Hundreds of customers queued outside branches of Primark in Northern Ireland as non-essential retail reopened, with long lines of people in Derry and Belfast, and stores opening earlier than planned to manage social distancing.

The Taoiseach has said the Government is more than hopeful that the easing of restrictions in May and June can happen without interruption, but it will not be afraid to intervene if worrying trends emerge.

Pilot large events for music and sports could be organised this summer, according to Minister for Arts Catherine Martin.

Dozens of people have been killed in a stampede at a pilgrimage site in northern Israel, with many others injured.

We are likely to see the Government's new slogan "Think safe, think outdoors" plastered on billboards and newspaper ads and repeated mantra-like by politicians and policy makers over the coming weeks and months.

When Brandon O'Connor was in transition year a teacher advised him to do a project about something that was personal to him; something he could be passionate about. He decided to set up a volunteer group to help the homeless because his mother had ex...

The first US emergency aid to India has arrived as the country battles a devastating surge in Covid-19 cases which has overwhelmed hospitals and crematoriums.

The bodies of an Irish national and two Spaniards killed during an attack on an anti-poaching patrol in Burkina Faso arrived in Spain by military plane this morning.

An Australian populist politician has been fined the equivalent of nearly €1 million for ripping off heavy metal band Twisted Sister's hit song "We're not gonna take it".

A North Korea defector group this week twice defied a ban by Seoul on flying anti-Pyongyang leaflets across the heavily fortified Demilitarised Zone dividing the peninsula.

Three people who allegedly grabbed two of Lady Gaga's French bulldogs and shot her dogwalker have been charged with attempted murder and robbery.

Worldwide Covid-19 cases have passed 150 million, according to an AFP tally, with numbers soaring recently due to a massive second wave in India.

India is experiencing a devastating wave of Covid-19. One hospital in Kolkata has been working day and night to cater for the increased volume of patients, writes Philip Gallagher.

Gardaí have appealed to anyone who was the victim of a criminal act in a mother-and-baby home to contact them.

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio has said that the city hopes to "fully reopen" on 1 July.

The Office of Public Works has said a security company will carry out a patrol of Loughcrew in Co Meath every evening, in light of recent vandalism at the historic site.

Cork County Council firefighters in East Cork battled a fire which broke out on board the shipwreck, the MV Alta.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has outlined the reopening plan for the country throughout May and June, which will allow for inter-county travel from 10 May.

Five people have been arrested after a shot was fired by the occupants of a housethat gardaí were attempting to search in Co Cork this evening.

The intensive care consultant Dr Catherine Motherway, who heads up the ICU at University Hospital Limerick and who has been a vocal medical advocate during the Covid crisis, has been named Limerick Person of the Year.