Almost 5,000 doses of the Moderna and AstraZeneca vaccines for Covid-19 are to be administered to GPs and their practice nurses today and tomorrow.

Over 8,000 homes and businesses are without power this morning, as strong winds and snowshowers move across the country.

The head of the EU's disease control agency has warned that the novel coronavirus could last indefinitely even as global infections slowed by nearly half in the last month and vaccine rollouts gathered pace in parts of the world.

It's clear that the long journey of the Withdrawal Agreement is now being followed by another journey. This is one where European leaders are having to take a crash course in unionist identity, and what the denial of Melton Mowbray Pork Pies will do ...

Banks have been applying negative interest rates to deposits from corporate and institutional customers for some time, but it now appears that they're about to extend that to retail deposits, starting at a high level of savings.

Love was in the air at the White House on Friday. A Valentine's Day display had been installed on the North Lawn by the US First Lady Jill Biden.

Former European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi will be sworn in as Italy's new prime minister today, charged with guiding his country through the devastation wrought by the coronavirus pandemic.

This week brought a reminder that pensions remain a live political issue after becoming a key battleground during last year's general election.

A dedicated helpline will operate at NUI Galway this weekend, after an outbreak of Covid-19 among students at the University.

After snow failed to arrive this week and denied everyone a welcome distraction from Covid-19, Health Correspondent Fergal Bowers reminds us that this too will pass.

The traditional St Patrick's Day meeting between US President Joe Biden and Taoiseach Micheál Martin will now take place virtually.

A 21-year-old man has been jailed for nine years for causing a fatal crash which claimed the lives of three people in Co Louth last year.

Garda Commissioner Drew Harris said gardaí have "changed their approach" at airport checkpoints following reports that people were booking dental appointments in Tenerife to avoid being fined for non-essential travel.

More than 16,000 Irish residents have arrived back into the State in the past two and a half weeks alone.

There have been 23 further coronavirus-related deaths and 921 new cases of the disease reported to the Department of Health.

While most of us have been getting our dose of romance from period piece Netflix productions, real life loves and dramas have been playing out in ordinary lives across the country despite the pandemic.

Graffiti threats against a journalist in east Belfast have been condemned.

There will have to be clarity next week on how Leaving Certificate students will be graded this year, the Taoiseach has said.

Gardaí are trying to establish a motive for the murder of a 44-year-old man near his home in Dublin last night.

Hundreds of thousands of workers could lose out on redundancy payments if their employment is terminated because time spent claiming the Pandemic Unemployment Payment will not count when calculating entitlements.