The pace of vaccination against Covid-19 must be quickened across the globe to avert "a pandemic of the non-vaccinated", the European Union's chief executive said in her annual policy speech.

Four men have been arrested as part of the investigation into the murder of journalist Lyra McKee in Derry in 2019.

Major changes to alcohol licensing laws will be discussed by the Cabinet, including making it easier for cultural venues such as theatres, galleries and exhibition spaces to get licences.

The Dáil will debate and vote on a confidence motion in Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney this evening.

A dual citizen of Ireland and the US, who was described as the world's largest facilitator of child abuse images, is due to be sentenced by a US court.

Broadway's biggest musicals roared back to life, banishing the eerie silence of the last 18 months in New York's pandemic-hit theatre district with screams, tears and standing ovations.

A member of the Sláintecare Implementation Advisory Council has warned that Sláintecare is "in serious trouble without a refreshing of commitment and actions" from the Government in the wake of two high-profile resignations.

The Emergency Department Task Force is to meet today for the first time in around 20 months.

The remains of a newborn baby who was found dead on a beach in Co Kerry 37 years ago have been exhumed as part of an ongoing investigation.

Northern Ireland's high Covid case rate is being driven by infections in the young but it is often older people who are dying as a result, according to the regional head of the British Medical Association.

The Irish Fiscal Advisory Council has said the economy is recovering 'swiftly' but government spending plans for the upcoming Budget are "at the limit of what is prudent".

Dublin's historic Olympia Theatre is to become the 3Olympia Theatre, following the announcement of a sponsorship deal with Three Ireland.

A 64-year-old man who escaped from an Australian jail in the 1990s has surrendered after almost 30 years on the run, police said.

The Assistant Director of Nursing at the Marie Keating Foundation has urged all eligible First Year students to get the HPV vaccine.

Fighter jets have practised landing on a highway in southern Taiwan as part of an annual live-fire military exercise that simulates defending the island against an invasion by China.

North Korea has fired two ballistic missiles into the sea, according to the South's military, as China's foreign minister visited Seoul and days after Pyongyang said it had successfully tested new long-range cruise missiles.

Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan will tell TDs and Senators tomorrow that he "cannot fully rule out the possibility" that the reintroduction of restrictions "may be required in the future".

As Ireland's businesses emerge from the Covid-19 pandemic, many are finding it increasingly difficult to recruit staff in a highly competitive jobs market, explains Louise Byrne.

St Luke's Hospital in Kilkenny had apologised for the failings in the care of Gráinne Somers during her pregnancy.

Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has met with the former Executive Director of the Sláintecare implementation group.