Unions have agreed, after talks with the government, to suspend a second day of strike action that had been due to go ahead on Wednesday.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday waiving sweeping US sanctions and tariffs targeting Russia's energy revenues, a move described as marking a new low in Washington's relationship with Ukraine. It came amid a dispute between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who has separately been urging EU leaders in Brussels to maintain close to $80 billion in funding for Kyiv's fight against Russia. Pope Leo XIV, recovering from lung cancer surgery, called for a ceasefire in southern Ukraine during a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

A man is due in court this morning charged in connection with the fatal shooting of Mark Cullen in Dún Laoghaire in July.

INTO leader Stephen McDermott was fact-checked on a claim that Irish primary school teachers spend more hours with pupils than their counterparts anywhere else in the world.

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has fallen to its lowest level in nearly 40 years, according to figures released Friday. The data lands as welcome news for incumbent President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who faces a presidential run-off on October 25.

Katie Zacharia has left her post as White House press secretary after less than a week, five days by one count, following a series of blunders. She signed off with a tribute to Trump.

Dr Jehad Attal, described as a leading Gazan doctor, spoke about his efforts to return to his family while stranded in the West Bank.

Motoring writer Paddy Comyn began a two-part series on his favourite new cars of the year, opening with affordable models including the Fiat Grande Panda and the Kia EV2.