Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz has approved the military's plan to take over Gaza City and authorised the call-up of around 60,000 reservists to carry it out, his ministry has confirmed.

Irish electric vehicle charging network EasyGo is rebranding as EZO as the company continues to expand rapidly around the country.

The Cranberries drummer Fergal Lawler said he was surprised at how difficult he found listening to old studio recordings of the band's late singer Dolores O'Riordan.

Friday is a big day in the lives of tens of thousands of students who are receiving their Leaving Cert results.

A 67-year-old man convicted of the 1982 murder of a woman he abducted from her office has been put to death by lethal injection in the southern US state of Florida.