US rapper Macklemore has donated his net earnings from Ed Sheeran's Loop Tour, one million US dollars (€872,000), to charities supporting Palestinian people.

The number of vacant social housing units fell to its lowest level in a decade last year, but the number of social housing units being acquired by local authorities decreased by nearly a fifth when compared to 2024.

School absence has increased among young people with socio-emotional difficulties and those who do not like school in the last 10 years, research has shown.

The average worker can expect a pay increase of about 3.1% in 2027, according to new research from business group Ibec.

Climate change contributed to the conditions that led to last month's catastrophic rock and ice collapse on Nepal's northern border by thinning glaciers and thawing the frozen ground that helped hold the mountain together, scientists have concluded.

President Catherine Connolly has met with King Charles as part of her four-day official visit to Scotland.