The HSE's National Clinical Advisor for Acute Operations has said there is an "enormous risk" across health services following the cyber attack last week which forced a shutdown of the HSE's IT systems.

A senior Hamas official has predicted a ceasefire within days even as Israel and Gaza militants pursue their cross-border attacks into an 11th day.

A climatologist has said the average temperature this month has been 10C, which is about 3C cooler than most years, but it is not unusual as it does occur "from time to time".

The roll-out of Covid-19 vaccinations is continuing apace, with 65,000 doses administered through vaccination centres alone on Monday and Tuesday this week.

Australia's main medical body has warned the country's residents are "sitting ducks" for Covid-19, as business leaders call for the international border to be reopened faster despite a sluggish national vaccination drive.

Lee Evans, the 1968 Olympic 400 metres champion and civil rights campaigner, has died at the age of 74, USA Track & Field has announced.

The US House of Representatives has voted to establish a bipartisan commission to investigate January's deadly riot at the US Capitol, overcoming tensions for now amid rising Republican hostility to an independent fact-finding panel.

The Data Protection Commission has confirmed it has written to all political parties stating that it will be conducting a data protection audit of each party in the State.

New research has found that a person with a disability is four and-a-half times more likely to be unemployed than those in the general population.

Conflicts and natural disasters forced someone to flee within their own country every second of last year, pushing the number of people living in internal displacement to a record high, monitors said.

Many prospective buyers have said they believe the Government's plan to curb the bulk-buying of homes - which excludes the bulk-buying of apartments - will not make a home any more affordable or accessible.

The Government plan to increase stamp duty on investment funds, in order to prevent the block purchasing of new houses, has been passed by the Dáil without a vote.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said there will be a comprehensive statement next week from Government on the easing of Covid-19 restrictions over June and July, and how that will effect travel, aviation, entertainment, and sport.

Rafal Karaczyn has been found guilty of murdering his wife Natalia by strangling her to death.

Relatives of those killed by the British Army at Ballymurphy fifty years ago have rejected an apology made by the British Prime Minister in the House of Commons.

There have been 503 cases of Covid-19 reported by the Department of Health.

Eir Sport is to cease broadcasting later this year.

The Hyde & Seek crèche group has appealed a Workplace Relations Commission ruling that it penalised a childcare assistant for making a protected disclosure about the inappropriate behaviour of a colleague.

The jurors in the trial of Deirdre Morley, who is accused of the murder of her three children, will continue their deliberations tomorrow.

Apartments will be excluded from the Government's tax and planning changes. But the distinction between houses and apartments is not as simple as it might first seem, explains Louise Byrne.