Greg Williams score his first international goal from a penalty corner to open Ireland's scoring against Korea in the World Cup qualifying tournament in Santiago, Chile. Photograph: Frank Uijlenbroek/InphoIreland’s men and women have secured their places in the semi-finals of their World Cup qualifying tournaments in Chile after they both made it two wins out of two in their pools on Tuesday. They are now just a win away from sealing their places in August’s World Cup, with the top three in each tournament guaranteed qualification. Having beaten Canada 5-2 in their opening game, the men were even more clinical in their 6-1 win over Korea. Niamh Carey gave Ireland the lead in the second quarter when she slid in on the right post to turn home Róisín Upton’s penalty corner strike.

REP OF IRELAND 1 FRANCE 171 MINS: Goal for France. REP OF IRELAND 1 FRANCE 065 MINS: Ireland rediscovering some attacking threat now. REP OF IRELAND 1 FRANCE 0HALF-TIME: REP OF IRELAND 1 FRANCE 0A ferocious effort from Ireland in the opening half at Tallaght Stadium. REP OF IRELAND 1 FRANCE 035 MINS: France playing with a lot of pace now but Ireland’s defence is well set. REP OF IRELAND 1 FRANCE 024 MINS: Ireland defending in numbers, suffocating the French attack in a more narrow than usual Tallaght Stadium.

Iran has responded with strikes across the Middle East including Oman, causing widespread panic across the region. ‌The Foreign Office said priority will be given to the most vulnerable and they will contact British nationals in Oman, the Press Association reported. Anyone who registered their presence in the United Arab Emirates and are now in Oman is asked to register for a place on a flight. Article continues belowDependents who are not British nationals will require a valid visa or permission to enter or remain granted for more than three months. The Foreign Office said it was working with airlines on more routes.

Facebook users throughout the US have been taken off of social media due to a major outage affecting the platform. Please try again in a few minutes,' one Facebook user reported seeing on the screen while attempting to log in. The outage appeared to be global, with some social media users claiming they could not access their accounts in multiple countries. Facebook users have been struck by a major outage that the company has reportedly called a 'site issue'Other users claiming to be in Canada, Asia and Africa also reportedly login problems on Tuesday. The majority of problems have come when Facebook users were trying to utilize the site, with 61 percent specifically noting this.

Cyprus remains on alert fearing spillover from the US-Israel war on Iran after a British base on the island came under attack. The UK will send helicopters with counter-drone capabilities and a warship to protect British military personnel in Cyprus, the prime minister Keir Starmer said yesterday. Starmer confirmed the UK would be sending HMS Dragon, one of the Royal Navy’s six Type 45 air defence destroyers. We will launch missiles at Cyprus with such intensity that the Americans will be forced to leave the island,” Iranian media reported. Despite incoming missiles and his threat, Washington has requested for Nicosia to serve as a humanitarian corridor for American citizens fleeing the US-Israel war against Iran.

German chancellor Friedrich Merz and US president Donald Trump during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. Photograph: Samuel Corum/Sipa/BloombergUS president Donald Trump has said the US-Israel attack on Iran was pre-emptive and has backed surviving officials inside the Tehran regime to assume leadership in the country. In a joint press appearance with German chancellor Friedrich Merz, Trump said the “lunatics” in Tehran “were going to attack first”. Asked about the future leadership of Iran, Trump said the “leader of the pack is gone”, a nod to the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. This meant meant long detours for Iran-bound US aircraft, which could not use Diego Garcia, one of the islands, as a base.

Mr Sanchez, widely regarded as Europe's last major progressive leader, has called the US and Israeli attacks on Iran an "unjustifiable" and "dangerous" military intervention. It was not clear how Mr Trump would have cut off trade with Spain, which is a member of the European Union. "In short, the position of the government of Spain can be summarised in four words," Mr Sanchez said. "We could just fly in and use it," Mr Trump said. However, Mr Trump maintains that the court allows him to instead impose full-scale embargoes on other nations of his choosing.

Minister for Foreign Affairs Helen McEntee: 'For a small country, we have an unusually large population in the Middle East.' Photograph: Bryan O’BrienAs many as 2,000 Irish people are actively trying to leave the Gulf region as violence escalates across the Middle East, Minister for Foreign Affairs Helen McEntee has said. She has said that between 1,500 to 2,000 Irish citizens have registered or contacted the Department of Foreign Affairs to say they were stranded in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Qatar due to flights being suspended in the region. Photograph: Negar/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty“For a small country, we have an unusually large population in the Middle East, in particular in the UAE and Qatar,” she said. She said she hoped the flight would be the “first of many” to repatriate Irish citizens from the region.

