Millions of Pakistanis have voted in an election marred by rigging allegations, with authorities suspending mobile phone services throughout the day and the country’s most popular politician in jail. At least seven officers were killed in two separate attacks targeting election security details, and officials reported a string of minor …

Minister for Transport Eamon Ryan has said he expects proposals to restrict traffic driving through Dublin city centre to start coming into effect from August. Mr Ryan said the city centre needs a lift and the creation of more space for walking, cycling and public transport would make it a …

Rents in new tenancies went up faster than in existing tenancies, according to new figures from the Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) for July to September last year. National average rents for new tenancies were €1,598 per month, up 11% on the previous year, while existing tenancies rose 5.2% to a …

British prime minister Rishi Sunak is “very keen” to meet murdered teenager Brianna Ghey’s family, a government minister has said, but there is no sign of him heeding her father’s call for an apology over a transgender joke. Brianna’s father, Peter Spooner, said Mr Sunak should say sorry for the …

Russian anti-war presidential candidate Boris Nadezhdin said he would appeal to the Supreme Court after the Central Election Commission (CEC) barred him from a March election expected to be easily won by incumbent Vladimir Putin. The CEC had previously said that it had found flaws in signatures that Mr Nadezhdin …

Large numbers of Russian troops are attacking Avdiivka in east Ukraine from all directions, and the situation is increasingly difficult for Ukrainian troops defending the town, its mayor has said. Russian forces have taken the initiative on the eastern front in the industrial Donbas region of Ukraine and have been …

Doc Huysmans has been running his comic book shop business in Dublin city centre for the last 15 years. For the last five of those years, he has been operating Dublin City Comics on Capel Street. After a trial during the Covid-19 pandemic, Capel Street was permanently pedestrianised by Dublin …

A new poll has suggested support for Sinn Féin has slipped by six percentage points to 28%. The B&A survey for the Irish Times suggests that Fianna Fáil is unchanged at 20%, while Fine Gael is up one point to 19%. The poll says the Green Party has gained two …

Minister of State for Sport Thomas Byrne says Basketball Ireland’s decision to go ahead with today’s women’s EuroBasket qualifier against Israel will remain a matter for the sport’s governing body but acknowledged that it may put individual players in a “very difficult position”. The match has been overshadowed by a …

Three people have been arrested in connection with an arson attack on a former pub in Dublin on New Year’s Eve. The Shipwright pub and guesthouse in Ringsend was being renovated to provide emergency accommodation for homeless families. Gardaí carried out four searches in Dublin this morning. Two men in …