The Minister for Health has told the Dáil that Ireland "will be in a better position to act quickly" if legislation is introduced to permit hotel quarantine if it is needed.

The National Public Health Emergency Team is meeting today to review the latest trends on Covid-19, and will advise the Government on any new measures that should be taken.

One million children could die from starvation in Afghanistan in the coming weeks - that is the latest grim prediction from aid agency UNICEF.

The Omicron variant is rapidly becoming the dominant strain of Covid-19 in South Africa less than four weeks after it was first detected there.

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has met with members of the US administration and with senior Congressional leaders in Washington.

The United States is delaying a deal to remove Trump-era tariffs on UK steel and aluminum as Washington's concerns over post-Brexit trade rules affecting Northern Ireland rise, the Financial Times reported today.

The Chief Executive of the Irish Primary Principals Network has said it has been a "difficult and challenging time" for principals, but parents have been very supportive of the new mask wearing measure in schools.

Many people using health and social care services in Ireland have dealt with traumatising experiences due to the restrictions and disruptions caused by the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The EU's top court should dismiss a challenge by Poland and Hungary to a new tool aimed at cutting cash payments to member states violating the bloc's rules on democracy, according to a legal opinion released today.

At least 100 new jobs are to be created here by global gifting platform &Open over the next year.

A European karate champion has been jailed for six years for what a judge described as "degrading" sexual assaults on a student outside a nightclub on a busy street.

The Women's Tennis Association has suspended all tournaments in China amid fears for the safety of Chinese player Peng Shuai.

The former US President, 75, was speaking during a wide-ranging interview with former Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage on the GB News channel.

The Minister for Foreign Affairs does not expect the EU and Britain to agree a deal on the Northern Ireland Protocol by Christmas.

Former Cork hurler and four-time All-Ireland winner Seanie O'Leary has passed away aged 69.

Alice Sebold, author of the best-selling novel 'The Lovely Bones' has apologised to a man who spent 16 years in prison for her 1981 rape, only to see his conviction overturned last week.

Bus Éireann's latest recruit has become a social media hit - although the company hopes he won't be with them for much longer.

Tests have confirmed that a case of the Omicron coronavirus variant has been confirmed in Ireland.

The number of primary school age children contracting Covid rose again last week, as did the share that this age group represents in overall confirmed cases.

A Cork principal says that while he will be encouraging his pupils to wear masks, he will not be excluding those who don't wear face coverings from school.