Ireland had said it would intervene in the case at the International Court of Justice, arguing that Israel’s actions in Gaza amounted to collective punishment.

Ireland considers a number of Articles from the 1948 Genocide Convention in its intervention in South Africa's ICJ case against Israel.

Ireland filed a declaration of intervention Monday in support of South Africa’s genocide case against Israel in the International Court of Justice (ICJ). The decision comes after Ireland’s November Parliament motion and December Cabinet vote affirmed its stance that “genocide is being perpetrated before our eyes by Israel in Gaza.

Forecasters are considering new weather warnings as an “extremely cold” snap continues in Ireland. Temperatures are expected to plummet to as low as -8C while a Status Yellow low temperature and ice warning applies to the entire Republic of Ireland until the end of Thursday.

A fresh weather warning for ice has been issued across Northern Ireland beginning at midnight on Sunday and ending at 11:00 GMT on Monday. The Met Office is warning of icy patches on some untreated roads,

Met Eireann has extended the nationwide Status Yellow weather warning by another 12 hours as Ireland faces a further freeze for the next four days. The Low Temperature alert issued at the weekend had been due to expire by noon on Thursday,

Former Ireland and Premier League striker Robbie Keane has been appointed Ferencvaros coach, the Hungarian club said on Monday.

Irish football icon Robbie Keane is the new manager of Hungarian champions Ferencvaros, the Budapest-based club revealed on Monday.