Dublin may have had 30,000 runners pounding its streets in the women’s mini marathon but all attention went Lee-side.

Irish Water has confirmed it is to press ahead with one of the most ambitious projects ever undertaken in Ireland — the pumping of water from the Shannon river all the way to Dublin to supply the capital’s taps.

Ireland has been ranked as the 19th least corrupt country in the world in the latest Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI).

Concern is rising about a member of staff from an Irish human rights group, who has been detained in Burundi.

A massive winter storm, dubbed a bomb cyclone, swept from the US East Coast on Thursday, dumping snow along the coast and bringing strong winds that will usher in possibly record-breaking cold.

A "large number" of peacekeepers have been killed and wounded in an attack in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, the UN's peacekeeping chief said.

A right-wing US commentator who may have been the source of the videos tweeted by Donald Trump has admitted she did not know who Britain First were and did not attempt to check them out before spreading their messages online.

The National Planning Framework focuses on Dublin to the detriment of the regions. This wasn’t how it was supposed to be, says the ex-minister who initiated it, Alan Kelly.

The HSE has spent almost €300,000 over the past three years on burial expenses on patients who died in its care.

Death continues to haunt a government hospital in north India that came under fire earlier this month after dozens of babies died within two days.

A rising number of attacks against government sites and industrial control systems shows the need for ever-greater vigilance by national authorities, writes Peter Apps

Strongman rulers have recognised the influence their diaspora have, leaving Western nations to deal with a population with split loyalties, writes Leonid Bershidsky

Josh Lowe, Owen Matthews and Matt McAllester examine what’s happening in Europe to try to understand what’s behind the emergence and spread of the current global populist revolt

Hundreds of farmers are “very concerned” about the proposed 170km Shannon to Dublin water pipeline, because of the lasting impact it could have on their land.

Brexit: Early days, but global uncertainty and blow to consumer confidence are already doing some damage.

Peter Dowdall took in the first few days of the international flower show this week and spent time talking to the some of the best and brightest gardeners and designers in the world of horticulture.

Taking water from the Lower Shannon at Parteen Basin in North Tipperary has been identified as the preferred option as a new source of water for the Eastern and Midlands region.

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Ireland’s performance at eurozone, Eurovision, and European Championship level may be underwhelming — but we are top of the Euroclass in one discipline — making more of ourselves.

Dublin and the surrounding region will need enough extra water to fill 330 Olympic-sized swimming pools every day on top of its existing supply to meet demand by 2050, Irish Water has warned.

The Pope travelled to the far eastern Philippines to comfort survivors of the devastating Typhoon Haiyan, then cut his own trip short because of another approaching storm.

This is not another story about how drugs can screw you up. This is a story about how Europe’s appetite for drugs screws up the lives of hundreds of millions of others, writes Alex Perry

An AirAsia plane with 162 people on board lost contact with ground control while flying over the Java Sea after taking off from a provincial city in Indonesia for Singapore.

Typhoon Hagupit is on course to make landfall in the Eastern and Northern Samar provinces of The Philippines this evening.

Local authorities and Red Cross volunteers on Crete are racing to prepare shelter and food for hundreds of immigrants on a crippled freighter being towed to safety by a Greek navy frigate.

ENGLAND: Dog owner Keath Armstrong put his trio of huskies to work — using them to help him move house.

Officials say two trains have collided head-on in eastern South Korea, leaving one passenger dead and dozens of others injured.

It is no longer only grief and mourning sweeping across the Netherlands in the aftermath of the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17. It is now anger.

Driven by exceptionally warm ocean waters, Earth smashed a record for heat in May and is likely to keep on breaking high temperature marks, US experts say.

Petroceltic’s contentious $100m-share placing plan is expected to get the green light next week, on the back of the firm agreeing a major restructuring of its board with its largest independent shareholder.

Pro-Russian rebels paraded European monitors they are holding in eastern Ukraine yesterday, freeing one but saying they had no plans to release another seven as the US and Europe prepared new sanctions against Moscow.

President Vladimir Putin delivered a robust defence of Russia’s actions in Crimea and said he would use force in Ukraine only as a last resort, easing market fears yesterday that East-West tension over the former Soviet republic could lead to war.

The Kremlin says Russian president Vladimir Putin has asked parliament for permission to use the country’s military in Ukraine.

Icy, snow-covered roads and high winds have made travel treacherous from the Dakotas to Michigan and Missouri as much of the US prepared for dangerously cold temperatures that could break records.

Leaked oil from a ruptured oil pipe caught fire and exploded today in an eastern Chinese port, killing at least 22 and injuring others.

Soldiers are distributing rice and water in the typhoon-devastated Philippines and chainsaw-wielding teams are cutting debris from blocked roads as the aid effort picks up pace.