The Government has delayed the introduction of PCR and antigen testing for air and sea passengers arriving into Ireland by 48 hours.

The Government has approved a scheme to regularise thousands of undocumented migrants and their families who are living in Ireland.

Australia has reported a student with no history of foreign travel had tested positive for the Covid-19 Omicron variant, the country's first detected case of community transmission.

There is a lot of news about Covid-19 recently, and many elements are changing regularly. With that in mind, we asked our Instagram followers what aspects they were unsure about, and have answered - or attempted to answer - those questions.

Most people in Ireland agree that more should be done by employers to accommodate employees with disabilities, according to a survey by the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission.

Ireland's only dedicated wildlife hospital faces an uncertain future as it has to vacate its current location in the next month.

While it is difficult to find an average cost of disability, it is recognised that disabled people incur extra living costs, writes Ailbhe Conneely.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is calling for urgent action to address Ireland's rising waste volumes and falling recycling rates.

Alec Baldwin has said his acting career may be over as he denied pulling the trigger in the fatal shooting of Halyna Hutchins on the set of Rust.

There will be a decrease in the number of children with a disability in Ireland by 2030 due to falling fertility rates, according to joint research by the ESRI and Pobal.

A leading member of the National Public Health Emergency Team has said he is "hopeful" that schools will reopen after Christmas.

Six leading disability and mental health umbrella organisations, representing hundreds of thousands of people, have called on the Government to publish its report on the Cost of Disability.

Peter Hendrick, the Chief Executive of National Broadband Ireland, has said high-speed fibre broadband will be available for connection in 13 counties before the end of the year.

The deficit in the public finances narrowed to €4.9 billion in November, according to the latest Exchequer figures published this afternoon.

From Covid-19 booster vaccines to the new variant Omicron, here are five things we learned from the latest briefing by the Health Service Executive.

With a hit by the "godmother of punk" Nina Hagen, Germany's military saluted a visibly moved Angela Merkel during a ceremonial farewell today, just a week before she is due to bow out of politics after 16 years in office.

The Health Amendment Bill - which includes a return of Mandatory Hotel Quarantine - has passed all stages in the Dáil tonight.

The National Public Health Emergency Team is believed to be considering a range of curbs on the hospitality sector tonight, with the aim of reducing transmission of Covid-19.

Ghislaine Maxwell was the "lady of the house" at now-deceased financier Jeffrey Epstein's Palm Beach estate, a former house manager testified at the British socialite's sex abuse trial in Manhattan federal court on Thursday.

The Omicron variant of coronavirus has "substantial" ability to cause reinfection in people who have previously had Covid-19, a study from South Africa suggests.