Eoghan Murphy has resigned his seat as a TD for Dublin Bay South and is to pursue a career in international co-operation, human rights and democracy.

Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly is bringing recommendations from the National Immunisation Advisory Committee to Cabinet this morning on the AstraZeneca and Johnson and Johnson vaccines.

The Ombudsman for Children has said the Government is failing to put proper safeguards in place to keep children in Direct Provision safe.

A data privacy campaigner has told an Oireachtas committee that systematic infringement of fundamental rights is going unchecked by the Data Protection Commission (DPC).

The chief executive of the employers' group Ibec has written to the Government to outline what the organisation sees as the key priorities for the reopening of the economy.

Seventeen-year-old Elizabeth Zion wants to change the world, and she has started with her community.

A Covid-19 outbreak that forced Fiji's capital into lockdown after the island nation avoided transmission for a year was confirmed as the variant first detected in India, with health officials saying they feared a "tsunami" of cases.

Seventeen people were found dead on a boat drifting off El Hierro in Spain's Canary Islands, officials said, as migrant arrivals to the islands surge despite the deadly dangers of the crossing.

The first emergency medical supplies trickled into India as part of a global campaign to stem a catastrophic wave in the latest pandemic hotspot, with the United States also pledging to export millions of AstraZeneca vaccines.

Four people, including an Irish national, are missing after an armed ambush on an anti-poaching patrol in eastern Burkina Faso, local security sources have said.

The Cabinet will today to discuss revised spending estimates for several Government departments, including Social Protection.

Minister for Justice Helen McEntee will today seek Government approval for the drafting of new legislation around policing and community safety.

An aerial examination has established that half of the landmass of Killarney National Park has been severely damaged by weekend fires, far more than had been originally feared.

A pair of Nike Air Yeezy 1s worn by rapper Kanye West have sold for $1.8m, triple the previous record for runners, Sotheby's said yesterday, as the market for rare sports shoes soars.

Three men have been arrested after drugs with an estimated street value of €339,000 was seized in Limerick city.

Ireland is sending 700 oxygen concentrators to India as part of an emergency donation to help save lives there, as hospitals run out of oxygen supplies and ventilation equipment.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has delivered a stunning denunciation of her treatment during a summit meeting in Turkey where she was denied a chair when meeting President Erdogan alongside European Council President Charles Miche...

India's coronavirus cases hit a record peak for a fifth day as the European Union, Britain and the United States pledged to send urgent medical aid to help tackle the crisis overwhelming its hospitals.

The pandemic isn't the first time 15-year-old Jack Doyle has had to cope with big challenges in his life.

The National Immunisation Advisory Committee is expected to recommend the use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine for those aged 50 and older in Ireland.