Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Michael McGrath has said businesses in the hospitality industry who do not comply with rules around Covid-19 passes "do not deserve to remain open".

The number of patients with Covid-19 in hospital has increased to 520, up 22 on the same time yesterday morning.

Unions have lodged a pay claim for a 3% increase for thousands of workers in the community and voluntary sector.

The Minister for Justice has described protests outside the home of politicians and public figures as "crossing a line".

The Cabinet will hold its weekly meeting in Dublin this morning, with ministers due to be updated about Covid-19 case numbers, the booster programme and compliance issues in the hospitality sector.

Under a 150-year-old law, those deemed to be of unsound mind receive the protection of the State. But they also lose many of the rights we consider fundamental.

The US Supreme Court will consider a death row prisoner's request that his pastor be allowed to touch him during his execution, a case that could determine the role of religious advisers in death chambers.

An academic at Trinity College Dublin has helped Hollywood breathe new life into a long-dead language.

A US woman and her husband are suing a fertility clinic they say implanted a stranger's baby, lawyers have said.

Without a dramatic change of course from China, the target to keep global warming to 1.5C is nothing but hot air, writes Yvonne Murray in Taipei

Taoiseach Micheál Martin and Stormont's Deputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill will launch an initiative to bring together experts on both sides of the border to research how to address climate and biodiversity emergencies.

Speakers at the United Nations COP26 conference in Glasgow will today focus on efforts to boost women's equality and the campaign to improve the climate.

Four astronauts returned to Earth in a SpaceX craft after spending six months on the International Space Station, a NASA live broadcast showed, marking the end of a busy mission.

Thousands of demonstrators marched on the New Zealand parliament to protest against Covid-19 restrictions, prompting a major police deployment at the Wellington building known as the Beehive.

Three men have been found guilty of falsely imprisoning and intentionally causing harm to businessman Kevin Lunney in September 2019, while a fourth man has been found not guilty.

Crime Correspondent Paul Reynolds looks back on the abduction and torture of Kevin Lunney, which left the businessman with severe life-long injuries.

The Department of Health has been notified of 3,161 new cases of Covid-19.

Polish authorities accused Belarus of trying to spark a major confrontation and said they had mobilised additional soldiers as footage on social media showed hundreds of migrants walking towards the Polish border.

Denmark's government has proposed reinstating the use of a digital "corona pass" to be presented when Danes visit indoor bars and restaurants, as the country is entering a third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.

An injured man has been rescued from a cave in Wales this evening after spending more than two days trapped inside.