It is likely that Covid-19 case numbers will rise as restrictions ease, but this does not mean that vaccines are not effective, Dr Cillian De Gascun has said.

Britain is considering a number of options to boost the security of MPs after a parliamentarian was stabbed to death during a meeting with constituents, Home Secretary Priti Patel said today.

US real estate mogul Robert Durst, sentenced to life in prison for killing his best friend, has been placed on a ventilator after becoming infected with Covid-19, according to a US media report published yesterday.

Cast your mind back to the start of the pandemic and the focus was all about getting equipment for life support.

Businesses right across the country are on a knife-edge, as they await a decision from Government on whether the easing of Covid restrictions will go ahead as planned next Friday.

The Department of Foreign Affairs has said it is providing consular assistance following the death of a young Irish man in Spain.

A 59-year-old man has appeared in court charged with the murder of his wife, who was found in a burning car outside their home in Co Derry.

Around 10 days ago, things were looking quite positive with the Covid-19 trends and then something happened to cause a rise in the key metrics.

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has laid flowers at the scene of the fatal stabbing of MP David Amess, which police believe could be linked to Islamist extremism.

A series of unfortunate events - most of which happened thousands of kilometres away - will mean less choice and higher prices in Irish shops this Christmas, writes Adam Maguire.

A new mobile recording studio project is supporting people living in Direct Provision to make their own music.

The mother of a toddler who almost drowned in a pond at her home last year has paid tribute to those who saved her life, saying it's a miracle her daughter is alive.

Above all, member states are tired of the protocol and Brexit, but they are also tired of what they see as British bad faith.

Gardaí in Cork have begun an investigation after a 25-year-old man was seriously injured in a shooting incident in the city last night.

The Taliban is to announce a framework that allows girls to attend school in Afghanistan "soon," a senior United Nations official said.

The Minister for Agriculture has said Irish agriculture will not have to make the same level of greenhouse gas emission cuts as other sectors.

The Department of Health has been notified of 2,180 new cases of Covid-19, the highest daily figure since late January.

The US has said it has offered to pay unspecified compensation to relatives of 10 people in Afghanistan including seven children who were killed by mistake in a US drone strike as American forces were completing their withdrawal.

In the run up to the Budget, the Government's plans had been characterised as potentially "risky" and at the limit of what could be considered "prudent" by the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council. But on Budget night, according to IFAC, the Government had...

NASA launched a spacecraft called Lucy on a 12-year mission to explore Jupiter's Trojan asteroids for the first time today, gathering new insights into the solar system's formation.