'I sampled every UK supermarket steak pie and one was huge disappointment'As National Pie Week unfolds, the quest for the ultimate steak pie begins. View 6 Images One steak pie came a close second (Image: Emilia Randall)It is National Pie Week, and for a country of pie enthusiasts, this is not a celebration to be taken lightly. ‌I sampled steak pies from M&S, Waitrose, Aldi, Sainsbury's and Tescos to find out which delivers best on price and taste. I was looking for crumbly pastry, a good amount of steak content, a rich flavour and value in portion size. This steak pie was a winner.

Ali Larijani, secretary of the supreme national security council of Iran. However, national security council chief Ali Larijani has emerged as one of Iran’s most dominant figures following the assassination of the supreme leader. In 2025 US president Donald Trump called for a return to nuclear negotiations but Khamenei dismissed the offer as an effort to impose US conditions on Iran. Larijani said Iran had no choice but to develop nuclear weapons if attacked by the US, Israel or their allies. On June 22nd, the US and Israel bombed Iran’s nuclear facilities at Nantaz, Fordow and Isfahan, devastating Tehran’s nuclear programme.

EXCLUSIVE: UK facing urgent Iran terror warning and 'lone-wolf' attacks over Middle East war'Stuck between a rock and a hard place' nightmare for the UK as it faces a worrying choice between infuriating Donald Trump by not backing his Iran war - or raising the UK terror threatView 9 Images US-Israeli war on Iran spreads to Beirut's southern suburbs (Image: Xinhua/Shutterstock)Britain could face terror attacks from pro-Iranian terror networks and lone-wolf sympathisers, an Israeli intelligence expert has warned. It came after the UK confirmed it would send a warship to the Middle East to protect UK interests. ‌Asked if there was a risk to the UK, Citrinowicz said the UK faces terror threats from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and also Tehran regime sympathisers. And the risk will increase if the UK joins the war. Mr Healey said the drone that struck Akrotiri was an example of the "dangerous and indiscriminate attacks" by Iran and its proxies.

I recently switched energy supplier from SSE to Octopus as it offers an attractive tariff for homes like mine that use heat pumps. It seems the readings used by Octopus when you opened your account differed from those submitted to SSE when you left it. SSE said it needed Octopus to agree with its meter readings before it could move on. Tell me about your experience by emailing sally@dailymail.co.ukThe complaints staff then sent the details to the bank’s dormant account recovery department. But it shouldn’t be this difficult to reawaken a dormant account.

A new planning application will be submitted for the Rotunda Hospital which, if successful, could remove the need to relocate the hospital. An Coimisiún Pleanála refused planning permission last month for a new €100m critical care wing following successful objections from conservation groups. It rejected the plan partly because Government policy still supports relocating the Rotunda to Connolly Hospital in Blanchardstown — a proposal first announced in 2015. However, the proximity of the Rotunda to the Mater enables the existing safe care pathways. This will now be further augmented by the critical care developments at the Rotunda site.

Carla Ward believes Ireland showed enough promise in their narrow defeat to France for another World Cup qualification to be attainable. It hurts but we pushed for the goal late on. It hurts but it hurts against one of the best teams in the world. Another top team but this group is wide open after Poland drawing 2-2 against them.”Ward admitted Denise O’Sullivan is a doubt for the trip, following the latest niggle on her knee. “Denise wants to stay on the pitch all the time and is so important but we don’t want to risk it,” she said.

An Aussie mum who underwent a botched 'mummy makeover' in Thailand has urged others to think twice before going under the knife overseas. 'My first trip was amazing, the surgeon was good - the surgery went well,' Tegan said in a TikTok video recounting her experience. As a result, Tegan returned to Bangkok in January to get the issues fixed - but she claims the surgeon failed to carry out the second, corrective tummy tuck. The day after the surgery, Tegan was surprised to discover she wasn't in much pain, in stark contrast to the 'really painful' recovery from the first tummy tuck. Tegan said she was also looking at undergoing the procedure in Australia, where a tummy tuck or abdominoplasty can cost up to $33,000.