Hungarian PM to travel to Brussels for refugee talks
The Hungarian Prime Minister, Viktor Orban, is due in Brussels today for talks on how to deal with the growing refugee crisis in his country.
Refugees have spent the last two days demonstrating outside a railway station in Budapest - after police refused to let them on to trains.
They had hoped to travel on to places like Germany.
China in show of force on anniversary of WWII end
China has put on a huge show of military might with a parade commemorating the 70th anniversary of the end of World War Two.
More than 12,000 troops have marched through Beijing's iconic Tiananmen Square as part of a major display marking China's victory over Japan.
They were accompanied by an array of cutting edge military equipment including ballistic missiles, tanks and armoured vehicles, as fighter jets and bombers flew ahead.
Leaving Cert points system to get first overhaul in 20 years
The grading and CAO points system in the Leaving Certificate is getting ready for its first overhaul in more than 20 years.
From 2017 the number of grades awarded to students will be reduced from 14 to eight and instead of the current A1/No Grade marking scheme students going into 5th year will be graded from H1 to H8 for higher level or O1 to O8 in ordinary level exams.
Gardaí continue to quiz 77-year-old over €133,000 cocaine seizure
A man is still being quizzed over a cocaine seizure at Dublin Airport on Tuesday.
€133,000 worth of the drug was seized at the airport after the luggage of a 75-year-old US citizen was searched.
Banking Inquiry to hear evidence on Anglo Irish Bank
The Banking Inquiry will hear evidence from further witnesses relating to Anglo Irish Bank as well as Irish Life and Permanent and Permanent TSB today.
Former Anglo personnel Peter Fitzgerald, Gerry McGann and Matt Moran will be asked about credit policies, assessment of loan security and valuing property assets.