The Government must decide whether to proceed, pause or proceed with some safeguards as it considers the next stage of easing Covid-19 restrictions, Minister for Higher and Further Education Simon Harris has said.

Almost half of consumers are planning to make their homes more energy efficient over the next three years, according to new research by Banking and Payments Federation Ireland.

The value of average awards for personal injuries made by the Personal Injuries Assessment Board has fallen by 40% from last year's levels, following the introduction of new Judicial Council guidelines in April.

Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger has paid tribute to Chieftain's founder Paddy Moloney, ahead of his funeral in Co Wicklow this morning.

The Economic and Social Research Institute has said the Budget will on average compensate most households for price growth forecast for next year.

Covid testing at a laboratory in Britain has been suspended after 43,000 people may have been given incorrect negative PCR coronavirus test results.

Protesters have gathered at Italian ports as the country braced for widespread disruption over new coronavirus requirements for workers.

Former US president Bill Clinton has been admitted to hospital with an infection, a spokesman for the 75-year-old said.

Sydney will allow in fully vaccinated travellers from overseas from 1 November without the need for quarantine, the country's most populous state has said, although the easing of strict entry controls will initially benefit only citizens.

Australia's prime minister has withdrawn a threat to skip next month's landmark UN climate summit, describing the meeting as "an important event".

The man who killed five people in a bow-and-arrow attack in Norway this week has been handed over to health services, the prosecution has said, amid speculation he may have mental health issues.

A motorcyclist has died after a two-vehicle collision in Dublin.

Britain's Brexit minister David Frost has said that the European Union needs to make significant change if there is to be a deal over the Northern Ireland Protocol.

Four months into one of its worst Covid-19 outbreaks, Israel is seeing a sharp drop in new infections and severe illness, aided by its use of vaccine boosters, vaccine passports and mask mandates, scientists and health officials said.

In recent years, a series of garda investigations have uncovered the international dimension of Irish gangs, such as the Kinahan organised crime group, explains Barry Cummins.

Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has said the high number of Covid-19 cases is partly due to Ireland's proximity to the UK and the high level of movement between the countries.

The well-known Donegal businessman, TV producer and presenter, Gerry Robinson, has died aged 72.

While case numbers are rising - from 600 per day in mid-July to 2,066 yesterday - the key metric is how they translate into severe disease requiring hospital treatment.

A California judge has imposed a life prison sentence on multimillionaire real estate heir Robert Durst, who was convicted last month of murdering his best friend Susan Berman in 2000.

A partially shredded canvas of one of Banksy's most celebrated works has sold in London for £18.6 million (€21.9m), a record price for the artist.