Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said the situation at Belfast and Larne ports in Northern Ireland is very concerning, and that he condemns the intimidatory tactics against workers who should be allowed to, and facilitated in going about, their dail...

A team of investigators led by the World Health Organization has arrived at an animal health facility in China's central city of Wuhan in the search for clues about the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has said 35,000 doses of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine will be delivered here next week and three instalments of the vaccine are due to be delivered in quarter one of 2021.

A huge snowstorm has brought chaos to the US east coast, cancelling thousands of flights, closing schools and forcing the postponement of coronavirus vaccinations as New York City braced for possibly one of its heaviest snowfalls.

More than half of the students who sat last year's deferred Leaving Certificate exams will get improved grades when they receive their results later today.

A Russian court is due to consider jailing Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny for up to three-and-a-half years in a case that has sparked nationwide protests and talk of new Western sanctions.

The party of Myanmar's detained elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi has called for her immediate release from detention and for the junta to recognise her victory in November elections, a day after a military  coup  sparked global outrage.

A total of 1,543 people have died due to Covid-19 in nursing homes, with 369 of those having occurred in the month of January.

Pakistan's Supreme Court has ordered the release from prison of Ahmad Omar Saeed Sheikh, a ringleader in the kidnapping and murder of US journalist Daniel Pearl by al-Qaeda and Pakistani Islamist militants in 2002.

Tokyo 2020 President Yoshiro Mori says Japan would hold the Summer Olympics regardless of the situation with the Covid-19 pandemic and was working closely with the International Olympic Committee to make them happen.

Consumer experts have warned online shoppers they should not be duped by fake '.ie' websites, or they could face additional taxes and duties on what they buy.

Microsoft is to create 200 jobs in Dublin over the next four months as the technology company expands its digital sales team, which already employs 1,000 people in Ireland.

Rock star Marilyn Manson has been dropped by his record label after actress Evan Rachel Wood accused him of being abusive during their relationship.

Minister for Transport, Environment and Climate Eamon Ryan will today seek Cabinet approval to introduce legislation to ban oil and gas exploration.

A framework for the future delivery of water services must be concluded by the end of July and fully implemented during 2022, according to a document circulated by the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government.

The Chief Medical Officer has said that while there has been much improvement in relation to the incidence rate of Covid-19, he is concerned that progress is slowing down.

From a discouraging note for those planning summer holidays abroad to a reference to sinusitis frequently presenting as a symptom of Covid-19, here are six things we learned from this evening's Covid-19 briefing.

Special schools will reopen on Thursday 11 February and classes in mainstream schools for pupils with special needs will resume on Monday 22 February.

A new state-of-the art research vessel is to be named after the Irish polar explorer Tom Crean.

The latest HSE Covid-19 vaccination figures show that 150,500 first doses have been administered up to the end of January.