The COP26 president has called on countries to make a final push to secure commitments that would limit the rising temperatures that threaten the planet.

What happens between now and Christmas Day will determine what kind of festive season we will all have.

The Department of Health has confirmed 5,483 new cases of Covid-19, in what Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan has called "one of our highest ever daily figures of confirmed cases".

An immediate reduction in high-risk activities is now needed in order to slow the spread of Covid-19, according to the HSE's chief executive.

There were cheers mixed with tears outside a court in Los Angeles yesterday, as fans of Britney Spears celebrated the termination of the singer's conservatorship.

The possible triggering of Article 16 of the Northern Ireland Protocol is now dominating the relationship between the EU and UK, and Anglo-Irish relations.

US businessman Glen de Vries, who flew into space with "Star Trek" actor William Shatner on last month's Blue Origin flight, has died in a plane crash, police said.

Part of the industrial revolution started in Glasgow. So why shouldn't the green revolution?

The generation that grew up with climate change is now choosing to study it in ever-increasing numbers.

The National Public Health Emergency Team has recommended that people who frequently go to nightclubs, bars and restaurants should take twice weekly antigen tests.

The first international tourists touched down in Vietnam almost 20 months after the Southeast Asian nation closed its borders to contain the coronavirus.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview aired this morning that Moscow had nothing to do with the migrant crisis on the Belarus-Poland border.

At COP26, the UN talks in terms of providing billions. The emerging and vulnerable countries say it will take trillions.

Several hospitals in Dublin have curtailed activities to essential services only due to extreme pressure.

The Netherlands will return to a partial lockdown from tomorrow in an effort to contain a rapid surge in Covid-19 cases.

Proposals for a redress scheme for the survivors of mother-and-baby homes will be brought to Cabinet next week.

Stephen Bannon, a longtime adviser to former US President Donald Trump, has been criminally charged for failing to comply with a subpoena issued by a House of Representatives committee.

The Ireland squad has been givent he all clear after being hit with a Covid scare ahead of tomorrow's Test against New Zealand.

A 17-year-old girl who said she was kidnapped while jogging in western France, triggering a frantic search by hundreds of police, has admitted her story was a hoax, prosecutors said.

Ten countries in the 27-member European Union face a Covid situation of "very high concern", the bloc's diseases agency said, warning the pandemic was worsening across the continent.