The Cabinet sub-committee on Covid-19, which involves the three coalition leaders and other senior ministers, will consider today what restrictions should be eased next month.

Northern Ireland's First Minister Arlene Foster's future as DUP leader hangs in the balance after party colleagues mounted a heave against her yesterday.

The Chair of the Institute of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists has said pregnant women now have a choice to receive a Covid-19 vaccine and said that "more and more evidence is showing it is safe choice in pregnancy".

A court case gets under way in Brussels this morning in which the EU will seek an order obliging the Anglo-Swedish pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca to deliver some 90 million Covid-19 vaccine doses by the end of June.

New advice from NIAC will undoubtedly impact Ireland's vaccine roll-out. But the full implications are not yet currently clear, reports Mark Coughlan.

For 19-year-old Jack Clifford, his community is everything. In March last year, Jack set up a voluntary Covid-19 response group in his home town of Kilmallock, Co Limerick.

India's coronavirus death toll has crossed 200,000 as a relentless wave of new cases swamped hospitals, while US President Joe Biden hailed America's "stunning" progress in its fight against the pandemic.

Retailers have expressed deep concern at Government plans to introduce minimum unit price rules for alcohol before similar measures are put in place in Northern Ireland.

The heirs to South Korea's Samsung group announced their plans to pay more than $10 billion in death duties - one of the world's biggest-ever inheritance tax settlements, including donating Picasso and Monet artworks.

US President Joe Biden will deliver his first address to a joint session of Congress this evening ahead of his 100th day in office, and will urge following up the fight against Covid-19 with a no less epic battle for a fairer United States, where th...

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has welcomed the European Parliament's approval of the post-Brexit trade deal with Britain, adding that its faithful implementation was crucial.

Britney Spears is set to address a US court over the conservatorship that controls her life.

Normal People has received seven nominations at this year's BAFTA TV Awards, including best mini-series, while Daisy Edgar-Jones and Paul Mescal have both been recognised in the leading actor categories.

An independent review is to be conducted into how funds raised by National Lottery ticket sales are distributed to good causes.

An Irish man and two Spanish journalists have been killed after an armed ambush on an anti-poaching patrol near a nature reserve in Burkina Faso.

The Chief Medical Officer has advised the Cabinet to add other European countries with high Covid-19 incidence rates to the mandatory hotel quarantine list. However, the Government is only adding European countries reporting variants of concern.

Americans vaccinated against Covid-19 no longer need to wear masks outdoors, except at crowded events, US government health authorities have said.

Young people are paying a high price during lockdown - and it goes far beyond a curtailed social life, reports Prime Time's Conor Wilson.

Some people under 50 years of age will get just one vaccine dose of an mRNA vaccine, such as Pfizer or Moderna, and be considered fully-vaccinated, under the revised Government vaccination plans.

The Taoiseach has indicated that "equality of treatment" is a principle the Government will adopt when it comes to easing Covid-19 restrictions.