillian Murphy had just left college and was about to make his professional acting debut in Enda Walsh’s play Disco Pigs. He had been studying law at University College Cork but failed his first-year exams because, as he later recalled, “I had no ambitions …

Road users are being advised to be careful as surfaces continue to be hazardous with a Status Yellow ice warning in place for the country until 9am. Yesterday, Met Éireann has said it was “not surprised” snow fell across the country given forecasts for a mix of rain and sleet …

At the Ukraine summit in Paris on Monday, President Emmanuel Macron made a startling announcement. “We will do whatever it takes to ensure that Russia cannot win this war,” he told reporters. “Everything is possible,” he said, including sending Western troops to Ukraine. It seemed a clear escalation in the …

Harvard University arguably appears in popular culture more often than any other academic institution in the world. In ‘Gilmore Girls’, it was the school Rory Gilmore first wanted to attend. Elle Woods is a fashionable sorority girl turned Harvard law student in ‘Legally Blonde’. David Fincher’s film, ‘The Social Network’, …

This day next week it will be known whether or not the Irish people have decided to make further changes to the Constitution after what will be voters’ first opportunity to cast a ballot in more than four years. The twin referendums – on the issues of Family and Care …

A UN team visiting a Gaza hospital reported seeing “a large number of gunshot wounds” among dozens of Palestinians being treated after Israeli troops opened fire at a food aid point. UN staff, the first to visit Gaza’s north in more than a week, spent just over two hours at …

The Teachers’ Union of Ireland has called on the Government to intensify engagement on the threats and opportunities posed by artificial intelligence in the education system. The TUI said that departmental guidelines and regulatory safeguards should be formalised and regularly assessed and updated to ensure the education system is in …

A truck driver who was trapped in a vehicle that was dangling off the side of a bridge in Louisville, Kentucky was rescued by emergency services. The incident happened on the Clark Memorial Bridge between southern Indiana and Louisville, Kentucky. A rescuer repelled from a crane down to the cab …

Firefighters in Valencia were surprised to find a live cat among the remains of an apartment block which was ravaged by fire eight days ago. Coco reunited with her owner Andrea, who was in disbelief as she thought she wouldn’t see her cat again. “My poor little thing!” Andrea exclaimed …