Eleven people have been killed and many more are in hospital after a school shooting in the Russian city of Kazan, news agencies have reported.

Most of the indicators for Covid-19 in Ireland are now reducing or stable, the latest figures show.

A coroner will today deliver her findings in relation to the deaths of 10 people who were shot and killed in Ballymurphy, west Belfast almost 50 years ago.

Families of those who died in Ballymurphy, west Belfast in August 1971 say they "need truth" as a coroner prepares to deliver the findings of her inquests into the deaths.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said the Government regards the issue of housing as its "number one priority" and that it will be doing everything it possibly can to provide housing for people.

The DSPCA says it has been "inundated" with calls and inquiries from members of the public about teenagers and children buying ducklings from street sellers for as little as €5.

The HSE in Galway has informed asylum seekers availing of a temporary accommodation scheme for healthcare workers that they should find somewhere else to stay.

A month before the Government introduced mandatory hotel quarantine, Ryanair warned the Department of Transport that its staff were "in no position" to "interrogate" passengers about their hotel bookings.

Young adults have suffered the worst unemployment and labour market impact from Covid-19, according to the latest research by the Economic and Social Research Institute.

US regulators have authorised Pfizer and BioNTech's Covid-19 vaccine for use in children as young as 12 and said they could begin receiving shots as soon as Thursday.

The European Union is willing to see its Covid-19 vaccine contract with AstraZeneca fulfilled three months later than agreed, providing the company delivers 120 million doses by the end of June, a lawyer representing the bloc said today.

Hong Kong today scrapped a plan to make coronavirus vaccines mandatory for foreign domestic workers after the proposal sparked an outcry and a diplomatic tussle.

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The "significant upsurge in violence" in the West Bank, in and near Gaza and in east Jerusalem "needs to stop immediately," a spokesman for EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has said.

Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan has said no decision on the use of Johnson & Johnson and AstraZeneca vaccines for under-50s will be taken until the National Immunisation Advisory Committee issues advice.

The World Health Organziation said that the coronavirus variant first identified in India last year was being classified as a variant of global concern, with some preliminary studies showing that it spreads more easily.

As part of the easing of Covid-19 restrictions, prospective house buyers are now allowed to view properties in person again.

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development says Ireland needs to step up measures on climate, biodiversity and water.

People in England will be able to eat and drink in indoor venues from next week, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said, as the country reported no coronavirus deaths for the first time in over a year.

The National Monuments Service has confirmed that two new logboats, which could date from medieval times, have been found in the River Boyne in Co Louth.