At least five people were killed and more than 40 injured after a SUV was driven at speed through a Christmas parade in Waukesha in the US state of Wisconsin last night.

The INTO has called for an immediate review of measures to address what it says are soaring transmission levels in the sector following the removal of public health supports in late September.

Changes to individual actions and behaviour are the best ways to tackle the transmission of Covid-19, according to the Chief Medical Officer.

WhatsApp has updated its privacy policy for users in Ireland and across Europe in response to the Data Protection Commission's (DPC) findings earlier this year that it had breached data protection rules.

Austria has shut shops, restaurants and festive markets ahead of the Christmas holidays and returned to lockdown in the most dramatic Covid-19 restriction seen in Western Europe for months.

Pizza delivery company Domino's is to create 650 jobs across the country, including management positions, team members and contract drivers over the next two years.

New Zealand will adopt a new system of living with the coronavirus from 3 December, which will end tough restrictions and allow businesses to operate in its biggest city, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has said.

The International Olympics Committee said today its president had had a 30-minute video call with Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai, as international pressure mounted for information about her wellbeing.

Senior Government ministers will meet later today to discuss the introduction of specific measures to support the hospitality sector.

An important date in the retail calendar, December 8 was the traditional day for country people to venture to the city to do their Christmas shopping.

The National Public Health Emergency Team has "legitimate concerns" that antigen tests are not being used appropriately, according to NPHET member Professor Philip Nolan.

With deposit interest rates at all time lows, parents have anecdotally been giving larger lump sums to their offspring to help fund a home purchase or renovation. The Government now appears to have these transactions in their sights, although it rowe...

The Mater University Hospital in Dublin has said it had to take "the unprecedented decision to cancel a transplant surgery" last week, due to a shortage of beds in its Intensive Care Unit.

Farmers demonstrated in the capital today in protest against the Government's policy on the Common Agricultural Policy and the Climate Action Plan.

Progress has been made in talks between the European Union and Britain on post-Brexit trade issues affecting Northern Ireland, according to Vice President of the European Commission Maroš Šefcovic.

French mountain resorts are starting to open for the first time since Covid made last season a write-off, with winter sport enthusiasts and sector professionals hoping that no fresh virus wave will spoil the fun.

Violence broke out at a protest against anti-Covid measures in Brussels today, where police said tens of thousands of people were participating.

Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has left the club with immediate effect.

Fresh rioting broke out late last night over the Dutch government's coronavirus measures, with rioters throwing stones and fireworks at police and setting fire to bicycles, as protests turned violent for a second night in the Netherlands.

The Chief Medical Officer has warned that the current level of Covid-19 is placing an enormous burden on the entire health system.