The Taoiseach has said Ireland has an opportunity to work with the farming sector to make sure there is a sustainable future for young farmers, but said that everyone must also deal with the realities of climate change and "how much the land can take...

Authorities planned to seal off the northern tip of New Zealand with police cordons, as they enforce a lockdown in the region over fears of an undetected community transmission of Covid-19 there.

Britain has said that France had freed a British scallop dredger that it detained last week in French waters.

The crew member who handed Alec Baldwin the loaded gun that killed a cinematographer on the set of "Rust" has expressed his shock and sadness at the incident.

The American psychiatrist who pioneered the mental health therapy known as CBT in the 1960s, Aaron T Beck, has died aged 100.

International handball has relented on its insistence that women playing the beach version of the sport wear bikinis.

World leaders meeting at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow will today issue a multibillion-dollar pledge to end deforestation by 2030.

Israel's energy minister was unable to participate in the United Nation's COP26 summit in Glasgow yesterday because the transportation offered to her was not accessible by wheelchair, she said in a TV interview.

US woman Heather Mack, who was convicted as a pregnant teenager of helping to kill her mother at a luxury hotel in Bali in 2014, was to be deported along with her now six-year-old daughter, immigration officials said.

The Chinese government has told families to keep daily necessities in stock in case of emergencies, after Covid-19 outbreaks and unusually heavy rains that caused a surge in vegetable prices raised concerns about supply shortages.

Elements of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill are incompatible with GDPR, an Oireachtas Committee will hear later today.

At least six people have died in Nigeria's commercial capital of Lagos after the collapse of a high-rise building that was under construction.

Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has authorised the use of booster vaccines for healthcare staff.

The Taoiseach has said the presence of so many leaders at the UN's COP26 conference is evidence of a growing momentum around the need to address climate change.

The French President has said retaliatory measures threatened against Britain over an escalating row about fishing rights would not be implemented at midnight as talks are ongoing.

A boy who broke his leg while attending a children's party has settled his High Court action for €66,000.

The Department of Health has confirmed 2,855 new cases of Covid-19.

World leaders attending crunch climate talks at the Conference of Parties meeting in Glasgow - known as COP26 - have heard stark speeches on the environmental threat facing humanity.

The US Treasury Secretary, who has been to the fore in efforts to agree global corporate tax rules, has said the minimum rate of 15% would not be reconsidered.

India's prime minister has used the COP26 climate talks to announce 2070 as the target for his country to reach net-zero carbon emissions, two decades beyond what scientists say is needed to avert catastrophic climate impacts.