Gaelscoileanna students protest over delayed Gaelcholáiste
Students from Dublin Gaelscoileanna protested outside Leinster House, calling for the Gaelcholáiste promised last September to be built. Video: Dan Dennison
Donald Trump has held a campaign-style rally in Michigan celebrating his first 100 days in office, with a speech in which he touted his 'economic victories'.
A protest organised by Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign has called on the Central Bank to stop regulating Israeli Bonds. Video: Alan Betson
Former Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams has taken the BBC to court over a 2016 programme which, he claims, defamed him. Video: Enda O'Dowd
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney's Liberals retained power in the country's election, but fell short of the majority government he had wanted.
In the first 100 days of his second term US president Donald Trump has been on the offensive against his adversaries. Video: Enda O'Dowd
Following the sentencing of Glen Ward and Eric O'Driscoll at the Special Criminal Court, An Garda Síochána has released video of the weapons used by them.
Donald Trump has said he was disappointed that Russia continues to attack Ukraine and that his meeting with Volodymyr Zelenskiy at the Vatican went well.
Elizabeth Potskin was sharing a cigarette with friends at the Lapu Lapu Block Party in Vancouver when a deafening crash shattered the festival's joyful energy.
A number of people were killed and many others were injured in Vancouver, after a driver drove into a crowd attending a Filipino street festival.
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