An investigation is under way at Cork University Maternity Hospital after multiple baby organs were incinerated abroad without the consent of bereaved parents.

Managing director of Glenisk Vincent Cleary has said the future of the business is uncertain after a fire destroyed the dairy company's manufacturing facility in Co Offaly.

Stormont ministers have agreed to end social distancing restrictions for shops, theatres and a number of other indoor settings in Northern Ireland.

North Korea fired a missile towards the sea off its east coast today, South Korea's military said, as Pyongyang called on the US and South Korea to scrap their "double standards" on weapons programmes to restart talks.

This is a key week for thousands of people whose homes are affected by defective blocks due to the mineral mica.

A group of retired members of the Army, Naval Service and Air Corps will meet Minister for Defence Simon Coveney today, to discuss a review into their stories of abuse which featured in a recent RTÉ Radio 1 documentary.

Minister for Public Expenditure Michael McGrath has said he is hoping cabinet will formally approve a comprehensive review into Freedom of Information Act.

France's pharmaceutical giant Sanofi, which has lagged rivals in producing new generation Covid-19 vaccines, has said it has decided to halt development of an mRNA candidate and focus on another vaccine against coronavirus.

Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Leo Varadkar has met United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai in Washington.

Army tanker drivers have been put on standby in preparation to deliver fuel in order to ease the chaos at petrol stations, the British government has announced.

R Kelly has been convicted by a federal jury of racketeering in his sex trafficking trial, where prosecutors accused the R&B singer of exploiting his stardom over a quarter-century to lure women and underage girls into his orbit for sex.

Gerard Hutch, the man known as the Monk, has lost his appeal against extradition to Ireland at a national court in Spain.

An extra bank holiday this year could generate up to €20 million in tourism revenue, RTÉ News has learned.

Asking prices for homes in the third quarter were up 9% across the country compared to the same period last year, according to two separate reports by property websites.

British police said they had charged a man with the murder of a teacher found dead a short walk from her home.

Instagram has hit pause on a new app that it is creating for kids, the Facebook-owned photo-sharing app said todayy, in a move that comes amid growing opposition for the project.

The husband of a woman who died hours after giving birth has told her inquest that he will never forget the "shimmering glow" in his wife's eyes after their first child was delivered.

The director of Glenisk has said "basically everything" has been lost after a major fire at the yoghurt manufacturing facility in Co Offaly.

German Social Democrat Olaf Scholz has vowed to strengthen the European Union and keep up the transatlantic partnership in a three-way coalition government he hopes to form by Christmas to take over from Angela Merkel's conservatives.

The Department of Health has confirmed 1,049 new cases of Covid-19 with 310 patients in hospital with the virus, 66 of whom are in intensive care units.