Commuters are being warned that a train strike seems almost certain after talks between unions and management at Iarnród Éireann collapsed overnight.

Train drivers are threatening to walk off the job for three hours next Friday morning in a dispute over pay.

Members of SIPTU and the NBRU say they'll down tools again on the first Friday of November if they still haven't got what they want.

Hungary has closed its border with Croatia overnight as it struggles to cope with the effects of the migration crisis.

The country's received nearly 400,000 refugees this year, and had already put a fence on the border it shares with Serbia to keep more out.

Asylum seekers hoping to reach northern Europe via Hungary are now expected to travel through Slovenia.

A gunman has been killed after a mass shooting at a Shiite Mosque in Saudi Arabia.

Five people died and nine were wounded in the attack on Friday evening.

A group affiliated with Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the incident.

One week on from the blaze that claimed the lives of ten people in Carrickmines a vigil will be held in Dublin city centre this afternoon in honour of the victims and their families.

It's as Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council says progress is being made on reaching an agreement for a temporary halting site to house the 15 survivors.

A notorious drug lord is believed to have been left injured after narrowly evading security forces searching for him in Mexico.

Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman has been on the run since escaping from a maximum security jail in July.

In a statement, the Mexican government confirmed 'El Chapo' had suffered injuries to a leg and his face, but say they weren't caused by a 'direct clash.'