The Minister for Health has said he has no hesitancy in temporarily stopping the AstraZeneca vaccine being administered.

The European Union will take legal action today against the UK over its unilateral move to change the terms of the Northern Ireland Protocol, RTÉ News understands.

The phased reopening of schools has continued with the return of around an additional 350,000 children and teenagers to their classrooms.

Ten years on and the Syrian war remains one of the defining conflicts of our time, its impact has been most acutely felt by the Syrian people whose lives have been changed beyond measure, but the events of the last decade have also had a huge effect ...

There was disappointment at the 63rd Grammy Awards for Irish band Fontaines D.C. after they missed out on a Grammy win after the award for Best Rock Album went to New York act The Strokes.

Karen Creed speaks to Wafa Mustafa who is still trying to find out what happened to her father in Syria's civil war.

Coronavirus restrictions were reimposed across much of Italy today, while Ireland and the Netherlands became the latest countries to suspend AstraZeneca's Covid-19 shots over blood clot fears.

The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has criticised aspects of proposed new online safety legislation.

An Arctic walrus has washed up on rocks at Valentia Island in County Kerry.

Myanmar's ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi 's court hearing set for today has been adjourned until later this month.

The initial shutdown of the construction sector for seven weeks during the initial stages of the Covid-19 pandemic knocked €2bn off construction output last year.

There has been no new Covid-19 deaths reported on the island of Ireland.

Stripe, the online payments firm founded by Irish brothers Patrick and John Collison, is to create at least 1,000 new jobs here over the next five years.

Gardaí have confirmed an investigation is under way into the circumstances surrounding the disclosure of a confidential Government document to a friend of the Tánaiste almost two years ago.

Ireland has followed several European countries who have temporarily suspended the AstraZeneca vaccine following reports of people suffering blood clots.

The former editor of the Guardian newspaper Alan Rusbridger has stepped down from the Future of Media Commission.

The Minister for Health has said he hopes the decision to temporarily suspend the use of AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine "is nothing more than a very short deferral".

The Netherlands will suspend the use of AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine until at least 29 March as a precaution, the Dutch government said tonight.

The Chair of the National Immunisation Advisory Committee has said it will be the end of the coming week before a conclusion is reached on whether to continue administering the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine.

Johnny Sexton kicked 17 points as Ireland notched up their second win of the Guinness Six Nations campaign, beating Scotland 27-24 in Edinburgh.