Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has called for calm in Northern Ireland following another night of disorder in which police used water cannon to drive back rioters in west Belfast.

The number of people being treated for Covid-19 in hospital fell to 209 last night, the lowest number for 100 days.

The mass vaccination centre in Sterling, Virginia used to be a department store.

A three-man crew has blasted off to the International Space Station in a capsule honouring the 60th anniversary of Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becoming the first person in space.

A bypass of Sallins in north Kildare will open today completing a €110m project.

The British public can now think about booking summer holidays abroad but there were still risks, a minister said after the government unveiled details of its new traffic light system for travel.

The threat of a volcanic eruption has triggered evacuation orders on the eastern Caribbean island of Saint Vincent and the deployment of several cruise ships to house thousands forced to leave their homes.

Hong Kong has said it will delay shipments of AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine this year amid mounting concerns over possible links between the shot and very rare cases of blood clots.

Met Éireann is forecasting overnight temperatures dropping to -3C in places with a widespread sharp to severe frost forming, with some ice patches.

Taylor Swift has released the re-recorded version of her album Fearless, as part of a plan to take control of her back catalogue.

Spending by Revolut's Irish customers in March was up 20% compared to the previous month, with a rise in travel related spend - both domestic and international.

A gunman opened fire at the cabinet-making plant in Texas where he worked, killing one person and wounding six others before he was taken into custody yesterday.

What do you call a grouping of jellyfish? Residents in the northern Italian port town of Trieste found out on Wednesday when a 'smack' of jellyfish swooshed into the harbour.

Both the HSE and the National Public Health Emergency Team have held press briefings on a day when the one millionth dose of a Covid-19 vaccine was administered here.

Charity Bóthar has claimed before the High Court that its former CEO David Moloney has misappropriated hundreds of thousands of euro from donations to the charity for his own, and his associate's personal use.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has discussed the ongoing unrest in Northern Ireland with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

There have been ten detected cases of Covid-19 since mandatory hotel and quarantine testing began in the quarantine facilities on 26 March, according to Niamh O'Beirne, the HSE's National lead for Covid-19 Testing and Tracing.

The Health Products Regulatory Authority is investigating the first Irish case of a rare blood clot linked to the AstraZeneca vaccine.

The return of crowds to sports stadiums using vaccine certificates to ensure Covid safety is among proposals being considered by Government.

Police in Northern Ireland have used water cannon as rioters took to the streets of west Belfast.