Talks in the ongoing beef dispute have "successfully concluded", according to the Agriculture Minister.
Michael Creed said progress was made on "important initiatives aimed at improving transparency along the supply chain."
Groups representing farmers and the meat industry agreed on a number of sticking points such as a review of the grid.
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The most senior Catholic to be found guilty of child sex abuse has had his convictions upheld.
Cardinal George Pell - Pope Francis' former finance minister - has lost his appeal in an Australian court.
The 78-year-old was convicted of abusing two 13-year-old choirboys in the 1990s.
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Irish Rail is condemning complaints of serious racial abuse on its trains.
According to documents released under the Freedom of Information Act to Newstalk, it has received 10 written complaints of racial abuse over the past 18 months.
An anti-racism group claims 90% of these incidents are not reported.
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The Tánaiste Simon Coveney will travel to Copenhagenon Wednesday to discuss Brexit with the Danish Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod.
It is the first in a series of trips Mr Coveney is making to five European countries over the next week.
The British Prime Minister Boris Johnson claims he will enter fresh Brexit talks with EU leaders this week "with a lot of oomph".
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The High Court will decide later if it will grant Ryanair's application for an order aimed at stopping a strike by some of its pilots.
Passengers will not know if their flight on Thursday or Friday is cancelled until a ruling is made in the case.
After more than two days, Judge Denis McDonald finished hearing submissions from both sides in the dispute on Tuesday.
