Nearly 200 nations came together yesterday on a global deal to combat climate change, but the UN Secretary-General says we are still " knocking on the door of climate catastrophe".

The number of people with coronavirus in intensive care has gone above 100, while 4,642 new cases of the virus have been confirmed.

The Government is expected to seek more detail from NPHET on where Covid passes might be used outside of hospitality.

It's the most wonderful time of the year, unless you get scammed by rogue traders.

Internationally acclaimed author Wilbur Smith died aged 88 at his home in South Africa yesterday, after a decades-long career in writing.

Ireland's "most diverse and inclusive" choir is looking forward to its first full performance since the pandemic began.

Gardaí have renewed an appeal to the public for assistance in identifying a body which was found off the Co Leitrim coast in 1986.

Mass will be offered in Knock in memory of those who have died of Covid-19 and people who have been bereaved.

Bars and nightclubs across Spain have struggled to stock their shelves with popular alcoholic drinks since Covid-19 restrictions on social life were fully lifted last month.

Britain's Queen Elizabeth will miss today's Remembrance service, which was supposed to be her first public appearance since resting on medical advice, due to a "sprained back", Buckingham Palace said.

Caelan Doris starred as Ireland recorded a stunning 29-20 victory over New Zealand at the Aviva.

There is potential for an agreement to be reached at COP26 to limit warming to 1.5C, but it is not certain, according to Minister for the Environment Eamon Ryan.

Alan Kelly has delivered his first address as Labour leader to the party's national conference at the Mansion House in Dublin.

It is the latest unrest at a Guayaquil jail that was the scene of a September riot which killed 119 prisoners.

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

A Dublin native has become the first Irish person in recent times to be inaugurated as Lord Mayor of the City of London.

New Delhi's chief minister has ordered schools to close for a week as India's capital reeled under dangerously high levels of air pollution.

France has marked the sixth anniversary of the night in Paris when Islamic State militants killed 130 people in coordinated strikes against a concert theatre, bars, restaurants and a soccer stadium.

Irish Emergency Departments have seen "relatively few" incidents of people being spiked by needles.

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